Fly Fishing For Big Trout in Michigan

After the last of the ice has thawed and before the beginning of major inset activity, a narrow window of opening exists for the fly angler to tempt huge brown trout with large streamers. Here in our part of the country, the Midwest, this is ordinarily while late May and early June.

As water temperatures begin increasing, so does the operation of the fish. When they emerge from their winter lethargy of low metabolism, they're hungry and ready to eat. Smaller baitfish swimming near the river bank and shallows resume active feeding as well. They too are foraging, finding for whatever and all that might offer nourishment. The occasional subsurface eruption is a tell-tale signal that one has just met a swift, piscivorous end.

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One thing you can almost always count on while this time of year is a fast piquant weather front. Thunderstorms can come on quickly and wreak havoc if you're not prepared. For this reason, I take advantage of the internet and the Weather Channel to help me pick fishing days least likely to be affected by weather. Despite all the forecasting in the world, sometimes I can still find myself in a precarious situation.

One day is seared into my memory and not likely to dissipate any time soon. I was out with friend and fellow streamer freak Brad Turner while springtime a whole of years back. We weren't on the water for half an hour before a fast piquant weather front came in. A whole of lightning bolts touching ground too close for our comfort drove us under cover. With our graphite rods judiciously placed against a tree yards away, we were set to wait it out. Rolling thunder turned into a loud Crack that sounded like big-game rifle being fired right next to us. Having been caught in more than a few storms over the last 30 years, I've seen them come and go, but it's impossible to be ready for that blinding streak of silver from above. This one nearly required a turn of britches ! It did pass, but not before giving us an improbable light show and display of the power that mom nature has underground in those clouds above.

Big Trout Condos

Big trout like to live where they feel safe. They also like to eat feed not too far from well-known surroundings.

Brush piles, downed trees, uprooted stumps, logjams, old docks, manmade stream improvements and deeply undercut, heavily rooted banks all qualify as home-sweet-home to an old, hook-jawed brown trout.

Occupying some of the heaviest cover the river has to offer, he doesn't make himself easy to get at. When in hunt of food, he will venture from the comfort of structure to spots in the river where a feeding channel is close, but never more than a tail-kick away from the lumber and his safely zone. His home habitat is as well-known to him as your favorite living room recliner is to you. He knows exactly where he is and how to quickly get back to security should the need arise.

Although such large trout may move to and from their favorite lies for feeding purposes, once a dominant fish finds a comfortable location to call home, he is not likely to give it up to a subordinate fish. Work log jams with the most favorable finding surroundings. Continued depth downstream from a piling or a nice cut in the river bottom at the edge of the jam where current speeds come together below the structure and create a nice seam for fish to conveniently sit in. Oven overhanging branches from a neighboring tree that casts a shadow on the hole or run. Be deliberate and accepted in working these deep, dark, promising places.

One such location proved fruitful on a late May day consolidate years ago. With an arsenal of rods, fly boxes, a cooler of Mountain Dew and submarine sandwiches, Tommy and I set out for another day of streamer fishing. No long into the day we came upon a likely finding run. I was on the oars. With a consolidate of casts toward the front of an ominous jam, followed by one down the gut, Tommy's line went taut before he could yell, "Fish On !" The battle between man and beast was beautiful, each having its way with the other at dissimilar times while the tussle. I dropped anchor and hopped out of the boat, intent on getting downstream from the fish. With symphonic precision, Tommy worked the fish over a sand-bar shelf. I move in with the net and ---in the bag ! After we caught our breath, out came the camera and tape; 24 inches of hooked-jawed majesty. One look at his elongated snout and his mouthful of teeth and we named him "The Gator".

Another lesson three years ago will not soon be forgotten. Only after casting farther and working line deeper in a run called "Kestners Corner" on the predominant Pere Marquette rivers in western Michigan, did I find the sweet spot of this singular run. Sweet for the fish, but not for me and this one will remain a mystery. With friend Adam on the oars, I diligently worked tandem flies in and colse to assorted obstacles in this short S-bend of logs, stumps and boulders. Adam pumped the oars a consolidate times to set me up for the prime spot in the run. I measured the cast and sent my flies toward the jam. I had barely gotten my line under a finger to start stripping it back and out he came....Bang A short but swift hook-set and the battle was on. The heavy-shouldered golden brute made a dash for the wood, but with a downstream sweep of my rod, I kept him from reaching the lumber. He made another run for cover, but another rod turn and he was clear of danger. Luck was on my side.....I thought. His last run was downstream into fast, choppy water. I felt him tire, Adam was there with net in hand and ready. With a consolidate more turns of the reel, I was ready to bring him up. As he came to the surface, he revealed himself, "Big fish". another burst of energy put him just out of the nets reach. My exertion to bring him back toward us ended with him splashing frantically at the covering nearly next to the boat and next thing I see.......pop, there goes the hook and one improbable fish.

Gearing up for the Big Boys

He's not your midpoint trout. Leave your 4 and 5 weight fly rods at home. Casting full sinking or heavy sink-tip lines with oversized streamers requires greater bodily impel and persistence. A 7 or 8 weight, medium to fast operation rods, measuring 8 ½ to 10 feet will deliver your offering the best. Properly balanced, such rods are light adequate to allow for sustained casting throughout the day, yet have the backbone to pull a big fish out of, or away from, heavy cover and structure while a dog fight such as this.

I recall a battle with a plump, feisty female brown trout with more speed than is often related with large, lumber-hunkering browns. With the umpteenth cast of my 10 foot, 7 weight rod rigged with 250 grain sinking line in long deep runs, my fingers started to get number. Despite the fatigue, my cast landed between a boil from a submerged stump and a series of crisscrossed logs in a center river trough. between strips of my streamer, the line jumped and I was off to the races with this butterscotch beauty.

After a run of 30-40 feet downstream, most of which was less than two feet below the surface, she reversed direction with just as much vigor and was back in front of us in no time. When she made her turn close to the boat, I could see the profile and knew this was no small trout. After negotiating a few more runs colse to the surrounding logs, she was safely resting in the soft mesh of the net. With a short, narrow nose and an opal blue dot behind her eye, she lit up in the midday sun, all 2 foot of her.

This pace of operation can down right tire you out. It's a good idea to take an occasional break to subdue the unavoidable fatigue that will set in while a full day of "big boy" streamer fishing. If you're too tired and not paying attention, you could end up casting a rather pricey rod/reel combo right into the river. However, with some patience and convention with your timing, such fishing can be very rewarding.

Different fishing situations call for the use of sinking or sink tip lines of differing lengths and weight. If wade fishing, I might opt for a sink-tip of 8-14 feet in length, in a 250-300 grain weight. Being able to mend the back measure of the fly line will allow you to work the bottom two-thirds of the water column.

Leaders are important, but not nearly as necessary as they are for dry fly fishing. My typical streamer leader is about 3-5 feet, depending on water clarity and tapered down to 8-15 pound test. In other words, I let the river guide me......sounds odd! If the water is off color, I will growth pound impel of tippet and decrease it if water is low and/or clear. When tying fly to tippet with a accepted improved clinch or Duncan Loop knot, it's helpful to balance the line impel and diameter with "How" the fly acts in the water. Specifically, how does it look in the water based on the stiffness of both high/low pound test tippet material? I will use a Rapala knot or Perfection loop knot when tying on larger streamers. With an open loop type knot, it allows the fly/flies to "bob and weave" straight through the water in an erratic manner which often elicits vicious strikes.

Two years ago Marc Kiekenapp and I found ourselves drifting unknowingly close to one too many log jams and he got snagged up. I rowed over to it, he stripped extra line in to bring the snagged fly right to the rod tip to try and free it from the lumber....Snap !....Marc's four piece rod was not a five piece. More than one rod has fallen victim to big streamer fishing. Overhanging branches, strong hooks sets and strong tippet can be a recipe for rod breakage from time to time, bring an extra rod along just to be safe.

Supersize Flies

Let your approved size 6 Black Nose Dace, Mickey Finns or Muddler Minnows rest conveniently in their own box next to your summertime dry fly box of Elk Hair Caddis and Pmd's. To lure a genuinely large trout, you have to start mental Big. Streamers that look like small rodents with hooks. The flies you should be packing are four to six inches long, sometimes even longer depending on conditions. Often constructed with two hooks and related with heavy backing, heavy monofilament, wire or a combination, they are truly a "creation" by the fly tier. Some are weighted to go deep, others aren't in order to ride high in the water column. Some look more like Christmas tree ornaments than primary trout streamers. Not to say that the "classics" don't work, but you will growth your chances for a big boy considerably by increasing the size of the fly you're fishing. A big trout wants a mouthful if it's going to spend the energy chasing food. It's a thrill to see a large fly, undulating straight through the water as it's retrieved and then suddenly engulfed by a dark shadow that bolts out of nowhere and buckles your rod to the cork......my heart start pounding just mental about it !

Vary color and combinations to correspond to differences in water depth, clarity, flow, light conditions and even bodily makeup of the river. When throwing tandem streamers, I like to have one offset the other in color and/or action. Tip drab olive fly could be followed by a sparkly rainbow pattern, black followed by white, cream deer hair head (will dangle a bit due to deer hair), trailed by a piquant yellow. The combinations are many and it doesn't hurt to try out dissimilar combinations on dissimilar rivers.

I have found some consistency in productive patterns when fishing high water with some "tint" to it. Under such conditions, a fly with a good silhouette will draw more attentions from fish than a sparse, faint pattern. When working a stretch of river filled with log jams that have a dark back drop, I will use lighter combinations since they will show up good with that dark wood behind it. If the run is a deeper "cut" or trough adjacent to potential lumber based cover, but has a sand bottom, I will be quick to go dark due to the comparatively light back drop of the sand bottom.

Two years ago I was fishing a black strip leech, trailed by a white baitfish pattern. An vast brown trout bolted from cover to scrutinize the leech, only to pinwheel back and genuinely Hammer the white fly. I often wonder if an attention-getting front fly acts as an attractor more often than we "know". Since only the fish have that answer, it's still just a theory. There are no hard and fast rules here, experimentation has often led to some great discoveries in the world of fly fishing.

Technique

Casting supersized flies cannot merely tire you out; it can be downright hazardous if not carried out with your full attentiveness and some convention prior to getting in the river. Case in point - following a heart-pounding lesson where a true trophy Trutta showed himself with a quick chase and short inspection of my fly, I frantically attempted to re-cast to the same spot, only to have it all come to a halt with a five inch streamer pattern hanging from my Ear !.....Ouch ! Sunglasses or other eye security are necessary to have on when casting big flies.

Given that most any river can be fished with large, gaudy streamers, it's now a matter of how to effectively cast such large flies, get them where you want And not put a hook in your fishing buddy.

My foresight of primary streamer fishing involves casting toward a bank at a 90 degree angle - perpendicular in other words - and working the fly back into mid river as though it got caught sideways in the current and is now susceptible to any colse to ambush artists....big trout ! Logic here is that by casting toward the bank, "maybe" just a bit downstream from perpendicular, that you're putting your fly in front of the greatest whole of fish. This is due to the fact that trout need to keep their noses into the current to most effectively pump water and oxygen straight through their gills. After retrieving fly/flies to just shy of the sink line-leader knot, pick up, false cast once, maybe twice to lengthen slightly or turn direction a bit, present fly, let is sink slightly and begin the stripping sequence and repeat as you work your way down river. Repeat the process, focusing on likely retention water such as medium depth and medium current speed runs, troughs and jams.

Sounds good, but what's wrong with this coming ??? Nothing, If you have the room to back cast 15-25 or more feet of line. When using larger flies that cast and track differently in the water, a few things can be done with the cast and retrieve to keep your flies where you want them and not beat your body up too badly while chucking colse to big macs all day.

I like to hire a roll cast set up when working with heavy sink lines and big flies. Like a primary roll cast, the request for retrial is similar, but for dissimilar reasons. Rather than stripping the fly all the way back to nearly the tip of the rod, instead begin the roll cast request for retrial once you see your fly or have a pretty good idea that it's only 6-8 feet out from the rod tip. By beginning the roll cast at this time, you're accomplishing 2 things in one continuous motion; not bringing All of your line in and then having to cast a clunky knot straight through assorted snake guides on your rod, but still retention flies in the water for the greatest distance you can. Should a attack come at the end, when your flies are a mere few feet from your casting position, you can strip one big arm distance of line in and still have adequate tension to set the hook. Polarized glasses help a lot when training your eyes to look for the flies, versus aimlessly stripping away until you hear the line-leader knot clumsily climb straight through the tip-top of your rod.

By retention some line covering your rod tip and using the first part of the roll cast request for retrial as a "set up"- soft roll cast that has your flies land very close, but in Front of you - it's rather easy to then plainly pick up line, execute a short back cast and shoot the remainder of your fly line. An exceptional technique on smaller streams, it's also a great way to fish larger rivers. Once you get into a rhythm, it's a very productive formula for covering a lot of water and minimizing the wear on your body, especially the casting arm and shoulder.

Once in the "big fly" mindset, it's necessary to strip whatever streamer pattern(s) you're casting, at a speed consistent with that of the natural that you're trying to double with your fly. In other words, don't strip a 2" baitfish pattern in rapid, 20-30" increments, a fish that small cannot swim that fast ! This being said, I'm not a strong proponent of the slow strip while prime streamer time, which are the warming months of April and May in the Midwest. In some cases, you have to get a fish on the verge of hysteria to supervene a big streamer. Sometimes that means running it by them at a pace that's slow adequate for them to catch, yet fast adequate to make them nearly swim out of their scales trying to get it. As we "match the hatch" with covering feeding trout, we can do nearly the same with streamers at times. Identify what big trout are likely to be feeding on based on the river and habitat and then double the fly, request for retrial and speed of retrieval to best match the natural. Large trout eat fish and they're used to chasing them down.......give 'em what they want and what they're well-known with.

The underground to Coaxing a Big Fish

As with so much else in life, success in hooking and landing big trout is fundamentally a matte of putting in your time. Few anglers I know can pick up a big-fly rig and cast it easily and accurately if they have not devoted hours of time and sustained exertion to this type of fly fishing. Even those who have fished this way have to get re-accustomed to the whole feel of this game. "A bit rusty, eh?" is a tasteless phrase early spring from friends and fellow anglers I may be on the water with. We all throw some wayward casts early in the season. But once "dialed in", although not always poetry in motion, it is rather magical to watch and only then can one turn the tables on large trout, when We come to be the predator.

Streamer fishing for big trout is definitely not for everyone. You first have to accept the givens of this approach.

1 - You're not going to catch a lot of fish and may get only a few good shots at them.

2 - Hooked doesn't mean landed. I lost one of the nicest brown trout that I've ever seen, let alone hooked on a streamer, right at the net after negotiating numerous obstacles like stumps, boulders, an whole log jam and a tricky turn in the river. Friend Adam was ready with the net......and I lost him. As much as we "willed" that fish another 10 inches closer to the rim of the net, it didn't happen.

3 - You will get tired. Your arm may feel like Jell-O at the end of a full day of tossing colse to rag dolls.

4 - You will lose flies, some very elaborate that may have taken you or another someone quite a while to tie.

5 - You can experience glory and agony with the same fish in a matter of seconds....some of which you will remember forever....

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Layered Jello Peach Melba Dessert

The flavor of peaches is a favorite of many people. Peach Jello has got to be one of their best flavors; they manage to get a nice peachy quality to the gelatin. There are so many recipes to use this flavor with, but if you like peach Jello, you really should try this peach melba dessert. Peaches are available year round in cans if you decide to add them to the dessert. Frozen raspberries work great for the bottom layer; if you have fresh berries available, by all means use them! The fruit adds a nice flavor and texture to the dessert after the creamy layer full of ice cream. Try this dessert and see what your family thinks.

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Get out your fancy dessert glasses for this one. It is stunning to look at and delicious to eat. You are treated to three delicious layers with this tasty dessert. The bottom is rich with raspberries. You could substitute diced peaches for the raspberries if you prefer to have the dessert completely peachy. Next, you have peach Jello mixed with ice cream. This is a delectable layer for your diners to enjoy, so do not skimp on it. Give them a nice, thick layer. Finally, the dessert is topped with a glass-like layer of clear peach Jello. It almost looks like a layer of liquid sitting there on top of the creamy ice cream.

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This is a retro Jello recipe, so you may remember it from your childhood. How wonderful to be able to share a part of your childhood with your own family and bring back a tradition. Kids love these Jello desserts because they get to use fancy dessert glasses and the desserts are so colorful and interesting. It could be a great way to introduce your kids to cooking. Let them help make the desserts. You may be starting an interest that will grow into a lifelong fascination with food and the magic you can create in the kitchen. Jello is an easy way to get acquainted with working in the kitchen. With all the fun recipes you can create with Jello, your children will develop a love of cooking and creating that will see them well into adulthood when they have children of their own.

Recipe for Peach Melba

This is a creamy dessert that looks stunning on the table.

What You Need

1 package (3 ounces) Jello Peach Gelatin 1 cup boiling water 1/3 cup cold water 1 cup vanilla ice cream 1 package (10 ounces) frozen red raspberries, thawed

How to Make It

Dissolve the Jello in boiling water. Add the cold water. Measure out 3/4 cup of the Jello mixture; blend in the ice cream and let it chill until slightly thickened.

Chill the remaining Jello until slightly thickened.

Spoon the raspberries into the bottom of your dessert glasses. Top the berries with the Jello and ice cream mixture, then add a layer of the clear Jello.

Makes 5 servings.

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A Murder difficulty Halloween Party

Throwing a Murder strangeness Halloween party will leave your guests dying to get there to see what the strangeness is all about, thrilled to participate in solving the mystery, and talking about your party for months and years afterwards.

If you want your home to be "the place to be" this Halloween, read on for some great ideas for a fun (and safe) murder strangeness party for kids and adults alike.

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Where

At your home - as you'll see, a party like this may involve decorating some of the rooms in your home, or you can confine it to your basement or family/great room. If the weather is warm enough (even if cool), you can have at least some of the party on your patio or deck or back yard too. If your guests will include kids, having the party right nearby dinner time is perfect as it will be getting (or already) dark then, but won't be so late that the kids are losing it.

Invitations

The prominent part of the invitation is that it introduces your guests to what the party theme and tone will be. You can go silly, as with Clue, or serious, as with a crime from real life or a Law and Order lesson (with some details changed to make the clarification a surprise of course). You can do supreme cases or make something up from scratch. Regardless, your invitation gives the guest an idea of what to expect when they come to your party. Personally, I love the idea of a Costume Ball strangeness - that way everybody can wear anyone costume they want and not feel out of place.

Costumes

While you can have a specific theme for your party, such as Cinderella or Dead Celebrities, or Monsters, you can also just leave it up to your guests to drew up in anyone they want. Either way, costumes should be expected!

Favors

Favor ideas (that are favorable for both kids and adults) can be polaroid mug shots of each guest, anyone that glows in the dark (necklaces, sticks, wands, etc.), small bags of candy (maybe made to look like crime scene tape), fingerprint dust (candy), sketches of the suspects, small pads of paper (for taking crime scene notes), nail files, fake police badges, flashlights, handcuffs, whistles, etc. For kids, matchbox police cars too.

Decorations

Here is where the fun is! You'll need to decorate your house as though a crime was committed. If kids will be around, you'll need to have any gory stuff you want to include in a room where they will not be or avoid it altogether. It doesn't have to be bloody to be thrilling!

First, general decorations for the food and mingling area:

-> Black, orange, and metallic balloons and streamers would look great, especially if you have the balloons filled with helium and allow them to float on the ceiling with long ribbons on them. This gives a surreal kind of feeling with dim light.

-> Of course the light should be dim. There are all kinds of halloween lighting, including black lights, cauldron lights, candles, etc. (This is for the food/mingling area; the lighting in your crime scene will vary depending on the crime you want to present.)

-> Candles on the main table as a centerpiece are great -if you use candles, be sure that kids can't get to them. There are some absolutely neat dripping blood candles. Or you can display carved pumpkins.

-> Tableware could be black, orange, metallic, or in a nice Halloween pattern.

As for the rest of the house, you might want to only decorate one room, or several, depending on the crime story you conclude to use or create. Here are some ideas:

-> Put crime scene tape over your front door. (Make sure it is easy for people to lift up to get in and put back for other guests.

-> In the bathroom, write a cryptic clue in lipstick on the mirror. Put a fake dead body in the bathtub with fake blood all over him (If kids are coming, you might want to skip this!) To make him, you can stuff clothes with hay or wadded up paper and use a stuffed mask for the head. You can use ketchup for blood.

-> Use glow in the dark tape to create a figure figure on a floor, or put bits and pieces on the walls to try to give the impression of spattered blood lit up with infrared light.

-> create a room in which things are overturned and broken and where it looks like a big struggle/fight has taken place.

-> If kids will participate, you should probably use a "Clue" game theme and leave clues all over the house that are more kid-friendly than fake dead bodies and such.

Either way, if you want to make a game out of it, the idea is to make it so guests can devise their own theories as to exactly what happened, so you'll need a "police officer" or other person of authority to read off the stats of the crime and background information to guests as they view the crime scene room(s). (Or, you can include this information on your invitations!)

You can create it so that there is a specific guilty person, or you can just have people create theories and adopt the best one to be the winner. Alternatively, you don't have to wish that guests solve the crime but just use the crime scene as part of your decorating theme.

Food

There are so many Halloween themed food ideas that I can't even begin to crack the covering of what is available, from haunted house cakes to spiderweb cookies to brain-shaped jello molds to "finger" foods (little hot dogs), etc. Just use your imagination or hunt online for "halloween recipes."

As for crime-scene associated ideas, pretty much any recipes that have human parts (fingers, bones, brain, eyeballs, etc.) and anyone bloody. Also, police-type ideas include coffee and doughnuts (no offense meant to our people in blue!), badge shaped cookies or cake, and foods that are easy to eat on the way to a crime scene, like sandwiches and wraps.

Don't forget Halloween drinks! A cauldron of fruit punch, or a punch bowl of any iced drink that is good for everyone. Be sure to have basics: coffee, soda, iced tea, and if your guests like, beer and wine.

Cake

For a Halloween party, a cake is not mandatory, but if you want to have one, there are lots of online ideas for Halloween. I couldn't find a crime scene style cake, but a badge or handcuff shape would be cool.

Games

Of course, your strangeness can be a game and you can also have Halloween oriented games too, including bobbing for apples, candy or treasure hunt, pumpkin carving, etc. When I throw parties for kids, having some games planned is great, but for a more adult party, just socializing seems to be what my guests tend to want to do for the most part.

Entertainment

You'll probably want to have some Halloween spooky music Cds. Since the crime scene will take some time, you might want to have a stereo with music rather than live entertainment. But it's wholly up to you and what your guests would enjoy the most. I wonder if there's a Cd with theme songs from crime drama Tv shows anywhere? :) Or if you have a police scanner or even have a crime show on Tv or on Dvd playing, like a season of Law and Order or Csi.

There are endless ideas for having a crime scene Halloween party - as I mentioned, you could set it up like an actual crime scene or set it up like a Clue mystery. You could also create a Scooby Doo strangeness or a strangeness piquant Halloween-type creatures like ghosts, werewolves, vampires, etc. It's all dependent on what type of Halloween crime party you want to have.

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Party Supplies For Your Halloween Party

Call eight to ten of your ghastliest boy and ghoul-friends for this year's Halloween get-together and it's sure to be a scream! Party supplies are likely to contain interpret decorations, partyware, favors, themed food and party supplies costumes. You can have just as much fun planning the celebration as you'll have at the event, if you start a month in advance.

The first task -- that can be rather daunting -- is knowing where to look for costumes and party supplies. Party City is a great wholesale party supply store that will have costumes from - for adults.

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However, you'll want to shop as early as inherent to avoid barren shelves and poor selection. Buycostumes has unique costumes for reasonable prices. If you want a in effect horrific mask and are willing to spend a exiguous more, Thehorrordome is your site. You can find hundreds of costumes at Orientaltrading, including plus sizes and couples options!

For garnish party supplies, check Frightcatalog, Orientaltradingpost, Partycity and Thehorrordome for some marvelous options. Wall-coverings, tablecloths and a few cut-outs can quickly transform your house into the scariest place on the block. Animatronics add additional scares, while cobwebs and balloons are cheap, creepy additions.

As far as partyware celebration supplies go, Orientaltrading offers 25 plates in themed colors for just .95, skeleton hand champagne glasses (12 for ), decorated table cloths (), a skull punch-bowl set for , and monster hand Jello molds.

A original and cheap main entree is goulash made of just noodles, sauce, peppers, onions and ground beef. (You can serve a small army for ). Other options include: Pumpkin soup or pie, deviled potato salad, herb-marinated olives, nutty phyllo ghosts, candy apples and more (at Foodnetwork.com).

A larger list of Halloween recipe sites can be found at: Darklinks.com/dhauntfood.html, which includes vegetarian and cocktail options.

For music party supplies, you can purchase a Halloween compilation or download the typical "Monster Mash" or Ghostbuster theme tunes. For more upbeat atmosphere, try a "horrorbilly" or "psychobilly" band or two.

The Matadors, The Creepshow or The Horrorpops give you Halloween-themed music with an old rock n roll twist that's sure to get your celebration dancing. Or purchase an inclusive murder strangeness kit with food, music and entertainment directions.

Lastly, it could be fun to give your friends some favors to take home with them as a memento. Orientaltrading has an especially good selection of celebration supplies and favors by the dozen -- like 12 light-up skeleton shot-glasses for .

You shouldn't see cobwebs when you open your wallet after buying party supplies, as long as you've made a budget and stuck to it. Decree which area you'll want to spend in and recruit some friends to help out. Remember, decor is key for a creepy Halloween bash that your friends will always remember!

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Grape Jello Cake

Next time you bake a cake, consider an alternative to frosting by making a jello cake. Not only is it colorful, it is delicious. Add your favorite jello, such as grape, lemon, or cherry, when you use a white cake mix, or be bold and use two or three different flavors to create a design or theme.

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If a topping is a must, create a special one using whipped topping and fruit, such as sliced pineapple or cherries. Fresh fruit is good anytime, and especially as a garnish for jello cake. Slivered almonds or walnut halves polish the stylish presentation of this dessert. Family and friends will love it. If you take it to a meeting or potluck, expect several requests for a return performance.

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Groovy Grape Jello Cake

This recipe is easy because it uses a cake mix. Most food companies agree on what you need to add to the mix to prepare the batter, and those are the quantities listed in the recipe. Read the cake box, though, to be sure the amounts needed for oil, water, and eggs are the same. Things like elevation and humidity can sometimes call for a lesser amount on the cake box instructions.

What You Need:

1 box white cake mix (18 ounces) 1 cup water 3 eggs 1/3 cup oil 1 box grape jello (3 ounces) Frozen whipped topping, thawed Sliced strawberries or kiwis for decoration

How To Make It:

Prepare the cake batter in a large mixing bowl, according to instructions. Be certain to completely mix the eggs, oil, and water with the mixture. Pour batter into a glass baking dish.

Bake cake, remove from oven, and let cool thoroughly.

Poke holes in the top of the cake using a toothpick, hitting the bottom of the baking dish. The holes let the jello to travel down through the cake.

Prepare the grape jello according to the package instructions, except do not let it to set. Pour it all over the top of the cake. Do not panic when it turns purple and looks soggy. The gelatin in the mix will firm up as it is chilled and the cake will be fine.

Put the cake in the refrigerator for at least five hours. Overnight is even better. The grape jello will become more solid during that time.

To remove the cake after the jello has set, remove the baking dish from the refrigerator and place it in a larger dish of hot (not boiling) water. Be sure the water is not near the top of the dish, since you do not want to get the cake wet. Remove the baking dish after 1 minute. Dry any water off the dish. Hold the serving platter firmly against the dish and turn the dish over, placing the platter on a table or counter. The cake should slip out of the baking dish, which can now be lifted off.

Using a rubber spatula or table knife spread the thawed whipped topping over the cake. Be as creative with the texture as you want to be. Smooth, swirly, or wavy, the topping is going to look good. Arrange the strawberry or kiwi pieces on the top and sides of your Groovy Grape Jello Cake.

Cover and refrigerate any remaining cake.

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Jello Pie Recipe: Classic Jello Pie

Here is the classic Jello pie recipe that makes a lovely presentation for any occasion. You can use practically any flavor of gelatin and fruit to create a rainbow of fruity goodness.

2/3 cup boiling water

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1 package Jell-O brand gelatin (any flavor)

1/2 cup cold water

1/2 cup ice cubes

2 containers Cool Whip

1 ready made pie crust

Directions

Pour gelatin mix into a large bowl. Bring water to a boil. Pour hot water over gelatin until completely dissolved. In a separate bowl, mix together the cold water and the ice cubes to make one cup. Combine cold water with the gelatin mixture and stir until all the ice melts.

Stir in one container of the whipped topping and beat with a wire whisk until mixture is nice and smooth. Refrigerate the gelatin for 15 to 20 minutes or until gelatin thickens. Spoon the gelatin mixture into the pie crust.

Refrigerate pie for 4 hours or overnight.

=> Jello Pie Recipe: Jello Strawberry Pie

When strawberry season hits, this is a wonderful way to display those red beauties and enjoy their sweet freshness surrounded by a beautiful red shimmer. Oh, and there's a tasty surprise on the bottom, which doubles your enjoyment.

1 package strawberry gelatin

1 pint strawberries

1/2 pint whipping cream

1 cup sugar

1 cup hot water

1 (9-inch) ready made pie shell

Directions

In a bowl, dissolve the gelatin in hot water. Wash and hull the strawberries; place strawberries in a separate large bowl and pour the sugar over them; toss lightly until well coated. After the gelatin has cooled (but not set), add gelatin mixture to strawberries. Let mixture chill in the refrigerator until it has congealed.

With a wire whisk, beat the whipped cream, adding 4 tablespoons of the gelatin mixture as you go. Spoon the cream mixture into the bottom of the pie crust.

Pull out the strawberries from the cooled gelatin mixture and lay them on top of the cream mixture. Pour the congealed gelatin into the pie crust. Refrigerate pie for 4 hours or until completely set.

=> Jello Pie Recipe: Cherry Jello Pie

Cherry fans everywhere will enjoy this quick-to-make dessert pie. This pie is literally bursting with cherry flavor.

2 1/2 cups canned red cherries, drained

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 package Cherry gelatin

2 1/4 cups warm cherry juice and water

1 (9-inch) ready made pie shell

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the cherries and the sugar. In a separate bowl, dissolve gelatin in the hot water. Add the cherries, cherry juice and the salt to the gelatin mixture. Refrigerate until gelatin thickens. Pour cooled gelatin mixture into the pie shell. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until gelatin is set. Serve with whipped topping

=> Jello Pudding Pie Recipe: Jello Chocolate Ice Cream Pudding Pie

How can something so delicious be so easy to make? This is a perfect dessert to serve on a hot summer night, or any time you are in the mood for ice cream. For a different flavor of pudding pie, just change the flavor of the pudding mix and the ice cream: i.e. Pistachio pudding and Pistachio ice cream.

1 1/2 cups milk

1 cup chocolate ice cream

1 large package instant Jello chocolate pudding mix

1 ready made graham cracker crust pie shell

Directions

In a large bowl, mix milk and ice cream together; stirring until well blended. Add pudding mix and stir until mixture is creamy and smooth (note: DO NOT use electric mixer).

Pour chocolate mixture into pie shell. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving. Top with whipped cream, if desired.

Jello Pie Recipe: Classic Jello Pie

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Jello Wrestling

What is Jello Wrestling? Basically it is a container like a wading pool filled with jelly and two or more people wrestle in it.

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It's fun, it's fast, and it's exciting and a great fundraiser event. Jello wrestling has been a favorite fund raiser for college students and also to get students to join in with campus activities.

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The only downside of jello wrestling events can be the noise and many attract the attention of the local constabulary. So be warned - make sure you choose a suitable location if you want to see the full program of wrestling.

Also it is messy. Not just for the location and the wrestlers but as the jelly flies most of the spectators end up nearly as messy. So wear some old clothes.

So how do you make up the jelly? The normal type jello needs to be chilled so that the jelly sets. But there is an easier way. A product called No Chill Jello is ideal for a wrestling event, because if you use regular jello you have to refrigerate the product down to 40 degrees and after about 20 minutes of wrestling from body heat and indoor/outdoor temperature it breaks down to liquid again. No-Chill Jello sets up at temperatures as high as 85 to 90 degrees. For this reason No-Chill Jello does not break down like refrigerated jello.

No Chill Jello is made from a gum and not from an animal gelatin and will not melt during the event which makes it much better. It is also sold in bulk throughout the food service industry. Directions for mixing the jello can be found at http://www.jello-wrestling.info You can also find some suggestions for equipment needed.

Jello Wrestling is a very fun thing to watch but girls think twice before volunteering to hold an event as you get to clean up the mess. Another quick tip - girls unless you want to bare all, wear a tight fitting T shirt or top as it is sooo slippery.

Jello Wrestling

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Finger Jello Recipes

Kids, especially preschoolers, love Finger Jello! They love it
even more when they get to help make it. Let your preschooler
cut the Jello into shapes with cookie cutters when the Jello is
set. Make green and red for Christmas, orange for
Halloween. Making finger jello can be a fun family activity!

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Finger Jello Recipe #1

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3 3-oz. pkg. Jello

4 pkg. Knox unflavored gelatin

4 c. boiling water

Mix all ingredients together until dissolved. Pour into
13x9x2-in. baking dish and refrigerate. Cut into squares or use
cookie cutters to create shapes.

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3 3-oz. pkg. Jello

1 c. whipping cream

2 1/2 c. boiling water

Mix Jello and boiling water together until dissolved. Add
whipping cream and continue stirring. Pour into 8x8-in. pan and
chill well.

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1 c. sweetened condensed milk

1 3-oz. pkg. purple Jello

1 3-oz. pkg. orange Jello

1 3-oz. pkg. yellow Jello

1 3-oz. pkg. green Jello

1 3-oz. pkg. red Jello

7 pkg. Knox unflavored gelatin

To prepare filling, dissolve 2 envelopes of Knox gelatin in 1/2
cup cold water. Add 1 cup boiling water to sweetened condensed
milk. Add dissolved gelatin to milk and stir in 1 additional cup
of boiling water. Set aside.

To create layers, prepare one box of Jello at a time. Mix 1
envelope Knox gelatin with 1/4 cup cold water. Add 1 cup boiling
water and 1 box Jello. Pour Jello into greased 13x9x2-inch baking
pan. Refrigerate 15-20 minutes until set.

Pour 3/4 cup filling over set Jello. Chill 15-20 minutes.
Continue layering Jello and filling, ending with Jello on top.
Chill each layer 15-20 minutes before adding next layer.

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Jello Mold Recipe - Lime Jello Cottage Cheese Recipe

Here is a great lime Jello with pineapple recipe that uses cottage cheese instead of the heavier cream cheese. It makes a very pretty molded gelatin dessert to serve on top of salad greens, or as a nice luncheon centerpiece.

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2 boxes lime gelatin

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2 cups boiling water

2 cups cold water

4 tablespoons mayonnaise

1 (16 oz.) container cottage cheese, small curd

1 (16 oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained

Miniature marshmallows

1 (12oz.) container Cool Whip

Directions

In a medium bowl, Add boiling water to the two packages of lime gelatin; stir until gelatin is dissolved completely. Pour in cold water and stir. Stir the mayonnaise into the cottage cheese. Add cottage cheese to gelatin mixture.

Mix in the pineapple and stir until gelatin begins to thicken. Pour into the Jello mold. Put in refrigerator and chill until gelatin is firmly set. Unmold gelatin onto a serving plate.

Add marshmallows to Cool Whip and then spread over top of gelatin.

=> Jello Mold Recipe: Lime Jello Mold Salad with Cream Cheese

This cream cheese Jello recipe is also a popular Jello classic recipe that can be served for just about any occasion. You can't go wrong with a lime Jello recipe that features pears, maraschino cherries and nuts. With every bite you'll enjoy a flavor sensation of fruit, cream and nuts.

1 large package lime gelatin

1 large can pears

1/2 (4 oz.) package cream cheese

1 container Cool Whip

Maraschino cherries, cut into quarters

1/2 cup chopped nuts

Directions

Drain juice from pears. Dissolve gelatin in 2 cups of boiling water. In a blender, add gelatin mixture, pears, cream cheese, 1/2 of Cool Whip. Blend until smooth. Pour mixture in a Jello mold. Chill in the refrigerator.

Unmold the gelatin onto a serving plate. Spread remaining Cool Whip on top of gelatin. Sprinkle the chopped nuts and cherries on top.

=> Jello Mold Recipe: Lemon Mousse

Here's an easy Jello recipe that tastes just like lemon meringue pie. It's light and quick to make. It's also a great Cool Whip Jello recipe that will look beautiful when using an elegant Jello mold, or, served up in glass dessert dishes.

1 3/4 cups boiling water

1 (6 oz.) package lemon gelatin

3/4 cup cold water

1 (12 oz.) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed

1 (12 oz.) container Cool Whip, thawed

Directions

Dissolve the gelatin in boiling water. Slowly stir in the cold water and lemonade. Chill gelatin mixture in the refrigerator until it gets thick, but not set.

In a large bowl, beat together the cold lemonade mixture and the whipped topping; beat until mixture is completely smooth and a pale yellow color. Pour gelatin mixture into a large mold.

=> Orange Jello Salad Recipe: Mandarin Orange Jello Salad

Looking for a bright, beautiful Jello gelatin recipe? This lovely orange Jello salad recipe fits the bill nicely. It's a refreshing Jello fruit recipe that features orange juice, pineapple, vanilla pudding and our favorite whipped topping.

2 small packages orange gelatin

2 cups boiling water

1 small can frozen orange juice concentrate

2 cans mandarin oranges

1 can crushed pineapple

1 large box instant vanilla pudding

1 cup milk

1 small container Cool Whip

Directions

In a large bowl, combine gelatin, water and orange juice concentrate; chill until just firm. Mix in the mandarin oranges and pineapple on top and chill until solid.

In a medium bowl, combine the pudding, milk and Cool Whip; spread on top of salad. Chill until completely set.

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Recipes Cookies Thumbprint

These recipes cookies thumbprint are quick, easy and delicious. Just check these out and I'm sure you'll be amazingly surprised.

So here we go for some recipes cookies thumbprint:

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>>Winston Cookies

1/4 c shortening

1 egg yolk

1/2 ts vanilla

1/2 c flour

1/4 ts salt

1/4 c brown sugar

2 tb diet raspberry spread

Cream shortening and sugar together. Beat in yolk and vanilla. Stir in flour and salt. Roll dough into 20 balls and place on ungreased baking sheets.

Dent the top with the end of a table knife. Bake at 350f for 5 min then dent tops again. Continue to bake an additional one 5 min or until lightly browned. Spoon 1/2 tsp diet spread in depressions while still hot. Makes 20 cookies. One serving ò cookies 1 fruit & veg choice, 1 fats & oils choice

>>Cherry Tree Cookies

1/3 c shortening - soft

1 1/4 c sifted all-purpose flour

1 1/2 c quaker oats, uncooked (quick or old-fashioned)

1 egg

1 t vanilla

1/2 ts soda

1/2 ts salt

1/4 c milk

3/4 c brown sugar, firmly packed

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green colored sugar

red cinnamon candies

Beat shortening and sugar together until creamy. Blend in egg and
vanilla. Sift together flour, soda and salt; add to creamed mixture
alternately with milk. Stir in oats. Chill dough some hours.

Roll out on lightly floured board or canvas to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut
out "tree-tops" with floured 3-1/2-inch round cutter. Cut out "tree trunks" about 1 inch tall with sharp knife. Place circles on greased
cooky sheet; attach "tree trunks". Press cinnamon candies into "tree
tops" and sprinkle with green colored sugar. Sprinkle "tree trunks" with chocolate shot. Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 f.) 8 to 10 minutes.

That's it for today! If you want more recipes cookies thumbprint just check below:

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Ideas For Good Casseroles

Cooking a casserole is one of the fastest and simplest ways to serve a mouthwatering dinner. If you're mental what to make for a evening meal party or collective gathering I think that 1 of these exquisite recipes would be exquisite for such an occasion.

Below is a list of recipes for you to try:

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Tuna Noodle Casserole - Made with fresh tuna, noodles, red onions, cream of mushroom soup, and mild cheddar cheese.

Green Bean Casserole - Made with long green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and fried white onions.

Breakfast Casserole - Made with sausage, eggs, bread, and milk(Could also be called the fry up casserole....great for hangovers.

Hamburger Casserole - Made with top capability ground beef, cherry tomatoes, mild cheese, mushrooms, and noodles.

Potato Casserole - Made with potatoes, medium cheddar cheese, sour cream, and green onions.

Chicken Rice Casserole - Made with 2 whole chicken fillets, cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup, and long grain rice.

Spaghetti Casserole - Made with spaghetti, turkey breast, green bell peppers, mushroom soup, and cheddar cheese.

Zucchini Casserole - Made with zucchini, American cheese, green bell peppers, and crushed crackers.

Taco Casserole - Made with hamburgers, red kidney beans, red lettuce, cherry tomatoes, corn chips, and taco sauce.

Corn Casserole - Made with creamed corn, butter, sour cream, eggs, and corn muffin mix.

Enchilada Casserole - Made with ground beef, cream of chicken soup, chilies, mild cheese, and flour tortillas.

Squash Casserole - Made with zucchini, cheese, carrots, sour cream, cream of mushroom soup, and herb stuffing.

Spinach Casserole - Made with fresh spinach, full fat milk, white onions, cheese, and brown rice.

Eggplant Casserole - Made with eggplant, red onions, bread crumbs, and Parmesan cheese.

French Toast Casserole - Made with bread, raisins, eggs, cinnamon, and vanilla.

King Ranch Casserole - Made with cream of chicken soup, plum tomatoes, Monterey Jack cheese, chicken fillets, and sour cream.

Pizza Casserole - Made with hamburger, red and white onions, egg noodles, mozzarella cheese, button mushrooms, herbs and spices, and tomato sauce.

Turkey Broccoli Casserole - Mde with turkey breast, broccoli, white onions, green peppers, rice, and mature cheddar cheese.

Shrimp Casserole - Made with shrimp, rice, Worcestershire sauce, and buttered bread crumbs.

Mexican Casserole - Made with chicken fillets, sour cream, green chilies, spices, and Monterey Jack cheese.

Ideas For Good Casseroles

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Bartending Terms

Drinks requiring only shaking are covered with a plastic shaker cup and mixed within the glass; whereas shaken and strained or stirred and strained drinks are originally mixed within (a) shaker cups (glass & stainless steel) and then transferred to a glass. Remember to all the time fill your shaker full of ice before mixing drinks requiring whether stirring/shaking and straining. The same applies to glassware; all the time start with a full glass of ice.

*Safety Precautions*

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Please keep in mind that while directions such as "shoot drink", "drink without using hands", "ignite drink", or "while leaning head over bar pour drink into mouth" are all authentic recipe components, they are only suggestions and should not be attempted if you feel that they might pose a hazard to your health. Make sure to never carry or transport a lit drink, as alcohol is a flammable liquid and should be respectfully treated as such. Before drinking, completely extinguish any drink suggesting ignition.

Always overstock on ice, fresh resupply is significant in the maintenance of pro standards. Whenever glassware or bottles are broken in the vicinity of the ice bin, melt the ice with hot water, clean the bin, and restock with new ice.

Ice

Ice can be one of the most foremost factors in determining a drink's quality. Ordinarily speaking, the small square-shaped "slices" normally referred to as "bar" ice are best. Aside from preventing premature blender destruction, the smaller style ice cube, will by virtue of increased surface area, make for a significantly colder drink. The resulting reduction in vapor pressure (fumes) from the alcohol makes for a more palatable mixed drink.

As mentioned before in the section on Ice, whenever glassware or bottles are broken in the vicinity of the ice bin, melt the ice with hot water, clean the bin and restock with new ice.

A 2-speed industrial blender is approximately a must for ability frozens. Don't destroy a 15-speed kitchen blender trying to crush ice; it's simply not made for the job. Waring® produces a good line of industrial 2-speed Blender models that start at less than .00.

Liquor Measurement

The use of a shot theory has been adopted, whereby a shot is equal to whichever size jigger you use, holding in mind that the recipes are based on a 1 1/2 oz. shot. When using a distinct size jigger, strict proportioning can be main­tained by using larger glassware and more mixer if the "shot" is bigger or vice versa if smaller. Use a 1 1/4 oz. shot and the specified sizes and measurements for a milder recipe variation. Splashes are 1 oz., scoops are 4 ozs. And dashes are from 3 to 5 drops. This theory was chosen not only because it's quick and easy to use but most importantly, because it's adaptable to your bartending style.

Liquor Measuring Key:

Dash-------3 to 5 drops

Scoop------4 ounces

Shot-------1 1/2 ounces

Splash-----1 ounce

Tablespoon-'/2 ounce (3 tspn.)

Teaspoon---'/6 ounce

A.K.A.-----"Also Known As"

S.A.-------"See Also"

V/O--------"Variation or Option"

/----------"or"

R----------"Registered Trademark"

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Weird and splendid Recipes Just For Fun

There have always been literally strange recipes colse to that are passed from kitchen to kitchen until they fade and a new fad takes over. Ordinarily they are perfectly edible, they may even taste quite good, but at least one ingredient is strange or used in a peculiar way.

Bacon Mugs

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I found a version of this on Stumble. The resulting mugs make great packaging for salads, rice etc. Use small ovenproof dishes upside down. These you cover with foil pressed well down. These you cover with bacon. I t is best if you cross two rashers over the upturned base and then wind one or two more rashers in and out to make a bacon basket. Cook these on a baking tray to catch drips. How long they take to become crisp will depend upon the bacon and your oven. A hot oven is best, but may furnish some smoke. The bacon will shrink of course, but removed determined from the foil after cooling and they should keep their shape. I must try this with vegetarian bacon, but these crisp up literally fast so keep a careful eye on them. Someone else idea might be to originate a basket in a long, shallow dish.

Carrot Jam

This comes from a Second World War time book, so is literally old. The fact that the recipe has survived this long must mean that it is worth making. Next time I make carrot cake I
will split it and spread it with some of this. I cannot give quantities as it depends upon how much mashed carrot you have.

Wash and peel your carrots. Chop them small and boil in slightly salted water until soft. Drain and sieve or chop finely in a food processor. To one pound of this pulp add on pound of sugar , 1 teaspoon of powdered ginger and the juice and grated zest of a lemon.

Boil all these together as when making any other jam. Pot when it begins to get thick.

Rose Petal Jam

My darling Granddad would allow me to pick his precious roses to make this. Some petals, especially white ones need trimming at the end where they join the flower as this part of the petal can furnish a bitter taste.

2 mugs of rose petals packed fairly tightly, 2 1/2 mugs of sugar, 2 mugs of warm water, 2 tablespoons of honey, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice.

Cut the petals into 1/4 inch strips. Cover with the water and cook for about 10 minutes. Strain this, reserving the petals, and use the liquid to make a syrup with the sugar and honey. Boil and then simmer for 5 minutes before adding the petals once more. Then cook on the bottom possible flame for about 40 minutes- an asbestos mat helps with this recipe. Add the lemon juice and cook for a additional 20 minutes. Pour into sterile pots and seal. Some would want to add a little colouring, but I am a purist and never do.

Jelly Fruit - Americans would probably call these Jello Fruit.

I remember these as a great treat at birthdays when I was a child. Somehow eating the jelly from out of a fruit shell made it taste better - at least in my imagination.

Each fruit will give you 4 portions. Halve your oranges. Remove all the flesh taking care not to damage the skins. Place the dry skins upright on a tray, or better still balance them in muffin tins which means that they stay upright more easily. Make up your jelly/jello a little thicker than normal and pour into the empty shells as full as you can as it shrinks a little when it sets. Place the tray in fridge and let set. Then cut each half shell once more so that the orange shell is now in quarters which make them much easier to eat. All you have to do now is to think of something to do with all that orange flesh. Now that my family is grown I wonder if it will work as jelly shots?

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Store Food Safely

Outdoor activities such as hiking, camping, and boating are good activities for all the family, but remember this, if the food is not ready properly, food poisoning would be a very unwelcome reminder of the day

1. Pick foods that can be carried in a backpack and wont spoil easily. Keep foods either hot or chilled. Since it's of hard to keep foods hot without a heat source, it's best to pack mostly cold food.

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2. Keep all things clean, bring disposable wipes.

3.Bring bottled water a long with you as you can not depend on finding fresh water when you are out and steams or lakes can not be trusted to be clean enough to drink.

4. If you are planning a trip for more than a day then you need to revaluate your food plan bring air tight containers and canned foods or sealed jars. For example:

==> peanut butter in plastic jars;

==> concentrated juice boxes;

==> canned tuna, ham, chicken, and beef;

==> dried noodles and soups;

==> beef jerky and other dried meats;

==> dehydrated foods;

==> dried fruits and nuts; and

==> powdered milk and fruit drinks.

5. If cooking over a fire or grill be sure that the food is cooked well, color isnt all the time a good indicater as it can be difficult to tell at night a good idea would be to use a food thermometer and watch for the temp to reach 160 F

6. To keep food cold the best way is to pack coolers with ice

7. If you're planning to fish, check with your fish and game division or state condition division to see where you can fish safely, then follow these guidelines for Finfish:

==> Scale, gut, and clean fish as soon as they're caught.

==> Live fish can be kept on stringers or in live wells, as long as they have enough water and enough room to move and breathe.

==> Wrap fish, both whole and cleaned, in water-tight plastic and store on ice.

==> Keep 3 to 4 inches of ice on the lowest of the cooler. Alternate layers of fish and ice.

==> Store cooler out of the sun and cover with a blanket.

==> Once home, eat fresh fish within 1 to 2 days or ice them. For top quality, use icy fish within 3 to 6 months.

9. If using a cooler, leftover food is safe only if the cooler still has ice in it. Otherwise discard leftover food.

10. either in the wild or on the high seas all the time wash your hands before and after handling food.

Store Food Safely

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Themed Birthday Party Supplies

Birthday party supplies cover all from decorations, food, favors and partyware. The thoughtful planner will first choose a theme (for example: disco, 1950s, Mardi Gras, Hawaiian or Western). Once you've chosen a theme, you'll find all else for the celebration really falls into place -- and the planning is really fun!

You can purchase birthday party supplies at Party City or Coolest-kid-birthday-parties, which also offer clues about kids birthday and adult birthday themes. For instance, some favorite kids themes include: Harry Potter, undersea, princesses, pirates, dinosaurs, fiesta, western, army and safari. favorite adult themes are: 1920s, 1950s, 1970s, mardi gras, Victorian ball, luau, western and casino.

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Sometimes your guests will appreciate a simple theme, with costumes that merely involve silly hats or masquerade masks. Theme is your key to looking decorations and choosing which food to serve.

For kids parties, your best bet is sheet pizza and munchies or a exiguous home cooking. If you're throwing a theme party, there are tons of themed food ideas for kids parties at Coolest-kid-birthday-parties. For a superhero theme, you might serve "Superhero sandwiches", "Green Goblin guacamole" and "Penguin Tuna Salad".

For a circus theme, you might want corndogs, nachos, clown face dip and animal shaped sandwiches. For adult theme parties, you might choose catering from Subway or a Chinese Buffet to save money. If you want something a exiguous more eloquent, Foodnetwork has great recipe suggestions.

Also, for adult birthday celebration supplies, you'll really want to comprise alcohol and special drink recipes. Jello shots, Mint Juleps, Sake, Martinis, Margaritas and Kahlua-with-coffee make great treats for your guests.

For partyware, Orientaltrading, Partysupplydirect or Party City offer deals on birthday party supplies like bulk plates, cups and silverware. Your best bet if planning a large celebration is to purchase solid tableware and spice up the decorating in other areas, like tablecloths or props.

While eight themed supper plates are only .50, dream spending just as much on napkins, cake plates and cups; and if you have fifty or more guests coming, that stuff can really add up!

Theme celebration decorations are a quintessential part of birthday party supplies purchases. For kids parties, find decorating ideas at Coolest-kid-birthday-parties where you can do-it-yourself and save money.

If you're low on time, Celebrateexpress offers all-in-one garnish kits that comprise all partyware, tablecloths, balloons, streamers, and sometimes even celebration favors as well.

Adults can purchase most decorations separately at Party City or in kits at Birthdayzbyshindigz. This can be a really fun part of birthday party supplies shopping as long as you set a allocation and stick to it.

Nothing beats a great celebration that's carefully planned, from the invitations to the favors. You'll be happy to know that you're not alone in your planning. There are plenty of online resources to help minimize the stress and give you more creative ideas for your birthday party supplies purchasing.

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Easy Jello Recipes For Your Superbowl Party

When you think about Superbowl party food you probably thing of the classics, which are hot dogs, potato chips, dips, buffalo wings and beer, amongst others. However, it is also nice to make some sweet recipes for a Superbowl party and jello is the perfect ingredient to use for these.

When it comes to Superbowl party recipes, it is all about finger food. Nobody minds eating sticky chicken wings with their fingers, so what about production some dessert recipes that they can pick up assuredly too? A bowl of jello is not finger food but jello jigglers are. A fluffy jello dessert is not finger food but jello cookies are.

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Types of Jello Superbowl Recipes

As well as the fact that there are many different jello recipes for you to choose from, other great thing about production Superbowl party food with jello is that you can make these snacks in progress and leave them in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve them. This will probably be after all the buffalo wings, chips, dips and beer has gone!

If there are kids watching the Superbowl at your house, they will also love jello desserts. You can make jello jigglers in any flavor and you can even make layered jello jigglers by leaving one layer of jello to set, then production other color and flavor and pouring it over the top to set.

Jello jigglers are made by only adding half the estimate of water to your jello powder. This makes a firm, non-sticky type of jello, which you can cut into squares or rectangles.

Another choice is jello cookies and you can use jello gelatin as one of your ingredients. This gives the cookies a fruity taste and a assuredly nice texture. Leave jello pie recipes and jello cheesecake recipes for other occasion because you need cutlery to eat those. Sticking to a finger food buffet is more fun and fits in with the spirit of the event.

Strawberry Superbowl Jello Cookies

This tasty and easy jello cookie recipe makes twenty four jello cookies. Feel free to use a different flavor of jello if you want. Also, you could use a cookie cutter to cut fun Superbowl-related shapes! These cookies keep for a week in an airtight container. They go soft towards the end of the week but a lot of citizen like that texture.

What you will need:

3 oz holder strawberry jello 3/4 cup shortening 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup white sugar
How to make them:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Incorporate the sugar, eggs, jello, vanilla and shortening, then stir in the other ingredients. Roll the dough into balls, 3/4 inch in diameter, and put them on a pair of ungreased cookie trays, 3 inches apart.

Flatten each one with the lowest of a glass, which you have first dipped in sugar. Bake them for about 7 minutes or until they are golden brown and let them cool for ten minutes on a wire rack. Serve warm or cold.

Easy Jello Recipes For Your Superbowl Party

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