Gayle’s  Blueberry  Cobbler

Melt 1 stick of butter in baking dish.

Mix
1 cup self rising flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup of half & half. (or whole milk)
1 t  vanilla - optional

Pour over the butter.

Rinse 3 1/2 cups blue berries

Pour evenly over the other ingredients without mixing.
Bake in 350º degree oven for 35 - 40 minutes or until lightly browned.

Serve warm with real vanilla ice cream....

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Apple Cobbler

Melt 1 stick of butter in baking dish.

Mix
1 cup self rising flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup of half & half. (or whole milk)
1 teaspoon of ground Cinnamon 

Pour over the butter.

Put 2 granny apples, cored, skinned and cut into bite size
pieces into the mixture.

Bake in 350º degree oven for 35 - 45 minutes or until lightly browned.

Serve warm with real vanilla ice cream....

Cream of Potato and Onion Soup

                  3   baking potatoes                      1   large white onion

                  3   tablespoons flour                    3   tablespoons butter

                   2   cups scalded milk                  1   Tbs chopped parsley

                    potato water                              Salt and white pepper 
                    for consistency                           to taste      

Boil together the cut up potatoes and onions until tender. Drain.  Save some of the water.  Make a white sauce using the milk,  flour,  and butter and combine with the potato and onion pulp.  Add potato and onion water to achieve the consistency you want.   (Parsley optional).  (Tabasco Pepper Sauce optional).

Broccoli-Rice Casserole

              1 1/2  cups long grain rice            1 pkg. chopped broccoli

              1 cup chopped celery                 1 can mushroom soup

              1 med. white onion, minced        1   8-oz jar Cheese-Whiz

              1/2 stick butter                           1  T  mayonnaise
                                                    

            Cook the rice. Wilt celery and onion in the butter. Thaw broccoli.
            Mix all ingredients together and cover... bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees.
            Remove cover... top with shredded cheese....  bake another 3- 5 minutes...
            You may add baked chicken / deboned / chopped to this recipe.... sometimes I do.....

10-29-2010

Hungarian   Goulash

        2  T  flour                1 can Beef Bullion                1  t.  soy sauce

        1  cup celery, diced                      1/2  green bell pepper

        1  onion, chopped                        1  can mushroom soup

        1  can sliced mushrooms               1  + lbs. round steak cut into cubes

    Brown steak in 1 stick of butter*.  Add the flour and brown.  Mix all     ingredients together and slow cook on low till meat is tender.  About 1     and 1/2 or 2 hours.  Serve over egg noodles.

*  Be sure not to burn the butter while browning the steak.........

Pork Chop and Rice Casserole

           1 1/4 cups long grain rice           2 cans Beef Consomme soup
           1 medium onion, sliced             1 bell pepper, sliced
           6 or more pork chops to cover the baking dish

      Put the raw rice in a 9 x 13 baking dish and cover with the consomme       soup. Place the onion in rings over the rice followed by the sliced bell       pepper. Put the trimmed pork chops on top and cover the baking dish       with aluminum foil.  Bake in oven on 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Hard  Boiled  Eggs

Without the green sulfur layer around the yellow...

Large eggs

Cover with cold water.  Bring to boil and boil for one minute.  Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 20 minutes.  Immediately after the twenty minutes, exchange the warm water with cold water.  The eggs are ready to peel in just a few minutes.  The yellow of the eggs should be a uniform yellow without a green sulfur layer around the yellow.

Mrs. Wilson's Sauce for Little Sausage or Meat Balls

  3     cups - ketchup
1/3    cup  -  red wine vinegar
1/3    cup  -  soy sauce
1/4    cup  -  brown sugar

Mix ingredients together and heat.
Add little sausage or pre cooked meat balls and heat - then eat.

hb adds to Mrs. Wilson's recipe 1 or 2 cans of canned / drained diced new potatoes depending on how many sausages or meat balls one begins with. Increase ingrediant proportions so that plenty of sauce coats all.

** WARNING **
if you make this white sauce at home - you'll never again
be satisfied with white sauce that you get when dinning out

Basic White Sauce

3 - table spoons real butter
3 - table spoons all purpose flour
2 - cups of  whole hot milk

Melt butter in saucepan, blend in flour and cook over moderate heat, stirring until
butter and flour foam together for 2 minutes without browning to cook the flour.

Remove from heat, when bubbling stops - whisk in hot milk.

Return to heat and bring to moderate boil, whisking all along.

Let cook slowly, stirring for 2 minutes: season to taste with salt and white pepper.
White pepper dissolves and black pepper doesn't.

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for more white sauce, say - 3 cups whole milk - use 4 table spoons of real butter
and 4 table spoons of all purpose flour. Adjust these proportions up as needed.
The richer the better is the accepted international rule from 403 BC to now.

Ground Beef and Elbow Macaroni

1 lb ground beef                             2 tsp. salt
1 lge. onion, chopped                     1 tsp. pepper
2 cups elbow macaroni, cooked     1 can mushroom soup
1 cup ketchup                                1/4 lb. cheese, grated

Brown beef and onion.  Pour cooked macaroni over meat.
Add ketchup, salt and pepper; stir.  Add soup; mix thoroughly.
Top with cheese.  Put in 450 degree oven till cheese melts.

(Boiled)
Shrimp
(if shrimp are not forbidden for you)
 Put shrimp in a pot of salted water with your favorite shrimp boil
seasoning and bring to a...  strong boil.   Reduce heat and cook
for a couple of minutes. When the shell is lose from the flesh the
the shrimp are done.  Peal shrimp and eat  "as is"  or with the     
sauce of your choice.

Remember the fact that it's illegal to eat boiled
shrimp without SALTINE crackers at hand.

Shrimp Sauces:
Sauce 1.  Home Made                                                              
Sauce 2.  Texas Pete Cocktail                                                    
Sauce 3.  Heinz Cocktail                                                            
and on and on.....4, 5, 6, 7, 8,....

Macaroni  &  Cheese

4  cups of cooked elbow macaroni,              1/2  stick butter, cut into pieces
    drained    ( 1 - 8 oz. box )
3  cups+ of grated sharp cheddar cheese     1/2  cup of sour cream
3  eggs - beaten                                        
1  cup of milk                                                     1/2  teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Cook macaroni*, drain, and mix with the grated cheese.
Combine all other ingredients.  Mix everything together and pour into greased casserole
dish - top with grated cheese and bake uncovered for 25 minutes. After baking do not
cover and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.  Cover and refrigerate any left over.

* Be sure to fully cook the noodles.
    

  10-31-2010

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Alton's Pot Roast

 chuck roast
 kosher salt to taste
 2 teaspoons cumin
 Peanut or Vegetable oil for browning the roast
 1 sweet chopped onion
 5 to 6 cloves garlic, smashed
 1 cup tomato juice
 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
 1 cup cocktail olives, drained and broken
 1/2 cup dark raisins

Rub roast with salt and cumin.  Brown the roast in the oil and put it with the other ingredients. Cover the chef's pan and bake it in  275 degree oven for  2 1/2 hours.
Roast this way really is different from usual... and it's really good...
Next time I make this I'll take a better picture.....

10-31-2010

Broccoli - Rice  Casserole

1 1/2 cups long grain rice     1 pkg frozen chopped broccoli  
1 cup chopped celery          1 can mushroom soup
1 med. onion minced           1  eight oz. jar Cheese-Whiz
1/2 stick butter             Sharp Cheddar Cheese for topping
1/2 cup half and half mixed with mushroom soup

Cook rice. Thaw broccoli. Wilt celery and onion in butter.
Mix everything together. Spray baking pan with Pam.
Put mixture in baking pan. Cover and bake at 350
degrees for 45 minutes. After baking top with shredded
sharp cheddar cheese.

1 cup of beef broth
1 tablespoon PLUS 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce (Tamari Sauce)
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch

Mix all ingredients. Stir while heating to boiling so that sauce thickens.  Serve warm with roast pork and fried rice or roast beef and white rice.

Marinate
1/4  Cup Soy Sauce
1/4  Cup Bourbon - or Apple Juice
2     Tbs. Brown Sugar
Marinate overnight.

Mustard Sauce for Loin
1/3  Cup Sour Cream
1/2  Cup Mayonnaise
1     T  dry mustard
1     T  minced white onion
1 1/2   T  white vinegar

Brown Loin in hot fry pan and then put in baking dish.  Bake uncovered in 450-475 degree oven 20 minutes for Tender Loin. For Pork Loin add up to 10 more minutes of baking time depending on size of loin. Remove loin and wrap in foil and let rest for 10 minutes minutes.