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Group effort might not be able to save fabric
Published November 1, 2009
Hi Gin,
My name is Gloria Hudgeons and I read your column faithfully and enjoy it thoroughly. I am concerned because in March the Walmart store in West Columbia will be renovated and they will be removing their fabric department.
Is there any way that we could get all the Brazosport area to write or call Walmart’s corporate office and demand they keep the fabric department, plus add to the existing building to make it larger? Many people buy fabric there for quilting, crafts and just regular sewing items.
If the store could hold the capacity of the store that was once housed in the Academy vicinity in Lake Jackson, it would be wonderful. I have tried to call the Walmart number and tried to talk with someone about keeping the fabric and making the store larger to no avail.
Maybe if you could write something in your column and get some people fired up about this we could keep the fabric department and have a larger store. Thank you for all of your help.
Gloria Hudgeons
Gloria,
I am happy to throw it out there, but don’t be surprised if no one gets up in arms about Walmart not carrying fabric in their stores any longer; or even making it larger. We people as a whole are capable of changing a whole lot of things, but we don’t take the time to band together and do anything about most things that are considered by most to be common sense things.
Boy, did you ever give me an opening! Some things we could change would be: Cleaning up TV. Senior citizens not paying school taxes while people who live in apartments get a free ride. Voting politicians out of office who do stupid and costly things that we pay for. And the list goes on.
So in summation, start shopping around to find another source for fabric. Walmart probably already has a plan in mind from way back and they ain’t gonna change it.
Believe me, I feel your pain when you call and try to talk to a real live person about a problem.
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Hi Gin,
I’ve been enjoying your columns and trying some of the recipes. I have done the pork loin recipe with cherry jelly instead of grape. It is very good. It was in Southern Living magazine in the late ’80s … my, how time flies.
I read about the request for Oreo filling (don’t we all just love it?). I have a couple of faux Oreo recipes that I have made. They are a little different, but not too bad. Here they are:
Homemade Oreo Cookies
2 18-ounce boxes devil’s food cake mix
4 eggs, beaten well
2/3 cup oil
1/2 cup butter
4 ounces cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
Mix eggs, cake mix and oil together well. Shape into small gumball-sized balls. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
Inside cream filling:
Mix butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla together. When cookies are completely cool, frost the flat side of one cookie, place another cookie on top of the frosting, flat side to flat side.
You can make your own Oreo cookies at home with this recipe, too.
Another Homemade Oreo Cookie
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1 18-ounce package chocolate cake mix
2 eggs
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1⁄2 cup cocoa (Nestle’s Quik)
1⁄4 cup cold water
1 cup Crisco
1 pound plus 1 tablespoon confectioner’s sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla.
Blend cake mix, eggs, 2 tablespoons water, oil and cocoa. Shape into a ball; let stand 20 minutes. Roll into 1/2-inch balls, place on greased cookie sheets. Flatten each with smooth bottom on a drinking glass. Grease glass once; dip into the Nestle’s Quik each time. Bake in 400-degree oven for 8 minutes. Remove cookies at once, immediately flatten with the back of a spatula. Let cool 20 minutes. Makes 100 cookies.
Place gelatin in a heatproof cup. Add cold water; stir well. Put it in a pan of hot water until mixture clears and gelatin is softened. Let gelatin cool.
Beat Crisco until fluffy. Add sugar gradually and beat about 10 minutes. Mix in vanilla. Beat in cooled gelatin mixture. (The gelatin helps the filling stay inside the cookies.) Spread about 1 tablespoon filling between 2 cookies. Chill until set. Makes about 50 cookies.
I usually use sunflower oil because of its delicate taste. And you can use any vegetable shortening, but I have found that Crisco is very consistent in the way it behaves. Also, someone has come out with a new dark chocolate cake mix; I think I will try that next time.
Hope your other readers likes these.
Nony Mouse
Nony,
I love the line about “the gelatin helps the filling stay inside the cookie.” A lock and key wouldn’t help the filling stay inside the cookie. Thanks for both recipes!
I also have an easy recipe for making Oreo cookies. Just after your kids/company come in, take a cookie sheet out of the oven with the slightly warm “bought” cookies. Be prepared to tell whatever lie you have to about the embossed stuff and how you were able to replicate it.
Of course, this method works best on cookies that have no markings on them.
If you have recipes or tips to share, or a request, send to Conversations with Gin, P.O. Box 334, Clute, TX 77531, or e-mail ginscolumn(at)hotmail.com.
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