Irish Potato Candy

 These mini potato candies actually contain no potatoes.  I found the recipe out in internetland and I believe them to be a modern confectionary.

1/4 cup butter soft

4 oz cream cheese

1 tsp coconut extract

4 cups powder sugar

2 1/2 cups shredded coconut

Powder cinnamon

Beat butter, cream cheese, and extract together till smooth.  Slowly add powdered sugar while mixing in-between.  Add coconut and blend.  Roll into mini potato shaped balls.  Roll in powdered cinnamon.  Chill and serve.

I found it helpful to chill the mixture after all the mixing and before rolling into balls.  

These things are sickly sweet and I couldn't handle eating more than 3 at a time. 

For some added fun you could put candy eyes on them turning them into wee Mr. Potato Heads!

Frito Kid St. Patrick's Party

Here is March's Frito Kid party theme....St. Patrick's Party.

Here is the spread:

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I made little green pita bread rounds and tinted the chicken salad green, then topped it with a frito chip garnish.

Lemonade "frosted" with lime sherbet.  I used a melon baller to make mini sherbet scoops.  I am not sure if that is "frosted".

And of course mini pots of gold!  Fritos chips of gold!

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Plan a Party St. Patty Plates

I picked up these vintage Hallmark party paper plates at an estate sale last summer.

 It was the first sale (of only 3) I have attended since the pandemic started.  It was being run by friends and I knew they weren't putting up with any malarkey when it came to mask enforcement so I felt fairly safe.

I certainly have no plans to ruin these plates with servings of cabbage and corned beef.  I was thinking they could be quick wall decor if I can bring myself to take them out of the wrapper.

National Cold Cuts Day

It's National Cold Cuts Day!  

Celebrate with a piled high sandwich of these delicacies:

These are scans of some vintage deli promotional cards I have.  I saved the best for last!

Print and turn the slice of bologna into a fridge magnet ala Sandy Passage!!!!

Fats Domino

Celebrating one of my favorite performer's birthdays today...Fats Domino!

February 26, 1928 - October 24, 2017

 

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Although The Dairy Farmers of Canada (1957) are toting these domino bars as Christmas goodies I thought they would be a fun Fats Domino inspired treat.

These domino confectionaries are sweet, rich, and scrumptious!  Here are a few helpful hints on construction because they didn't come together so smoothly.  Make a double batch of the vanilla pudding because the recommended amount is not enough.  I also had an issue with placing the melted chocolate layer over the soft vanilla.  It swirled into the vanilla thus preventing the solid top needed to decorate with the domino look.  I decided to use that first application like a 'crumb layer' for a cake to give a solid ground and placed it in the fridge to harden.  I then gave it another coating of melted chocolate to finish the top.  I would recommend coating the dish with cooking spray because the bars stuck.  And cutting them out in general was difficult and not too many turned out looking photogenic....but they do taste amazing, so eat them blindfolded. 

 Fats Domino is such a phenomenal legend in music.  It has always comforted me over the years knowing that amazing talents such as him were still with us on earth.  I would randomly say to Mr. Husband, "Guess what is awesome?  Fats Domino! and he's still alive!"

In September 2017 Mr. Husband sent a birthday card to Fats to autograph for my birthday.

Then sadly, Fats passed away the following month.

Pre-pandemic I enjoyed his music simply for it's upbeat fun. But now it's a become a kind of treatment for my mental blues.  If you need some Fats Domino healing here he is performing for Austin City Limits in 1986:

Happy Birthday dearest Fats.

Snow Day!

In Florida we don't have Snow Days. On rare occasions we have what I call Minute Crumbly Ice Days, as seen below from 2014:

Today we are having a Black Ice Day with schools and many businesses closed, and I'll take that as a Snow Day!  I have packed together a snowball of posts to celebrate here on MHiCTy.

 As you begin rounding up dominos to fashion teeth for your own snowman (like the kids on the cover of Town Journal Feb 1956 seen above), take a listen to one of my favorite winter time tunes:

Snow Day Confectionaries

As part of our Snow Day here on MHicTy, here are some past posts featuring snowy inspired confectionaries:

Cutie Pie Snowman Cake

Mr. Snowman Cake

Flaming Snowballs

Snow Ghost Pie

All of these were originally affiliated with a holiday, mostly Christmas but even Halloween.  I have been wanting to do a theme of snow, just for snows sake for quite a while, so up next is a nonholiday snowy treat! 

Snow Day! Icicle Cake

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Lovely frosty Icicle Cake, perfect for a Snow Day!  Not a candy cane or holly wreath in site!

Here it is as Dexo intended.

 And here it is decked out with some of my vintage snowmen!

I couldn't make out the cake recipe on the original image so I just used a prefab triple chocolate cake mix and tub cream cheese icing.  I did home-make the chocolate icing on the side from this recipe.  I don't think it gets more comfort-confectionary-food than chocolate cake with white icing.

Ivory Snow Day!

Snow Day decor via the...laundry!  Mr. Husband bought me this vintage 1957 unopened box of Ivory Soap for Christmas last year, and the Snowgram was still in the box!!!!

 I think it's fun to pull items together for a theme which they aren't originally intended.  There are lots of fun snow themed things out there...snow cones, abominable snowmen, igloos, and even yellow snow!!

I think I may have added another random "holiday" to my list of many...by the way, start stocking up! National Cold Cuts Day is just around the corner 

(March 3)!

Frito Kid Valentine Party

This month's Frito Kid party theme is for Valentine's Day. 

Frito Kid is being modest this month and didn't include his chips of gold for the menu...but I did!

Here is the spread!

I topped the sugar cookies with crushed chips, which I highly recommend!

Molded Jello topped with cool whip and garnished with a Frito!

I was tempted to mix crushed up Fritos into the jello molds as well but didn't think it would be a good flavor or texture sensation. 

 I hope everyone has a fritorific Valentine's Day!

Frito Kid Circus Party

I love the Frito Kid!  What a cutie!  I have long been wanting this vintage 1954 Party Idea booklet, but it was pretty rare and pretty expensive...but now I have it, thanks to Mr. Husband!

The fun thing about this booklet is each month has a featured party theme, and of course generally Fritos are involved.  Oh.my.gosh!  That's all 'me'!  I have it in my mind right now that I am going to 'throw' each of these parties and feature them here on MHicTY over the year....but ahead I see stuff like the theme of "Flowers and Fairies" and that girly frou frou pastel princess crap ain't me.  So for now, let's just focus on this month's theme  "Circus Party"!

There is some true gold here!  That game of letting the kids throw wet sponges at the face of one of the moms is awesome!  Work this to your advantage and make sure to invite the kid of that stuck up PTA president to the party...she has the perfect face for this!  (During this time of covid I say print out the faces of people you despise and fling wets sponges at them!)

 

Also, ice cream with crushed Fritos?!  I'm in!

Here is the spread!

"Cupcakes in individual paper cups, cocoanut icing"

I say garnish with Fritos!

"Cocoa"

....and garnish with Fritos!

"Ice cream garnished with crushed Fritos"

...garnish the garnish with more Fritos!

I highly recommend the ice cream with crushed Fritos!!  If you like salted peanuts on your ice cream you will love this!

 This little booklet is more than a simple collection of party ideas for kiddies, it's given me a reason to keep pushing forward to the next month so I can experience a new theme of Frito goodness and fun....like throwing wet sponges at people's faces! 

 

Georgia on our minds

Enjoy visually binge eating these past peach recipes while we all sit on pins and peach pits awaiting the results:

🍑Peach Baskets🍑

🍑Heavenly Peach Pie🍑

🍑Peach Kringle🍑

🍑Super Goober🍑

🍑Peach 'n Prune Upside Down Cake🍑

🍑Peach Pecan Shortcake🍑

{Artwork by Panhandle Slim}