Elvis Blog – Post #44

DATELINE: Amelia Island (near Jacksonville, Florida)
Remembering Saturday 8 September 2012

ELVIS QUOTE:
“Well, sir, you got to accept the bad along with the good. I know that I’m doing the best I can.” Who did he refer to as ‘sir’?

ELVIS TRIVIA:
Who was the only TV star-entertainer invited to Elvis and Priscilla’s wedding?

ELVIS HISTORY:
14 February 1955
Colonel Parker comes to assist Bob Neal with bookings. Soon the Colonel will be at policy meetings with Elvis, his parents, Neal, the Baron and Tom Diskin.

AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA:
Saturday 8 September 2012
Today is the monthly First Coast Romance Writers’ Meeting. The speaker is the fabulous Speaker Brenda Jackson, USA Today, New York Times Best Seller, and 2012 Recipient of the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. Her topic is Ready – Set-Go, the Art of Writing. It’s a great group and the meetings are always fun. The food is also fabulous. Anyone can attend two meetings before joining the organization.

JOKE OF THE DAY:
From Reader’s Digest:
A woman who was no Julia Childs, apparently, was cooking dinner when the smoke alarm went off. Her three-year old shouted, “Dinner’s ready.”

RECIPE OF THE DAY:
Pie Sticks: You’ll need 12 wooden-ice cream sticks
You need 2 C flour, ¼ tsp each baking powder & salt, ¾ cup cold unsalted butter, & ¼ cup cold cream cheese, both cut into cubes & 2 tblspn buttermilk
Filling: 1/4 cup each whatever filling you want but PB&J is easy
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Sift together flour, baking powder & salt
Add cold cubes of butter & cream cheese
Cut in with fingers until fine crumbles
Add buttermilk
Gently work dough until it just comes together
Form dough into a disc
Wrap in plastic wrap & place in refrigerator
Once dough is chilled, roll dough to 1/8” thick on lightly floured surface
Cut 24, 2 ½” fluted circles from dough & fill half with whatever filling you want
Whisk together 1 egg lightly beaten & 1 TB heavy cream
Brush dough with egg wash
Brush perimeter of each hand pie with egg wash
Place empty top crusts over filled crusts
Push in ice cream sticks & gently press together to seal
Brush tops with egg wash
Using a paring knife, cut 3 small venting slits into tops of each hand pie
Place onto parchment-lined baking sheet
Bake 400 F for 12-15 min
Cool completely on rack
Serve

TIP OF THE DAY:
Coffee spilled on the sofa? As soon as possible, blot with paper towel, then pour a little seltzer, Sprite or 7 Up, then dab. Keep dabbing. Follow with more lots more dabbing using plain water.

ELVIS QUOTE ANSWER:
Hy Gardner

TRIVIA ANSWER:
Red Foxx