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:::epper haff most certainly been loving all the mostest deliciou-est recipes him ever haff had.:::

When him come out onto the stage this next day, every squint them eyes at him, haff quizzical looks on them faces, and tilt them heads side-ways when they see Pepper's Christmas sweater. It one like none odder they ever viewed before. It a lavendar coloration on accounta (c. Binny 1776) because it used to be red but Mom-Joolie accidentally washed it in Clorox in the washing macheen and when it cameded out, it was lavendar. Which suited Pepper just fine actually because we all know him affection for the color lavendar. But the really, really odd thing about this holiday sweater is that it got a Santa Claws in a sleigh which not particularly strange except that the eight reindeer what pulling the sleigh are the size of teeny, tiny ants. It would be like if a big hooman bean was in a La-Z-Boy chair being pulled along by eight fleas or something. All the audience members keep staring at Pepper's very unusual and unique sweater and they can't get over it. "What a dorky kit that Pepper is!" says one. "Talk about a crazy sweater!" says another. The audience begin to giggle amongst themselves and point at Pepper who become very shy alla sudden and him get stage fright. Him speechless. This iz hims favorite hollyday sweater of all time. This is his ONLY hollyday sweater actually. Him think it so nice but every just cannot understand the concept of a Santa Paws in a sleigh being pulled by miniature, specks of dust...er reindeers.

Pepper decide to forgo the joke of the day and even him recipe for the time being. He tippy-toe off the stage and back into him dressing room and he will come back later. ::::
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Pepper (one, fine, little dood)

cannot understand the concept of a Santa Paws in a sleigh being pulled by miniature, specks of dust...er reindeers.
pssst... Pupper hubbydood... u is such a goot goot daddee... Baby bambwhee lookin at u sweater an juss know him can pool a sleigh 2 (being as him can fit in da pawlm of a hooman hand)...He furrwhee eggsited an juss know u is gonna teaches him how 2 fwy....

:::::::sammy run 2 da washer an pours in a ton of bweach wif hims purrdee red an bloo snowfwake sweater::::: whees gonna match... whees gonna match!!!! smooooooooooooooooooooch
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Da furs from skwirrell city
... ... "living in a nuthouse" ... ... mol

{{{{whees lufs u awl}}}}

Awww. We tink youse wook goot in youse sweater.
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Tessa Foudini, Charlee, Spottie, Buddy, Tuxie, Widdle Attila Sipowitz, Lizzie, Minnie, ET, Mylo,Salem, Wicca, Marmalade, Amelia, Rocket and Turbo (we iz NOT fosters) and the 4 porch kits, Mocha, Tigger, Cali, and Smudge also Riley da goggie and Buddha da baby hamster too
Onyx,Tabitha and Samantha..always in our hearts & together again//Fly free Penny 12/12/07, always in our hearts...ShyRaven 11/17/09, Torti the tudeful 2/3/10
A house without cats is like a garden without flowers

>>Awww. We tink youse wook goot in youse sweater.
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>>Tessa Foudini, Charlee, Spottie, Buddy, Tuxie, Widdle Attila Sipowitz, Lizzie, Minnie, ET, Mylo,Salem, Wicca, Marmalade, Amelia, Rocket and Turbo (we iz NOT fosters) and the 4 porch kits, Mocha, Tigger, Cali, and Smudge also Riley da goggie and Buddha da baby hamster too
>>Onyx,Tabitha and Samantha..always in our hearts & together again//Fly free Penny 12/12/07, always in our hearts...ShyRaven 11/17/09, Torti the tudeful 2/3/10
>>A house without cats is like a garden without flowers

Tinkerbell whispers to Pepper, "Can I go next?" Pepper grins in his lavendar sweater and waves Tinkerbell to the stage.

Well, everykit, what do you think? Should Mommy take these to the exchange?
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Purrs,

Tinkerbell ZooCrew
Whiskers, Minx, Boo, Misty and Patches will live forever in our hearts

A resounding "YES!!" is the answer to Tinkerbell's question! :epper always has had a sekret crush on Tinkerbell and he blushes when she gives him a peck on his cheek upon leafing the stage:::

Pepper is much, much more cheerful mood now that every stop staring and pointing at hims sweater. They seem to be concentrating on hims hair ribbon and they wonder "What up with that?" but Pepper pay them no mind. He figger iffn him want to wear a barrett shaped like a candy cane on hims ear, that him constitutional right. MOL

Him decide to make a nice chocolate cake for every's enjoyment: You will need for the cake:
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
4 oz. unsweetened chocolate, broken up
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/4 sugar
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups sour cream
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

You will need for frosting:
4 oz. unsweetened chocolate, broken up
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/4 sour cream
1/3 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 box (1 lb.) powdered sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder.
Garnish:
chocolate curls, berries

1. Heat oven to 350-degrees F.. Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.
2. CAKE: In a microwave-safe glass bowl, melt butter and chocolate together in microwave oven on HIGH until melted and smooth; 1 to 1-1/2 minutes, stirring halfway through. Set aside. Mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl until blended.
3. Add sour cream, eggs, 1 cup water, chocolate mixture and vanilla; beat 30 seconds on low speed until dry ingredients are moistened. Increase to medium speed and beat 2 minutes. Pour into prepared pans.
4. Bake at 350-degrees for 40 minutes or until cake layers spring back when pressed.
5. Cool layers in pans on rack for 10 minutes. Remove cakes to rack to finish cooling.
6. FROSTING: In a microwave-safe small glass bowl, melt chocolate in microwave on HIGH for 1 minute. Stir until smooth. Set aside. Beat shortening, butter, sour cream, milk, vanilla, salt, 1 cup of the sugar and the cocoa powder in a medium-size bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in remaining sugar and melted chocolate until thick and smooth.
7. Place a cake layer on pedestal. Spread with about 2/3 cup frosting. Top with second layer; spread with about 2/3 cup more frosting. Top with remaining layer. Frost top and sides; swirling decoratively. Garnish with chocolate curls and berries.
Makes about 12 servings.

::epper serves up this World's Most Delicious Chocolate Cake to the audience and you will never believe in 6 trillion years what happens next!! The audience has completely forgotten what a dork Pepper is and they rise to give him a standing ovation!!! The chocolate cake is a weiner!!!! Pepper even overhears somebuddy say to their neighbor "He make look like a odd and peculiar cat, but he sure can make good chocorat cake!!" and Pepper grins from ear to ear and gives him hubbyWhee, Sammy, a big wink and then Pepper walks off the stage with hims sweet little heart pounding in hims furry little chest::::
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Pepper (one, fine, little dood)

Pupper dood, mhee turn??? It a easy ps wecipee, here u take da baby bambwhee...

an mhee makin wheesmom rite awl deese wonnerfool wecipes down fur mhee... smooooooooooooch
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Da furs from skwirrell city
... ... "living in a nuthouse" ... ... mol

{{{{whees lufs u awl}}}}

>> Pupper dood, mhee turn??? It a easy ps wecipee, here u take da baby bambwhee...
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>> ok, mhee wants u 2 meow dis b a real kinda wecipe...
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>>furrss u takes a punkin cut da top off an hollow it out,
>>den rubs sum cimanon, clove, ginger an nutmeg on da inside of it, then put the lid back on and stuff it in u offen
>>cook at 350 fur about an hour
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>>when it finished an kinda soff like, takes it owt, let it cool
>>den scoop awl da nummy out of da punkin...
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>>Mix wif softened cream cheeze an a little bit of brown shoogar (2taste)
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>>let cool an serve on graham crackers....
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>>K, mhee guess iffin u no haf punkins in u house still (whees got 4) u cood uses a can of punkin pie mix, but still put it in da offen in a wil casseroll dish wif spices furss...
>>smoooooooooooochies, U sammywhee
>>who sooo purroudt of hims hubbykit
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>>an mhee makin wheesmom rite awl deese wonnerfool wecipes down fur mhee... smooooooooooooch
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That sounds delicious too, Sammy. Mommy loves everything pumpkin. We're looking forward to trying some more of Wheesmom's recipes!
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Purrs,

Tinkerbell ZooCrew
Whiskers, Minx, Boo, Misty and Patches will live forever in our hearts

>>A resounding "YES!!" is the answer to Tinkerbell's question! :epper always has had a sekret crush on Tinkerbell and he blushes when she gives him a peck on his cheek upon leafing the stage:::

Tinkerbell has always had a little crush on Pepper too, and she enjoys sharing her love of cooking with him and the other kits.
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>>Him decide to make a nice chocolate cake for every's enjoyment: >>::epper serves up this World's Most Delicious Chocolate Cake to the audience and you will never believe in 6 trillion years what happens next!! The audience has completely forgotten what a dork Pepper is and they rise to give him a standing ovation!!! The chocolate cake is a weiner!!!! Pepper even overhears somebuddy say to their neighbor "He make look like a odd and peculiar cat, but he sure can make good chocorat cake!!" and Pepper grins from ear to ear and gives him hubbyWhee, Sammy, a big wink and then Pepper walks off the stage with hims sweet little heart pounding in hims furry little chest::::
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Tinkerbell runs back up and gives Pepper a big hug. That was a delicious cake, Pepper! Then she offers to hold the baby so that Sammy can hug Pepper too.
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Purrs,

Tinkerbell ZooCrew
Whiskers, Minx, Boo, Misty and Patches will live forever in our hearts

:: Justin step up to da stage :: Dis hoomin dish bes one ob mommy favorite fuds wen it get cold. It also a nice way to use up leftovers, MOL.
Ingreedyints:
approximately one pound ob ground meat (either beef, chikun, or turkey)
one good-sized Idaho potato (or ifn you prefer another type, maybe 2 or 3 ob da smaller red potatoes wut popular now).
onyuns
(ifn you can get decent bell peppers) some strips - preferably ob da red and yellow ones, fur color contrast.
spiceys: garlic, paprika, ginger, curry powder, black pepper, cumin
Worcestershire saws (just a little; one brand offers a lower-sodium version if that is important to yor hoomin(s)); mommy useta use soy saws afore her hadda worry bout da sodiums.
a little canola oil for cooking the meat (also need some if boiling the potato)
frozen veggibls - mixed, cut green beans, broccoli florets, carrots ... depends on wut you have on hand.

da steps
1)in a big frying pan, heat da onions over medium/high heat, then add the meat and spices, then cook until the meat is medium rare. While doing this, cook the potato separately until it's approximately 70% done. Potato can be boiled (try to use the minimum water possible to minimize bitamins loss) or nuked ifn youse wish.
2) add da potato and frozed begebils to da meat, den add da worcestershire saws. Cook until da frozed begebils are furoughly cooked; by den, da meat and potatoes should also bes cooked properly.

Once its finished, serve it and/or put some in a casserole and frigerate it fur da nextest day ... for reheating, just add some more begebils to "update" it.

mommy useta use soy saws afore her hadda worry bout da sodiums.

She akchially sit around WORRYING about sodiums? Mommy haff hi bluds (she been taking meddysins fuyr it fur 30 years), but she no "worry" about it. Tell you mommy to get rid of dat word from hers vokabyoolary, K? She "worry" about too much stuff.

Dat resippy sound sooper goot, and Mommy rote down da greedients to buy dems nekks time at da store.
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Luff n purrs,

The 8 Wiscats:
Simba
Annie-Claire
Sylvie-Chantal
Simone-Mireille
Poucette-Noelle
Andre-Guillaume
Henri le Chanceux
Madeleine-Louise Munchkin
In memory of precious and beloved angel kitties Pierre (1979-1996), Louis Catorze (1984-2000), Giselle-Lizabeth (2005-2007), Monsieur Gervais le Blanc (1995-2007), Clochette-Giselle (2006-2007), The Excellent Lady Sophie-Marie (1990-2009), Sweet Boy Beau (1992-2009), Miss Minette (1992-2010)
~~ plus varying numbers of foster kitties coming and going ~~