Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll

[Lumière]

How 'bout this for Ellery's ice cream:

Ellery:  Cherry Garcia (Soooo sweet) or Chocolate Peanut Butter (Rich and delectable to the tongue) or Pralines & Cream (Sweet, nutty and uh, creamy)

Here's something to add to our recipe gallery next time .. (for Chocolate Peanut Butter Ellery fans ...) 

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cup Pie



Layers of chocolate ice cream, hot fudge topping, and peanut butter cups fill a chocolate cookie crust in this heavenly four-ingredient dessert.

Prep: 13 minutes
Other: 6 hours

  4 cups no-sugar-added chocolate ice cream
  1/2 cup chopped miniature peanut butter cups
  (about 11 candies), divided
  1 (6-ounce) cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookie
  pie crust (such as Oreo)
  1/4 cup fat-free hot fudge topping

1. Let ice cream stand at room temperature 5 minutes or until slightly softened.
2. Combine ice cream and 1/4 cup chopped candy in a large bowl. Spoon ice cream mixture into bottom of pie crust. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup candy over top. Cover and freeze at least 6 hours or until firm. Drizzle each slice with hot fudge topping. Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 slice and 1 1/2 teaspoons hot fudge topping).

[pastorfred]

Here's something to add to our recipe gallery next time .. (for Chocolate Peanut Butter Ellery fans ...)

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cup Pie

OK, Lucise, just so you know...

I gained a pound or two just looking at that picture of chocolate-peanut butter cup pie!

 

[Lumière]

OK, Lucise, just so you know...

I gained a pound or two just looking at that picture of chocolate-peanut butter cup pie!

 

  Yeah right Fred! 
The next time I have people over at my place, I am making that for dessert!

Having a piece of Ellery for dessert ...hmmm...yum! 

[louisev]

eeek! you guys have got me hungry for ice cream!  I havent had ice cream for 9 months!

[neatfreak]

Try one of these, Louise!

Ennis:  Chunky Monkey ('Nuff said there)
Ellery:  Cherry Garcia (Soooo sweet) or Chocolate Peanut Butter (Rich and delectable to the tongue) or Pralines & Cream (Sweet, nutty and uh, creamy)
Lang:  Moose Tracks (Big and chunky) or Buttercupscotch (You know why)
Beagle:  Rum Raisin (Because no one likes it)
Wayne:  Peppermint (Too cool)
Dupree:  Neapolitan (Can't make up its mind which flavor it wants to be)
Lauren:  Strawberry (Sweet and fruity) or Pistachio (Sweet, light, a little nutty)
Wes and Edna: Praline Pecan (Extra sweet and a little nutty) or Bovinity Divinity (Holy cow!)
Leon:  Key Lime (A little tart)

I'll have a little Ennis and a lot of CPB Ellery, please!

[notBastet]

Here's something to add to our recipe gallery next time .. (for Chocolate Peanut Butter Ellery fans ...) 

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cup Pie

Lucise - thank you for the recipe!  I can't wait to try it.

[Lumière]

eeek! you guys have got me hungry for ice cream!  I havent had ice cream for 9 months!

That's it!
Let's have an ice-cream party...grab a cone everyone!! 

Lucise - thank you for the recipe!  I can't wait to try it.

Me too! 

[David]

Ok,  I just got home.  What did I miss?   LOL

It must have been 100+ degrees farenheit today!    

Fortunately I was at a cookout & Pool party.    Picture this,  16 guys in the pool playing vollyball.     Trunks versus Skins!     LOL,   and by 5pm there very few trunks on!

Yee Haa!    


Sorry ladies and Gents, no photos have turned up.   yet!    

[MaineWriter]

Hee hee hee David, sounds like my kind of pool party...

Do you think Ellery could persuade Ennis to take part in the fun?

L

[MaineWriter]

Ennis Del Mar - On Death and Dying

A few years back the great medical researcher, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross wrote the book length study, On Death and Dying.

In the story canon, Ennis passed through four of the five stages of death and dying, which equally apply to grief.

1. Denial: After receiving the "deceased" stamped post card he proceeded to the pay phone, telling himself that Jack would answer the phone - had to answer the phone.

2. Anger: He wanted to curse Lureen for letting Jack die on the dirt road.

3. Bargaining: The trip to Lightning Flat, seeking the ashes and finding the shirts, was a vain attempt to make peace with the reality of Jack's death.

4. Depression: The story ends, leaving Ennis and all of us who care about him, in a state of deep depression over the devastating loss of the love of his life.

The Laramie Saga is the story of Ennis moving into the final stage of grief:

5. Acceptance: In every way Ellery helps Ennis deal with his grief, honoring the love he and Jack shared, and moving into a new love and life.

Ennis and Jack are real archetypes of men who love each other, and so our grief over Jack's death is real. People have to move through the stages of grief at our own rate, in our own time. Those who are still in one of the first four stages of grief as above very much want dear Ennis to stay there to keep them company. The stages of grief are fluid, and we move back and forth among them.

For those who are emotionally hurt by the wars at that other site, I have the following words of advice: Stay out of there (*growl*).

Fred
I wish you would or could post this over in "the other place." Those folks need to read this. Let's hope they are lurking....

L