totally random

[LincolnMan]

I'm not much of a cook. My wife informs me that the following link is where she goes: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/southern-st...ome%20Page
Try it, you'll like it! Betty, this has your name on it!

[Donna McCreary]

Here is Paula Dean's recipe for Chocolate gravy:

Chocolate Gravy:
1/3 stick butter
2/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa
2 cups whole milk

Heat butter in a cast iron skillet over low heat. Mix in sugar, flour and cocoa. Slowly pour 1 cup of milk into the skillet and whisk well to remove lumps. Whisk in remaining milk, stirring constantly, until mixture is thick, being careful not to scorch. Serve hot over biscuits.


I swear this is the same recipe my grandmother used for chocolate cream pudding which was also the filling for a cream pie. (maybe there is a little more sugar in the pudding). I guess the difference is whether it is served hot or cold. Oh, and there's that referance to a cast iron skillet again. Those things are a must-have when it comes to cooking.

[BettyO]

OK, ya'll! Yes -- this DOES have my name on it -- YUM!! Yes, I'd eat that!!

[LincolnMan]

Maddie: nice posting of the Lincoln statue information! Thanks!

[BettyO]

That is amazing, Maddie! Thanks!

[Dave Taylor]

The London Lincoln statue Maddie posted is a copy of Augustus Saint-Gauden's original Chicago statue. There are other copies of it in Mexico City and in Springfield, IL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln:_The_Man
http://boothiebarn.com/2012/07/15/the-pl...president/

[Laurie Verge]

Bill and Donna - Thanks for the recipe. I can tell that I would certainly enjoy chocolate gravy. Therefore, I will NEVER try it and become addicted.

[BettyO]

I know that I will!! I'm already addicted!!

[LincolnMan]

Laurie: you're too funny! Betty, let us know what you thin. Dave, thank you for the statue information! Maddie, any particular reason why Manchester would have a Lincoln statue. Also, I assume that England has statues of Wilberforce (like America has Lincoln statues)?

[MaddieM]

Laurie: you're too funny! Betty, let us know what you thin. Dave, thank you for the statue information! Maddie, any particular reason why Manchester would have a Lincoln statue. Also, I assume that England has statues of Wilberforce (like America has Lincoln statues)?

Here is a better photo of the statue in Manchester. Here is the literature attached to the history of the statue.

Lincoln Square On December 31, 1862, a meeting of cotton workers at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester resolved to support the Union in their fight against slavery. This was despite the increasing hardship caused by the Union blocade preventing shipments of cotton to the Lancashire mills. On January 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln sent an address thanking the cotton workers of Lancashire for their support. This monument commemorates the events and reproduces portions of both documents.

[Laurie Verge]

One of my staff members is reading Andy Jampoler's book, The Last Lincoln Conspirator, about the escape and capture of John Surratt. Just today, he was commenting on a section that discusses the drastic decline in cotton shipments coming from the U.S. even after the end of the war. I will have to give him this little tidbit of related info. Thanks, Maddie. It's nice to join history-related hands across The Pond.