Gran's Brag Book

My Granmother was very, very awesome! The ultimate granmother! I miss her and think about her often. She passed in 1994 from cancer. This is one of her journal entries about me when I was a baby. Written in 1966, it's called Behind the Kitchen Door...

When I was just a wee, wee tot

and crawling on the floor

My Mommy got a pen for me

Now I'm behind the kitchen door.

They filled it up with many toys

for which I didn't care

They hoped I'd be content to stay

while Mommy fixed her hair

I have a ball, some rings and things

a doll I could adore

But gee! oh me, can't mommy see?

No fun behind the kitchen door.

I get so tired of standing here

while others have the fun

I look, I yearn, I even squirm

while sister is on the run.

Now this has been my tiny world

for months and months I know

I creep, I peep, til I go to sleep

or a fit or two I'll throw

Now one day soon I'll have a plan

right over the top I'll soar

I'm older, I'm stronger, I hope I can scan

my pen behind the kitchen door

I'll run and run till my heart's content

All the things I will explore

If I don't watch out, my one comment

I'll be right back behind the kitchen door.

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Written by:

Mary Alice Waugh

1966

As Rachael Ray would say "Yummo"

This is a great recipe from my friend, April. I like to cook it without the poppy seeds, because I don't want to get dieofatickulitus (sp?) from eating the poppy seeds.

APRIL’S POPPY SEED CHICKEN

Ingredients
4 – 6 Boneless Chicken Breasts cooked and diced.
2 Cans Cream of Chicken Soup
8 oz. Sour Cream
Handful Poppy Seeds
Sea Salt & Pepper
1 – 2 rolls Ritz Crackers, crumbled
½ stick Melted Butter

Directions
1. Boil or bake chicken until done, let cool, and cut up into small pieces.
2. Mix cream of chicken, sour cream, poppy seeds, salt and pepper together.
3. Put chicken in bottom of buttered casserole dish and pour soup mixture over chicken.
4. Top with ritz crackers and pour melted butter on top.
5. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until bubbly.
6. Serve over rice with a big loaf of French bread and some kind of good veggie or salad…
Yummo!
adapted from my friend, April