[libertarian27]

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

~Erma Bombeck ~

* Happy PB & J Day! *

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April 2 National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day

April 3 National Chocolate Moose Day

April 4 National Cordon Bleu Day

April 5 National Caramel Day & Raisin and Spice Bar Day

April 6 Fresh Tomato Day & National Caramel Popcorn Day

April 7 National Coffee Cake Day

April 8 National Empanada Day

[libertarian27]

Weekly Cooking Thread Ping List
(to be added/deleted ~ post on thread or drop me a FReep mail)

Bread* 21 White Bread - machine
Bread* 23 Poulsbo Bread
Bread* 71 Whole Wheat Sourdough Crackers
Bread* 79 Mustard Wheat Rye
Bread* 87 Honey Buttermilk Bread - machine
Bread* 87 Sourdough Bread - machine
Meal* 4 Ham Roll Ups
Meal* 5 PERFECT CHICKEN POT PIE
Meal* 12 Chicken/Turkey Curry
Meal* 18 Ham and Cheese Rollups
Meal* 26 favorite ham roll ups
Meal* 48 BBQ baby-backs
Meal* 51 Greek Chicken
Side* 25 Pinto Beans
Side* 75 Easy Baked Beans
Side* 75 Boston Baked Beans
Side* 75 Baked Beans
Side* 79 Spicy Hot Pintos
Side* 82 Pinto Beans
Side* 90 Three Grain Pilaf
Soup* 10 Lentil Soup
(most recipes are tried n’ true - some are reference)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2694984/posts?page=102#102

[JoeProBono]

Absolute Best Liver and Onions

[gorush]

For those who make their own home made pizza, please, use only King Arthur bread flour and whole milk mozzarella...and for God’s sake, don’t use too much sauce. You can thank me later.

[Free State Four]

April 3 National Chocolate Moose Day !!!!?? :)

[VaRepublican]

Yea well I put my wifes broth, whatever one she’s cooking, in a coffee cup and enjoy!! so there. she does make outstanding stock.

[Fast Moving Angel]

Since we're talking about pizza, here's something different -- I'm making this for dinner tonight:

Upside Down Pizza

Ingredients:

1 pound sweet Italian sausage links
15 oz. can tomato sauce
1-2 cloves garlic, chopped
¾ - 1 cup water
2 pkgs. Spaghetti sauce seasoning mix (I used McCormick Extra Rich & Thick)
1-2 teaspoons Italian herb seasoning or oregano and/or basil, if desired
1 onion, chopped (I used a bag of frozen chopped onions, thawed)
1 medium green pepper, chopped (about 1 or 1-1/4 cups)
1 small can sliced black olives – about 3 oz.
1 can sliced mushrooms
1 small can chopped jalapeno peppers, if desired
1 package sliced pepperoni (I used turkey pepperoni)
16 oz. mozzarella cheese, shredded
1-1/2 cups Bisquick
1-1/2 cups milk
3 eggs
Chopped parsley for garnish, if desired

Procedure:

Spray 9 x 13 baking dish with nonstick spray; set aside.

Slice sausage links into rounds and place on microwave safe plate lined with paper towel. Cover sausage slices with another paper towel and microwave on medium heat about 4 minutes. Remove from microwave and drain off grease.

Mix together chopped garlic, spaghetti seasoning mix, Italian seasoning (if using), tomato sauce, water (starting with about ¾ cup) and chopped onions, in microwave safe bowl. If mixture seems too thick, add a little extra water (but not too much). Microwave on medium heat about 2-1/2 minutes. Stir.

In another bowl, stir together green pepper, black olives, mushrooms and jalapeno peppers (if using).

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Construct in this order:
Pour tomato sauce-onion mixture into greased 9 x 13 baking dish.
Arrange sausage slices evenly on top of sauce.
Arrange pepperoni slices evenly over sausage.
Sprinkle green pepper-olive mixture evenly over meat.
Sprinkle shredded cheese over top.

(Note: this completely filled up my 9 x 13 baking dish. In order to have room for the crust mixture, once the cheese was on, I pressed everything down with the back of a spoon.)

In mixing bowl, beat together Bisquick, eggs and milk until almost smooth and few small lumps remain. Pour over all. Sprinkle top with chopped parsley if desired.

Bake at 350 degrees about 35-40 minutes or until golden. Makes about 8 generous servings.

[doodad]

I am making shrimp tonkatsu tonight. I have made shrimp burgers many times, but this time it will be like chicken fried. Working on the sauce as I don’t like ketchupy tonkatsu and have some of that asian tabasco I am going to build it around.

[rightly_dividing]

Updates:

illiac- My wife is making your 40 Clove Garlic Chicken from two weeks ago as I type.

Netizen- We attempted your Sourdough Bread recipe yesterday from last weeks thread, but our bread machine is not working properly, I will be taking it apart this afternoon to see if I can save it.

[Flamenco Lady]

Since you posted that April 3rd is National Chocolate Moose Day, I will post a recipe for a pseudo Chocolate Mousse we make in my family from time to time. I have no idea where we picked up this recipe, but we have been making it for years and it is a great recipe for kids to help with.

Easy Chocolate Mousse
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 large fresh egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup heavy cream, heated
Sweetened whipped cream for garnish

1. Place chocolate chips, egg and vanilla into the container of electric blender and blend for 30 seconds.

2. Remove center of blender lid and while machine is running, slowly pour heated cream into the chocolate mixture. (We have substituted with whole milk and it has come out just fine, but it is better when you use the cream. We heat the milk or cream in a glass measuring cup in our microwave.) Blend until well mixed and chocolate chips are melted.

3. Pour into parfait or wineglasses. Refrigerate until set.

4. Serve garnished with a dollop of sweetened whipped cream. (Kids especially like to add sprinkles, nuts, shaved chocolate or any other decorative small candy to top off the whipped cream.)

Makes 4 servings.

[dainbramaged]

Cheap Chop Suey

2 cups cubed pork
1 cup sliced onion
2 tablespoons oil
1-1/2 cups diced celery
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
1-1/2 cups finely chopped cabbage
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon corn starch

Brown meat and onion in oil.
Add celery, salt, worcestershire sauce and 2 cups water, simmer for 20 minutes.
Add cabbage and soy sauce, cook for about 4 minutes until cabbage is almost tender.
Mix corn starch and water into a slurry, add to chop suey and cook until clear.
Serve over crisp noodles or rice, 5 to 6 servings.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

BUMP! :)