Year: 2008

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What every happened to Cadbury Chocolate?

Chocolate Cheesecake like you never had before!

Laura’s birthday is coming up and she requested a Chocolate & Peanut butter Cheesecake. Sounded simple enough, I had vowed not to open a  coveted  10 lb. block of Peter’s Chocolate as it only came in this single serving size. ahem…

My plan was to find a ‘well konched’ chocolate alternative like Cadbury for my needs… but I couldn’t find it at Albertson’s anywhere? And the locals didn’t know where it had gone? So, I did discover that it still existed and here hangs a story of modern times of mergers and acquisitions.  Hershey holds the license in the United States.

So, I looked for something acceptable and found a couple of bags of plain milk chocolate miniatures made by Mars, Inc. under the  title of Dove... should be good.

By the way, the easy part of turning a chocolate cheesecake into a peanut butter cheesecake is rather simple. Divide the cheesecake mixture into two sections (depending on how much of one virsus the other you prefer… I like a 2/3 chocolate section and 1/3 peanut butter section).. after you pour the chocolate mixture into the pan, then in a swirling motion pour the peanutbutter mixture into the chocolate mixture leaving a spiral trail…. then bake.

We learn something new every day… I am glad Cadbury is still here… somewhere.

Roger Freberg

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Building a better Pizza!

A real Meaty Pizza!

Pizza isn’t as bad as you think diet wise… unless you think it comes in the ‘single serving pan.’

The real key is portion control and the types of ingredients you choose to add. Obviously, for those of us who love meaty additions, we will include: seasoned tender steak, Linguica, bacon, ham, sausage, pepperoni, pheasant and Andouille sausage and …. just about every meat one would like to have! Obviously, an assortment of cheeses makes it wonderful along with Mozzarella. Adding onion, mushroom, sliced olives and some of the typical Italian flavors such as Oregano, Rosemary, Purple Basil.

So was this Pizza good?

Oh… I’d buy someone elses… but I just can’t find one as good as the one you can make yourself!

Roger

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Getting together with Old Friends

Laura Freberg and Pam Lynd having a Good Laugh!

GOTCHA! MADE YOU LAUGH!

Well, it’s always fun to catch up with old friends separated by time or distance. This week Laura caught up with an old friend since kindergarten, Pamela “Pam” Lynd Fink. Fortunately, special precautions were taken to keep San Luis Obispo and the surrounds safe for the locals.

Jordan (JJ), Laura, Pam and Rod

JJ , LAURA, PAM and ROD 

We went to dinner at one of our favorite places in the area… the Ol Port inn on the Pier in Avila beach, California. If you get a chance try it out and you won’t be disappointed, especially with a little Pinot Noir from local Talley Vineyards!  JJ is looking at colleges to attend and the fam came up to check out Cal Poly (Rod’s alma mater).

Laura smiled and that made it all worth while.

Roger

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A special Quiche will make YOU smile!

into the oven with our special quiche

Sometimes it takes something special to bring out a smile.

Some people act silly, some tell stories… however, I find that it’s hard not to smile facing a beautiful meal and a smile. So I set out to do something that would make my wife smile… I had been working on it for some time… something that would appeal to her special love of ‘cheese.’

So, with 246 varieties of cheese in France , I thought something from there? Nope it was German. What was this cheesey dish?

Quiche!

So here is what  I made for Laura...  it made her smile… which was the point of it all.

Roger Freberg

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How I will remember Leroy Sievers

When someone passes away, it affects us.

Leroy Sievers’s public persona as reflected in his  blog (NPR)  and previously in his newsletter (Nightline)… was not all that different from who he was as a boy. My fondest memory of Leroy is watching him react and cring when his sister would refer to him by a pet family name… “baby Leroy.” He was the youngest of four with three older – and I am told – ‘wiser’ sisters.

Leroy Sievers was born in 1955 in this remarkable family… most remarkable in producing my wife Laura.

Here are a couple pictures from some long gone days that I hope will make you smile:
Laura and Leroy in our first home ni 1980... Laura and I had been married 8 years and were blesed with our first child

I seem to remember that Leroy ( about age 25) pretending to not remember what kind of beverage I was serving him.

Our daughter Kristin was checking out her uncle Leroy in a most characteristic way... as if to say,
Leroy, Kristin and Laura each studying the other.

There is never enough time….. Goodbye, Leroy

Roger