Weekly Cooking (and related issues) Thread

[Jamestown1630]

It finally feels like Spring here today,and my thoughts turned to the wonderful things that will soon spring from peoples' gardens.

I thought I'd post a recipe for an old favorite that I recall from the 1970s and is difficult to find on store shelves nowadays:

Green Goddess Dressing

(This is a case where you really do taste the anchovies, so you may want to start with a smaller amount until you get the anchovy-level you like.)

2-oz. tin of anchovies, undrained

2 T chopped fresh chives

3 T tarragon vinegar

1 T fresh lemon juice

1 Cup sour cream

1 Cup mayonnaise

1/2 Cup chopped parsley

1/4 tsp. salt, or to taste

Black pepper to taste

Whisk everything together and chill.

(I have also used the anchovy paste that comes in a tube, and that works out very nicely for this, as well as for Caesar Salad Dressing.)

Does anyone have a recipe for what we in the US call 'French' dressing? (The bright orange stuff ;-)

-JT

[V K Lee]

Last week you shared the pineapple wacky cake recipe. BTW trying that one recipe today.

As we both seem to enjoy making these crazy cakes, sharing a site that has WACKY CAKE INFO
http://www.lynnskitchenadventures.com/2015/03/wacky-cake-cooking-collection.html

Do believe there is another site where the spice version was shown, but unable to connect at the moment
LYNNES COUNTRY KITCHEN.NET
http://lynnescountrykitchen.net/

You might wish to try it youself.

Hope this novice post to you arrives intact.. VK

[mrsmith]

That spice version sounds great for me!
Thanks, I’ll be giving it a try soon.

[V K Lee]

Simply fast meal...
Roasted asparagus, cooked fettuccine, in the skillet with sauteed shrimp, olive oil, lots of garlic and Parm cheese. Smack smack smack ummm good!

[V K Lee]

Hello Again, Mrs Smith. Today the ‘roundtoit’ at last appeared. Your recipe for Pineapple Wacky cake was made and here to let you know that IT was FABULOUS. Just a hint of the citrus, pineapple, very moist with the edges a nice crisp. It was not near as sweet as a pineapple upside down cake...which was great for my taste. Those are usually too sweet. It will definitely be a keeper.. Not only was it so good to eat, it was so fast and simple to make. BTW, DH is now a fan as well. A most important goal in the household: to keep him happy. :) The only thing he would prefer would be pineapple chunks to replace the pineapple rings so he would have a bit in every piece/bite of cake. Perhaps one day will improvise and make him happy in attempting his suggestion. Thanks for sharing. Did your Wacky Spice Cake turn out well? Must go back to the site and print some of those recipes before they vanish.

VK

[V K Lee]

JT-

As you are so fond of pickled anything, sharing this with you. Way back in 2004 there was once a site called Picklenet.com It can still be found with comments, recipes and ideas on where else LOL the Wayback Machine at Web Archive. A click below will take you directly to the Wayback Picklenet site for a month in the year of 2004. WARNING you might find some broken links or perhaps nothing at all as you work your way thru the years on each time the site was saved. Enjoy your read.
http://web.archive.org/web/20040714003634/http://www.picklenet.com/

The following URL you might wish to plug into the Wayback system just to see what might be found on it as well.
http://picklenet.com/sections/recipes.htm

Enjoy
VK