Lemon Drop Cookies

Recipe By : The Christmas Cookie Book
Serving Size : 45 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes And Cookies Mc

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 cup butter — softened
1/2 cup sugar, confectioner’s
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 lemon zest — grated
2 1/4 cups flour
sugar
***Glaze***
1/4 cup sugar, confectioner’s
1 tablespoon lemon juice
drop red food coloring — whisk together till

Preheat oven to 350*. Line cookies heets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl cream the butter and confectioners sugar with an electric
mixer, add the egg yolk, lemon juice, and zest and beat until smooth. Add
the flour and beat until well combined.

Form the dough into 1 inch balls and place them about 2 inches apart on the
prepared sheets. Flatten each ball with the bottom of a glass dipped into
granulated sugar to keep it from sticking to the dough. Bake the cookies in
the middle of the oven for about 13 minutes, or until barely golden.
Transfer to wire racks. As soon as they are cool enough to handle, dip the
top of each cookie in lemon glaze and allow to cool completely. store in
airtight containers for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 2 months.

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Title: FOUR HAPPINESS MEATBALLS
Categories: Chinese, Pork
Yield: 6 servings

Meatball Mixture:
1 1/2 Inch cube ginger, minced
1 lb Ground pork
2 Chopped scallions
8 Chopped water chestnuts
3/4 ts Salt (or to taste)
1 tb Corn starch mixed with 3
-Tb water
4 ts Soy sauce
1 tb Dry sherry
1 Egg
Casserole Base:
1 1/2 lb Bok choy
3 tb Cooking oil
1 tb Soy sauce or to taste
1 ts Sugar
1 tb Dry sherry

Mix together ingredients for the meatballs. Shape the
mixture into 4 large meatballs.

Wash and remove all the sandy particles from bok choy.
Cut crosswise into 2 inch sections.

Heat 3 Tb oil in a wok. Fry 2 meatballs at a time
until both sides are brown (about 3 minutes.) Remove,
and fry the other 2 meatballs. (Use more oil if frying
in a saucepan.)

Remove all but 2 Tb oil from the wok, stir-frying
vegetables for 1-2 minutes over medium heat. Remove
wok from the heat.

Line the stems of the vegetable in the bottom of a
casserole. Place the meatballs on top, then cover
with the leaves of the vegetable.

Add soy sauce, sugar, and sherry; bring to a boil,
then simmer on low heat with cover on for 30 minutes.
Serve hot.

Source: The Record, “Great Tastes of Chinese Cooking
~ Contemporary Methods and Means,” Jean Yueh.

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Menudo by Patricia Hill

Recipe By : Patricia Hill
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : New Text Import

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 pounds tripe
1 calf’s foot
1 pound posole — frozen
1 large onion — chopped
3 cloves garlic
Dried mild red chile
1/2 tsp oregano
salt — to taste
pepper — to taste

Cut the tripe into bite-sized pieces. Soften the chile in hot water.
Remove the stem and seeds (if desired) and mince. Throw everything into
the crock pot and cook all day.

Note: The calf’s foot is to add additional richness to the broth. The
calves’ feet I buy are big so I use only one. You can also use pig’s
feet or a marrow bone. Since all of these ingredients will not fit into
my crock pot I make this in two days. On the first day I cook the
bone/feet in water to cover. This makes the broth. I remove the
bone/feet and strain the broth. You could easily throw a carrot and a
few stalks of celery in for more flavor but this is not commonly done.

The second day I make the menudo. I like the tripe cut up into tiny
pieces (real men like big chunks.) Often tripe is pre-cooked to some
amount of doneness before you purchase it. It helps if you know how long
it was cooked. If you don’t know, cook it all day on the low setting.
You can use canned hominy if you wish.

I use a mild red chile and use a lot of it. It gives a nice color. Since
my husband does’t like seeds I must be carful about picking them out.
But many cooks just snap off the stem of the dried chile and grind the
pod in a mortar.

Some people add coriander. Many people add some green chile

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NOTES : Serves 6-8

Turkey Pasta Salad

Recipe By : Original From McCormick Company, Inc.
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:10
Categories : Leftover Turkey Side Dish

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 c turkey light meat, skinless — cooked and cubed
1 c elbow macaroni — cooked
1/2 c celery — sliced
1/2 c bell peppers — chopped
1/2 c onions — chopped
1/2 c fat-free mayonnaise
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp basil
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp crushed red pepper

Preheat oven to 350. Place turkey, macaroni, celery, bell peppers, and
onions in a 2-quart casserole dish. Stir gently to combine. In a mixing
bowl, combine mayonnaise, salt, basil, black pepper, and crushed red
pepper. Stir into turkey mixture and toss to coat. Bake for 15 minutes or
until heated through.

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Per serving: 219 Calories; 2g Fat (7% calories from fat); 23g Protein; 26g
Carbohydrate; 48mg Cholesterol; 788mg Sodium

CHINESE SWEET SOUR SOUP

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups Chinese

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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-MARY WILSON BWVB02B
1 Raw chicken breast (1/2 lb)
1/4 ts Salt
1 t Cornstarch
3 tb Water
1 t Soy sauce
2 cn (10 1/2 oz ea) condensed
– beef broth
1 Soup can water
1 cn (4 oz) sliced mushrooms and
– liquid
2 tb Vinegar
1 tb Sugar
Lemon slices

Skin chicken with sharp knife; cut in thin 2-inch long
slices. Sprinkle with salt. Mix cornstarch with 3
tbsp. water and soy sauce. Combine with beef broth and
water. Bring to boil; stir often; add chicken,
mushrooms and liquid, vinegar and sugar. Heat. Simmer
5 minutes. Serve with a slice of lemon in each bowl, a
cruet of vinegar on the table. Makes 4 to 6 servings. :
Submitted By TLONGPRE@NWRAIN.COM On TUE, 29 AUG 95
1612 PDT

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Title: KIDS POPCORN BALLS
Categories: Kids, Snacks
Yield: 6 servings

1/2 c Molasses
1/2 c Corn syrup
1 1/2 Cubes butter (3/4 cup)
Salt
8 c Popped popcorn (measure
-after popping)

From: San Diego Tribune, Saturday Aug. 3

Cook 1/2 cup molasses with corn syrup until thermometer reaches hard
crack stage, about 270 degrees. Stir in butter and salt. Have the
popcorn in a bowl. Slowly stir in the mixture with a wooden spoon.
Coat all the popcorn. IMPORTANT! Butter your hands lightly and shape
the popcorn into balls. Make them the size you want. Set them on wax
paper and let them harden. Wrap the ones you don’t eat with wax paper.

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Title: CHICKEN PEA PODS
Categories: Poultry, Chinese
Yield: 4 servings

1 lb Boned, Skinned Chicken
Sliced in Very Thin Strips
1 1/2 ts Cornstarch
1 tb Soy Sauce
1 tb Dry Sherry
1 ts Minced Garlic
1/2 tb Oil
1 ts Gingerroot
1/2 c Each Carrot Strips, Sliced
Celery, Sliced Green Onions
1 cn Sliced Water Chestnuts
Drained
1 pk Frozen Chinese Pea Pods

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1/2 c Chicken broth
2 tb Soy Sauce
1 tb Cornstarch
1 ts Sugar

Mix Chicken, Cornstarch, Soy Sauce Sherry. in
Skillet, Heat 1 T. Oil Over High Heat. Stir in Garlic
Ginger. Add Chicken Stir Fry Until No Longer
Pink. Remove. in Remaining Oil, Stir Fry Carrots
Celery 1 Min. Add Green Onions Stir Fry 30 Seconds.
Add Water Chestnuts Pea Pods. Stir Sauce Add To
Vegetables. Cook, Stirring Until Boiling. Return
Chicken To Pan Heat Through.
Sauce: Mix ingredients over medium heat in small
saucepan. Pour over chicken.

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Title: Pizza Dough – Roman Focaccia
Categories: Pizza
Servings: 6

2 pk Fast-rising dry yeast
2 c Tepid (90F) water
2 tb Sugar
4 tb Olive oil
1/2 c Oil
1 ts Salt
5 1/2 c Unbleached white flour
3 Cloves garlic, crushed
1/4 c Olive oil for topping (if
-making focaccia only)
1 tb Whole rosemary (ditto)
1 tb Kosher salt (ditto)

From: Ted Taylor

The following recipe is for “focaccia Romana,” or Roman focaccia, from Jeff
Smith’s “The Frigal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines.” He recommends
it as the best dough for a pizza crust he’s run across, and I must say it
is both

very easy and VERY good to eat. I halved the following recipe (but used
the full amount of garlic, plus 2 c of meaty red sauce, about 4 oz. of
pepperoni, 8-9 fresh mushrooms and 8 ounces of whole-milk mozzarella) and
the results were great. Lacking quick-rise yeast, I used regular yeast and
just ate a little later — no problem there. And of course, I made the
dough into a pizza instead of a plain focaccia (which is like a thick pizza
(also round, but thicker) but without toppings.

Dissolve the yeast in the tepid water. Add the sugar, olive oil, oil, and
salt. Mix in 3 c of the flour and whip until the dough begins to leave the
sides of the mixing bowl, about ten minutes [!!]. I [Smith] use my
KitchenAid mixer for the whole process.

Mix in the remaining flour by hand or with a dough hook and knead the dough
until it is smooth. Allow the dough to rise twice, right in the bowl, and
punch down after each rising.

Oil 2 baking sheets, each 13 inches by 18 inches, and divide the dough
between the 2 pans. Using your fingers, press the dough out to the edges
of each pan. Allow to rise for about 30 minutes and brush with the crushed
garlic mixed with the oil for topping. Sprinkle the rosemary and kosher
salt on top.

Bake at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes.

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Title: PICKLED GARLIC
Categories: Condiments, Wine
Yield: 6 jars

2 lb Large garlic heads
1/3 lb Fresh ginger; peeled and
Thinly sliced
1 c Coarse salt
7 Dried red chilies
2 c White wine vinegar
1 c Dry white wine
2 1/2 tb Mustard seed

Combine garlic in large saucepan with enough water to
cover. Place over medium high heat and bring to a
boil. Let boil for 2 minutes. Drain thoroughly. When
cool enough to handle, peel each clove without
crushing. Transfer to a non-metallic bowl. Add ginger
and salt with enough water to cover. Refrigerate
mixture for 2 days.

Drain garlic mixture and rinse thoroughly in cold
water. Drain again. Pack ginger and garlic evenly
into 7 clean hot half-pint jars to 1/2 inch from the
top. Add 1 chili to each jar. Combine vinegar, wine
and mustard seed in medium saucepan and bring to rapid
boil over high heat. Ladle enough hot brine to cover
garlic mixture.

Run a plastic knife or spatula between mixture and jar
to release any air bubbles. Clean rim and threads of
jar with damp cloth. Seal with new, scalded, very hot
lid. Repeat with remaining jars. Transfer jars to
gently simmering water bath (180-190 degrees) and
process for 10 minutes. Let cool on rack. Check for
seal. Store in cool dry place. Makes about 6 jars.
Source: Cookbook USA.

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EIGHT JEWEL CHICKEN *** ctch95c

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 2 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Chinese Main Dish
Chicken

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 Chicken ; breasts — butter
Marinade:
3 teaspoon Soy sauce
3 teaspoon Rice wine — or dry sherry
4 teaspoon Corn starch
Marinate for a half an hour.
2 Med Green peppers — cut into
2 Med Yellow onions — diced
1/2 cup Straw mushrooms
2 Bok choy — diced
1/3 cup Water chestnuts — sliced
1/3 cup Raw peanuts
Sauce
2 tablespoon Ketchup
1 tablespoon Oyster sauce — (or light soy
2 tablespoon Wine
1 pinch Hot pepper flakes
Cornstarch solution to thick
Essentials
Peanut oil — (appx 3-4 tbls)
2 cup Garlic — fresh crushed
1 tablespoon Ginger — fresh shredded

Method: Heat wok/pan high Add peanuts, stir for 30 seconds, remove Add some
oil, garlic and ginger, stir Add chicken, stir momentarily Add the 8 jewels
(onions first, bok choy leaves last) Add sauce, let it begin to bubble,
thicken Serve, PRONTO! CHRISTOPHER NEILL (CTCH95C)

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