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Remember reading somewhere, death row inmates most requested dessert with the last meal is pecan pie. "It's just the recipe on the Karo Syrup bottle,"  Mom told my wife when she asked for the recipe. Turns out the recipe has a few enhancements.  Wasn't the same at our house. Mom admitted to making a few changes.  The resulting pies are quite tasty. My uncle Lloyd tells of the fight he narrowly avoided with a restaurant owner in Georgia who claimed to have the world's best pecan pie.  My uncle assured the owner that while his pie was indeed quite good, it was still in second place because the best pecan pie in the world was baked by his sister in law, Cynthia McIntire in Paluxy, Texas. I don't want to spend my life not having good food going into my pie hole. That hole was made for pies. Paula Deen

Wife and daughter are off to a cookie decorating class this morning. My mission will be as the official taster (hopefully). There is a little bit of the cookie monster in most of us this time of year. All of the cookies and treats showing up at my workplace remind me of when I was the one bringing them.  We now have the recipe for the cookies below and make them a couple of times each year. written 12/15/05 , revised 12/20/15 On the way out of town tomorrow to see a large client in Abilene. Actually, they are the biggest in more than dollars spent with my company. Of approximately the dozen or so employees, anyone of them could easily knock off 50 pounds and still not be considered thin.   Needed to take them something for the holidays. Realized without much contemplation, cookies would be perfect.   In all probability, no one there ever passed up a good cookie. The best, biggest, tastiest and highest calorie cookies to be found are possibly the chocol...

Grandpa was a carpenter He built houses stores and banks Chain smoked Camel cigarettes And hammered nails in planks He was level on the level.... Grandpa Was a Carpenter by  John Prine While bicycling in a small town on the Jersey Shore, last summer, passed a house being remodeled.  The construction company name - "Can of Worms". If there was ever truth in advertising (entire history of the world), this was it. Look closely at dumpster over the fence. Been doing a little home maintenance myself.  Repaint the bedroom,no problem. Hall, ditto.  We had the house remodeled a few years ago sans laundry room and garage. "Can we paint the laundry room?" C.O.W.  remove 2 layers of wallpaper (70s and 90s) take out cabinets install new baseboards crown molding re tape and bed ceiling does the dryer vent and electrical outlet need relocating? So much for one weekend day and a bucket of paint. Back to John Prine, always think of Granddad when I h...