Summertime Food on a SkewerWritten by Arleen M. Kaptur
Try some great cool-kabobs when heat intensifies and cooking has no appeal: On a toothpick, a celery stick a carrot stick, or tiny skewers, try: assorted melon balls, apple chunks, orange chunks, pineapple chunks, small marshmallows, strawberries, raspberries, peaches, nectarines, blackberries, luncheon-meat cubes, chicken chunks, avocado slices, cooked and shelledshrimp in different combinations Serve a fruit dip or marshmallow creme dip alongside for extra fun. ****************** Hot-kabobs: On skewers, thread pineaple chunks, green pepper chunks, pickled onions, mushrooms, ham cubes, shelled and cooked shrimp, scallops, or hotdogs, cut into 1" chunks ***** Marinated beef or lamb cunks, ham cubes, turkey or chicken breast pieces, pork cubes and small precooked potatoes, baby squashes, eggplant cuts, green peppers, whole mushrooms, quartered tomatoes, chunks of cucumber, pineapple chunks, green banana chunks ***** Marinated Beef: 1/2 cup salad oil, 3/4 cup vinegar, 3/4 cup chopped onion, 1 tsp. each salt and pepper, 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce, 2 lbs. lean beef round cut into 1-1/2" chunks Let cubes of meat stand in marinade in refrigerator overnight. ***** Wrap frankfurter cuts in partially cooked bacon, and skewer with Bologna slice chunks, and dill pickle chunks Grill and enjoy! ***** Marinate cubes of sharp cheddar cheese in wine (Burgundy). Leave in refrigerator overnight. Drain well, skewer, and serve with crackers
| | My 11 year old just received a CREDIT CARD!!!Written by Yolanda Kennedy
Have you notice that you can barley get though all your junk mail and now your kids are getting junk mail. Sometimes they are receiving magazines in their names or even pre approved credit cards. How can this be when they don’t even have jobs? Well, mom or dad you may be contributing to this madness. How many times this year have you given out your child’s social security number? Many doctor’s offices are asking for your child’s social security number now and if you are like most parents you give it out and not even think twice about it. Does your child have a credit union or bank account in their name? Are your children, (with your permission) giving their contact information on kid’s sites on net? These are all places that sometimes sell or share (as they like to state) information with their partner companies. This is only one way that some of these companies get your child’s information. Another way is if your child has a bank account. Some companies use databases of major credit reporting companies like Trans Union, Equifax, Experian or Innovis. After obtaining data then your child’s information goes into databases with everyone else and guess what…the company does not have a clue that this person is a minor.
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