Fast forward to 2008. Where the wife is getting ready for work, along side her husband, as the kids are getting dressed for school. The kitchen is empty until...the coffee pot is turned on, either by the husband or the wife, and the kids are grabbing a quick bowl of cereal, or a Let- go-my-Eggo, if time permits a "hot meal." Soon, they are all gathered in the kitchen, sometimes eating, sometimes to talk before they all head out the door. And the evening meal is the responsibility of the parent who gets off work first, and stops to pick it up from the local deli, restaurant, or maybe it was delivered to the home and put in the freezer to be heated as needed.
"The art of cooking" is left for the weekend. But the benefit from this lack of time during the week is Fathers have taken on more of a role of cooking on the weekends. In part because the wife expects it, but also because the father wants to. He is not a stranger to the kitchen, like Ward was in "Leave it to Beaver." And in a lot of cases, "the art of cooking" is enjoyed by the whole family. The house, well, it's not always spotless, but it is "lived" in. And still the question remains: how do they do it all?
Times do change, but some things remain the same.
Croissant Brunch Casserole
Ingredients:
6 croissants, torn into 1/2 pieces
1 1/2 cups grated monterey jack cheese, divided
8 oz. fried bacon, cut into 1/2 inch pieces (sub. shrimp or sausage)
6 green onions, including some green tops, sliced
4 large eggs
1 3/4 cups milk
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. white pepper
Put half of the torn croissant pieces in the bottom of a lightly spayed 8 x 11 1/2" baking dish. Sprinkle with half the cheese, all the bacon and green onions and top with remaining croissant pieces.
In a med. bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt and pepper. Pour over mixture in baking dish. Top with remaining cheese. Cover and refrigerate for several hours. Bring to room temp. before baking.
Preheat oven to 350. Bake, uncovered, until set, about 40 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes. Cut into squares and serve.
Dish - Petters update: Judge agrees to release Petters associate. But Tom Petters, remains locked up. Judge says, "He is a flight risk."
Petters, who has remained in federal custody without bail since his Oct. 3 arrest, returns to court today in an effort to be freed pending resolution of the case.
As I read all the articles written about the Petters case, one thing seems clear: Tom Petters was a very likable, gregarious, attractive man. A man that some people claim could sell you anything, a very gifted salesman, some would say. But it is also clear to me, that from an early age he was able to live a secret-double life. In high school he would mislead (lie) to even his closest friends, he would borrow money from people with no plan of paying them back and then call the courts and try convince them to lie to people and tell them he had filed bankruptcy. He appeared to have no concious, even then. If this had happened once, one could possibly shuck it up as a "screw up," "a mistake," but to have made a life out of doing it -- seems unconciousable to me. I think we all pull for the under-dog, but now the under-dog is now those left without money for retirement, charity, or business.
http://www.startribune.com/business/33581144.html
Embellish - If you want to know how rich you really are, find out what would be left of you tomorrow if you should lose every dollar you own tonight.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
