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Farmgirl Birthdays:  Birthday traditions  |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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 Posted - Feb 09 2007 : 4:52:01 PM
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Anyone out there have a favorite dinner they like to have prepared for them or fav. cake?
I'm meeting my folks for BD dinner tomorrow night and didn't even have to voice my request for lasagna. Cake will be lemon and lemon. Sounds weird, don't knock it 'till ya try it. My cousin came up w/ the idea YEARS ago when she was about to turn 13. SHE is now 37, as I too will turn. From that point on, it's always been the same combo. YUMMY!
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Feb 09 2007 : 5:07:40 PM
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My family always does favorite dinner and cake on Birthdays. (which means that on youngest son's birthday on Sunday we get hot dogs and mac and cheese and chocolate cake with choc frosting and chocolate ice cream I guess..ugh) I always pick banana cake with NO frosting and for supper bbq ribs or steak, baked potato and a green salad with EVERYTHING in it.Unless we go out..then it is chinese or japanese food for sure.
Lemon and lemon sound good!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bonnie
New York
USA
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Posted - Feb 10 2007 : 04:48:45 AM
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DH is always Choc/Choc and more chocolate...taco type something for dinner.
I like my MIL Angel food cake w/strawberries, and since I am in August I like something on the grill
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Feb 10 2007 : 9:14:18 PM
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At my house, I have a special red plate that is pulled out only on birthdays or other really special occasions - the "person of honor" for the day gets to eat all of their meals on the red plate. It sounds a little corny, now that I'm writing it, but I just love it! My mom did it for us for as long as I can remember, and now I'm having so much fun doing it in my own home...
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2007 : 1:26:55 PM
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HEY! the red plate! We did the same thing in our house. Birthdays, graduations, good report cards, raises no matter the happy occasin, there was always occasion for the red plate
I now have one for my own family, but never seem to remember to get it out. My brother is ever the celebrant and traditionalist,so he inherited the same red plate we used as kids
It is a fun tradition no matter the age!
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2007 : 5:13:54 PM
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I'm so glad that the red plate LIVES ON!!!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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vintagechica
True Blue Farmgirl
438 Posts
Eren
Poolville
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2007 : 5:51:52 PM
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Oh, that is a great idea...the red plate. I dont have a red plate, but I have one the could be the "special" plate. How fun, my boys will love it! (but I guess I will need two special plates the, LOL!)
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Feb 12 2007 : 06:46:53 AM
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I don't have a current birthday tradition, but there was one I used to love as a kid. My mother always made us "clock" cakes. It's a round cake, with 12 cupcakes arranged around the edge. Each cupcake is labeled 1-12 in icing, and you draw the hands of the clock on the main cake, pointing to the cupcake number that is your age. It only works until you turn 12, of course, so I really had the sense of reaching the start of a new era on my 13th birthday!
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2007 : 07:34:29 AM
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Oh, Eren! I forgot that you have twins!!! Definitely - TWO red plates!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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KellyA
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
Kelly
Johnsonville
NY
USA
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Posted - Feb 12 2007 : 09:55:32 AM
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Mine was "Charlie's hot dogs"...that is a hot dog sold here in the area that is about 3" long with a special meat sauce, onions and mustard on a tiny steamed roll. My mom (a rose) made her own version of the meat sauce that we loved better than the stuff at the stand!
My son's is anything finished with raspberry pie!
Kelly
When a cookbook is in hand, life is good! |
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a rose
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Linda
Waterford
NY
USA
443 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2007 : 1:13:01 PM
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A vanilla cake made by by my daughter Kelly. She makes super cakes.
Oh yeah Kelly A. has a birthday coming up on the 16th of this month. So, please wish her a Happy Birthday!!
Remember me as a rose. |
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 02:38:28 AM
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| Yum, these sound so good, and I gotta get ME a red plate now!!! As kids we always got to choose our dinner, and I passed that tradition along to my boys who ALWAYS choose my lasagna and a homemade icecream cake (store bought icecream though). My favorite meal growing up was fried chicken, mac and cheese, and banana cake for dessert! Enjoy your day, Kelly A.!!!!!!! |
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simpler1773
True Blue Farmgirl
234 Posts
Ricki
Ashland
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 03:53:16 AM
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I love the red plate idea! I'm glad to read this thread because this yr with my 14 yr old daughter was a bit trying, and I really want to scale down the expectations for birthdays and yet keep them special.
~Ricki~
You can't pour anything out of an empty vessel, take care of yourself! |
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_Rebecca_
True Blue Farmgirl
568 Posts
Rebecca
OK
USA
568 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 09:27:12 AM
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My son's favorite dinner is tostadas. He loves to create his own. I give him a tostada and he chooses from all the toppings. Among the list of toppings are: sliced black olives, shredded cheese, pinto beans, black beans, white corn, fresh chopped tomato & onion, salsa, taco meat, shredded lettuce, brown rice.
Usually we have it with sliced cantaloupe.
.·:*¨¨* :·.Rebecca.·:*¨¨* :·.
Wife of Jonathan, Mother of Joel, Caitlyn, Elia, Nathanael |
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Persephone
True Blue Farmgirl
172 Posts
Katrina
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 10:02:05 AM
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Our family is a brand new baby family, so we don't have a lot of traditions- I didn't bring any from my family, and neither did dh. But I want to make birthdays special, so here's what I've got so far: The birthday person gets any cake they want, homemade by me, and whatever they want for dinner. We decorate the dining room, and after dinner there's presents and cake. Um... what else? I do like the red plate idea. :)
My daughter's birthday was last month, and we did a healthy carrot cake for her, since she's one. :) With yogurt cheese frosting.
And dh's birthday is next week (to the day a month after dd's! :)), and he wants a Guinness chocolate cake, and lasagna. I have yet to get him a present and a card... (Though I think I'm going to get him a Colts Champions tshirt (we live in IN :D), and some new socks, cause he's running out of good socks. |
Edited by - Persephone on Feb 13 2007 10:04:03 AM |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4870 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 2:52:21 PM
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I have 3 sons, 24, 21 and 3. (Yes, I did start over with my second husband). I always have the older boys tell me what kind of meal and cake they want me to make. Since my lads were born in the following order: June, July and August, they make sure to choose different cakes. Once my youngest son is old enough to let me know what he wants, he'll carry on the tradition I already started. We always eat outside unless it's too hot, then it's the dining room for birthdays. The red plate sounds fun, maybe I'll add that to our tradition.
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KellyA
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
Kelly
Johnsonville
NY
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 4:30:47 PM
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Thank you, Nance! I will be double 4's, but it doesn't feel like it!
Kelly
When a cookbook is in hand, life is good! |
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KellyA
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
Kelly
Johnsonville
NY
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - Feb 13 2007 : 4:33:15 PM
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Persephone...you have me curious about the Guinness chocolate cake...is it with Guinness beer? (the only beer I like!!) Can I have the recipe?
Kelly
When a cookbook is in hand, life is good! |
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gregs_lil_farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
219 Posts
birdi
hartford
me
USA
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Posted - Feb 14 2007 : 12:30:37 PM
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Birthdays for me were always a challenge...being so close after Christmas..44 days after for me...that when my son was young..he too had that problem...12 days after(epipheny)so........
we have always done the whatever you want for supper thing...bu tfor special for him.
I am a cake decorator and I would let him pick any cake from my Wilton books that he wanted..no matter how big or complicated and take it to school, or sunday school to share his birthday. One year, wouldn't you know...there was a huge roller coaster cake on the cover and thats what he wanted...there were ove 100 tic tacs standing upright with royal frosting joining them to make the rails....oooooYYYY!!! was ever glad that was over! haha. I will always have some nice memories though.
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KellyA
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
Kelly
Johnsonville
NY
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2007 : 05:59:53 AM
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I like to decorate cakes too, and I remember that roller coaster cake!!!! Kudos on attempting it!
Kelly
When a cookbook is in hand, life is good! |
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Meg
Moderator/Farmgirl True
974 Posts
Meg
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2007 : 11:13:31 AM
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Kelly, I hope your day is wonderful! Fun to know what you'll be getting. Libbie, the red plate is a very cute idea. I love little traditions like that. At our house, we do a birthday chair. We tie flowers/leaves/branches (depends on the season) to a chair and the birthday person gets to sit in their 'birthday chair' for each meal.
MaryJane's daughter,
Meg
megan@maryjanesfarm.org |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2007 : 12:29:12 PM
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MEG,
That Birthday chair idea sounds like a real good one. We have four Grand daughters so just might use your tradition up here in western NY. IT COULD SWEEP THE NATION, WHO KNOWS.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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Persephone
True Blue Farmgirl
172 Posts
Katrina
Indiana
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - Feb 15 2007 : 12:55:58 PM
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Here's the cake recipe: I haven't tried it yet, so if you want a review, you're going to have to wait another week! :)(Btw, the addendums at the end aren't mine. I would NEVER use low fat dairy products! :))
Guinness chocolate cake
1 c. Guinness (i used "extra stout")
1 stick + 2 T. unsalted butter
heat until butter is melted in large, wide saucepan. remove from heat source, and whisk in:
3/4 c. unsweetened cocoa
2 c. superfine sugar (i used regular with good results)
in a seperate bowl, beat the following ingredients together:
3/4 c. sour cream
2 eggs
1 T. vanilla
pour sour cream/eggs/vanilla mixture to beer/cocoa mixture and whisk together, adding:
2 c. all-purpose flour
2 + 1/2 t. baking soda
pour cake into a greased and floured 9" springform pan. bake 45-60 minutes at 350 degrees.
frost with cream cheese icing when cooled. refrigerate.
cream cheese icing
8. oz. cream cheese
1 + 1/4 c. confectioners sugar
1/2 c. heavy cream
whisk ingredients together. "ice" warm cake, once cake has been transfered to serving plate.
now, my changes:
-i lightly greased the pan but dusted it with unsweetened cocoa instead of flour, as to not "whiten" the cake. it was nice. the icing takes care of any bitterness of the cocoa.
-i used low-fat sour cream instead of regular fat sour cream, no detectable problems
-i used neufatchel (low fat cream cheese) instead of cream cheese for the icing with good result
-for a lower-sugar recipe, i think this cake would be quite lovely without the icing altogether, but I'm not one who prefers things very, very sweet. it's heavy, dank, and quite moist. i't be rather lovely with a small scoop of good vanilla bean ice cream instead of the icing.
-i baked it the full 60 minutes
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KellyA
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
Kelly
Johnsonville
NY
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - Feb 15 2007 : 3:24:49 PM
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Thank you, Persephone!!!
When a cookbook is in hand, life is good! |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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