**FR Weekly Cooking Thread Ping**
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Recap of Aug 13th Cooking Thread:
Appetizer* 8 Peanut Butter Fruit Dip
Dessert* 11 MOLTEN CHOCOLATE CAKE
Dessert* 43 Coconut Ice Cream
Ingredient* 29 Mayonnaise
Ingredient* 34 SWEET & SOUR SAUCE
Meal* 10 Quick Basic Quiche
Meal* 14 Salmon Cakes
Meal* 15 Chicken or the Sea Muffins
Meal* 22 Salmon Cakes (From Kraft)
Meal* 24 Seattle Salmon Cakes (Ivar’s Seafood)
Meal* 27 Morel Crusted Filet
Meal* 34 LUMPIA (meat/veg filled wontons)
Meal* 38 Catnipman’s Beef Bourguignon
Side* 13 Grilled Potatoes and Vegetables
Soup* 41 “garbage soup”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2763124/posts?page=44#44
INGREDIENTS:
1 lb. ground round
1 medium white onion, diced
13 oz. whole kernal corn, drained
1 c. grated Kraft Mexican cheese
1 c. pickled jalapeno slices
8 slices smoked bacon
1/4 c. bacon drippings
1 c. yellow corn meal
1 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. sweet milk
1 egg, well beaten
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
Picante Sauce
DIRECTIONS:
Brown the ground round with the onion. Sprinkle on black pepper and garlic powder. Cook till onion becomes clear. Chop up 1/2 of the jalapeno slices and add to the meat mixture.Stir in well, drain and set aside.
Fry bacon in 10 inch cast iron skillet until crisp. Keep the drippings in the skillet and set the bacon aside. Pre-heat oven to 375.
Use mixing bowl to mix meal, flour, salt, baking powder, milk and egg. Place skillet with drippings in oven for 4-5 minutes. Chop remaining jalapenos and add to batter. crunch up bacon and add to batter. Mix corn and cheese into batter.
Take skillet out of oven and mix 1/4 c. of the drippings into the batter. Pour half the batter into the skillet and spread. Spoon the meat mixture over the batter. Pour remaining batter over meat and spread to the sides of the skillet. Place a few pepper slices on top for presentation. Bake for 45 minutes or until top is well browned. Slices are best served topped with your favorite picante sauce. I prefer PACE medium. ENJOY!