Freeper Canteen ~Cooking Contest Come give us your favorites~Feb 16.2006

[MS.BEHAVIN]

 

Welcome To the Canteen Cook-Off

Shake Rattle and Roll

Jerry Lee Lewis

Chubby Checker

Bill Haley

Come on, Mojo! Quit slacking and participate, will ya? (Talk about a slacker!) Ahem! Now where were we? Oh Yeah!

This is a fun, friendly cooking contest open to anyone who would like to participate! There will be prizes! Imagine dat! First, second and third prizes, and honorable mention!

The prizes are cookbooks from Ms. B's extensive collection!

First prize: Patti Labelle's Lite Cuisine

Second prize: Greatest ever Thai Recipes

Third Prize: An appetite for Passion

Honorable mention: Pizza by James McNair

**  Winners will be announced two weeks from tonight! **  Entries can be main course, desserts, or side dishes! **  Please post your entries to this thread by midnight,        EST on Feb. 17, 2006. **  Make sure Ms.Behavin is in the "To" line of your post      to be considered for a prize!

Woo-hoo!

Our panel of impartial (?) judges will have the final say!

I love cooking with wine! Sometimes I even put it in the food!

Have fun!!!

We will never forget who we owe our Freedom to! We are here first and foremost for the Troops! Please, no politics in The Canteen! We want the Troops to be able to relax, relate and rest! A gentle reminder from Ms.B

Disclaimer: Any kitchen disasters are the sole responsibility of recipe posters and participants! Keep a fire extinguisher handy! If you have dogs, you can get rid of disasters before your spouse gets home.. If the dog won't eat it, resort to shovels! Have fun!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I gained 5 pounds just READING that!
Yum!
Ms.B

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Or with cornbread!
;0)
Thanks again, commish!
Ms.B

[Lady Jag]

AHA!!     I run rings around you, artistically!

Hehe!

[Aliska]

I have never baked chili!

I have learned to bake a lot of things you ordinarily cook on the top of the stove. Slow oven, better flavor, don't have to time it so precisely, let it cook away and do your thing. It's better than a crockpot.

I forgot to mention the pot. It's about an 8-quart old stainless steel pot from my first cookware set eons ago with a mismatching lid. If I don't use that, I often use my turkey roaster. I usually still cook in large quantities like I did when the kids were still home and freeze or eat it for several days in a row.

I learned a trick about roasting small cuts of beef, pork, or chicken, to be more tastier late in my life. You get a *heavy* ovenproof dish with a lid that clamps down tight. Put a little water in the bottom to make steam. Bake at 275 until done. It comes out so tender, juicy and tasty. I happen to use a small porcelain covered iron casserole, but I have always wanted a larger one like the Pfalzgraff (sp?) people put out; they are quite expensive. I like rump and sirloin tip roast, got tired of chuck, but it doesn't make much gravy unless you cook a huge chunk, and good beef is so expensive in large cuts.

The newer cookware looks fancy, but doesn't always work as well as some of the older stuff I have accumulated, and it has gotten terribly expensive.

DO NOT USE ALUMINUM WHEN COOKING ANY ACID FOODS, like tomatoes or lemon filling, etc. It will affect the flavor. I know MS.BEHAVIN probably knows better, but I learned that the hard way long ago and don't want others to repeat my mistake. We did used to make tomato soup at home in Club aluminum (kill the acid with about 1/2 tsp baking soda) and it heated so fast then you poured it into the milk so it didn't taste funny. I don't do that any more.

Sometime I'll share how I make homemade pies, very unconventional but delicious. I never got the hang of rolling crust real pretty, so I developed a press-in-the-pan with crumbly topping using the same piecrust recipe.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

LOL
I learned about acidic food and aluminum as a new bride, many years ago..
the hard way!
Ms.B

[Jhohanna]

Hehehe... no no .. you wrap up the fish in it, then staple or tape it up to make a sealed package. You remove the fishy from the package before consuming. Sorry - I didn't explain that before because I was in a hurry. *bleh* I am *SO* ready for the weekend to be here.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I am going to take a MUCH needed nap!
C ya later!
Ms.B

[luvie]

Wow...I just looked at your temp. thingy again. It has gone from 70 to 46 in the space of less than 3 hours. I guess you are in for it! Brrrrr!

It's still 78 here. Supposed to get colder tonight or tomorrow.

[luvie]

Have a good rest. See ya later. You're thread has been a big hit, girlie! (((hugs)))

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[StarCMC]

Thanks Connie!! *HUGS!*

[GummyIII]

HOwling!!!

[StarCMC]

LOL!!

[StarCMC]

Beautiful!!

[luvie]

Thanks men--and women--in the Military...and Tonkin! Beautiful room.

[stand watie]

MANY thanks, darlin'! tell your hubby "THANKS" from this old soldier.

i'm sure it will.

free dixie,sw

[GummyIII]

Ms B, I've just copied umpteen recipes into a document to save. This was a neat, neat idea for a thread and I've enjoyed it immensely!! Thank you!!

[luvie]

I sure will...he's an "old soldier", too. Was in the Air Force. Now our son is! :o)

Let us know how it turned out, okay?

[TASMANIANRED]

Schatzi, Smooch.

I just set some tile in the bathroom.

I'm skeert of me....Watching those home improvement shows sure pays off....

I'm free of paint, tile adhesive and cleaning crud.

Gonna visit for a few and then going shopping for book cases.

Loving today's topic.

[stand watie]

FUNNY!

free chocolate is NICE, but a free dixie is FOREVER!

free dixie,sw