A Little Holiday Meme

[cbtreks]

I snagged this from debris4spike. Play along if you'd like!

HOLIDAY QUESTIONS:
* Favorite pie: Pumpkin. Actually it's butterscotch but that's getting harder and harder to find.
* Christmas song: Silver Bells and Away in a Manger (the other tune, not the Flow Gently Sweet Afton one)
* Thanksgiving side dish: Homemade butterhorn rolls
* Pepsi or Coke: Coke (Diet Coke these days)
* Christmas movie: I guess I don't have one - but I love all those old Rankin/Bass specials, like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and The Little Drummer Boy.
* Christmas cookie: My favorite cookie at any time, including Christmas, is Elevator Lady Spice Cookies*.
* Netflix or Hulu: I have both.
* Favorite Reindeer: Rudolph
* Favorite Holiday: Christmas
* Turkey or Ham: Ham
* Real tree or Artificial: Prefer real but have artificial.
* Favorite color: Blue
* Snow or Sand: Sand, if you mean the beach, but I love that year round, so snow on sand even.
* Early morning person: Only if I've stayed up all night.
* Eggnog or Cider: Depends on the season - cider in fall but egg nog at New Years.
* Smooth or crunchy peanut butter: Either. Both!
* Waffles or pancakes: Depends on my mood - I like them both.
* Tree up before or after Turkey day: After.
* Clark Griswold or Buddy the Elf: Neither! But if I had to watch one, I'd prefer Clark because Buddy the Elf is more annoying than the entire Griswold family.


*Elevator Lady Spice cookies are a recipe in the I Hate to Cook Book by Peg Bracken. She calls them this because, she says, she was in an elevator one day eating some spice cookies made from a new recipe and gave one the the elevator lady. The elevator lady said she could make a better cookie than that and next time Peg Bracken saw her, the elevator lady gave her a spice cookie recipe. They're so good! Here it is:

Mix together 3/4 C shortening, 1 C sugar, 1 egg (unbeaten), and 1/4 C molasses.
Sift together and stir in 1 C flour, 2 t baking soda, 1/4 t salt, 1 t cinnamon, 3/4 t powdered cloves, 3/4 t powdered ginger.
Mix together, form into walnut-sized balls, and place 2" apart on a greased baking sheet.
Bake at 375 (F) for 10-12 minutes.

I don't know why she specifies an unbeaten egg but she does.