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Surprise Parties may or may not be fun and enjoyable for the person the party is being held for, but they are always interesting. You can throw surprise parties of varying themes for people of different ages from kids to adults. However, you’ll find that putting together the menu for your surprise party can be surprisingly difficult. There just aren’t a lot of foods that can be classified as surprising, so let’s focus on goodies that are surprisingly good.

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Blues Clues is a popular TV show that is aimed at a somewhat younger audience is a rather versatile party theme to go with. Blues Clues is as the name suggests a has a very basic mystery theme as it’s back bone, so any detective styled ideas you may come up with would be a good match with this show. As well of course puppies and the color blue. It also has the standard cute mascot as blue who is a female cartoon dog. As well two reoccurring characters are salt and pepper, in addition to a few other spice which leads to a variety of interesting ideas for meals.

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A couple of years ago KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) used the following slogan in their ads, “There’s fast food, and then there is KFC.” Although they were trying to suggest that their food was in a class above the typical fast food restaurants, I took it to mean “slow service” (which I found to be true on more than one occasion).

I had my first “Whopper” from Burger King in 1966 in Chicago. As a kid, I loved their char grilled burgers with fresh ingredients. I haven’t had one in years but recently I ordered a Whopper at our local Burger King and was incredibly disappointed with the service and product. I got something that was whipped together with little expertise and mashed down. Frankly, it didn’t resemble anything like what I first experienced 41 years ago.

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Making homemade graham cracker crust is as simple as 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 ingredients.

1 1/2 cups graham crackers, crushed
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter, melted

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the crumbs and sugar; add the butter and blend well. Evenly press crust into the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9-inch pie plate.

Using the unbaked crust: Refrigerate crust for 30 minutes before adding the filling.

Using the baked crust: Bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 375 degrees until crust is lightly brown. Cool on wire rack before filling.

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Many doctors and scientists believe that many cancers could be prevented with a good diet. Here are a few foods that have been shown to decrease the incidence of cancer.

Tomatoes
Tomatoes are loaded with vitamin C. They also contain lycopene, which may explain a recent popular Italian study finding that people who ate raw tomatoes at least seven times per week halved their risk of several cancers as compared to those who ate tomatoes no more than once a week. Tomatoes are also rich in coumaric acid and chlorogenic acid, which hook onto nitric oxides in the foods we eat and spirit them out of the body before they can form cancer-causing chemicals called notrosamines. Tomatoes and broccoli together have been shown to decrease the growth of tumors in prostate cancer.

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There are plenty of crafts that you can do to celebrate someone’s birthday. You can use them for a present, or you can decorate a party with the themed crafts. What you do is solely up to you. The main point of making things homemade for someone’s birthday is that it shows effort and love that can’t be shown with store-made items. Crafts are thoughtful and always appreciated.

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Fall and early winter are great times to change the menu and include some novel meats. In general, game includes deer, rabbit, wild boar, duck, antelope and to the more exotic ant-eater, flying fox, squirrels or even bats (eg. bat soup is a delicacy in Cambodia) which can be popular in some countries.

When I was little, my dad used to work in the jungle as logging contractor in East Malaysia. Each time when he went to work in the jungle for a period of few days to a week, he would usually come back with wild games like deer, wild boar or ant eater.

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Let’s face it, somedays you just want a meal like mom used to make (or dad, depending on your upbringing). But that doesn’t necessarily translate into wanting to whip up the dish for yourself. After all, part of eating a “comforting” memory is that someone we love served it too us. Whether it was because we were suffering from an awful head cold, the flu, got fired from a job or were dumped by a person we thought was our soulmate, having a person who cared serve us something soothing helped-alot.

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Have you ever thought about the impact of one conversation and how many other people are affected as well? Interested in saving money, I signed up for a coupon-clipping and money saving class and that is where I first heard about Angel Food Ministries, the real connection in that class.

Intrigued with Angel Food Ministries, I felt compelled to share this resource through Linda Jones’ answers to 7 simple questions.

1. What is one thing everyone interested in serving others, saving money and serving God must do?
Be obedient to the Holy Spirit first and foremost. God will lay someone on your heart to help and when you help them, you are blessed in return. Angel Food Ministries is such a wonderful way to do just that!

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Consider the possibilities of a nautical party, Matey, before your ship weighs anchor, and implement a little creativity! Your nautical party is sure to be a hit if you just use a little imagination!

Each party begins with invitations, and the easiest and most inexpensive nautical themed party invitation idea is to use the message in a bottle approach. You may reuse water bottles or purchase small, plastic bottles from novelty specialists. Add a few small shells, a bit of sand, a rolled message (containing all your party information, including a map, if necessary) and tie with raffia, and you have a hardy, har har invitation to your nautical party.

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