Ann Richards Lemon Yogurt Cake…

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Since today is the last full day of winter, I thought I would share with you a wonderful spring cake. This is perfect to serve as desert on Easter. The recipe comes from The Texas Celebrity Cookbook and was submitted by Ann Richards.

Ms. Richards became nationally known when she gave the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 1988. Ms. Richards served as Governor of Texas from 1991 – 1995 and was defeated for re-election by George W. Bush.

 While she was the second woman to serve as Governor of Texas, she is often considered the first elected woman. The first was Miriam Ferguson, who stepped into the position after her husband was impeached. Mrs. Ferguson missed becoming the first woman to serve as Governor in the United States by two weeks. Nellie Ross, of Wyoming was the first after her husband passed away.

 

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Pot Stickers…

A favorite in my family is Pot Stickers. When I was a child, my mother would make huge batches of this Chinese appetizer for dinner. There was five us and it was an all day process, pressing one teaspoon of the meat mixture at a time into the wrapper.

When my husband and I got married, my father-in-law thought he won the lottery, when he found I knew how to make these.  My father-in-law wore contacts and traveled several times a month for work. Air travel dehydrated him to the point his contacts would get uncomfortable to wear. He sound found that if he ate pot stickers, twenty minutes later his eyes would not be so dry.

To be honest, I always thought he was pulling my leg and used it as an excuse to get me to make them for him. It was not until I wore contacts, I was able to test his theory. I was surprised to find that my eyes did not feel as dry after eating them. Strange, I know! I would not recommend though you give up eye drops for pot stickers.

Today I made 100 hundred pot stickers for a friend of my husband. A few weeks back, we had them for dinner and my husband took the leftovers to work. There was more than enough so he shared them with his friends. On Thursday, I got a text from husband asking if I would consider making 100 pot stickers for this person.  At first, I laughed off the request until a response came that it was serious request. So I sat watching the Oakland A’s playing the Chicago Cubs and made pot stickers all afternoon.

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