Nostalgia Saturday

The last Red Nostalgia Saturday - Hot Tamales!

This is my quintessential cinema food, that and Junior Mints!

Hot Tamales were created in the 1950s by Just Born

The Just Born candy tradition was conceived in 1910, when Russian immigrant Sam Born came to the United States. In 1916, Sam Born was awarded the "key to the city" of San Francisco for inventing a machine that mechanically inserted sticks into lollipops.

In 1917, Born opened a small retail store in Brooklyn, New York. He proudly displayed in his store window an evolving line of daily made candy, marketing its freshness with a sign that declared Just Born. The original company logo showed a baby resting in a candy measuring scale. Some of Sam Born's contributions to the candy industry include chocolate sprinkles, known as "jimmies," and the hard coating on ice cream bars.

In 1923, Born started his own manufacturing company in New York City. Irv and Jack Schaffer, Born's brothers in law, joined the company to help market and sell the confections. In 1932, the trio moved operations to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Sam Born's son, Bob Born who joined the company in 1946 and would later become President for more than 30 years, was part of the two man team that mechanized the Marshmallow Peeps forming process. It was this ingenuity that enabled them to dramatically increase production and led them to become America's largest manufacturer of seasonal marshmallow confections.

Just Born continues to be family owned. Currently the co-CEOs are Mr. Born's grandson Ross Born and nephew David Shaffer. Samuel Torrence is the first non-family president in the history of the company. Just Born is a noted contributor to the Bethlehem community and makes many charitable contributions.

Just Born's tagline is "A great candy isn't made...it's Just Born".

Here is a history of Just Born by Just Born.

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Art Fire

Visit endlesswhimsy's ArtFire Shop

I have been updating my ArtFire shop here and there - I wish I had everything in there, but I'm struggling with having two shops with the same thing....what do you think about that?

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New Kitty and Human Dishes

Over at the home site - I have some photos of floral kitty and human sized dishes along with a short write up about how I came about making them.

Oh, and here are the glazes I intend to use:
<--------Blue Rutile


----------------------------------> Grey Blue Matte!

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Sleepy Time

Well, Luxor is in what we call "Stoli's Office". It's actually the cabinet over the stove hood.

It's nearly the human bedtime, and Luxor has opened the door to let the heat in. His head is just out of the cabinet and he's made himself a pillow. Makes me wish I could fit in a cabinet! Too bad I turn off the lights - that's his electric blanket!

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Newsletter Tutorial

If you haven't seen it yet, I wrote a tutorial for the Sellers Assisting Sellers blog. It's about how to set up a web based newsletter for your customers. Screenshots included. I sent out my first one this week! If you haven't signed up yet - be sure to! If you already have signed up, feel free to forward it to anyone of your friends that you think might like it!

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Twitter Review

I've been using Twitter for a while now, I have an account as Endless Whimsy and my cats have an account as well. I have been using Twirl to keep track of both accounts as my Flock browser doesn't allow two accounts. Here is a screen capture -



I love it, it has various color schemes and you can have multiple twitter accounts open at once. You can change the font size and even the notification sound. I wish it had multiple screens open for @replies and such, but you just have to click a button and you can sort in different ways.

Rating: 4 stars out of 5

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He's so rude, but cute

Luxor - laying on TOP of Stoli, wants some warmth I guess

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Nostalgia Saturday

SWEDISH FISH!

My absolute fave fave fave!

Here is a short history from this site:

Of course they always get stuck in my teeth but they are just delightful!

In 1958, Malaco, a Swedish confectionery manufacturer, decided to expand its business by exporting a few of their products to North America. Allsort Licorice, Ribbons and Laces candy were the first products to be exported to North America.

The Malaco exporting business grew and in late 1960's and early 1970's Swedish Fish and Swedish Berries were developed specifically for the North American market. As you have probably already guessed, it was named Swedish Fish because it was developed in Sweden.

Today this product is made in both Sweden and Canada.

And here's Wiki's version of the history

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Yummy~

Here is one of my favorite pasta dishes - I thought I would share it with you.

4 fresh garlic cloves, minced and mashed
8-10 leaves of basil, torn
5-6 fresh vine tomatoes, seeded and center pulp removed and cut into cubes
1 ball of fresh buffalo mozzarella
1 pound farfalle pasta
Extra Virgin Olive Oil to cover the pan (about 3 tablespoons)

1. mince and mash garlic
2. put oil in pan
3. begin water
4. cut up tomatoes
5. garlic in warm oil
6. pasta in boiling water (salted and oiled) LIBERALLY, season this part!
7. once garlic is fragrant toss in tomatoes
8. mash once the tomatoes are warm - DO NOT OVER COOK, the entire cooking process takes less than 5 minutes)
9. put cheese in freezer
10. put tomatoes and garlic oil into a casserole dish
11. spoon pasta into casserole dish
12. toss - the water that is on the pasta should be enough to coat the it - if it looks really dry you can add a teaspoon or so
13. tear basil onto pasta
14. chop cheese into small chunks. DO NOT TOSS
15. cover and wait 10 minutes to serve
*be sure to liberally salt and pepper this dish after it's put together. It brings out the fresh flavors!

This dish is great cold or warm! Enjoy!

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Updated Site

There is a short write up about my newest creations on the home site - I'd love for you to stop by, take a look and tell me what glaze color you envision the plates........

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