Corn Casserole

Every Thanksgiving I try and make a couple new recipes to try out.  Allen could care less, actually everyone else who eats with us could care less.  As long as there is turkey, mashed potatoes, squash & gravy I don't think they really notice any of the other stuff.  Sometimes they eat the new stuff sometimes they don't.  Either way I keep making other things to go with the turkey.  This year I made corn casserole from Pioneer Woman website.  Technically she has it listed as a summer recipe since it's made from corn on the cob, but it worked great for Thanksgiving.  Close to a homemade cream corn.

Ingredients


■8 ears Of Corn (Still In The Husk)

■2/3 cups Heavy Cream

■3 Tablespoons Butter (salted)

■1/2 teaspoon Salt To Taste

■Ground Pepper To Taste

Preparation Instructions

Remove the corn from the husks. In a large, deep bowl, slice off the kernels of corn. With the dull side of the knife (or a regular dinner knife), press and scrape the cob all the way down to remove all the bits of kernel and creamy milk inside.



Add heavy cream, salt to taste, a generous amount of ground pepper and butter; mix well. Pour mixture into a baking dish. Bake at 350Fº for 30 to 45 minutes or until thoroughly warmed through.



This was good.  I even ate the leftovers.  Only issue was I was the only one eating it so that's a lot of corn casserole for one person.  But I will make it again, it was that good.

What I'm Watching These Days

I'm a tv addict, anyone who knows me knows my love of television shows.
I watched alot of comedies as a kid, Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, Family Ties, Golden Girls, so forth and so on.  Then on to crime dramas like Law & Order, CSI, Criminal Minds.  And we can't forget my love of reality tv, Survivor, the Amazing Race, Top Chef.  These days I find myself watching less and less of regular tv, and more on cable.  These are my current addicitons.

7 Survivor.  Some says it's jumped the shark, it is in it's 23 season, and I will say a few of the previous seasons have not been as good, but last season raised the bar (it does help that my favorite player, Boston Rob, won) but this season has been very good.  They just renewed it for 2 more seasons and seeing Jeff Probst on a weekly basis helps.  This is the only show I picked out of standard telelvision channels.  Says a lot of whats out there these days.

6  Game of Thrones, this could easily jump up the list once I watch the next season.  So unpredictable (unless you read the books, which I don't), where else do they kill the main character about half way through the first season.  Then they kill off multiple other lead characters, but even though you miss them the show is still really good.  I will miss Sean Bean, one of the main reasons I originally watched this show, but Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister is enough to keep me watching.

5  Boardwalk Empire, you're going to see quite a few HBO series on this list. It's the only reason I really keep any pay channels is because of the original programming.  Boardwalk stars probably my favorite male star, Steve Buscemi, well maybe not favorite but he's in the top 5.  It takes place in prohibition era Atlantic City, features gangsters, alot of up and coming stars, and fantastic writing. The costumes are awesome, it is well acted and overall excellent show.

4  Walking Dead.  My latest and greatest addiction.  Only problem is it gives me nightmares.  It is about a small group of surviviors after a zombie apocalyspe, probably caused by some germ or disease created by man, which to me is believable just read my previous post about I am Legend.  There is not one actor in this I've ever even heard of and I have become a huge fan of so many of them.  This season is a full 13 epsiodes, with a break from late November until mid February.  Enough time to rewatch the first half of the season, just not before bed.

3  Top Chef.  I love Top Chef, it's that simple, I can watch episodes over and over again.  I love Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons & Padma Lakshmi, they are the best host/judges on reality tv.  The challenges are awesome, and even though it's in it's 9th season, and has spawned off 2 other series it's not stale one bit.

2  True Blood.  What's not to love about Eric, Bill, Jason, Sam, Lafayette, Alcide, Hoyt, etc.  I'll even say Pam, Arlene, Jessica and even though she annoys me there is no show without her, Sookie.  It's the right mix of campy violence & sex.  I mean who doesn't love a show about vampires.

1  Sons of Anarchy.  The best show on tv, period.  It's well written, directed and acted.  In it's 4th season it just keeps getting better.  Some of the stuff that happened this season blew me away and I can't wait to see how it ends within the next few weeks.  The cast, Jax, Gemma, Clay, Opie, Tara, Bobby Elvis, Tig, Juice, so forth and so on are incredible.  Brings me back week after week.  I'd say more but Allen is a full season behind and I don't want to spoil anything for him.  Kurt Sutter, writer & director, has created a phenomenal show and I recommend you netflix it today.

Barbies Nowadays

I had Barbies as a kid.  From your traditional barbies, to the 70's era celebrity barbies, Donnie & Marie and let's not forget Farrah Fawcett.  She had incredible hair even as a barbie.  ANd I had the barbie Vette, barbie Rv, and best of all the barbie townhouse.  I played with them for a solid 5 or 6 years then put them away and never really looked at them again.  This is one of the barbie's I played with until she fell apart, or I lost interest whatever came first.

Rachel never really cared for barbies, except them ones I had in sealed boxes that were worth a lot of money.  Those she was interested in and opened, therefore ruining any hope I had of selling themon Ebay.  Now however, she has discovered a new version of barbie.  Not really a barbie but close enough.  This is Rachel's version of barbie.

I'm beginning to worry about her.