Super Treats for our Superbowl

For this Superbowl it is not who is playing but what special treats are we making. All beef hotdogs from George's Meat Market in Nicollet.....freash ground flour....... Mini Pretzel Dogs!

Pretzel Dogsmakes 16 pretzel dogs (made from cutting hot dogs in half)recipe adapted from Alton BrownPrint this Recipe!1 ½ cups warm water (between 110 and 115 degrees F)1 tablespoon granulated sugar2 ¼ teaspoons (1 package) active dry yeast22 ounces all-purpose flour (about 4 1/2 cups)2 teaspoons salt2 tablespoons butter, melted and cooledabout 14 cups of water1 cup baking soda1 large egg, beaten, with a splash of watersalt and pepper for toppingIn the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine warm water and sugar. Sprinkle the yeast on top of the water and set aside for 5 minutes. The mixture will begin to foam and froth. If it doesn’t, throw the mixture away and start again with new yeast.Once the yeast and water is frothy, add the flour, salt, and melted butter. Using the dough hook, mix on low speed until well combined. Increase the speed to medium and knead the dough until it is smooth and pulls away from the side of the bowl, creating a ball of dough around the dough hook. Beat on medium speed for approximately 4 minutes.Remove the dough from the bowl. The dough will be soft, pliable, and just a bit sticky. That’s perfect. Scrape any residue out of the bowl and coat the bowl with a bit of vegetable oil. Place the dough back in the bowl, sprinkle with flour, cover with plastic wrap, and store in a warm place to rise. Allow dough to rise, until doubled in size, about 1 hour.Place baking racks in the center and upper third of the oven. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, and lightly brush the paper with oil. It’s important to brush the parchment paper or the pretzels will stick!Combine water and baking soda in a large pan (8 quart is fine) saucepan and bring to a boil.While the water comes to a boil, turn the dough out onto a clean, slightly oiled work surface. Divide dough into 8 or 16 pieces, depending on how large you’d like your pretzel dogs. 8 pieces of dough for whole hot dogs. 16

The Team

The boyz had a great showing on Saturday at our home tourney! Tanner had 2 pins and won the 3rd by a tech. Dalton got his "50th " career win and was listed on the Guillotine as a career milestone for a freshman. He was all excited until he saw the wrestler above him was a senior who has 200 wins. Tabor was a trooper and came home to work the score clock for the tourney.

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Finals week can you tell the boyz are stressed out?

More time on the Mat

This week we hosted a tri and the boyz did well on the wrestling mat! Trying to save on Tanner's knee until sections he will be taking some time off from competition. Best decision made but Tanner does NOT agree. Oh well.........Dalton still healthy and on a tear! 21-4 for the season and took home the championship medal this past Saturday in St. Croix. This is the last week of the quarter so the boyz are loaded with homework and studies for finals. 1/21 and 1/28 we host a 6 team tourney in Nicollet that will keep us pretty busy. Papa Cargil sent Tabor on a trip to Lake City to do some CAD work for the mill there. He really enjoys the hands on drafting and its fun to see your children so passionate about something.

ON a Roll

Okay the Raiders have had some great luck! We have won 8 straight duals in a row. Tanner has won 7 straight and Dalton has won 13 matches in a row. This week we wrestling Thursday night @ 5 when Medford and Norwood Young America come to Nicollet. Tabor is back in college and the weather couldn't be better! Just keep praying everyone stays healthy and mother nature keeps my grass brown a little longer. Really Jan 9th today and it was 54*........maybe we do live in "God's Country"

stick a fork in it! The desktop pc is done.

I know..........it has been a long time. Well after 7 yrs our desktop computer has died and that is the one I use to blog! OH well one of my techie kids can shop for a new one. Cuz we all know

As always the boyz are keeping us pretty busy. Football ended and we are still healing our wounds but have moved on to wrestling big time! Tanner has taken some time to heal the bone bruise and rip in mcl and is just getting into it again. Tanner recently won the Excel award at school for grades and community involvement. Dalton is leading the team in pins and wins with a 9-4 record. Next week Dalton will lead his knowledge bowl team in the regional meet in Mankato. Tabor has been home on break and working at the mill 24/7 until the 8Th of January. And has a full load of 19 credits for next semester and great news he has made the deans list. Everyone is doing very well and looking forward to 2012. Darin and I have starting making our own wine with another couple. Basically a reason to get together every 4 to 6 weeks and play this great game loaded questions. Darin is pretty sure he is responsible to the super nice weather! We bought a new lawn tractor with a snow blower attachment for up by the house and 2 newer than 1980's snowmoblies.........thus......no snow! Well I think is was all the brand new windows we put in the south side of our home. What every the reason we are so thankful. Best wishes to you and your family for a healthy 2012!

My latest T-shirt Design & The Team