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Meatballs and spaghetti, with a simple marinara sauce, is one of life's greatest comfort foods. I consider myself a serious cook, and I've been making the dish for years, with a few tweaks along the way. Everyone loves it...never had a complaint. But for such a simple dish, there seems to be a near infinite number of variations and possibilities. Lots of FReepers are into food, so I thought I'd throw it open for discussion (and a brief respite from all things Hillary all the time)

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Remembering Thanksgiving Day The Mayflower  1620- 2002 The voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 from Plymouth England, to Plymouth Rock started as a journey to find peace and justice in a new world. It began as a fervent prayer to give freedom a chance, and remains today as the promise each year for a new beginning. Thanksgiving Day is a celebration of hope, and remembrance. Today, we bring our families and friends together to share our tables and our hearts, and give thanks for all that we have to be grateful for in our new and glorious country. From this grand...

A little New Year's humor... You Know You're Italian If... You have many relatives named either Joe or Mary, and you have at least one brother named Joe You grew up in a small house, but you still had two kitchens. (One was in the basement)When you were growing up, you had five cousins all living on the same streetWhen you were growing up, you thought that all wine was red and that it only came in gallon jugs If someone in your family grows beyond 6’ 2”, it’s presumed that the mother had an affair There were more than...

A FEW RECIPES WOULDN'T BE BAD, EITHER!......

The Curmudgeon's Home Companion is the one food publication that speaks out about the virtues of cholesterol, rips the veil off the insanity of vegetarians and the dangers of low-fat fodder, and that tells the ugly truth about restaurant food that's more art than edible. It's the place to look every month for interesting, delicious and well-tested recipes that won't leave you either broke or exhausted. And it's so much fun, even people who never cook can't wait for it to arrive each month.Featured on CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt and in newspapers around the country, The Curmudgeon's Home...

RECIPES FOR CHRISTMAS Plan for your Christmas Feast and Gifts HERE!Holiday Ham with Fruit and Root Beer Glazed   BOILING AND SYRUP INGREDIENTS: 6  12oz bottles root beer (high quality) 1 red apple, sliced 1 green apple, sliced 1 cup red seedless grapes 1/2 orange, sliced 1/2 tsp cloves cracked black pepper to taste 1 tsp file (ground sassafras) BOILING HAM:1) Place ham in a heavy-bottomed black iron pot or dutch oven. 2) Surround the ham with apples, grapes, orange and cloves. Add root beer and dust with cracked black pepper and file. 3) Bring to a rolling boil...

While searching for some older threads for a friend I ran across some of my favorite threads ever - Thanksgiving recipe threads! My wife and I continue to insist that all of our kids and grandchildren join us for at least one holiday feast each year, either Thanksgiving or Christmas. As part of the celebration we home cook all that we can, and way more than we will ever need. Everyone must participate in making part of the meal, even if minor. Everyone joins in on the cleanup, and everyone gets to choose their leftovers to take with them. I...

Economides clan defend buying aging meat and other frugal strategies As the American economy sputters and families continue to struggle mightily just to keep their heads above water, the Economides family of Arizona believe they provide a model for how to not just survive, but thrive on a tight budget. Eschewing credit cards, car loans and home equity borrowing, the clan of seven stay solvent and then some on just $44,000 a year — and that includes owning a home in the pricey Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale. Mind you, they eat nutritious meals and their children are decked out in...

I am looking for recipes for a good cookout meat this Saturday. Anyone?

Almost Sugar-Free Dessert 1 pound silken tofu 15 oz. carton of ricotta cheese 12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips 8 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate squares 3 T. agave nectar 1 splash of vanilla extract Over very low heat, melt chocolate chips and baking chocolate. With mixer, blend silken tofu, ricotta cheese, agave nectar, and vanilla. Add the melted chocolate, and mix well. Chill.

~ Freeper Canteen ~ Today We Want To Know... Are You A Good Cook? Click here and take the quiz! To share your results, click "Get HTML", then copy and paste the code into a "Reply" box. Have fun! Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.

Dishes of chicken blancmange and porpoise porridge are unlikely to whet the appetite of most modern food lovers. But such recipes were apparently fit for a king 600 years ago. Written by chefs employed by Richard II, they are included in what is thought to be the world's oldest cookbook. The unusual dishes rival modern creations by British TV chef Heston Blumenthal, who is famous for his snail porridge. Experts from Manchester University's John Rylands Library, who discovered the manuscript, have translated a handful of its 150 recipes, which are written in Middle English and date back to 1390. They...

I did this last year and a lot of good recipes were posted so I thought I'd try it again. Take one and/or leave one!

Post your favorite recipes for Thanksgiving Here for ALL FReepers to share! Pies, Gravies, Stuffings........Squirrel?.....

What are FReepers fixing to eat during these hot August days? I try to have something substantial without heating up the kitchen. We have only a charcoal grill and concluded a few weeks back that it's too much work to use very often -- no doubt those w/ gas grills are using them regularly as they aren't as much trouble.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) _ Michelle Obama took a break recently from the campaign trail to get her hands messy breading shrimp as she helped prepare a deep-fried dinner with the Food Network's first lady of Southern cooking, Paula Deen. The wife of Democrat Barack Obama got cozy with Deen in the kitchen during a recent taping of the Savannah celebrity cook's TV show "Paula's Party," scheduled to air on the cable network Sept. 20. Michelle Obama and Deen swapped stories about their families' favorite meals as they cooked fried shrimp and french fries at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.,...

Yahoo ran an interesting article this morning indicating a rise in the number of survivalist communities cropping up around the country. I have been wondering myself how much of the recent energy crisis is causing people to do things like stockpile food and water, grow their own vegetables, etc. Could it be that there are many people out there stockpiling and their increased buying has caused food prices to increase? It’s an interesting theory, but I believe increased food prices have more to do with rising fuel prices as cost-to-market costs have increased and grocers are simply passing those increases...