tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post5957557883400770667..comments2024-03-28T11:08:27.744-04:00Comments on Coffee on the Porch with Me: Kind of the Anti-Marthacoffeeontheporchwithmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-73662152651513083652017-10-21T15:01:52.574-04:002017-10-21T15:01:52.574-04:00Lovelovelove this post! And your imperfect trifle ...Lovelovelove this post! And your imperfect trifle in its not-quite-a-trifle-bowl looks lovely. One can get a little weary of all the perfection on the internet!Jean | DelightfulRepast.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038772991628796917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-33133620282998517452017-10-13T15:58:12.365-04:002017-10-13T15:58:12.365-04:00Your post made me chuckle. I think a lot of us can...Your post made me chuckle. I think a lot of us can relate to what you were expressing in your post! The trifle looks so wonderful!Eggs In My Pockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17229803318817119532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-19471336971969561572017-10-12T11:55:25.760-04:002017-10-12T11:55:25.760-04:00I love this post! Ree Drummond has beaucoup bucks...I love this post! Ree Drummond has beaucoup bucks behind her and Martha as millions AND minions. I am not impressed with either. You, on the other hand, are my hero(ine). This is the reality of what we do. I agree - what part of "Easy" related to that trifle? Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-74246722583308426002017-10-10T19:50:46.446-04:002017-10-10T19:50:46.446-04:00Hi Jenn.....
I read this last night, and laughed o...Hi Jenn.....<br />I read this last night, and laughed out loud! Could not get my comment to post.....<br />You are an excellent story teller...<br />Have a great week....<br />Cheers!<br />Linda :o)Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682800877894439940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-21951653093930942182017-10-09T21:26:18.735-04:002017-10-09T21:26:18.735-04:00The trifle looks so yummy. Glad you had a great T...The trifle looks so yummy. Glad you had a great Thanksgiving with all your family.<br />KrisJunkchiccottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312068546640480844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-598240610709658972017-10-09T17:39:00.476-04:002017-10-09T17:39:00.476-04:00Thanks everyone! The trifle was actually really go...Thanks everyone! The trifle was actually really good and the flavours all mellowed together because it sat overnight in the fridge. I would recommend it to anyone, but short cuts could definitely be taken. (The lunch lady brownies, the ones I had made before, were a flop! There ya go!) Thanksgiving was very nice with my sister and two brothers and most of their families. coffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-76737992369536553202017-10-09T11:34:23.870-04:002017-10-09T11:34:23.870-04:00I found myself laughing, and nodding in agreement ...I found myself laughing, and nodding in agreement as I read this great post! I am way too unorganized to even remember to get meat out of the freezer to thaw more than 15 minutes before I need it!! I think the trifle looks delicious, and I hope you and your family enjoyed your dinner together!Alicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973714830730420149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-61037206591042839372017-10-08T20:38:13.245-04:002017-10-08T20:38:13.245-04:00Really enjoyed this post and could identify with s...Really enjoyed this post and could identify with so many of the things you wrote about. We also do not have a perfect home. Much of our furniture is years old, thankfully none of it belonged to our parents. We also do not have perfect meals and most times I don'[t even know what's for dinner until the same morning. For years, I was never a fan of Ms. Stewart, although I have one of her cookbooks that is more an everyday cookbook (if that's possible" and recently I have found several very useful and not-so-difficult recipes. I think the trifle looked wonderful and the fruit bowl was a great stand-in too. And, a glass of wine was well deserved no matter what the day.<br /><br />Finally, hope you and your family enjoyed a Happy Thanksgiving. Beatrice P. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281239556392874979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-42633244578436089022017-10-08T18:18:42.325-04:002017-10-08T18:18:42.325-04:00Funny post - thanks. I've never been a fan of...Funny post - thanks. I've never been a fan of those that make the rest of us look bad. Remember two things about Martha, (1) she has a lot of staff! (2) she went to prison. I would never want to be Ree either, would hate to be filmed - you notice I don't post photos of myself ... I just tell people it's because I'm in the witness protection program for bad hair! I'll say no more .... Mary-Lou =^..^= Patio Postcardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04491809927236242223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-60827991335877770102017-10-08T18:06:43.470-04:002017-10-08T18:06:43.470-04:00Yes, this is life. I love your humour, self-deprec...Yes, this is life. I love your humour, self-deprecating as it is. <br />We had our turkey Saturday. Done, over. My son-in-law did the food. I've been fragile. One son refused to come. The other decided to go be with him. gosh. I've had that kind of week, too.Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-90693460332141240322017-10-08T16:35:29.452-04:002017-10-08T16:35:29.452-04:00Great post!
LLBean is having 20% off with a $10.00...Great post!<br />LLBean is having 20% off with a $10.00 gift card on purchases of $50+.<br />I love their stuff but it is pricey.<br />Your Trifle looks scrumptious.<br />m~monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14909804340375645698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-37793304250881957322017-10-08T13:13:52.269-04:002017-10-08T13:13:52.269-04:00Love this post! Cheers to real life! Love this post! Cheers to real life! Les Honhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412507043700327345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-58482408219115608652017-10-08T09:51:29.739-04:002017-10-08T09:51:29.739-04:00This post of yours was better than any one Ms. Fam...This post of yours was better than any one Ms. Famous-for-her-blog-merchantile-lines-of-dishes-etc. ever wrote! If many of us took the time to document our days, as you did so well, it would amaze even our own selves what we somehow accomplish. (And sometimes ask . . . why!?!)<br /><br />I have a second (commercial-sized even!) refrigerator that I could not function without! Could. Not.<br /><br />Martha Stewart has built her empire 'cause she knows what she's doing. She's a talented, smart lady, no doubt, but also has a staff of hundreds. I must admit my adulation of her slipped a bit when I read a magazine article detailing how she (or was it her gardening staff of hundreds?) planted 700 (yes, it was s-e-v-e-n hundred) peony bushes, all with carefully planned color gradations, on her estate. I mean, the expense, the time, who the heck takes care of 700 peony bushes? Is that a smidge beyond most of our means?<br /><br />Anywho, great blog post, Jenn! And Happy Thanksgiving!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-19796126172671470302017-10-07T20:07:36.653-04:002017-10-07T20:07:36.653-04:00The print outs...the glasses nuisance...HAHAHAHA T...The print outs...the glasses nuisance...HAHAHAHA That is me all the way! LOL I laughed throughout your post. So much fun. And you know what? You sound normal. This is real life. Never mind the Martha Stewart crap.<br /><br />We don't have a second fridge but we do have a freezer, which I am very happy about. I cook and bake large portions, and freeze for other days.<br /><br />Your trifle looks great! It was a lot of work but the end result is very impressive. Happy Thanksgiving!Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262406079948479112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-11422836327689250532017-10-07T19:35:56.956-04:002017-10-07T19:35:56.956-04:00So funny! You deserve that wine! Happy Thanksgivin...So funny! You deserve that wine! Happy Thanksgiving!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224823051315463861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-33401727063166710922017-10-07T19:25:35.220-04:002017-10-07T19:25:35.220-04:00I stumbled upon your blog and it has caused me to ...I stumbled upon your blog and it has caused me to lose forty-five minutes of precious (and few) hours of blogging! After reading post after post, I feel I have met my soul sister! <br /><br />As for this post, the first thing I was going to say about the trifle was just use a clear bowl. It's about seeing the layers, and you really knocked it out of the ball park with your fruit bowl. This should be your official 'trifle dish'! I like to make them, too. I use pound cake most of the time, and my grocery store usually has them or any other type of cake in the bakery department, unfrosted, so you still have that fresh flavor and you don't have to tell anyone who made it. Your recipe sounds relish! I can bet the pumpkin pie will be passed over for you dessert!<br /><br />My niece works as a senior editor for Martha Stewart magazine in New York. I'm dying to go visit and have her take me on a tour. She doesn't say much about her, just a few things that make me laugh (M.S. has a serious goofy side). Martha may have set the bar way too high for most of us, but she did make the bar visible. For so long women who ran the household felt it was sheer drudgery that even a monkey could do. Well-we found out we could multitask and be savvy, smart, creative, and even passionate about our 'craft'. Thanks to all of the successful women who carved this path for us!<br /><br />I love to cook and garden much like you do. Sorry to see everything dying and fading everywhere. We have days and days of gloom and rain ahead, and I'm getting tired of it already!<br /><br />I'm so glad I found your blog! I look forward to more visits!<br /><br />Jane x<br /><br />P.S. Just want to say, forget you ever had any fears and dive into the writing. Pull out new notebook or a blank computer screen and start your story. Be fierce!!!<br /><br /><br /> Blondie's Journalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988377413260331618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-3885907603283260772017-10-07T19:01:21.049-04:002017-10-07T19:01:21.049-04:00I do not like Martha either! I do not like Martha either! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964078279630394558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-21748426931893614612017-10-07T17:22:49.640-04:002017-10-07T17:22:49.640-04:00I love your post Jenn. :) Your title got me! We we...I love your post Jenn. :) Your title got me! We were at a bazaar Thursday and I saw a nice big glass trifle dish and thought...is it worth the $8??? It was there the last few times, now you've convinced me to snatch it up if I happen to see it next time! Though it's just the two of us...I usually make ours individually in big wine glasses. But Alex said if I make an entire trifle, he'll eat it lol...I think your autumn trifle looks really good! I saw a recipe for a cream-cheese filled pumpkin Bundt cake!! Why must they tempt us???<br /><br />Oh how I WISH I had a second fridge!! Well, I guess we kind of do, it's Alex's bar fridge that I commandeered as my cheese cave. But a big second fridge would be awesome!<br /><br />Honestly, I feel really fortunate that I don't work, that gives me time to do all the stuff I do. Otherwise I'd be sh*t on toast the moment I came in the door and basically that's what I'd be cooking too lol...Martha is UNREAL. I think she has a team of interns who do most of the work for her, then she does the finishing touches. Ironically, I found <a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT7WYPCoNCEX3qNQVK-eOjbrDD8HHah8Yiwzb2fFt5WgQbwKA-i" rel="nofollow">THIS BOOK</a> for fifty cents at that same bazaar, funny huh? I read through it and I can't compete!<br /><br />I love LL Bean and I wish I could ONLY order from them...but you're right, it's way too expensive, we need a Canadian branch here. I had to look up those Chelsea boots, they're really cute! <br /><br />And btw, I drink wine DAILY. No regrets. It's the "joie de vivre" as they say. I have a white wine spritzer before dinner and as I'm preparing it; then after dinner a small glass of red - it really helps the digestion. Why wait until Friday? :)<br /><br />I'm making my first turkey on Monday a ten-pounder for only Alex and me...we'll be eating turkey concoctions for weeks I think. I even found fresh cranberries at the market...now I have to find a recipe for fresh cranberry jam, stuffing...that market only sells in bulk, I have five pounds lol...I hope you have a nice Thanksgiving Jenn!Rain https://www.blogger.com/profile/14377719049819222133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-64692040442658557092017-10-07T14:45:55.063-04:002017-10-07T14:45:55.063-04:00My mother collected little pitchers. Cows, pigs, s...My mother collected little pitchers. Cows, pigs, sheep. All gone, now.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-63828766503939263112017-10-07T13:19:21.390-04:002017-10-07T13:19:21.390-04:00OMG, are you sure you aren't my sister in disg...OMG, are you sure you aren't my sister in disguise? <br />Do you live anywhere near Renfrew or Killaloe? You don't need to answer that, I'm just making a reference here: Scott's in Renfrew (and/or Pembroke) and Afelski's in Killaloe (and/or Barrys Bay) have amazing boots! At the main corners in Barry's Bay is a store called "Mad Outfitters". they had GREAT boots when I was in there last too. Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08592184037513559644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-68896387100674415562017-10-07T10:54:30.252-04:002017-10-07T10:54:30.252-04:00Paula might be a little bit more down to earth. Wh...Paula might be a little bit more down to earth. Who makes turkey in puff pastry???coffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-57190933642397556812017-10-07T10:53:20.594-04:002017-10-07T10:53:20.594-04:00I can retire fully in 2021, but who's counting...I can retire fully in 2021, but who's counting? (I deleted the above comment because I spelled it "whose" and I cringed when I noticed)coffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-5880364597967278702017-10-07T10:51:59.996-04:002017-10-07T10:51:59.996-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.coffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-3354440760197858582017-10-07T10:45:46.037-04:002017-10-07T10:45:46.037-04:00This might be one of my favorite posts EVER. We ar...This might be one of my favorite posts EVER. We are WAY too much alike! I remember when Martha thatched the front of her cottage with boxwood. OK -- it looked great. But who does that? Who has time? Well, probably not even Martha. I'm sure her "people" did it. Or did the turkey in the puff pastry crust. I have a tough time fitting the turkey in my 1964 oven that I pray won't break before I have to really cook things for people. <br /><br />The trifle sounds great. I do Paula Deen's which might be a little easier or maybe it's easier because I take short cuts (like no gelatin in the whipped cream and don't tell -- sometimes even extra creamy cool whip as the whipped cream layer. I think you should put a trifle dish on your Christmas list (along with a link of where to order online!) Yes, I'd be ready for the glass of red, too (and not necessarily on a weekend, either!) <br /><br />Wishing you a FABULOUS Thanksgiving weekend! Safe travels.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372726504543914139.post-33483285240926497222017-10-07T10:36:05.257-04:002017-10-07T10:36:05.257-04:00Your post is why I retired early, I couldn't d...Your post is why I retired early, I couldn't do it all and decided that work would have to go. You definitely made me smile today.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.com