Fun with Pringles

Let them eat crepes...

Although I am not usually one to post recipes on my blog, I have been asked by fellow blogger's, homemakers, and in some cases, fellow house-husband's (yes I'm talking about you, Jason) for the crepe recipe from the earlier post "Millions of mango's."  Here goes- (you better half this recipe unless you have a large blender)

In blender combine-

2 1/2 cups milk

1 cup sugar

6 eggs

1+ tsp. vanilla

pinch of salt

2 cups flour

Heat large round pan on medium heat.  Cook crepes by pouring a small amount of batter (around 1/2 cup) into pan and twist pan so that crepe spreads out to the edges of pan.  When golden brown, flip over, and voila, there's your crepe.  Recipe makes a lot so there are leftovers.  

Serve with a little butter, sprinkle some cinnamon-sugar, fruit (we love strawberries, kiwi, bananas, mango's of course) and roll up.  If you live on the edge, in the food sense of the word of course, you can be like Jared & Janene and fill the center with pudding, jam, ice cream, or whipped cream, sometimes even all together!!  Enjoy and happy eating.  

Not your everyday occurrence....

Here is the first of probably a few posts about things that are not your everyday occurrences, at least not for those of you back home in the U.S. Not a big deal, just something humorous that we would never think to happen.  Last night we were in town and made a point of going to the gas station so that we wouldn't have to go on Sunday morning before church.  After filling up with $30 worth (which bought less than 2 gallons of gas- do not be alarmed, this 2 gallons cost  approximately $11. U.S. dollars) the gas station attendant (you do not pump your own gas here) told us that was all we could get, that they had run out of gas. He said the truck would probably come in the middle of the night and there would be gas again in the morning.  We had to laugh.  

Damon walks!

Although it's only about 6 steps in a row and then he jumps on the ground and takes off crawling.

Millions of mango's!

OK so maybe not millions, but we have eaten and processed (guesstimating) around 400 mango's in the past 10 weeks. Here we have some of the specialties that we serve here in the Allred home- a mango jam with a hint of tart lemon; a creamy mango smoothie with a tantalizing blend of mango's, passion juice, and cream of coconut; a delicious mango crepe dusted with a perfect mixture of cinnamon and sugar; a wonderfully healthy and good-for-the-brain frozen baby food that can be enjoyed year-round; and of course, a few extra mango's to be eaten alone or given away to friends and neighbors. And for just a 1-day plane trip, you too can come visit us here in St. Kitts, and give our mango specialties a try!

The boys...

Here they are, our 3 boys in their "man" chairs, getting in a few minutes of Sports Center.

DISCLAIMER: THERE IS A DIAPER UNDERNEATH THAT BELLY ROLL ON THE BABY.

A trip to the doctor in St. Kitts part II

This is a follow-up post from a month or so ago when we went to the doctor for the first time here in St. Kitts. If you haven't read, it was an interesting experience. Since that visit, we have spoken to others and gotten some additional information, and our trip to the doctor in St. Kitts today was a pleasant surprise. Our new doctor was very professional and well spoken, and his office had exam rooms with supplies organized nicely, a courteous receptionist, a copy machine, normal doctor's office chairs, Germ X sitting on the counter, and patient history paperwork for us to fill out, including a space available for the patients first AND last name! And, they even took debit cards!

So to friends and family who are concerned about our welfare here on a remote island in the middle of the Caribbean, do not fret. There is professional and decent medical care to be found.

And I have one more disclaimer to make. Although in the past I have referred to our little island here as a third-world country, it really isn't a true third-world country. We say it more as a joke for ourselves because our lives here are so different from what they were in the United States. But in the true sense of the word, this is actually one of the "middle class" islands in the Caribbean. Yes there is poverty, but there is poverty everywhere. Yes there is crime, but there is crime everywhere, and St. Kitts is actually one of the safer places in the Caribbean to be. So yes, it is humbling to see a different lifestyle than what we are used to back in the states, but we are blessed to live on a beautiful island with people that will take you in as family once they get to know you.