Follow me, to the sea

According to my stats most people have read my Twitter/Facebook blog, apparently that's what my fellow bloggers/stalkers are into. Makes me want to include the labels 'Twitter' and 'Facebook' on everything I write. In turn, I'll get more readers which may turn into more followers....right? No? Oh, you're thinking about skipping ahead to the next blog because this one is pointless? But maybe the purpose of this blog will be so kick ass, you won't even read this paragraph to lead into my topic...I can say thing like- I'm such a dumbass or Lisa majored in English but doesn't know how to punctuate sentences correctly, much less know how to spell punctuate...oh wait, I did spell that right.

I just learned that Fridays on Twitter are referred to as 'follow Fridays.' Apparently this is an initiative for lazy twitterers to follow others, in the hope that others will follow them? Or is this an event for those who already have thousands of followers? And how in the hell do they have that many when they're non-celebrities? Or maybe in the Twitter universe they are celebrities...in their own mind. I have a measly 34 followers, and I'm surprised I actually have that many, but why do I always have to be the one to follow first? I'm not fucking cool enough? Or do people visit my profile and find my tweets a snooze fest?


Guaranteed that out of the 61 people I follow, some of them have lamer tweets than me. I do try to follow those that have something in common with me. I've been adding those who are creative, funny, writers, bakers, or mention something about gaming. But I follow those follow me....isn't that an unspoken law in Twitterland? Then you're free to delete them when they post every frickin' 30 minutes, or retweet every fucking thing, no matter how unfunny or retarded it is.

What else.................................it's Good Friday today, for those who celebrate Easter, or those who don't celebrate Easter but have a sweet government job where they're off today and Easter Monday. Why is it called Easter Monday anyway? Why can't it be Good Monday? Because we all know a Good Monday doesn't exist until the end of the workday? I was raised Catholic, so apparently I should know these things.
So, if I don't blog this weekend, I hope you 'all' (in quotations because I'm being ironic) have a great Easter. My family is having lunch that day and guess who gets to bring dessert? lol And who knows what the fuck my husband's family is doing. His parent's are divorced and you'd think they'd have their shit together when it comes to holidays, but we usually get a call that day to come over to one of their houses, or I have to whip up dinner at the last minute.

Just Desserts...recipe

My mom calls me 'the cheesecake queen' and no, not because I shove cheesecake down my throat, but because I make kick ass cheesecakes. When a holiday or event comes up, my family always wants me to make cheesecake. Sunday afternoon, I decided to try a variation of a classic New York cheesecake (graham cracker crust with four bricks....errr four blocks of cream cheese, topped with two cans of cherry pie filling) and make a cheesecake with an Oreo crumb crust and top it with strawberries.

I decided I'd document this process and share with the blogosphere. My intention was to post this Sunday night, but alas, it was Sunday, the weather was beautiful, and after spending a few hours in the kitchen I wanted to enjoy the weather.

My main recipe is from kraftrecipes.com but I also incorporated a recipe from tasteofhome.com for the topping. The links are below:

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/philadelphia-new-york-style-sour-104996.aspx
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Berry-Cheesecake-Dessert

Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake

Here's what you need:

1-1/2 cups crushed oreo crumbs

1/4 cup butter, melted

1-1/4 cups sugar, divided

4 pkg. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened

2 tsp. vanilla, divided

1 container (16 oz.) sour cream, divided
4 eggs
1 package (3 ounces) strawberry gelatin
1 cup boiling water
3/4 cup cold water
1 quart fresh strawberries, sliced

HEAT oven to 325°F.

MIX crumbs, butter and 2 Tbsp. sugar; press onto bottom of pan.

BEAT cream cheese, 1 cup of the remaining sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla with mixer until well blended. Add 1 cup sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.

BAKE 40 min. or until center is almost set.



MIX remaining sour cream, sugar and vanilla; carefully spread over cheesecake. Bake 10 min.

MEANWHILE, in a small bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in cold water. Refrigerate for 45 minutes or until thickened but not set.

 

SLICE strawberries....yummy

CAREFULLY pour a third of the gelatin over sour cream layer. Arrange strawberries over gelatin; pour remaining gelatin over berries. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or until set. 

Cut and serve........the final product 

Even better with cool whip on top.....because everything is better with cool whip. 

Two days later, I only have 3 pieces left! I gave five pieces to my parents but my husband has been going crazy over this shit. It's not my favorite, but it was nice to get rid of those strawberries that were sitting in my fridge for a week.