Welcome to the Wednesday Hodgepodge! Here are this week's questions, which you should answer on your own blog and then pop over to Joyce's blog (click on the graphic for the link) Wednesday to add your link to the party.
1. What's your favorite fall scent? Would we find this in or around your home right now?
Pumpkin. I don't have a pumpkin candle going at the moment, but I received a coupon for Bath & Body Works, so I think I'll head over there and check out their offerings. Any of these look yummy:
2. October is Country Music Month...are you a fan of country music? Do you have a favorite country artist? Ever been to Nashville? In terms of lifestyle are you more country mouse or city mouse?
It's ok but I don't listen enough or follow enough on social media to know who's who or the names of their songs. I have never been to Nashville. I'm definitely a city mouse, a Detroit Motown city mouse!
3. How about 'country cooking'? (loosely defined as rich flavors, familiar foods, large portions, often fried, and often associated with the southern region of the US of A)?
chicken and dumplings-fried chicken-shrimp and grits-biscuits and gravy-mac and cheese-fried green tomatoes-cornbread-collard or turnip greens-deviled eggs-'barbecue'-gumbo-banana pudding
Which of the foods listed is your favorite? Any on the list you haven't tried or would say a firm no thank you to if offered?
My favorite would be fried chicken. I'm still using my seventh-grade home economics recipe, and I alternate that with Sophia's godmother's recipe. I also enjoy biscuits and gravy, mac and cheese, deviled eggs, and barbecue. On the just ok list would be chicken and dumplings, cornbread, and banana pudding. A firm no thank you would go to shrimp and grits, fried green tomatoes, collard or turnip greens, and gumbo.
4. What's something that always has a positive impact on your mood?
A cup of tea. It's the recipe to lift any mood. If I went to see my mum and she could see I had something not-so-positive on my mind, the first thing she'd say would be, "Let me put the kettle on".
5. As we say so long to September share a noun, a verb, and an adjective that tells us something about how that month looked for you.
How about a picture?
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Dubai Style chocolate, love it or hate it? Can you even find it in a store near you? I found a bar at Hallmark ($24.99 for a bar of chocolate!!) and came across a bar at Home Goods (same size but $9.99). Costco has some Dubai Style truffles which were delicious, and I hear that Lindt will be bringing out a bar soon.
I have a couple of pumpkin candles on the go at the moment, it's my favourite autumn scent too.
ReplyDeleteAhh! A cup of tea makes everything better.
Yep, that's how I feel about September too! Where did it go?!
I have tried a few different types of Dubai chocolate and to me it's OK, nothing special and definitely not worth the price!
I have not tried Dubai chocolate, and really didn't know much about it. Yes to a cup of tea (or coffee.)
ReplyDeleteI know that chocolate is "trendy" currently but I cannot stand the flavor of pistachio so i have no plans to buy it. I'll stick with the vegan pure cacao bars I like and buy from Whole Foods. (Endangered Species bars).
ReplyDeleteA nice hot cup of cinnamon tea is the perfect ending to a busy day for me in the autumn months.
September flew by!!
Happy Wednesday!
Have you tried Hu chocolate? It's vegan and I buy it at Whole Foods. I especially like the Cashew Butter and Raspberry bar, it's like peanut butter and jelly in a chocolate bar!
DeleteI´m quite certain that I would love the chocolate but I´m not about to pay a high price for it ($9.99... maybe). I love pistachios. There´s an Austrian candy called Mozart Kuglen which are balls consisting of a chocolate outer layer which surrounds a middle lay of pistachio marzipan. So good! I wonder if this chocolate tastes similar. I agree with you on your assessment of southern food. You like all the same things that I do!
ReplyDeleteSounds like it might be a similar bar. This one has kadayif (chopped filo pastry) in the pistachio layer, so it has a bit of crunch.
DeleteI so agree with you and a cup of tea. I don't drink a lot of hot tea in the summer months, but we are definitely in tea season now. I have a cup most afternoons. One of my favorite things about fall and winter. Hope you have a nice week!
ReplyDeleteShrimp and grits is some good eatin', man! (I typed that in a Huckleberry Hound accent.) :) I had chicken fried steak this week. There's a restaurant here that does it well...but it's always so busy, that we only go about every other year.
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