Creepy Thoughts

Things that are stuffed.  By things I mean animals.  Living in the country, having a husband who hunts and apparently being the red-neck-lady-bird, or Laurie Bird as Aunt Lynda calls me, we have lots of taxidermied animals adorning the walls and corners of our home.  Some women care and don't allow their husband's hunting trophies to be hung inside the house claiming they would "look better" in the man cave.  I could care less.  I like the way the coyote looks on the landing and the sets of antlers above each door looks.  Pick up a copy of Elle Decor anytime and you'll find antlers on a table or a fox fur on the coffee table.  It's chic!  Get with it peeps. 

Here are a few examples of lovely, furred art that were available over the weekend.  All you have to do is look and purchase items for your own home and you too could move into the world of high fur fashion in your home.

#1

A nice Buck.  Looks fantastic over a fireplace or consider a Doe... like mine... over the bathtub.

#2

Some sort of a pheasant or duckling.  Very nice especially sitting comfortably on a bed of ivy.

#3

Comes with it's own box.  And I'm pretty sure it's smiling.

#4

I think this dove has seen better days but then think about it... it is probably pretty difficult to skin and stuff a delicate mourning dove and keep it from looking too sickly.  Nevertheless... not too bad.

#5

Cage not included. 

I do not know what kind of rat dog this was but notice the inner front leg and how the fur comes together.  Yes folks... someone had FooFoo stuffed. 

EEEE, EEEE, EEEE, EEEE! A STUFFED HEAD!

See... Creepy Thoughts.  Good fun for a Halloween weekend coming up!  Be Safe Kids!

Stuffed Peppers

Happy Tuesday to you!! I have made this recipe for Stuffed Peppers a couple of times recently as we have had an out-pouring of bell peppers in our garden! This recipe also calls for canned tomatoes of which I used fresh since we have a bit of those also from the garden. Hope you enjoy them!

Stuffed Peppers

About 9 Small to Medium Green Bell Peppers or Red (4 to 5 large)

1 lb ground venison, beef or sausage (seasoned to taste)
1 small onion, chopped

1 - 7 oz can diced tomatoes or 5 fresh (peeled and chopped in food processor)
1/3 cup white rice (or whatever kind you have)
1/2 cup water
several leaves fresh basil chopped or 1 tsp dried basil
1 Tbsp Worcestershire
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

In large sauce pan, brown meat and onion and drain off fat. Return meat to saucepan and add tomato, rice, water, basil and Worcestershire sauce. Over medium high heat bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and allow to simmer for 20 minutes. Add 1/4 cup cheese and stir.

While mixture cooks, cut tops off of pepper and de-seed. Chop the rest of tops (except stems) and freeze for later use. Blanch in boiling water for 3 minutes.

Fill peppers with meat mixture. (At this point some of the stuffed peppers can be frozen for later use.) Place stuffed peppers in Pam sprayed casserole dish and bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Add remaining cheese to tops of peppers and serve.