Today am writing about Christmas. It’s the time of year where we are
celebrating as Christians, the birth of Christ, my Lord and Savior. I know that it’s hard to celebrate
Christmas when we have so much sadness around this year with the shootings in
Newtown, Connecticut and the loss of so much innocence with the victims. The loss of 26 victims total and 20 of them
children and we ask why? I don’t have the answer for that. Any who I just want to say that my prayers
are with each and every family member including the shooters, they are all
victims in one way or another. All I
know is God’s angels are crying along with our nation and the world. I also want to remember the other shooting
victims from this year and I pray also for their families and the loss of their
loved ones during this holiday season.
That being said What Does Christmas Mean To You? For me am very thankful for my family and
friends. Am thankful for the love they
hold for me as well. Am thankful my
sister Imogene Clark was able to come and join me on my Christmas Shoot this
year. If you saw the show she was the
Red Head. We had some fun with the show
and made a Christmas Brunch which I hope you try some of the recipes like:
Brown Sugar Thick sliced Bacon and some Southern Fried Cheese Christmas Grits
Ball’s, which were very tasty indeed. Did you know that grits came from dried
ground Hominy and they were introduced to the colony’s by the American Indian.
Not a lot of Northerners have ever tried grits.
They don’t know what they are missing. Grits were a staple at our house when I was a
kid. Then we tried our hand at some Pumpkin Pancakes with toasted walnuts, with
some nutmeg thrown in. We also rustled up some Fruit Salad, Fried Chicken
Tenders with Milk Gravy, Ham and Spinach Quiche, and managed to make some
Bloody Mary’s to take the edge off. All
was to our liking for our Christmas Brunch and I hope that your Christmas
brunch is just as tasty. I remember one
Christmas when the three older children were called upon to pass on our
Christmas gifts to the little ones at our house, which we did but not with
great joy I have to say being that I was at the age of about 8 then and I still
believed in Santa but not after that. However
we got over it and at least helped the little ones with their gifts. Yea our dad was that way he said, one of
life’s lessons is it’s time to let you know who the real Santa is and that it’s
a tough world out there and its time you learned a lesson. So I remember that lesson very well however
it did show me how to share. I also
managed to do a shoot with a friend of mine named Mark Busbee, which I will
write about later, however I asked him what dish he had to serve up for
Christmas and he said that it was his Pecan Cake that has been passed down in
their family for years. He painstakingly
grains down the pecans for the cake and I asked him if he had ever toasted the
Pecans first to bring out the oil in the nuts for a more nutty taste before he
grains them and he said no but he will have to try that. Any who, I hope for Christmas that all your
wishes come true but if they don’t I wish you luck in putting everything back
together so it works out for you. I wish
you peace and joy in your lives. I wish
you to feel the love of God in your lives as well. Blessing to you all and I hope you enjoy
these recipes and don’t forget to make that favorite family recipe for your
menu and keep watching the Cooking With MadJon and Friends show on ASTV 95. Visit
me on facebook at http://www.cookingwithmadjon.blogspot.com/.
If you own an Ipad please go buy my
e-cookbook on ITunes called MadJon Holiday and Merry Christmas. Happy Trail to you and yours until we meet again.
Cake Mix Yellow 1 Box
Coconut 1 Cup
Cook the cake according to box directions. Use three layer pans like 8 or 9 inch.
Raspberry Filling
1 pint fresh or frozen Raspberry's
1 cup sugar
3 TBSP Corn Starch
1 Box Jell-o Raspberry
Butter 1 TBSP
1 cup water
Mix all the ingredients and bring to a simmer about 10 minutes. When cake is cool add the raspberry sauce in the middle of the cakes. Now you are read to ice the cake.
Icing
1 large cool whip
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Sour Cream
Mix all ingredients together and Ice the cooled cake and top with some extra coconut if you wish.
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