The Almighty Quiche Recipe

Here's our perfected quiche recipe.

First, the pie crust (makes one):
2 cups graham crackers (crumbled)
1/2 cup melted butter
1/3 cup sugar (or substitute)

Mix together thoroughly, it will remain quite dry. Pour half of mixture in a pie dish and press tightly along bottom of dish. Pour the rest along the outside rim and press along side. Bake dish at 400F for 10 minutes.

In an electric mixer, combine (makes one):
1 cup Half & Half
4 large eggs (we use duck)

When this is thoroughly beaten together, pour into pie dish. Then add cheese, vegetables, bacon, etc. and herbs to your own taste. Bake 40 minutes @ 375F, test with toothpick. If it does not come out clean, bake for another 5 minutes and re-test. If the top is browning too quickly, add a layer of aluminum foil.

Today's fun with Jason

The exchange program went bowling and since our crossover seats 6, we carpooled several of the kids from the school to the bowling alley. Josh and Jason played 2 sets, by the 2nd Jason is doing really quite good. In fact, it was so good - we got a whole paragraph out of Jason today! He loved bowling, wants to do it again, thank you very much, etc. And we found out that he's a complete chick magnet! He absolutely lights up around girls. Hee hee.

Then after he got home and in the politest way possible, he chewed my ass out for not teaching him more English. :D Silly me, I was letting him get comfortable before we started the pointing game.

So we went around the house, asking if he knew what things were, offering the names (and writing them) when he didn't. The appliances are tough, I'm not sure he has them in China (most don't). Some concepts are tough - the lamp makes light from the bulb. The door has a window made of glass, a glass is also a cup and Mom (me) and Dad (Josh) wear glassES. That one cracked Jason up. It may well have been spectacles in his translator, but I figured we'd stick with simple, common words. Then there's really tough concepts - this is the stove, then there's a wood stove that you put wood IN. Watch, clock, time. That makes no sense. Is it three o'clock, then? or three o'watch?

Paper is a big one - paper in book, newspaper, paper towels, toilet paper.

Then I taught him the really important stuff - BALD. Dad is BALD!

/runs away!