Bobo's

Here I sit.  TIRED, but oh so HAPPY to be HOME where I'm blogging and putt-sing around shuffling odds n' ins in the Dining room.  Working at making room usable for Thanksgiving Time while my Husband recovers from his second thyroid surgery.  

He did well with his surgery.  He's resting right now.  Surgeon said the left lobe was more difficult to remove.  It is slowly sinking in that he had cancer.   

Life is returning to 'normal' if there is such a thang.  Hubby is upstairs resting before I fix SOUP with crackers for Lunch.  Better make that a pre-made Chicken Pot Pie.  I need EASY, so I can have a Coffee Break.  

~BOBO's in Topeka KS~

 ~NOT This Bobo~

~Barbara (Bobo) Sears Rockefeller~

Doesn't her hair look like Marilyn Monroe's?

We returned HOME from the Topeka Hospital late yesterday afternoon.  First, it took a while before prescriptions were filled at the pharmacy.  Seemed to be a mix-up.  We went to eat at BOBO's and had a hamburger which at their Car Hop place that's been in business since 1948 is a Steak Burger with French Fries.  Later, we had a Red Button HOT Coffee with three creams in it while sitting at SONIC waiting for Hubby's meds to be filled.

Thought it to be better to sit in the car than drive in Topeka's busy traffic.

In the morning while Husband was waiting to see the Doctor, he napped and I went shopping early in the morning with a HY-VEE coupon-in-hand...buy a HAM and get a FREE TURKEY.  Picked a nice size Ham and then picked an 'almost' 14 pound Turkey.  

Turkey will be baked this week-end and the HAM is going in a CROCKPOT just about now.

This gives me some ideas for Thanksgiving.

I noticed that the ones shopping early in the morning so they could get FIRST PICK FREE TURKEY were the older Homemakers.  Because you stay HOME as a Homemaker doesn't mean you will do completely without.  You may be the one that gets the bargains because you have flexibility with your hours and will GET the worm.  That saying, 'The Early Bird Gets The Worm' went through my head as I walked into the SUPER-SIZED Grocery Store.  The thought that we are BLESSED in this country with so many stores to shop.  Stores of all kinds.  Stores of various sizes....big, small, in between.  

I don't want a worm, but the BARGAINS are a welcomed thing.  A MUCH NEEDED THING.  Women....BE ENCOURAGED.  If you are LIVING on ONE Paycheck, the Bargains can and will come your way.  The Lord's Blessings are why.  

I also purchased a ROAST and will be preparing it the way Heloise suggested by marinading it over night in vinegar.  Discard vinegar then pour two cups of STRONG COFFEE and water over it to add FLAVOR.

~COFFEE POT ROAST~

Heloise called it Peking Roast

Starting with a 3 to 5 pound roast, use a large knife to cut slits completely through the meat so they look like little tunnels.  Insert slivers of garlic and onion into the slits.  Can do without garlic and onion.   

Put the beef in a bowl and pour one cup of vinegar over it making sure that the vinegar runs down into the slits.  Place this in your refrigerator for twenty-four to forty-eight hours.

When ready to cook the roast, discard the vinegar solution and place meat in a heavy pot (iron if possible) and brown in oil until nearly burned on both sides.  Then pour two cups of strong black coffee over the roast.  Add two cups of water and cover.  

If liquid boils down NEVER add more than one cup of additional water at a time.  Make sure the lid is on tight.

Cook this slowly at a simmer for six hours on top of stove.  (Will try the CROCK-POT.)

Do NOT season with anything else until twenty minutes before serving and then add salt and pepper.  

That's it.

Looking forward to my QUIET TIME TODAY.

May you have a blessed and pleasant day.  

Thank you for stopping by and saying hi,

d

Hello Heloise

Heloise Bowles Cruse (born Eloise Bowles, May 14, 1919 - Dec 28, 1977)

The Newspaper Columnist 'Heloise' was writing long before I became a HOMEMAKER.  Her earthly career ended when she died from heart disease in 1977.  Her real life daughter with a double major in Business Administration, Mathematics, and Teacher's Certificate took over her newspaper column as Heloise 2, but first thought she was too educated to be the new Heloise.  She has been the new Heloise for over 30 years.

Heloise Bowles Cruse with daughter, Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse Evans.

Heloise's Daughter

heloise.com

http://heloise.com/heloise-gets-the-hints.html

By 1977 when I was a young momma with two little boys, I had a desire to be a successful Homemaker and Family WOMAN.  I craved my Husband's attention and approval.  I tried so terribly hard to be top notch at this.  I worked at it to the point you could have ate off of my spic n' span clean floors and couldn't find any wrinkles on the bedsheets, because... I ironed the sheets.   

g r i n s.  Do you iron your bedsheets?  This has since stopped.  Not sure if I will   e v a h   iron them again.     

In 1977 we qualified for living on a shoestring budget.  It never occurred to me to cook a cheaper cut of beef with a higher priced cut of beef in the same pan at the same time so the two juices can mingle together giving both cuts of meat a DELICIOUS TASTE.   Also I did not know that allowing the meat to marinade over night in vinegar would make the meat when cooked so TENDER it would fall apart...just like you want it to.  Did you know this VINEGAR TRICK?

Heloise's Housekeeping Hints was published in 1962.  In 1963 it became one of the TOP 10 Best selling hard cover books.  

In 1962 I was only 7 years old and had no idea that in the future I'd become a Homemaker, Wife and Momma.  I liked playing in the DIRT with dolls, dancing, singing, and coloring.  Could you ever tell I would give this all up to grow up and be a Homemaker?  It was a long shot.

Recently I came across a good copy of Housekeeping Hints at the Goodwill store and have thumbed through it to gather some helpful HINTS.

Heloise, I believe you'd be pleased as coffee punch if I talked about your secret for making cheap cuts of meat taste delicious and oooooh so tender when prepared with vinegar and coffee.   

~COFFEE POT ROAST~

Heloise called it Peking Roast

Starting with a 3 to 5 pound roast, use a large knife to cut slits completely through the meat so they look like little tunnels.  Insert slivers of garlic and onion into the slits.  Can do without garlic and onion.  

Put the beef in a bowl and pour one cup of vinegar over it making sure that the vinegar runs down into the slits.  Place this in your refrigerator for twenty-four to forty-eight hours.

When ready to cook the roast, discard the vinegar solution and place meat in a heavy pot (iron if possible) and brown in oil until nearly burned on both sides.  Then pour two cups of strong black coffee over the roast.  Add two cups of water and cover.  

If liquid boils down NEVER add more than one cup of additional water at a time.  Make sure the lid is on tight.

Cook this slowly at a simmer for six hours on top of stove.

Do NOT season with anything else until twenty minutes before serving and then add salt and pepper.  

That's it.

Now, I have to try this.  BUT I will probably use my crock pot. 

Blessings 2 u,
d

Colossians 3:23

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;