Murron's Thread

[murron]

What is your favorite Thanksgiving memory?

Thanksgiving hasn't been a major thing for my extended family for many years; since my grandmother died in 94.

However, in the last 6 years it has turned into quite the fete with my husband's side of the family. I don't think I have any one favorite memory, it's more just the yearly activities surrounding the holiday. We put on a large "drop-in" feast for the family. Considering I love to cook and bake, it's a chance for me to...uumm...show off in the kitchen, lol. I set the buffet with plates and bowls of food and keep more cooking during the day. Family drops in all through the day to have a bite to eat and visit. I by far prefer this to trying to have a sit-down meal that coincides with everyone else's familial obligations that day.

 

[Sweet Pea]

What is your favorite thing to cook?

 

[murron]

What is your favorite thing to cook?

Wow, that's a tough question. I don't think I could name any one thing I like to cook more than any other thing.

I tend to cook based on mood. I try to change things up by having a variety of ethnic foods on a routine basis. Italian and Mexican are two of the more popular types of meals in the house (for the kids) but hubby is a meat and potatoes guy and steak is always his preference. I prefer seafood.

I love making creme brulee` for dessert; something about that little torch just appeals to me, rofl.

Actually, now that I think about it, there is one thing which I truly enjoy making - homemade bread. I have an industrial strength mixer that can handle kneading bread dough, but I generally prefer to do it by hand. I think the reason I enjoy making it is because my family really enjoys the bread fresh from the oven.

Popovers are another thing I enjoy making, because it's a little challenge to get them to turn out right; if the temperature of the ingredients is off, they won't "pop over", if you don't change the oven temperature at the right time, they won't "pop over".

Tortes are fun to make just because you can be very creative with your flavors and the appearance of the finished product. I also like to make cheesecakes from scratch, again because it's something my family really enjoys.

But, the favorite dessert I make for the entire family (household and extended family) is turtle cake. I don't particularly enjoy making this one more than any other dessert, it's expensive to make, time consuming to put together...and it makes a complete mess of my kitchen. But the result is a cake so sinfully rich that a sliver requires an 8 ounce glass of ice cold milk to wash it down.

Bottom line, I enjoy cooking no matter what the dish being prepared.

Oh! One other dish...it isn't complicated to make, nothing fancy, but my kids think it is the absolute best food on Earth and whenever they have friends over to spend the night, they request I make this - Biscuits and gravy, all from scratch. My grandmother taught me how to make a gravy that will never have lumps and I make a very spicy gravy that my kids just love. Mind you, these are the same kids I once fried a batch of hashbrowns in Mongolian Fire oil for - and they loved it (I personally found them far too hot to actually enjoy the flavor of).

 

[KristianJ]

Howdy doody, murron! If you're a keen listener to music, what types of music and musicians do you enjoy listening to?

 

[murron]

Howdy doody, murron! If you're a keen listener to music, what types of music and musicians do you enjoy listening to?

Hi Kristian!

I rarely listen to music. I'm a farm girl, grew up on a ranch in the middle of nowhere. Take a guess what my preference for music is, rofl. Yes, if I'm in a rare mood to listen to music, it's usually something country. However, my headbanger husband managed to get me to enjoy Metallica. I also like rock from the 70's and 80's, but my heart belongs to my country music. I live in a major metro area now...and at least the music can remind me of home.

At my desk I have stacks of CDs; everything from Chris LeDoux's old rodeo stuff to Garth Brooks' rather atrocious newer stuff; Alabama, Sara Evans, Diomand Rio, Patty Loveless, Vince Gill...you get the picture, lol (I did stop listening to Dixie Chicks though). Billy Joel, Metallica, Kansas, .38 Special, Queen, several 80's hair bands, VAST and Tchaikovsky.

If I'm driving somewhere and I'm in the mood for music, I listen to a local Christian station - though, I admit, I don't really do that for the music but for the programs. Their morning lineup has several daily shows along the lines of Focus on the Family. I have a small notebook in my purse and on those days when I'm sitting in the van parked somewhere listening to a show, I take notes so I can follow up with my own reading at home.

 

[JarrodlovesGod]

My friend .. I'm probably in the wrong forum here .. but its a bit of a technical problem lol
How do i change the thing (and whats it called ) that in my case says "Freakaziod" (did i acctually write that?!?!!?) and in yours "im a paitent plum"

If u cant help .. thanks for reading my post lol

 

[murron]

My friend .. I'm probably in the wrong forum here .. but its a bit of a technical problem lol
How do i change the thing (and whats it called ) that in my case says "Freakaziod" (did i acctually write that?!?!!?) and in yours "im a paitent plum"

If u cant help .. thanks for reading my post lol

Hehe, questions like this would probably be better posted in Questions about CF, but I can answer it for you. At the top of your screen are three blue navigation bars, with text links. Click on the one that says "Custom". One of the options you can change is the "title". This is what shows up under your name. It does cost blessings, but not many.

 

[JarrodlovesGod]

thanks murron .. everything noted lol
while im at it .. what is your favorite band?

 

[murron]

thanks murron .. everything noted lol
while im at it .. what is your favorite band?

Oh man, a favorite band...well, it depends on the music genre. Country music my favorite would have to be Diamond Rio. Heavy metal would be Metallica. Pop rock - Robbie Williams. 80's music...Loverboy, Poison, Motley Crue. 70's...Queen, AC/DC, Ozzy's old solo stuff...The Eagles (including Don Henley and Joe Walsh's solo stuff) and the real Aerosmith works (not their more recent, more...tame...music).

Christian music would be Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith (yeah, I'm older, rofl) as well as Joy Williams and Rebecca St. James.

 

[3girls2dogs]

If you had the opportunity, would you go through your teen years again?

What, if anything would you change if you did?

 

[3girls2dogs]

Christian music would be Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith (yeah, I'm older, rofl) as well as Joy Williams and Rebecca St. James.

LOL don't get me started Murron. Friends by Michael W. Smith was my senior class song It is now on my WoW classics CD

 

[RED that's ME]

Is there something you would like to do as an adventure in your life that you haven't done?

 

[murron]

If you had the opportunity, would you go through your teen years again?

What, if anything would you change if you did?

Tough question. On one hand I would love to go back to my teens, I had such a blast in school. But, I would be tempted to change a lot of things.

But, I like who I am today, I like what I know, the way my personality functions - I'm content with myself. I know that if I changed something in my past it would risk who I am today. So, no, I wouldn't change anything even though there are some things I'd like to change (if the change was future-consequence free).

 

[murron]

Is there something you would like to do as an adventure in your life that you haven't done?

Skydiving.

 

[Trainingforministry3]

What is your favorite movie?

 

[murron]

What is your favorite movie?

Oh man! I am a huge movie fan in general - this is gonna be impossible for me to answer with just one! We are well over 2,000 movies now.
I've got favorite movies in each genre, but I am NOT a "chick flick" fan at all.

Some of my favorites:

The Postman (why this tanked at the box office is beyond me, it's an excellent movie).
The Patriot (this one really drives home the cost of freedom and that there are those willing to pay that cost).
National Treasure (ok, so I like Nicholas Cage, but the movie has a great plot, excellent acting and some twists and turns).
The Usual Suspects (one of Spacey's best, imo).
K-PAX (another of Spacey's best).
Triple xXx (no, Diesel isn't the most skilled actor, but the stunts are awesome).
The Fast and the Furious (again, Diesel's acting isn't the best, but...those cars!!!!)

The Last of the Dogmen (this one is a true gem for anyone who likes a slightly romantic drama and American Indian history).
Ladyhawke - an old one, and one of the very few chick flick movies I like.

Heh, maybe it would be better to just list the actors and actresses.

Pretty much anything by Mel Gisbon (except "Ransom". "Payback" was a bit too campy for me), Nicholas Cage (going clear back to "Raising Arizona", but "8 mm" was HORRIBLY disturbing), Kevin Costner ("Waterworld" was pretty lame, but the story line was interesting), Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Spacey, Steven Seagal, Jean Claude VanDamme, Harrison Ford (except for "Random Hearts"...what was he THINKING we he took that role???)

We have all the Harry Potter movies and I actually do enjoy them. All the LOTR movies, a TON of vampire flicks...

Oh, "Your's, Mine and Our's" (the original with Lucille Ball). What a riot! I probably find it so amusing because my husband was 10 years in the Navy and I'm a nurse...the main characters are a Navy officer and a Nurse. That, and the sheer unimaginable magnitude of blending two familes together and winding up with 18 kids. (In real life the couple also went on to have, I think, 3 children together, too.)

Sorry I couldn't just give you a direct "this is my favorite movie" answer, lol. It just depends on the mood I'm in as to what my current favorite is.

 

[Henaynei]

murron - PM me, please.

b'Shalom
Henaynei