Title: Amish Friendship Bread
Categories: Sourdough
Yield: 1 servings

-Starter:

Begin with: 1 cup flour,1 cup warm water,1/2 cup sugar 1 package
yeast.Add on 5th day: 1 cup flour,1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar.Add on 10th
day: 1 cup flour,1 cup milk,1 cup sugar.

1: Mix all the starter ingredients well and place in medium-sized
glass bowl. Cover with dinner plate so as not to cover tightly. Let
stand overnight in warm place. Stir down each day for 4 days
(Important – do not refrigerate batter at any time) 2: On the fifth
day add flour, milk and sugar and stir. Stir down each day until 10th
day.
3: On the 10th day add flour, milk and sugar and measure out 3
separate cups of starter. Give one cup starter and a copy of the
instructions to each of three friends.
4: Use remaining dough to bake choice of bread or use in streusel
recipe as follows:

Batter: 2/3 cup cooking oil, 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons
baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 3 eggs Streusel: 1/3 cup margarine,
melted 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup quick oats 1
cup nuts (optional 1: After sharing three cups of starter with
friends, mix oil, sugar, flour, baking soda, salt and eggs with
remaining starter. Mix well and spoon 1/2 of batter into greased and
floured 9 x 13 baking pan.
2: To prepare streusel combine all ingredients and mix well.
Sprinkle 1/2 of streusel over batter. Cover with remaining batter and
remaining streusel.
3: Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes

Source: Lancaster County Cookbook

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Chicken Soup With Tiny Meatballs

Recipe By : Key Gourmet CD Rom
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups Stews Chicken

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 pounds stewing chicken
4 cups water
2 1/2 teaspoons basil
1/2 pound sm. onions
1 bay leaf
1 clove garlic
5 carrots — sliced
Parsley and celery leaves
—meatballs—
1 cup beef — finely minced
1 egg
1 slice crumbly white bread
1/2 teaspoon salt
freshly ground black pepper

Place chicken in water in large saucepan. Add salt, pepper, basil, bay leaf an
d garlic. Bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer slowly for 1/2 hour or until c
hicken is tender. Remove chicken from pan. Cool and carefully skim fat from s
urface of soup. Bring soup to a boil and add onions, carrots, parsley and cele
ry, simmer gently for 10 minutes.

MEATBALLS:
Mix beef with egg, bread, salt and pepper. Form into small meatballs, add mea
tballs to soup and simmer for 35 minutes. Meanwhile, skim and bone the chicken
. Cut meat into small pieces. Garnish the soup with chicken and serve.

busted by sooz

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Hidden Treasures

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 48 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Today’s Imports

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2/3 c Butter Flavor Crisco
3/4 c Sugar
1 Egg
1 tb Milk
1 t Vanilla
1 3/4 c All purpose flour
1 t Baking powder
1/2 t Salt
1/2 t Baking soda
48 Maraschino Cherries, well
drained on paper towels
MM — €
1 MM M——————WHITE DIPPING — €
CHOCOLATE———————–
1 c White melting chocolate,
cut into small pieces
2 tb Butter Flavor Crisco
MM — €
1 MM M——————-DARK DIPPING — €
CHOCOLATE————————
1 c Semisweet chocolate chips
2 tb Butter Flavor Crisco
Finely chopped pecans
Slivered White Chocolate

Preparation Time: 60 Minutes Bake Time: 10 Minutes

1. Heat oven to 350.

2. Cream Butter Flavor Crisco, sugar, egg, milk and vanilla in a
large bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.

3. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Beat into
creamed mixture at low speed.

4. Press dough in very thin layer around well drained cherries. Place
2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.

5. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Cool one minute on baking sheet.
Remove to cooling rack. Cool Completely.

6. For Dipping Chocolate: melt chocolate of choice and Butter Flavor
Crisco on very low heat or at 50% power in microwave. Stir.

7. Transfer chocolate to glass measuring cup. Drop one cookie at a
time into chocolate. Use fork to turn. Cover completely with
chocolate. *Lift cookie out of chocolate on fork. Allow excess
chocolate to drip off. Place on wax paper lined baking sheet.

8. Sprinkle chopped pecans on top of white chocolate cookies. Sprinkle
white chocolate slivers on dark chocolate cookies while chocolate is
still wet. Chill in referigerator to set chocolate.

Makes 4 dozen cookies

*If Chocolate becomes to firm, reheat on low.

Source: Butter Flavor Crisco Cookie Collection

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SOYBEAN CURD (TOFU)

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Vegetables

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 3/4 lb Soybeans
1 1/2 tb Calcium sulphate

1. Rinse the soybeans in plenty of water. Put them
in a large glass jar and pour on enough water to cover
them well. Soak beans for at least 12 hours.

2. Wash them again in plenty of water.

3. Make the soybeans into a soft paste with 2 quarts
of water in food processor or large blender.

4. Strain the paste through a piece of damp muslin
folded double. Wring out all the liquid from it.

5. Bring the liquid very slowly to the boil. Stir
well and boil gently for 10 min. (Then what happens
to this liquid???)

6. Dissolve calcium sulphate in 3/4 c cold water and
strain it through a piece of damp muslin.

7. Add calcium sulphate to soybean mixture. Stir
well then pour into a large mold which has been lined
with a piece of wet muslin.

8. When the soybean curd (tofu) begins to set, cover
the surface with a piece of wet muslin.

9. After 10 min put a suitable board or plate on top
and place a weight of not more than 11 lb on the board.

10. Leave the curd to set for no more than 40 min,
then cut the soybean curd (tofu) into pieces and wrap
in foil.

11. Store in a large jar with enough cold water to
cover and chill.

Source: A Taste of the Orient ed. Alison Granger IBSN
0-356-14719-3

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Quick Chili

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Main Dish Chili

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 tablespoons Salad oil
1 Med. onion — chopped
1 can 12 oz. luncheon meat — cubed
1 can Kidney beans (1 lb)
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Chili powder

Heat oil in a heavy saucepan. Add onion and meat.
Cook over medium heat until onion is tender. Add remaining ingredients. Mix
well. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Makes 4-6 servings

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1 tin lentils (19 oz.)
2 T olive oil
2 green onions, chopped
Ground pepper to taste
1/2 lemon, halved (optional)

In a sauce pan, heat oil and green onions. When hot, add lentils and ground
pepper. Heat through and serve. If you like serve with quartered lemon …
it will add extra zing and keep the enzymes from acting up. Simple but
delicious.

Makes: 2 servings.

Title: Texas Snake Cakes
Categories: Snake, Tex-mex
Yield: 1 servings

1 Rattlesnake per person
1 Crab boil **
1 Egg
-Salt pepper
-Green onion
2 tb Oil

Gut the rattlesnake and peel the skin off. Cook in a
crab boil**. Cool and peel off the strips of meat.
Chop and combine with egg to bind, salt and pepper and
a bit of green onion. Saute in oil until brown on both
sides. Serve with tartar sauce.

Crab Boil…. ** water, lemon, and seed package for
crab or shrimp

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Cucumber in Sour Cream Salad

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Salads

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 Med cucumber thin sl 3 cups
1/2 cup Sour cream
2 Drops of tabasco
1 teaspoon Dill seed or fresh chop dill
1 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon White vinegar
2 tablespoons Chopped chives
1 Dash of pepper

Sprinkle the cucumber with salt. Let stand 30 minutes. Drain thoroughly. Dry
on peper towel.

Combine sour cream, vinegar, tabasco, chives, dill seed and pepper. Pour over
cucumber. Chill well before using. Garnish with fresh dill.

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Title: Patty Ann’s Scotch Shortbread
Categories: Christmas, Cookies, Holidays
Yield: 1 servings

2 c Flour
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Baking Powder
1/2 c 4X Sugar
1 c Butter

Refrigerator. Oven 325° F.

Sift dry ingredients together. Set aside. In medium
bowl of mixmaster mix butter and sugar until creamy.
Add sifted dry ingredients. Chill until easy to
handle.

Roll out to 1/4″ inch thickness on lightly-floured
board or wax paper. Cut into desired shapes. (I have
a bird cutter and Christmas tree). Bake on ungreased
sheet at 325° F. for 10-15 minutes. Cookies may be
sprinkled with colored sugars if desired before baking.

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Recipe By : Patty Ann Spalding

From: Bill Spalding

Pork Minestrone Soup

Recipe By : From: SuzyWert@aol.com
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Pork Ham Soups Stews
Freezer Meals

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 teaspoons olive oil
1 large onion — chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 14 1/2 ounce diced tomatoes with Italian-style herbs — undrained
2 cans (10 1/2 oz.) beef broth
1 16 ounces pk frozen bean and carrot blend
1 19 ounces ca cannellini beans — drained
1 medium potato — peeled cut into
— 1/2″ pieces
1 medium sweet potato — peeled, cut into
— 1/2″ pieces
1 tablespoon Worcestershire
2 teaspoons dried basil — crumbled
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 pound cooked pork roast — cut into 3/4″ cubes
— (3 cups)
5 tablespoons freshly shredded Parmesan cheese

In large Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Saut‚ onion and garlic until
oni
on is tender (about 5 min.), stirring often. Stir in next 10 ingredients. Bring
to boiling; reduce heat, simmer, covered until vegetables are crisp-tender (ab
out 15 min .). Stir in pork cubes; heat through (2-3 min.). To Serve: Ladle 2 c
ups into each soup bowl; sprinkle with 1 tbsp. Parmesan cheese. Amount: 5 (2 cu
p) servings.

from the Frozen Assets List

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