Thanks Cathy! It did my heart good to write that story! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Raber" <pigeonrock@earthlink.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives > > Thanks for sending this story to the list, Sally. > Genealogy is family related stuff, & that's what I love about it too! Its > all related. I'm hoping that one of my kids will get interested in it > someday. Genealogy people are so generous, I've found, & genuinely want > to > do this, which is SO COOL of them!! I'm going to have loads to share one > they are!! Until then we wait & continue to write down our sources & > organize! That'll keep me busy I know, & this list too! Grinning! Cathy > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Russ and Sally <scott1@embarqmail.com> >> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> >> Date: 8/9/2007 11:40:38 PM >> Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives >> >> HI List: I have a story I would like to share. Last January while >> searching for my fathers ancestors in Bavaria on line, I e mailed a man > from >> the town where my fathers ancestors lived. We have corresponded everyday >> since, sharing pictures of our daily lives and chatting with him and some > of >> his friends. He has sent me so many pictures of that special > picturesque >> town that goes back centuries. He has helped me go back at least 20 >> generation, and pictures of the church where most were married, > baptized, >> and worshiped. I must say it brings tears to my eyes when I see the home >> where my ancestors lived beside the Mein River, and the video of the town >> and streets where they must have walked. Last week one of the teenagers >> from the town and a friend of this man's came from Bavaria to Conn. to > visit >> with her last year exchange student family drove 3 1/2 hours to come and >> visit our family. It was a wonderful visit. I felt like my life came > full >> circle. I only wish my father could have seen these pictures or could > have >> know all about his family. My dad was orphaned by the time he was 7 and >> grew up in an orphanage. So for me to have found this man, my heritage, > and >> all this information I feel truly blessed. Genealogy is wonderful. So > to >> this wonderful list, I once again say thank you for all you do, it is so >> appreciated by so many. Especially Me. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "ELEANOR WILLIAMS" <gtrjj5@msn.com> >> To: "Richard Berkheiser" <reberkheiser@earthlink.net>; >> <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:41 PM >> Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives >> >> >> > Yes, Rick - I agree. Altho I do not write in often...I sure do enjoy > the >> > postings etc. >> > >> > How did you make out with Vee's Memorial? Any new info. >> > >> > Eleanor Niagara Falls, NY >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Richard Berkheiser<mailto:reberkheiser@earthlink.net> >> > To: PADUTCH-LIFE@rootsweb.com<mailto:PADUTCH-LIFE@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 7:28 PM >> > Subject: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives >> > >> > >> > Hi again everyone! >> > >> > I just wanted to let all of you know how much I appreciate the stories >> > all of you have been posting to the list lately. I'm happy to see our >> > group tearing a page from Vee's "play book" and sharing those > interesting >> > tidbits from our everyday lives much like Vee did when she was still > with >> > us. >> > >> > I've seen and been on a lot of lists over the past several years and > I've >> > come to the conclusion that our group is truly very special one. >> > >> > Thanks and please keep up the great work! :-) >> > >> > Rick B >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com> >> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body >> > of the message >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.10/943 - Release Date: 8/8/2007 > 5:38 PM > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

HI Lynn: Thanks you and all for you appreciation of my Bavarian Roots story. It was so good to write the story. I just wish I could have found the marriage dates for my ancestors Simon Link (maybe first name is Peter or Johann and wife Anna Maria Hohm.) But I am so happy to have what I do. Lynn if you feel so strongly about your fathers ancestors you MUST try to follow up. Tell me what Info you have and I will see if I can find anything. We are going to find a connection between the two of us. I don't know where. when. or how but its there, I can just feel it. Sally ----- Original Message -----

Eleanor, Isn't that the best connection to have made! You have reached out and gathered a load of nice people into your life. Way to go! Smiles, Anna -----Original Message----- From: padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Russ and Sally Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:40 PM To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives HI List: I have a story I would like to share. Last January while searching for my fathers ancestors in Bavaria on line, I e mailed a man from the town where my fathers ancestors lived. We have corresponded everyday since, sharing pictures of our daily lives and chatting with him and some of his friends. He has sent me so many pictures of that special picturesque town that goes back centuries. He has helped me go back at least 20 generation, and pictures of the church where most were married, baptized, and worshiped. I must say it brings tears to my eyes when I see the home where my ancestors lived beside the Mein River, and the video of the town and streets where they must have walked. Last week one of the teenagers from the town and a friend of this man's came from Bavaria to Conn. to visit with her last year exchange student family drove 3 1/2 hours to come and visit our family. It was a wonderful visit. I felt like my life came full circle. I only wish my father could have seen these pictures or could have know all about his family. My dad was orphaned by the time he was 7 and grew up in an orphanage. So for me to have found this man, my heritage, and all this information I feel truly blessed. Genealogy is wonderful. So to this wonderful list, I once again say thank you for all you do, it is so appreciated by so many. Especially Me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ELEANOR WILLIAMS" <gtrjj5@msn.com> To: "Richard Berkheiser" <reberkheiser@earthlink.net>; <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives > Yes, Rick - I agree. Altho I do not write in often...I sure do enjoy the > postings etc. > > How did you make out with Vee's Memorial? Any new info. > > Eleanor Niagara Falls, NY > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Berkheiser<mailto:reberkheiser@earthlink.net> > To: PADUTCH-LIFE@rootsweb.com<mailto:PADUTCH-LIFE@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 7:28 PM > Subject: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives > > > Hi again everyone! > > I just wanted to let all of you know how much I appreciate the stories > all of you have been posting to the list lately. I'm happy to see our > group tearing a page from Vee's "play book" and sharing those interesting > tidbits from our everyday lives much like Vee did when she was still with > us. > > I've seen and been on a lot of lists over the past several years and I've > come to the conclusion that our group is truly very special one. > > Thanks and please keep up the great work! :-) > > Rick B > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You are a wonderful storyteller, Karen. Thanks, that was worth reading. Smiles, Anna -----Original Message----- From: padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Richard Emlin Reed Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:03 PM To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Animals in Our Homes A beautiful story, Karen. I wish it had had a happy ending. But we can console ourselves by picturing Rascal sitting on Nana's lap up in Heaven, having his belly scratched. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Fox" <karenmfox@verizon.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 1:45 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Animals in Our Homes > My late stepfather's parents always treated me & my siblings just as they > did their "real" blood grandchildren, even though I was a young adult when > they entered my life. They were old school Penna Dutch - the kind that > belonged to the grange, many social clubs and auxillaries, etc. They were > active with the Kutztown Folk Festival and attended every Fersommling. > Although they raised their family in the City of Reading, Poppop and Nana > were from old farm families outside Kutztown. Upon retirement, they bought > some land at the edge of the family farm from his brother and built a home > they retired to. > > Soon after they were out in the country again, Nana rescued a tiny raccoon > kit whose mother had been hit by a car in the road outside their home. She > brought it inside and nursed and hand raised it, naming him Rascal. No one > was surprised at her success with Rascal. He adored her and followed her > around like a puppy. He enjoyed sitting in her lap and having his belly > scratched. The basement was "raccoon proofed" and that was "his" space. He > was timid of strangers, so when visitors would come, he would run right > down to the basement. After a while, his curiosity would get the better of > him and you would see the door knob move and he'd poke his nose out to > investigate. Eventually if he determined there was no threat, he would > come out and greet everyone. He was so full of personality and never bit > or threatened anyone ever. > > One day my stepsister (who was about the same age as I) were up visiting > Nana. My stepsister was standing with her back to the basement door and > was startled when Rascal opened it from behind her and came out to join > us. She screamed and started running around the coffee table. Rascal > started chasing her, so she screamed more and ran faster. He kept looking > back and keeping up with her as they circled the table over and over. Nana > and i were laughing so hard we had tears in our eyes. We finally got my > stepsister to calm down and sit down. She said "but he was chasing me, I > thought he was going to attack me" (she knew better but was being > dramatic). We told her no, he figured if she was screaming that there was > something to be scared of so he was running after her for her to protect > him from the "bad" thing whatever it was. It was the funniest thing. > > Nana was a good cook and Rascal was no fool. He liked to hang in the > kitchen when she was cooking or baking, waiting for scraps that might fall > on the floor. He grew to be the biggest fattest raccoon I've ever seen. > Somewhere there is an old holiday card with a pic of Rascal sitting up on > his haunches next to a kitchen chair. He came about 3/4 of the way up the > chairback, he was that big. > > When Nana died we tucked a picture of her buddy Rascal and a little > ceramic raccoon figurine into her casket "to keep her company". Poor > Rascal was so lost. He would wander into the kitchen to get scraps and she > wouldn't be there. He'd crawl up and sit in her chair in teh living room, > but she wasn't there to scratch his belly. He had lost a lot of his > "spark" once Nana died. One day he slipped outside unnoticed, wandered > into the field next to their home and someone shot him and left him in the > field. It was small game season, so we figure it was probably a hunter who > didn't realize that he was a tamed pet (he wore a collar) until it was too > late. > > Karen from Berks Cawhnty > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wunderful gut! Will share. Jerilyn

"Die Fledermaus" was one of my dad's favorite pieces of music! He liked classical music that had 'thunder and lightning' as he called it. Most of we children grew up to appreciate the classical as well. The Strauss family could do no wrong! Light opera and singers such as the late Mario Lanza were favorites of his, and ours. Our sister Sonya discovered it was bat droppings on her front porch. We elected to name him Godfrey (do you remember the movie, "My Man Godfrey"?). He selects various locations around her house from which to hang upside down. Fannie Farmer candies were made here in Norwalk, Ohio, for a number of years; the plant closed some years ago. My sister Melba once worked there and her job was to remove the lion's mane from the nuts! Honestly. She would bring home clusters of goofed suckers (why did they always seem to be lime flavored?). They would fill the liner cups with the various chocolates and she would describe how a certain curlicue on the chocolate candy would indicate its filling. My sister Evelyn died Monday; it was a combination of lung cancer, black mold disease, and emphysema. She had no chance, my friends. She requested no funeral, just a family and friends get-together, which we are having in two weeks. We four sisters who were with her to the end joined hands with her and one another in a prayer circle to wish her Godspeed. She died within an hour of being disconnected from life support. It has been just four days and I am teary-eyed. This PAD group has been most supportive in the travails we experience in life and share here. For that, I thank you. Smiles, Anna

No relation that I know of.Tom has family in Western Pa,but in Jefferson County near Sykesville and Worthsville.Our Pa .names are[mine]Beehler,Slyhoff/Slyoff,Shaffer,and Herron,Huffman,and Bispham. Tom's are :Fike,Hamilton,Shaffer,Smith ,and many more. Jerilyn

thanks Jerilyn When I see names in my tree I just check to see If I connect.. My names are Short, Eales, Black, McMahon, Bowser, James Devlin, Deemer many many more ----- Original Message ----- From: <thos@comcast.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] The Stories of Our Lives > No relation that I know of.Tom has family in Western Pa,but in Jefferson > County near Sykesville and Worthsville.Our Pa .names > are[mine]Beehler,Slyhoff/Slyoff,Shaffer,and Herron,Huffman,and Bispham. > Tom's are :Fike,Hamilton,Shaffer,Smith ,and many more. > Jerilyn > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Tracy wrote, "LOL! Oh my goodness, I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. Yes, 'gators roar. Not sure when exactly, but they do. I believe they also "bark". My first experience with an alligator occurred soon after I moved to Florida. I was walking along the bank of a water hazard on the golf course I frequented; looking for golf balls; oblivious to everything to the left of me, the direction in which I was moving; when I heard a loud splash. Looking leftward, I saw an alligator, who had obviously been lying on the bank, in my path, swimming away. One or two more steps would have put me on top of the creature; and I would have been, at the very least, in the water astride him, which, you will agree, is a lot better than being inside him. The point of my account is the failure of the alligator to announce his presence. He roared not; neither did he bark; in fact, he made not any sound to which my ear could hark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy" <better_than_good@yahoo.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Animals in our backyards/alligator > > --- Richard Emlin wrote: > >> I hadn't thought about my reaction to an assault by the alligator >> upon my patio. Usually I sit there, reading, secure in the knowledge > that alligators are afraid of humans. I don't know whether the > alligator's hunger for my cat would exceed his fear of me. My wife > appears to think that my presence would dissuade the 'gator from > attacking the cat. Does a charging alligator roar? >> If he does, I suppose, upon hearing his approach, I would grab the >> cat, who is old and fat and, therefore, not too agile, and head for > the door. >> I assure you that I would break the ten-foot speed record for >> nonagenarians. >> My wife wouldn't have time to activate the video recorder. Anyway, we >> don't have one. }:-) > ********************** > > LOL! Oh my goodness, I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. > Yes, 'gators roar. Not sure when exactly, but they do. I believe they > also "bark". > Poor fat and non-agile, old cat. I'm afraid if it was mine it would be > the appetizer! I'm old, fat and not too agile myself! lol > > tracy

I'm checking to see if the recipes came through Barb

Oh Karen, What a story!I cried over that one[as well as laughed]That is the type of heartfelt writing that wins awards. Look for Rascals picture and scan it so we all can see him. I felt as though I was in your Nana's warm kitchen smelling the apples cooking. Jerilyn

Oh, my! I think I owe you all an explanation. Our patio is screened. When I let my cat "out on the patio" she is still thirty feet from the pond; and confined. I live in one of those gated communities with all kinds of restrictions. Unrestrained pets are taboo. So banish all those images of my cat nosing along the edge of the pond. No way; nix coom raus; nada. But my wife fears that the alligator will charge the house; rip the screen, seize the cat; and retreat to the pond; before I can confront and rebuff it with a stern "Don't you dare". Richard Emlin ps And, while I have you all here; may I change my simile for blind in a recent post. I said, "Blind (pronounced like wind)"; forgetting that wind is pronounced two ways. So change that to "pronounced like mint". In English, it's bliiind; in German, it's blint. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy" <better_than_good@yahoo.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Alligators and jokes :o) > --- Lynn wrote: > >> Oh Richard!!!!! I was laughing :o) >> Oh, and the part about your backyard and the alligator, I'm with your >> wife on that one!!!! I wouldn't want the cat out at ALL. Having >> them that close, doesn't that kinda scare you? Aren't you afraid >> you'll be visited INSIDE the house someday. >> Is it true about what they say about alligators eating dogs? and you >> have to always watch out for that? I guess you get use to it, huh? > ******************************* > > I got a chuckle out of it too, as my husband bow hunts. *grin* > > Lynn, > > It's true about the dogs (cats and little kids too). They get to the > edge of the water and make noise, which attracts the 'gator. The > neighbors around the corner said they put their fence up, not to keep > the dog in but, to keep the 'gator out! My brother was out walking a > few years back and saw a 'gator in the water. We live around a small > "lake" (some say retention pond but deeds and maps call it a lake). > When we go walking around out in the woods we usually take a handgun, > just incase. > > tracy

Barb, We love recipes!If you want to get us chatting,bring up a topic concerning food.Right ,Lynn? What recipe were you looking for?Did Richard get it answered for you? Jerilyn

Welcome Barb! We are really rolling this week.Two new members to get to know.We are blessed. >From where do you hail Barb? Jerilyn Gainsford Henderson

Oh, my! I think I owe you all an explanation. Our patio is screened. When I let my cat "out on the patio" she is still thirty feet from the pond; and confined. I live in one of those gated communities with all kinds of restrictions. Unrestrained pets are taboo. So banish all those images of my cat nosing along the edge of the pond. No way; nix coom raus; nada. But my wife fears that the alligator will charge the house; rip the screen, seize the cat; and retreat to the pond; before I can confront and rebuff it with a stern "Don't you dare". Richard Emlin ps And, while I have you all here; may I change my simile for blind in a recent post. I said, "Blind (pronounced like wind)"; forgetting that wind is pronounced two ways. So change that to "pronounced like mint". ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy" <better_than_good@yahoo.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Alligators and jokes :o) > > --- Lynn wrote: > >> Oh Richard!!!!! I was laughing :o) >> Oh, and the part about your backyard and the alligator, I'm with your >> wife on that one!!!! I wouldn't want the cat out at ALL. Having >> them that close, doesn't that kinda scare you? Aren't you afraid >> you'll be visited INSIDE the house someday. >> Is it true about what they say about alligators eating dogs? and you >> have to always watch out for that? I guess you get use to it, huh? > ******************************* > > I got a chuckle out of it too, as my husband bow hunts. *grin* > > Lynn, > > It's true about the dogs (cats and little kids too). They get to the > edge of the water and make noise, which attracts the 'gator. The > neighbors around the corner said they put their fence up, not to keep > the dog in but, to keep the 'gator out! My brother was out walking a > few years back and saw a 'gator in the water. We live around a small > "lake" (some say retention pond but deeds and maps call it a lake). > When we go walking around out in the woods we usually take a handgun, > just incase. > > tracy > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user > panel and lay it on us. > http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This recipe is for special people..When you need a cake and don't have a box mix. This is truly a home made cake.. CHOCOLATE CAKE (By Barbara McMahon Lorensen) 2 CUPS FLOUR 1 CUP SUGAR 2 TSP. SODA 1 CUP BROWN SUGAR 2 EGGS 1 CUP COCOA 1 TSP. VANILLA 1 CUP SOUR MILK (to make this use almost a cup of milk and a Tbsp of vinegar) 1 CUP OIL 3/4 CUP HOT WATER MIX WELL POUR INTO A GREASED 9 X 13 PAN BAKE AT 350 UNTIL TOOTH PICK COMES OUT DRY.

This I make for after church coffee and cookies.. another one I made up and everyone loves.. enjoy ALL BRAND CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES (By Barbara McMahon Lorensen) 2 1/4 CUP FLOUR 1 TSP. BAKING SODA MIX AND SET ASIDE BEAT WITH ELECTRIC MIXER 1/2 CUP SOFT OLEO 1/2 CUP SHORTENING 3/4 CUP WHITE SUGAR 3/4 CUP BROWN SUGAR 2 EGGS 2 TSP. VANILLA ADD 1 CUP ALL BRAND CEREAL MIX WELL WITH SPOON ADD DRY INGREDIENTS AND 1 PKG CHOCOLATE CHIPS MIX WELL. DROP BY TSP. ON UNGREASED SHEETS BAKE AT 350. (Bake until just starting to brown for a soft cookie..)

This is a big hit out here in Missouri at picnic's must keep it cold....Not good in 115 heat index.. :) SOUR CREAM POTATO SALAD 8 MED. BOILED POTATOES SLICED THIN 1 LARGE ONION CHOPPED FINE PARSLEY FLAKES SOUR CREAM MIXTURE 1 1/2 CUPS REAL MAYONNAISE 1 SMALL CONTAINER SOUR CREAM 1 TSP. CELERY SEED SALT AND PEPPER MIX THESE WELL LAYER POTATOES, PARSLEY, ONION, AND THIN LAYER OF SOUR CREAM MIXTURE. REPEAT ENDING WITH SOUR CREAM MIXTURE. CHILL OVER NIGHT.

Barb's Smothered Chicken Breast 4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast 1 med. Green pepper thinly sliced 1 med. Red pepper thinly sliced 1 med. Yellow pepper thinly sliced 2 cups shredded Mexican style four cheese 2 tsp. Season salt 2 tsp. Granulated garlic 1 tbsp. Olive oil Cut Chicken breast butterfly style and season both sides with the season salt and granulated garlic. Set aside. In a 10 or 12 inch skillet sauté the peppers and onions in the olive oil. Remove vegetables from skillet set aside. Place the chicken breast in the skillet and brown both sides. Place the sautéed vegetables over the chicken breast then top with the shredded cheese. Cover the skillet and remove it from the heat, let sit until the cheese is melted. Time to prepare is 15 to 20 minutes. I serve this with Baked Potatoes or sometimes my husband likes it with Baked Beans I run a daycare in my home and am always making quick dishes for supper. I start preparing this dish as the last of the children are picked up and the parents as always telling me how great it smells and ask if they can stay for supper..

I used to bake and decorate cakes and here is a recipe I made up myself that everyone loves. Now that summer is here and zucchini, green beans and peppers (Red , Yellow or Green) are plentyful I'm sure you will enjoy these recipes.. Fried Green Beans ( By Barb Lorensen) Use fresh young Green Beans about a pound, In 10 inch or larger fry pan place 1-2 Tbsp olive Oil Heat Oil then add the Green Beans, season with seasoning Salt and Garlic powder.. Cook about 3 minutes then add chopped onions as many as you like and stir fry until crispy tender, (Make them as tender as you like them) When done to your liking sprinkle with grated Parm. cheese and serve. ================================================ PEPPER JELLY 1 CUP GROUND GREEN PEPPER 4 to 5 CUPS SUGAR 1 1/2 CUPS WHITE VINEGAR COOK ABOVE TO ROLLING BOIL. BOIL 1 MINUTE REMOVE FROM HEAT ADD 1 BOTTLE FRUIT PECTIN STIR WELL LET STAND 5 MINUTES POUR INTO JARS COOL POUR MELTED WAX ON TOP TO SEAL. SERVE WITH SALTINE CRACKERS AND CREAM CHEESE (spread cream cheese on crackers then top with pepper jelly) =============================================== CHOCOLATE CHIP ZUCCHINI CAKE BY BARBARA LORENSEN 1 CHOCOLATE CAKE MIX 3 EGGS 3/4 CUP OIL (note this is the trick to a very moist cake ) 1 CUP WATER 1 CUP ZUCCHINI GRATED 1 PKG CHOCOLATE CHIPS MIX ALL BUT CHOCOLATE CHIPS WELL. POUR INTO A 9 X 13 SPRAYED PAN. SPRINKLE CHIPS OVER TOP. BAKE AT 350 UNTIL A TOOTH PICK COMES OUT DRY. Bake in micro wave in 6 ½ cup heat and serve container. Mix cake, spray heat N serve fill half full, sprinkle chocolate chips on top bake for about 8 minutes on Med. test to see if its done with toothpick