We love the Fraggles

Lily has been singing, "Muck and Goo for you...." all week. It took me a while and finally asking Dear Husband to figure out where she got this. (No pictures, all are copyrighted!) Here it is:

Muck and Goo [01:17]

Performed by: Red, Uncle Matt, Pa Gorg, etc.

Notes: episode 20, also in episode 42 (partial)

Give me one and give me two,
Cover me with muck and goo.
Give me three and give me four,
Cover me with guck and gore.

One, two, muck and goo,
Down my sock and in my shoe.
Three, four, guck and gore,
Spin me 'round and sing some more.

Give me five and give me six,
Cover me with big, fat sticks.
Give me seven, give me eight.
Cover me with slime and slate.

Five, six and big, fat sticks,
An ice cream cone for me to lick.
Seven, eight, slime and slate,
Sing it now and don't be late.

Give me, give me number nine,
A bag of bones and a ball of twine.
Give me, give me number ten,
Run back home and start again.

Nine, nine, a ball of twine,
First it's yours and then it's mine.
Ten, ten, that's the end,
So run back home and start again.

Run back home and start again.

Recipe Time! Sunday morning fare

(Hmmmmmm. What to do with leftover bratwurst? Casserole of course!)

Preheat oven 350-375 degrees

Beat 8 eggs.
Chop into quarter bite chunks the following:
1/2 medium tomato (leftover from grilling fixings)
1/2 medium white onion (see tomato)
1 small bell pepper (see previous post for picture)
1 smallish anaheim pepper
2 leftover and cold grilled bratwurst from the day before grilling feast
then add:
1/2 teaspoon mustard powder
salt and pepper to taste
beat some more as you add ingredients
add 1/3 cup of milk

What's missing? Ah, cheese! I've always had problems with cheese either burning on the top before the eggs are done or messing up the consistency if it's mixed in. So, I found several "learn to cook" websites that had bread crumbs and butter lining the pan and the cheese (sharp cheddar and Parmesan sprinkled on that before the egg mix is added. Done. It worked beautifully in a 9x9 glass dish, cooked for 45 minutes, (or until done, do not trust oven temps and times to be perfect or disaster is in your future!).

Yum. Serves 4.

Saturday Harvest

Bell Pepper, Anahiem Pepper, Banana Pepper, Blue Lake Green Beans (not in photo, but just past the bottom of the photo), AND.......one little red tomato. Yum.

The red tomato is our first of the season to ripen and Lil'Bug found it, picked it, coveted it, carried it around the yard, refused to share it, reluctantly allowed me to photograph it and wash it, and then ate it. Fun stuff.

Seven Wonders, my version

The modern seven wonders list was just released. That got me thinking. How about a seven wonders of Iowa list?
Grotto of Redemption
ANY one of our remaining historic county court houses (the wonder part is that they are still there at all!)
Covered Bridges
Neal Smith restored prairie
Hamm House in Dubuque
the Newton Library Bronze Dragon
all of Allamakee county

What are your favorite Iowa places? What should be on the list that I missed?

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