Posted on 02/01/2018 3:07:23 PM PST by Jamestown1630
When we came home tonight, my husband smelled cooking coming from a neighbor’s place, and said it reminded him of a childhood favorite, Tuna Noodle Casserole. He hasn’t made it in a long time, but grew up on a recipe that used the typical canned-soup approach.
On the food network site, Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond has a from-scratch recipe that looks a lot better:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/tuna-noodle-casserole-3634226
Another recipe from prepared items that we used to make was Corned Beef Hash, using canned corn beef and mashed potatoes. But if you are having corned beef for St. Patrick’s day, here’s a more interesting recipe for your leftovers, from the Happy Money Saver site:
https://happymoneysaver.com/homemade-corned-beef-hash/
-JT
People think he is a puppy. Will be 14 in April. After he was done with puppy teeth we have only fed him Blue Buffalo lamb and rice. His food is measured every day and he is always right around 10 pounds. Never a health issue. My Yogi.
Sounds interesting. The cat that I make her food for gets struvite crystals, or at least she did once. and if I give her too much calcium that could turn into calcium oxalate crystals. Which is much more dangerous. So I’ll just keep feeding what I have been. It’s been eight years and she hasn’t had an issue.
Nice that you take such good care. Our last cat Sadie lived to be 17. Cannot bear to get another pet, it’s hard losing them.
It’s all good! :)
My Dad made THE BEST cherry wine out of a tree in our backyard in Chicago. Very red pie type cherries. It had an incredible bouquet, did not bother my tummy like every other wine, and had great taste too not dry. He used to bottle it in glass coke bottles with the screw tops. When we would visit we would go home with a 6 pack. How I wish I had asked him for the recipe. Have tasted just about every cherry wine that is out there even some up north in Michigan wine country. No dice. Yours looks good.
Cherry wine can either be really good or blech! If I can find frozen cherry concentrate, I’ll give that a whirl. Once in a while I splurge on cherry juice for us due to all the good stuff in it - but at $6 a bottle, it’s a rare splurge!
Door County, WI has some good cherry wines that I’ve had in the past. Even Three Lakes Winery in Three Lakes, WI has a decent cherry, but it’s kinda sweet for my tastes. They’re more of a big old Vat-O-Fruit processor (Don’t fall in on the tour, LOL!) than a fancy ‘winery’ but they crank out a decent product.
The waiting 6 weeks is the hardest part! ;) I finally broke down and bought the drilled rubber stoppers and airlocks I’ve always lusted after - no more balloons on top!
I are a Professional Lush now, LOL!
The dough has egg in it. I made my dough ropes 22 inches as I recall. And I used a yardstick (when I do do something, I'm not a perfectionist but want it as good as I can do).
This is the technique. My strands were more uniform and I don't remember tapering the ends that much but you should taper them some so when you pinch to start and finish and tuck them underneath, they don't cause a lump.
Learn How to Plait or Braid a Six Stranded Challah Bread
There's a couple new videos. One has a 3, 4. 5. 7. 8. and 9 braid.
I prefer a little yeastier-tasting dough for some reason, one that you can really smell.
I don't know if I'll make any more or not. It's a lot of work for a bread that isn't very versatile for me and too much crust.
I don't like braiding hair but loved to make those lanyards with four strands in camp, then later make them at home. I don't know if you can get the same nice-quality coated strings like we could. Just like I used to make the nicest pot holders and sell them (my mom sent me out to sell, wasn't my idea). The loops for those red looms were so uniform and stretched just right. Later they got cheap, varied materials, uneven lengths, just unsatisfactory so I didn't make them any more. And the woven ones sometimes spread so you can burn your hand but a really convenient size.
That's the way my mind works. One thought leads to another. Drives my daughter crazy lol.
It came to me the name of it. Chili Mac. And it definitely came in a box or package. There are lots of recipes for that or similar, but no picture of the package mom used to buy.
I know if you just use the ingredients I mentioned plus maybe a little salt, and add more heat than you just get from chili powder, you will have it. And yes you can jazz it up with onions, peppers, cheese, hamburger, but it would never be the same for me. And I do make the jazzed up stuff, have for years; kids love it.
I don’t drink at all but someday I’d like to try it. He just used all pitted cherries and I think put them through his hand crank meat grinder. We have friends with orchards and could get the cherries. I also have 4 big jugs like yours. If I do I’ll pick your brain sometime about what to do.
It is hard, they become like family. They are family! And they give such unconditional love and never talk back :-) at least not much. My cats seem to be much sassier than the dog.
I will. We will have them sometime between now and Easter.
I will be amusing myself later with a glass of wine ; ) Cool contraption. My dad made peach & dandelion wine back in the day. I remember at least one blow up in the basement. Good luck with yours.
You will appreciate this. We have a feral cat that has been ours for about 5 years. She came out of the woods & we patiently set food out. She has a covered condo in the carport with blankets & fleece. We feed her and pet her, but no picking her up unless you wanted to be scratched!
So this Christmas was unbelievably bitterly cold. We tried to get her to come in, but no go. One very freezing night my husband just grabbed her up & brought her in. We did that a few more times and she realized the bed was amazing and eating inside a warm house is great. She & I spent time over Christmas break snuggling, napping, & listening to relaxing music. She touches my heart because I never imagined that day would come. She is in bed with my husband now.
Thank you fellow feral lover!
Haven’t tried that; and I should, just to make them able to take a more varied diet in case SHTF. I’m always afraid that long-term storage of dry food will lead to rancidity.
I want to understand the argument over wet v. dry. I’ve never seen any conclusive evidence as to whether one or the other is better for cats’ health.
All I remember is that dry is better for their teeth. Wet can have too much fat.
I took a pricing course in b-school, and thy were examples of things the prof pointed out as the type of recurring quirks that may not necessarily signal a change in business strategy by the competition, but may ripple through as even non-targeted consumers take advantage of the anomaly.
Cool and dark keeps the ‘splosions to a minimum. I DID have a jar of canned pasta sauce explode on me in the pantry this past fall. The Laws of Physics FORCED me to clean the entire thing, LOL!
I’ll make Dandelion Wine again when Spring/Summer comes around. We do everything organically around here, so we have plenty of Dandelions. ;)
He showed up one day as a dinner guest following our semi-socialized outside guy and has been here most days for a few years now. They are best of friends and we are glad they have each other. The rat killing business they set up is top notch.
It is apparent he has a sweet disposition, that bugs us that he never learned about humans.
That is so cool! It looks complicated but the way she explains that I think I can do it. I’ve done it three braided one, just like you do with hair. It doesn’t look near as cute. And I’ve always made my braid pretty loose -I noticed hers is really tight. That probably makes it poor up and look even prettier.
It’s for the idea! I love to make bread and I especially love to give it away. So anything to make it more presentable.
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