h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I have an Easter poem in this weeks . (Shameless plug!)

Here is the recipe for my mother's "Special Holiday Coleslaw". Well, at least it's a version of it. Mom never actually uses recipes, so other than general directions, you're on your own. It makes a lot!

1 medium-sized head of cabbage, finely shredded
1 tart apple, chopped
1 cup red grapes, halved with seeds removed (sometimes she uses raisins instead of grapes)
1 cup walnut pieces

For the dressing:
1 ½ cups Miracle Whip or mayonnaise
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 - 4 tablespoons milk (enough to make it smooth and creamy)
salt and pepper to taste


Making the Easter Basket cupcakes is really easy. First you need cupcakes and buttercream frosting. Any flavor. Use what you like. Since it's Easter, it would be nice if you used carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, but hey, it's your stomach. To turn the cupcakes into baskets you'll need coconut tinted green to look like grass, jelly beans and whatever other small candies you want to use, and pipe cleaners for the handles. New pipe cleaners! Not used ones. So, turn the cupcake upside down and dunk it in the coconut, which will stick to the frosting. Next, put your candy on top of the coconut. Then bend the pipe cleaner in the shape of a basket handle and stick in the cupcake. Voila. Easter baskets!



On a more serious note, and in keeping with the reason we celebrate Easter, I offer the following from the Coptic Gospel of Thomas, translated by Thomas O. Lambdin:

Saying (3) Jesus said, "If those who lead you say to you, 'See, the kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty."

Saying (77) Jesus said, "It is I who am the light which is above them all. It is I who am the all. From me did the all come forth, and unto me did the all extend. Split a piece of wood, and I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me there."

Saying (113) His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?" "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying, 'here it is' or 'there it is'. Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it."

Yeah, what she said He said.

I've always thought saying "Happy Easter" was a bit oxymoronic. I know we're 'sposed to be happy that He died for our sins & that He did rise again. But Easter makes me sad.


Have a wonderful time.

P.S.
where's the vinigar in that coleslaw??

There's a little vinegar. And since you use bottled mayo, you don't need a lot of vinegar.

Vinegar is good for diabetics. It keeps the carbs you eat from being absorbed too quickly into your bloodstream. Let's hear it for vinegar!

I know how you feel about Easter. But it's about renewal, and that's a positive thing.

Go vinegar