Harmonica Box

This afternoon I polished up this box that belonged to my uncle.  It was hand carved in India.  He got it when he was in WW2.  I fixed it up so Mary could store our harmonicas in it.

I have a lovely 75 year old harmonica that I inherited from another uncle.  It was made in Germany and I have the original box.

Mary will be starting guitar lessons next week.  She is so excited about the new (to her) harmonica box.  I don't think there is an instrument she doesn't like.  Maybe some day we will give her lessons on how to play a harmonica.  Until then she will have fun just experimenting.

Chicken Tortilla Soup

During the Christmas season we had a really fun Saturday. We went over to our friend's Jennifer and Raul's house and made tortilla chicken soup. Mel got the recipe from one of the cooks at Home Town Buffet. This soup is what kept Mel and Dan coming to Home Town Buffet on a regular basis because they used to serve it every Friday. When they started going regularly they began to meet some great friends there who came there for the soup too. Now Mary and I go with Dan and Mel and we have made some really great friends too. So here is the recipe and some pictures of our day.

 

Tortilla Soup

Step 1

2 Medium onions diced

2 Jalapenos minced

2 Tbls chopped garlic in oil

Saute above ingredients in about 2 Tbls cooking oil for about 5 minutes

 

Step 2

1 20 oz can diced tomatoes

1 bunch cilantro chopped2 7oz cans diced green chilies

1 tsp salt

1 tsp white pepper

1 gallon water

6 cubes chicken bullion (or chicken stock)

2 lbs chicken breast diced and cooked

 

Add above ingredients to Step 1, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes

 

Julienne and deep fry 3 dozen corn tortillas or use corn chips

2 lbs of Jack cheese shredded

sour cream

 

Add these ingredients as a garnish on top of soup

 

 

 The kitchen crew

 

 All the yummy toppings and sides

 

This was an awesome soup. 

So yummy on a cold winter's day.  Friends to warm the heart and soup to warm the body.

 

 

Christmas 2014

Here is a recap of our Christmas season.  I finally got around to putting it together last night.  We sure had a lot of fun!

Here is the link: http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4e4445354e7a63344e7a593d0d0a&blogview=true

 

 

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