It's wonderful to hear about all the people that went to the wake to give Lee and Terri support. God bless all of you!

Dorothy, my uniform was gone as soon as we graduated. Why in the world would anyone want to keep any school uniform???? *laughter* I can only surmize that the person that asked that question must see the unity and love we share for our school and classmates. I myself found it odd that other classes from our school have not held regular reunions. I thank God for the blessings of love and togetherness He has bestowed on our class.

Lee I want to thank you for the recipe for the dough for the pierogies. I never liked my mother's Lithiuaian recipe. Mainly it consisted of water, eggs, milk, flour and salt. About 15 years ago, the citizen's voice had a recipie for the dough that was the exact same as your Dad's. I have been using it ever since. I find that the sour cream makes a huge difference in the dough. The texture and flavor are much better. As I have been moving from country to country, I have lost the original recipe and now make the dough by touch. My daughters have learned to do the same--but it's difficult to guage how many pierogies I will get out of one. Now I can use your Dad's with better measurements!

I am also looking for a recipe for nut roll dough. It uses the same concept of sour cream, along with eggs, flour, sugar, yeast, salt ect.. I have searched the web, but can't find one even similar. I got this recipe out of the Citizen's Voice about 16 years ago. I still make my nutroll, but am never happy with the dough.

The other recipe I am looking for is for Italian cookies. But Italian cookies that take the following in ingredients: 1.) 1 doz eggs, 2.) 12 teaspoons of vanilla, 3.) sugar I have no idea, 4.) 12 teaspoons of baking powder, then salt ect...if someone has this recipe please post it for me or mail me at ammk@hotmail.com
The other recipes I am looking for is molasses cookies that had a hint of ginger that my Mom used to make. She would make them about 3 weeks before Christmas and also ice them. By Christmas they would be lovely and soft.
I have some great cookie recipes that I have added if anyone is interested. I am also thinking of trying to make fresh kielbossi this year. I've never done it before, so if anyone has a good Lithuaian recipie for fresh kielbossi, please send it.

Today is called Jeoynel Creowle here in St. Lucia. It is a day to observe all the old traditions and cook all the foods from a 100 years ago. Today, Patois (creole as some you of may know it) is spoken all day. For breakfast we are have saltfish, floats, and cucumber salad. Dinner is bar-b-qued pig tails (don't knock it until you try it!), salted rib with dumpling, sopa (a type of potatoe), red beans and rice and salad. The weather has been awful here this week. It has rained and poured since last Monday. Normally we would have gone to a celebration (what we call at home a fair), where people dress in creole coustums and cook over fires etc...but as I said the rain is holding us back. You know when I first came here and I heard people say "the rain is falling" I thought they were using improper English. Let me tell you all, the rain actually does fall here! Have a blessed day everyone.