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Jun 22, 2006
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Pizza Stone
Dennis Weaver, The
Prepared Pantry
There was no newsletter
sent out yesterday. I either have a cold or bad allergies
and didn't feel well enough to do the newsletter. I am
better today.
Nancy
Hi Nancy, I may be a
little late in responding to this question concerning soap
scum in the shower, but there is a product that is carried
at Wal mart, maybe Walgreens, and I am sure a few other
places and it is called CLR. It is wonderful when it comes
to removing soap scum, hard water stains around the
lavoratory or kitchen sink. I hope maybe this will help a
little.
Thanks for all the hard work, love your web site, and give
your "babies" a big kiss. I am such an animal lover and love
keeping up with the antics of yours.
My Best to Everyone, Susan in New Braunfels, Tx.
For Sue in FL who
requested some vegan cookie recipes on May 30th-
Sorry to be slow- I've been swamped lately! I have several
recipes for you- will send a few at a time since the
newsletter is going through a busy stage right now.I tried to find ones with common ingredients that you would
be able to find in your local store, as you requested.
These are from the vegetarian_group files from yahoo!
groups- a great group of people! I really hope you will make
them and let us know how they turn out.
Sharon in SA
Applesauce Oatmeal Drops
These are so quick and easy to make, I just love them! I
hope everyone enjoys them.
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup natural unsweetened applesauce
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup sifted all purpose flour
1/2 cup seedless raisins
Mix sugars and add applesauce. Sift together dry ingredients
and stir in. Add oats and raisins. Drop by spoonfuls onto
lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for about
10 minutes. The next time I make these I may cut back on the
sugar because they are rather sweet. These cookies were nice
and fluffy (for a fat-less cookie) and remind me of muffins.
June 17th letter:
To Fran in ottawa on washing the down pillows in the washing
machine with bleach.
I would like to know how much bleach to use. I thought
washing would take out the natural oils of the feathers so I
hang out on the line to air.
To Margo in Boston Please send me the Danish birthday cake
recipe. It sounds scrumptous.
M in Montana
For Harriet/AZ I found a
recipe for an Old Fashioned Sour Cream Fudge Cake that was
on the back of the Swans Down Cake Flour box at the link
below.
http://www.recipezaar.com/87067
Joyce, Killeen, TX
Nancy, I have a recipe
for Cream Puff Cake that I got from the Very Best Baking
site. I have made it before, but would like to try it as a
recipe for diabetics and would like to know if the pastry
part would be acceptable for diabetics. Can you help me out
with this? Zelda from Grand Prairie, TX
Cream Puff Cake
Crust:
1 cup water
1 stick butter
1 cup flour
4 eggs
Boil water and butter together. Add flour, stir together and
let sit for 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time. Spread into
greased 9x13 baking dish/pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 30-35
minutes. Cool.
Filling:
3 small boxes vanilla instant pudding (I plan to use
sugar-free)
1 8oz. pkg. cream cheese (can use fat-free)
4 cups milk (skim or low fat)
1 8oz. Cool Whip (fat-free or sugar-free)
Chocolate syrup
Beat the cream cheese. Add pudding mix and milk a little at
a time. Mix until smooth. Pour into crust. Cover with the
Cool Whip. Drizzle chocolate syrup on top and then use knife
blade to swirl and make design on top. Refrigerate until
ready to serve.
Serves 12-16
Can use any flavor of pudding mix. I have tried chocolate
and it is scrumptuous!!!!
Thanks to Betty in MD,
about clearing up the Dutch cocoa vs reg cocoa. Your cake
sounds just delicious and I will be trying it the week.
Gloria, Indiana
For Teri in Mn. I read
in a cookbook yesterday, if you use shortening instead of
butter in a high sugar cookie, it's high melting point will
force the cookie structure to set rather than spread. HTH
Reeva in Katy
Strawberry Twinkie
dessert: I just made this, this past weekend for my fiancée
and son, who both LOVED it! We had just eaten a HUGE chicken
dinner, and were stuffed. However, when the guys saw this,
they just had to have some! They both agree, I need to make
this again for them! My fiancée suggested orange jello would
be good too... I found out that a 9x13 pan takes 15 twinkies.
Maybe I put
it in differently? I would like to thank those who sent in
this recipe, it's a winner!
Anne (IN)
I was wondering if
anyone knows if phyllo pastry can be prepared ahead of time
and either frozen or refrigerated until needed. If it can be
frozen must it be unfrozen before baking or not. Thanks
Nancy for this great newsletter. It is one of the highlights
of my day.
Jackie, Montreal, Quebec
To Chad G Les Vegas NV
June 19 We get Grandy's White Gravy Mix at Sam's in
Charleston.It's manufactured by CF Chefs, Inc Dallas Tx
75247 Questions and Comments
800-332-8812. Hope you can get it,I have to get it for my
daughter in Va and sister-in-law in Ga. and send it to them.
Pat Charleston SC
This information was also sent in by Ol' Jer' in Iowa
To Teahag in Upstate NY
- Regarding seemingly every man’s attachment to the TV
remote control, I have a cute story to share: A few months
after my lovely and funny 75-year-old aunt was widowed, a
widower who had been a family friend since her school days
called from California and asked her to marry him. Thinking
fast because she didn’t want to hurt his feelings, she
sought to diffuse the situation with humor. She laughed and
said, “I can’t get married again. I just got control of the
remote and I’m not giving that up for anybody!” LOL!
Jan in Memphis.
Hi Nancy, guess you got
Ditto's tail off the mouse pad since the newsletter is still
coming out.
This is for Gem in TN........one of our favorite travel and
beach meals. Just stick it in a cooler and pull it out when
you want to eat. Marilyn in FL
Stuffed French Bread
2 lb. loaf of long bread
Mayonnaise* and mustard, mixed together to taste, total of
at least 1/2 cup
1 to 2 c. loosely packed snipped fresh parsley
8 oz. soft cream cheese*
3/4 c. celery, minced fine
3/4 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 c. chopped onion
Boiled ham slices, plenty of them
Garlic dill pickles, refrigerated type are really good, cut
into quarters lengthwise
*both of these can be lower fat and it's still good
Cut bread lengthwise and trench out both halves. Spread the
mayo mixture over both halves.
Sprinkle the parsley evenly over all. Blend the cream
cheese, celery, onion, and cheddar; spread this on the
bottom half of the loaf, up over the sides of the trench,
letting it ooze out the sides a little bit.
Wrap 3 slices of ham around each dill quarter and place in
the trench, making enough of these rolls to fill the loaf
very fully.
Put on the top half of the loaf, then wrap it very firmly in
foil and chill for at least 4 hours, and up to 48 hours. For
traveling it's best to slice it in nice thick slices and
re-wrap in foil, that way you can take out just as much as
you want at the time, maybe save some for later ! We usually
make a white bean, roasted pepper, and purple onion salad
with a Zesty Italian dressing to go with this, and it
travels well too.
Have fun!
Hi,
To the person who posted the recipe" The Best Spaghetti
Sauce" what brand of pickles and name of red wine do you
use?
Thanks Sarah
Meatloaf
2 -1/2 lbs lean ground beef
3/4 lb lean ground pork
3 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
3/4 cup diced onion
3/4 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced green bell pepper
2/3 cup tomato juice
1/3 cup evaporated milk
1/4 cup crushed saltine cracker crumbs
1 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
½ tsp salt
Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease large shallow baking pan.
In large bowl, combine all ingredients. Mix well. In baking
pan, firmly shape meat mixture into 7 x 3 ½ x 3 ½" loaf.
Cover loosely with foil. Bake 1 hour. Remove foil and
continue baking 5 minutes.
Phyllis Knipp
For Bev in Michigan:
Here is another delicious TNT Broccoli
Casserole.
Sauce:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
1 -1/2 cups milk
3/4 cup grated American cheese
1 (10oz) can of Chicken a la King
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp prepared mustard
1/2 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Make white sauce by combining first three ingredients. Cook
stirring constantly , until thick
Add remaining ingredients and stir until cheese melts.
Casserole:
2 cups cooked rice
1 box frozen broccoli or 1 bunch of fresh broccoli cut in
florets and cooked until tender
In 1-1/2 quart casserold, place a layer of rice, a layer of
broccoli spoon some sauce over Repeat. Save a few florets to
garnish. Bake 350 degree oven for 30-35 mins. Makes 6
servings.
Note: 2 pkgs of broccoli and same ingredients will serve 10.
2 quart casserole.
Thanks Nancy for all you do.
Carol in Seminole Fl
A friend of mine is
looking for the recipe for a pickle at Cracker Barrel called
Wickles. Can anybody help her.
This is for Chris E. in
NE regarding hanging baggies filled with water to keep the
flies from coming into your house. You hang them outside
your door. We hang ours on the side of the door where it
opens. We filled the baggies with water and took an ice pick
and poked a hole in the top above the zipper on the bag and
strung strong twine through them. We have four bags at all
our doors.
It works, trust me.
Susie H
Hi Brenda here from
Alabama,
I am the one who sent the Indescribably Delicious Banana
Bread . It is good to freeze too. I just got home from work
and got a piece out of the freezer and stuck it in the
microwave and wow! Like fresh baked. Glad everyone is
enjoying it. it is truly the best I ever ate..
This is for Doris
S.Indiana in June 20 newsletter. My mother is also in a
nursing home. you can have 1 red rose sent to her once a
month for a year. you can also donate money to the activity
director in there name to plant flowers outside where she
can see them, or you can take one day and take ice cream
into the nursing home for all to enjoy. I hope this helps.
Robert in Ohio
Ginny in MD asked if
anyone has used the pest repellers. I have. They worked for
me. At my former home squirrels got into the attic and
destroyed the wiring. I had to have the whole house rewired
(what an expense). Then I had an electronic pest repeller
put up there and didn't have them back. The one I got cost
in the neighborhood of $30.
Vergie
This is a question for
Phyllis Knipp. The fudge filling in your recipe for
Dorothy's Fudge Puddles calls for Eagle Brand milk. Is it
Condensed Milk or Evaporated Milk? Thanks Nancy for your
wonderful Newsletter. I look forward to reading it everyday.
Marie-Pembroke, MA.
This is from the June
20,2006 newsletter for Harriet. I found a website that has
many vintage cake recipes including some for "Old Swans Down
Cake Recipes". Maybe you could find what you're looking for
there. There seems to be a lot of good old cake recipes
there. Hope everyone checks them out.
www.goinghome.bravehost.com/cakesold.html
Good luck Laurie in Fruitport,MI
Nancy, this recipe site
is so good there is no need to go anywhere else. I have been
a member for years. I was just wondering about a part of my
"extended family" I haven't seen for a while. Where is Toma?
I love this site and all the good recipes and the folks who
send them in...last but not least you. You are so very much
appreciated by us all. Thank you for devoting your life so
ours is more enjoyable and knowledgeable.
Jill in ID.
Hi Nancy and fur balls.
Hope all is well with you.
I am looking for the original recipe for Hershey fudge that
used to be on the box of cocoa. I have lost my recipe.
Thanks Kathy
Hi Nancy, Siggy, Ditto,
and All You Good Cooks! Harriet in AZ asked for a Swans Down
cake recipe from their box. Harriet, I have a couple of old
Swans Down pamphlets, but couldn't find that recipe. On the
recipezaar web site, I found this one. It doesn't use the
white sugar as yours did, but maybe you could do half white
and half brown and come close to the cake you remember. The
recipe mentions a safety issue with the egg in the frosting.
I think you could use pasteurized eggs or Eggbeaters or I
read somewhere that you could heat the egg over a double
boiler before using. Maybe one of our members could confirm
this.
Sue (Cooky) in Indiana
Old Fashioned Sour Cream Fudge Cake
This recipe was on the "Swans Down Cake Flour" box. They say
its their best chocolate cake recipe.
Cake
2-1/4 cups Swans Down cake flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
2-1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
3 eggs
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted and cooled
1 cup sour cream
1 cup boiling water
Frosting
5 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted and cooled
3 cups icing sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup hot water
1 egg
Cake: Preheat oven to 350. Sift flour, baking soda and salt
together, set aside. Cream butter, then add brown sugar and
continue beating for 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time,
beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and chocolate.
Alternately blend in flour mixture and sour cream, 1/3 at a
time on low speed of electric mixer. Add boiling water,
blending well (batter will be thin). Pour into 2 greased and
floured 9" round layer cake pans. Bake at 350 for 35- 40
minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out
clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes; remove and finish
cooling on racks.
Frosting: Combine chocolate, icing sugar, butter, hot water
and egg. Blend; then beat at medium speed of electric mixer
for 2 minutes. Chill until of spreading consistency.
Carefully ice cake (cake crumb is very tender). You may not
want to use the above icing due to the raw egg, so I would
suggest making a seven minutes frosting.
More recipes, requests
and replies tomorrow.
Have a great day.
Nancy
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