Bell's Seasoning,
here is the recipe for making it yourself:
· 1/4 TEASPOON THYME
· 3/4 TEASPOON SAGE
· 1/4 TEASPOON MARJORAM
· 1/4 TEASPOON ROSEMARY
· 1/4 TEASPOON BLACK PEPPER
· 1/4 TEASPOON NUTMEG
· 1/4 TEASPOON THYME
· 3/4 TEASPOON SAGE
· 1/4 TEASPOON MARJORAM
· 1/4 TEASPOON ROSEMARY
· 1/4 TEASPOON BLACK PEPPER
· 1/4 TEASPOON NUTMEG
1 fresh banana, sliced
1 stick margarine, softened
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1/3 cup finely chopped pecans
Mix well. Press into a 9x13 baking pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes. Cool.
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
8 ounces Cool Whip
Mix together and spread over cooled crust.
Dissolve
2 3-ounce packages raspberry jello
½ cup sugar
in
2 cups hot water.
When dissolved add
2 10-ounce packages frozen red raspberries
Stir until the mixture is somewhat thickened.
Pour over cream chesse mixture.
Cover and refrigerate until set.
Name:
Ruth Ann Swanger
Business Name:
RaggBaggs
Website:
http://www.r2swanger.etsy.com
Home:
Southeast Tennessee
What is it that you design and create?
bead weaving, embroidery, designer purses - I have also published 2 cookbooks with afternoon tea recipes
What is your favorite part of the design process?
Taking someone else's pattern and creating my own design from it. We live in an area with no bead stores for about 200 miles, so I buy kits to be sure that the beads co-ordinate.
How did you come up with your business name?
I started out making limited edition embroidered purses. After a serious accident, I was no longer to keep up production, so I switched to beadwork (which I've been doing for more than 40 years) as my main source of income. RaggBaggs was well known, so I just kept the name.
When and how did it all begin?
I've loved craftwork all of my life. Mama taught me to embroider by hand before I started kindergarten. Daddy taught me to knit and crochet. I learned beadwork in 4-H. My mother-in-law taught me to quilt. I learned to do machine embroidery in the 80s. Kumihimo is my latest learning experience.
Who or what inspires you?
I just love to make things. I have never been able to sit down and do nothing. There is always a project close at hand.
What advice would you give other independent artists who are just starting out?
Find something you truly love to do and do it. Except for very special people on very special occasions, never give your work away. Make pieces that you really love and keep them if you want to or have to. Never undersell your work.
Make your husband feel like he's the most wonderful person on earth (mine actually is!) so that he'll do most of the housework while you play. Uh, I mean work. Yeah that's it. Work!
What music are you listening to?
Live Irish Radio
What TV show are you hooked on?
What was the last movie you saw?
White ChristmasWhat is your favorite food?
I love our local southern food, but I'm always game to try something new. We went to Atlanta and had Lebanese food the other night. The prices were outrageous, but I can't wait to go back. We love Chinese food here in the states, but spending a month in China just about starves us to death. We have great passions for Indian, Mexican, Irish, and Portuguese cooking.
What is your favorite candy or treat?
Coconut pie loaded with meringue.
Coffee or Tea?
Cappuccino
What store could you walk around in for hours and be happy?
Any bead store. Every jewelry store in St. Thomas!
Any pets?
Our 10 1/2 year old Shih Tzu named Poppett.
Favorite place to visit or would like to visit?
My favorite thus far has been Ireland, but I'm itching to spend a year in Greece!
If you could be a superhero, what would your name be and what superpower would you have?
Super Traveler!
Celebrity crush?
Higgins from that show that took place in Hawaii. Can't remember the name of the show, but Higgins was so well mannered and elegant. Not to mention so very British!
Favorite holiday?
Hallowe'en and Christmas.
If you were a shoe what shoe would you be
Woolly Mammoth Crocs.
What do you secretly wish you could do or be?
A world traveler with an unlimited budget.
Favorite piece of clothing?
Any type of formal wear that's both comfortable and elegant. Tea with Her Majesty anyone?
Do you speak any languages or want to learn one?
Plans for yourself/business?
I buy lots of unusual jewelry components and focal pieces when we travel. I buys lots of fine fabrics. I eat lots of exotic food. So my plans are to travel a lot!
Have a great evening!
Ruth Ann
http://www.r2swanger.etsy.com
http://www.raggbaggs.blogspot.com
Cut the limes in half, and then cut each half into 8 pieces. Place 12 pieces of lime in each of 4 double old-fashioned glasses (or other 12-ounce glasses.) Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar into each glass. Using a muddler or the butt end of a large wooden spoon, mash the limes into the base of the glass. Try to dissolve the sugar as you do this, and stir occasionally. Fill each glass with 1 1/2 cups of ice and 1/4 cup of cachaca. Pour the contents of the glass into a shaker, and invert the glass into the shaker to act as a lid. Shake the glass and shaker to combine the sugar and cachaca for several seconds. Lift the glass from the shaker, and pour the contents back into the glass. Repeat the process with the remaining 3 glasses.
Yield: 4 caipirinhas
Provisions Market Chicken Salad
1 ¾ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, grilled
½ cup slivered almonds, toasted
3 green onions, sliced
3/8 cup green seedless grapes
3/8 cup red seedless grapes
6½ tablespoons mayonnaise
½ cup sour cream
3 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon honey
Salt
Ground pepper
Cut chicken into ½” cubes. Place in a large bowl. Add almonds, onions, and grapes; toss.
In a separate bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream, honey, and salt and pepper to taste. Pour over chicken mixture.
The 2010 Loveland Valentine's Card Remailing Program
Each year, thousands of people bundle up all of their Valentine cards and send them to the Loveland post office, where they're stamped with a special poem and cancellation mark (this year's stamp is at left). This is the 64th year of the program!
If you want to get in on this neat event, send your bundle of cards and letters to Postmaster, Attention: Valentine's Postmark, 446 East 29th Street, Loveland, CO 80538-9998.
For cards within U.S. and outside of Colorado, your cards should be in Loveland by Feb. 9; for within the state of Colorado, your cards should be in Loveland by Feb. 12.
Show your Valentine how much you love her with a special piece of jewelry from
http://www.r2swanger.etsy.com
Have a great day!
Ruth Ann
http://www.r2swanger.etsy.com
http://www.raggbaggs.blogspot.com