Cuisine Kathleen's 8th Annual St. Patrick's Day Blog Roll

"Céad mile failte"

means

"A hundred thousand welcomes"

Cuisine Kathleen's 

8th Annual St. Patrick's Day

Blog Crawl starts today!

Because it is National Quilt Month,

I'm starting this off with a Celtic Knot quilt,

made from one of Peg Bingham's patterns

called "Over & Over Again"

It looks like a complicated pattern

but it is really very easy.

The strips appear to weave

over & under each other but

it is all in how you sew them together &

how you stitch along side of them,

to make them pop up.

I used some curvy feathers in the borders & some Celtic motifs in each of the blocks

as well as the tiny little center.

This photo,

with the light source coming from the side,

lets you see the quilting better.

It is always a challenge to get decent photos

in Ohio in the winter!!

The dining room table is set with a combination of my Tiara GREEN Chantilly Depression Glass &

my Royal Tara tea set, which was made in Galway, Ireland.

I've used each set by itself before.
You can see those posts
HERE & HERE & HERE & HERE, too

They work...or should I say
"play" well together, along with my
Bordallo Pinheiro cabbage bowls!

The gold trim on the

tea set looks lovely with my Mikasa

"Cameo Gold" flatware that has the

24 karat trim.

Spice jelly beans add a splash of

color, mimicking Ireland's flag.

I have two different sizes of glassware in the Depression glass set.

The taller ones are referred to as "ice tea" &

the shorter ones are called "goblets".

Sharing some of my dessert plans...

Oreos dipped in 

Ghirardelli chocolate candy 

melting wafers then topped  

with Shamrock Sprinkles!

Lime Gelatin Salad Recipe from Taste of Home

• 2 packages (3 ounces each) lime gelatin
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 quart lime sherbet
• 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed

Directions: In a large bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Beat in sherbet until melted. Add whipped topping; beat well.Pour into an 8-cup ring mold coated with cooking spray. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until set. Unmold onto a serving platter. Yield: 10 servings.

If you make this recipe, be sure to use the ORIGINAL not *Lite* Cool Whip frozen topping, like I did to save calories.

Mine seemed too soft to put into a mold, as directed & shown on the Taste of Home website.

PRINTABLE LIME GELATIN SALAD RECIPE LINK  

Pineapple Poke Bundt Cake

 Before this cake is flipped out of the pan,

 you poke holes all over the cake 

with a skewer & pour in some

 pineapple juice you drained from the can.  

Don't let it cool in the pan longer 

than the recommended time or 

it will stick too much to the pan &

 will be difficult to remove!

1 can (20 oz.)	Crushed Pineapple
1 box (2 layer)	yellow cake mix
1 pkg. (4 serving size)	JELL-O® Instant Vanilla Pudding
4	egg(s)
3/4 cup	vegetable oil
1	vanilla bean pod, split in half
1 cup	powdered sugar
1 tbsp.	butter, melted
	Confectioners Glaze (recipe below)

Preheat oven to 350º F. Spray 12-cup bundt pan with cooking spray.

Drain pineapple; measure 3/4 cup juice to use with cake mix. Reserve remaining juice for soaking mixture.

Beat cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil and 3/4 cup pineapple juice in large bowl with an electric mixer for 2 minutes. Scrape half vanilla bean pod; combine with cake batter or mix 1 tablespoon vanilla extract into cake batter. Fold in crushed pineapple. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake 38 to 42 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Combine remaining pineapple juice, powdered sugar and melted butter in a small bowl while cake is baking.  Scrape other half of vanilla bean pod and mix with juice mixture or stir in remaining 1 tablespoon vanilla extract.

Remove cake from oven and set on a wire rack. Poke holes in cake with skewer at ½-inch intervals while still hot and in pan. Pour soaking mixture over cake (NOTE: if soaking mixture begins to pool, poke additional holes). Allow to cool in pan 30 to 40 minutes, then flip cake upside down onto serving platter; remove pan. Cool completely then drizzle with glaze, if desired.

Confectioner’s Glaze: Combine 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon cold milk; whisk until completely combined.  Cover with plastic wrap until ready to use.

Printable Pineapple Poke Bundt Cake Recipe

Beside my lovely daughter's wedding portrait,

I have my Waterford crystal butter dish, 

doing double duty as a coaster for

some Irish Coffee (really tea for me) 

You've heard it said that three

of anything makes a collection.

I guess I've accidently got a

collection of biscuit barrels started.

The two on the outside actually came from Sam's club, years ago.

I can't remember where I found

the smaller center one.

They usually sit on the dresser

in the guest room,

with cotton balls & Q-tips inside.

"Erin Go Braugh" =

"Ireland Forever!"

My bakers rack has an

assortment of green apparel,

which looks really pretty with

all my white milk glass.

I wove green ribbon in & out

of the Ralph Lauren cake plate, 
as I like to change the ribbon

color for every holiday.

I found this St. Patrick's Day card

from my sweetheart,

tucked inside the box

of all the green decorations.

It made me smile to see

his funny signature again.

He would recycle the same card,

year after year,

putting the date in the corner,

just like my Mom & Dad did

with their anniversary cards.

I love my little Leprechaun thimble...

it too makes me smile every year when I unpack him.

With all the cookie making 

I did last year, 

I had to buy a new mixer.

I managed to kill the one 

that was a wedding gift 30 years ago.

  

Naturally, I bought a GREEN one!! 

Where did the leprechauns

send the infamous

"Traveling Irish Table Topper??

This vintage cloth with Celtic knots & shamrocks was first found by

Marigene @ In the Middle of Nowhere.

She sent it to Kathleen @ Cuisine Kathleen 

with the stipulation that it be passed on to

another blogger for the following year.

 Kathleen passed it along to me &

you can see my blog post

with it & my Celtic Cross HERE.

 

I then sent it on to Mary @ Home is Where The Boat Is.
 

You'll have to stop by Cuisine Kathleen's

 blog &click 

on the participants of the party

to find out where it went this year!

Jodi Barrows Trunk Show

March is National Quilting Month, so I'm going to try to post something about quilts with photos throughout the month.

Last year, one of the quilt guilds that I belong to had three generations of the Yoder Amish family come give a lecture & a "Show & Tell" program, as well as vend some of their products that they sell in their store, the Lone Star Quilt Shop.
(sorry, there are no online sales by them)  

They were delightful women & we had a million questions for them about their religion, their dress & customs, which they graciously & patiently answered.  

Later the same Amish family sponsored a dinner & trunk show by Jodi Barrows, author of the Square in a Square method of cutting/quilting.  (follow that link to check out her website)
She, too, was delightful with her wonderful sense of humor, tons of useful information & a HUGE stack of quilts...I loved every minute of it. 

 First off, we were treated to a true "family style" Amish dinner with big platters of fried chicken, heavy bowls of REAL mashed potatoes & gravy, green beans & ham PLUS scrumptious BIG homemade PIE slices already in place at every person's setting.

 You should have seen us jockeying our seats so we could sit in front of our favorite flavors.  (you KNOW I found a lemon meringue one, don't ya?!)
We were then treated to a fabulous trunk show & lecture by Jodi.  I took photos of almost every single quilt that she showed us.




Jodi is a very entertaining speaker who clearly explained her techniques used in each quilt block as well as
showing them with various poster board demonstrations.



She is a very skilled educator, able to convey her instructions & methods both clearly & concisely 

This little Amish girl, with her beautiful long hair in a braid, 
sat directly in front of me, so her pretty hair is in many of my shots.
No matter how much I leaned either way, I could not photograph around her.
I hope she didn't mind me including her in these photos, as I know they don't 
like to have their photos taken.  The fact that her face isn't visible should make it okay.




Don't you ♥♥♥ Jodi's HOT PINK NAILS?









Notice the different hands holding this tiny little mini quilt below?

That is her husband, who helped to hold up Jodi's numerous,  lovely quilts. 

 He also ran the cash register, which was really humming afterwards.  We all bought her books & rulers, she was such a great salesperson!

They travel during the hot TX months, with a camper trailer so she can teach in various states all over the country.
  
I was in the Lone Star Quilt Shop when she dropped off one of her own quilts to be hand quilted.
I got to speak to her for a little bit & she was just a sweet as can be!




I'll try to stop talking now & just let you scroll down through the huge variety of wonderful quilts that Jodi brought to share.























































































I think these RED & GREEN & WHITE ones were my most favorites...I do love RED & WHITE quilts!







Although, the BLUE & WHITE ones were beautiful, too!







Jodi spoke lovingly about the generations of incredible women in her family & the hardships they endured while traveling to TX to escape the Civil War.

She comes from a loooong line of quilters & has written two novels, using her family member's & their history as the backdrops for Threads of Love & Threads of Change. 

I think she may have another book in the works, too.  I came home & immediately requested both from my library & read them from beginning to end, enjoying every minute.  I hated for them to end, which is always the sign of a good book! 








Ooops, here is another favorite one of mine with RED!!!
I hope to share some things I recently learned about the making of *rouge d'Andrinople*  in my next post.












The trunk show lasted for hours!
If you ever get a chance to see & hear Jodi, don't miss it.
I promise you will be incredibly entertained & come away very inspired.  

She also has a few videos on her website that lets you see & hear her explain several different kinds of blocks.
I especially enjoyed the "Ohio Star" instructions. ~~big grin~~ 

Click HERE to view a list of the videos.

March 17th is also National Quilting DAY, but you & I know there will be other GREEN things going on then!  *wink*

March 16th is Cuisine Kathleen's St. Patrick's Day Annual Blog Crawl.  The house will be decorated to the hilt in GREEN again this year for that one!

Thanks for stopping by The Gazebo House.  I hope you enjoyed Jodi's quilt show & will check out her website as well as stop back here for more calorie free eye candy soon.