Teaser Tuesday: The Time of Singing by Elizabeth Chadwick

Teaser Tuesday: The Time of Singing by Elizabeth Chadwick: "

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read


• Open to a random page


• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page


• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)


• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

This is the story of Ida de Tosney, mistress to Henry II of England. Here’s a quote from the page I’m on now:

Henry had intended sailing to Normandy to deal with pressing affairs, but until his wound healed, he had no choice but to remain in Winchester; thus he was not only feverish, but grumpy too. He was in no mood for bed sport, for which Ida was glad, but she knew she might be summoned at any moment to adjust his footstool, plump his pillows, sing to him, or just sit in his chamber.

And from a couple of pages further on:

In the warm summer evening, the court was taking its ease in the gardens and dining informally in the open air. A string of attendants ferried salvers of dainties from the kitchens, including marinated fruits, little balls of almond paste stuffed with dates and crisp hot fritters, oozing with melted cheese.

I’m reading this book for:

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I want this!

Bird House Salt & Pepper Shakers

$24.00 from Pottery Barn

I want to make this....I find such good recipes at Eat at Home all the time. And I love her pictures.

Pineapple Carrot Bread

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup oil
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, undrained
• 1 cup grated carrot (2-3 carrots)
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup nuts, optional

Stir together the dry ingredients in a mixer bowl.  Add the others in the order listed, mixing between each.  Pour into 2 loaf pans that have been greased and floured very well.  I like to use Baker’s Joy No-Stick Spray with Flour.  Bake at 325 degrees (that’s not a type, the temp is really that low) for 1 hour.  Remove from the pans immediately.
The ingredients call for only 1 cup of crushed pineapple.  I could only find a 20 oz can.  I just dipped 1 cup out with a spoon.  The rest could be used in another recipe or fruit salad.

These are easy and Yummy!

Mini Pecan Pie Muffins
(recipe courtesy of Jane Doiron, Make-Ahead Meals)

1 c light brown sugar
1 c pecans, chopped
1/2 c flour
2/3 c butter, melted
2 eggs, beaten


Spray 20 mini muffin cups with nonstick spray (I used butter); set aside. Preheat the oven to 350.

In a medium bowl, mix all of the ingredients together. Spoon the batter into the muffin cups evenly.

Bake for 18-20 minutes. The edges will be crispy. Do not overbake. Remove the muffins and cool on a wire rack.

~Freeze~
When the muffins are completely cool, place them in a freezer bag and freeze up to 2 months.

Genius

"The reason someone is a genius and knows things you do not know is because he has opened his mind to contemplate the "what if's," the outrageous thoughts, the thoughts of brilliance that go beyond the limited thinking of man. He has allowed himself to entertain and reason with these thoughts, whereas you have rejected them. It is very simple to be a genius. All you have to do is think for yourself." ~ Ramtha

i love avacados

this is something good to eat when i just feel like having a snack.
 

Easy Guacamole

• 1 ripe avocado
• 2 tbsp. chopped jalapeno
  
• salt to taste

Directions:

1. Cut the avocado in half and remove the pit.
2. Scoop out the inside and mash.
3. Combine mashed avocado with other ingredients.
4. Serve with corn chips

Candy

I want to make these! Found at The Cooks Next Door

NUT CLUSTERS
(I adapted this slightly from my friend, Micah!)

12 oz. can of salted peanuts
6 oz. Semi-sweet Chocolate chips
6 oz. Butterscotch chips
2 oz. White Chocolate or vanilla chips
Milk or cream

Melt the semi-sweet and butterscotch chips in the microwave. Stir in peanuts and drop on waxed paper. Melt white chocolate chips with a splash (less than a tsp.) of cream or milk to thin and drizzle over finished clusters.

(I often double this recipe and use 2 cans of peanuts, 1 whole bag of semi-sweet chips and 1 whole bag of butterscotch chips – I think they are 11 oz. each.).