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Joanne N: Giant fig trees spread wide along the winding paths

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 12, 2010 - 5:53am

By Joanne Niswander

Sydney, Australia, October 11, 2000

On a scale of 1 to 10, I'm ready to give Sydney close to a 10 (for a city, that is). My daughter Lee and I arrived here 6 days ago, on a lovely sunny spring day in Australia. We promptly treated ourselves to some of the most beautiful sights of this city that has one of the most beautiful harbors in the world.

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I almost forgot to mention wallabys and kangaroos

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 6, 2010 - 8:37am

By Joanne Niswander

Well, my daughter and I have been in Melbourne for a week and are preparing to leave for Sydney tomorrow. So here are a few more southern Australia impressions to send your way.

When I wrote my first impressions of Melbourne a week ago, I had not yet been introduced to the countryside - only the city. And, although the city has been good to us (they really treat their tourists well), this "country girl" was ready to see something other than tall buildings and trollies.

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This game offers wealth of content that few could hope to match

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 5, 2010 - 4:12am

TEH. BEST. GAMES. EVAR.Andr'e Swartley
PSN ID: lordgodalming

Yakuza 3Developer: Sega
Platform: Playstation 3Rating: M for Mature
Similar games: Grand Theft Auto, Mafia, Saints Row

Author's Note: My reviews no longer contain grades or scores. The way I see it, if you cannot tell from any given review how I feel about a game or whether it will appeal to you, one of us isn't trying hard enough.

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Doughnuts for your Halloween party

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 2, 2010 - 5:56pm

Quick and Easy Doughnuts

1 -2 cans of refrigerator biscuits

Sugar or suar and cinnamon or powered sugar

Separate biscuits. use doughnut hole cutter to cut out doughnut holes. Fry in deep hot oil (375 degrees) until browned, turning once. Drain. While warm, roll in sugar (you can make it finer by putting it in blender) or sugar and cinnamon mixture or powdered sugar.

Eat while still warm. They are not very good cold.

By Barb Phillips, from the First National Bank Community Cookbook

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Schwiezerdeutsch Blappera - When Sick or Hurt

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 29, 2010 - 5:56pm

Note: Christine Purves writes about Swiss dialect words, phrases and stories, which relate to the history of this community. Her column is printed with permission by the Swiss Community Historical Society.

By Christine Habegger Purves

I never heard my grandmother use the word "rheumatism," but she came close. She would say, "I got some rheumatic fer shoor."

Or more specifically, "I ha jetszt es haxaschuss, und es duet mi viel rookveh." Literally this means, "I have a witch's shot and it gives me a big pain in the back."

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Cookies just as the pumpkins leave the patch

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 28, 2010 - 12:36pm

Pumpkin cookies

1 cup shortening

1 cup granulated sugar

Mix together until creamy

1 cup pumpkin

1 egg

Mix into shortening-sugar combination

2 1/2 cups flour

2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix together and add to above combination

Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes

Frosting

3 tablespoons brown sugar

1 tablespoon margarine

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