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1st step
2 cups sifted flour
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 t salt
2nd step
cook together until butter melts
1 cup water
4 T. cocoa
2 sticks butter
3 rd step
Mix together 2 eggs, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1 t soda, 1 t vanilla, 1 T
vinegar (white)
Mix all together and bake in a 151/2 x 101/2 jelly roll pan at 375 for 20
minutes
Icing
Bring to a boil 1 stick butter, 6 T milk 3T cocoa
Remove form heat and add 1 box confectioner sugar and 1 t vanilla. Beat
until smooth and add 1/2 cups pecans and spread on hot cake
from Pat Goose Creek SC
Hi Nancy and friends. Don't you just love this
site? Thanks go out to Laure in North Hollywood for her help with the
Gooseberry Cookbook. I would love to own every one of their books.
For Melissa in Missouri with the overdone pot roast and underdone veggies.
My cookbook that came with my crockpot says to put the cut up veggies in
first and then put the pot roast on top of those because it takes longer
to cook the veggies. It also makes a big difference what size roast you
are using. I hope that helps. Why not cook a larger roast by itself some
day and see how long it takes? I might add that my new oval Rival cooks
much hotter than my old one and I wish I had that one back but I gave it
to a relative. Luckily the new one has a warm setting in addition to low
and high so when I'm home I can set it on warm now and then to cool it
down.
Betty in ME
A similar suggestion was sent in by Lori R. and Marge in OH
In the Home Alone chocolate pudding the
person did not say how much cocoa. Hope she is out there so she can tell
us how much cocoa.
Mary Ann upstate N Y buried in snow!!!
Request was sent in Athena in DE as well.
This is for Betty in Tyler Texas who is planning
her husband's 60th birthday party. When my brother had his 50th
birthday party my niece's husband who is a very tech smart put together a
wonderful video with pictures and old family movies and interviews with
friends, family and coworkers to music from the last 50 years.
When my Mother turned 80 my sister burned Cds of her favorite music . We
put it into a Cd folder covered with pictures of the stamps that came out
for the new millenium that covered the years of her life 1920's to 2000.
The front of the Cd folder had a lovely picture of my Mother with the
title Mary O'Neill's favorite music. Everyone got one as a favor. I will
send the web site for the pictures of the stamps i mentioned later today.
I know i have them saved in my computer and perhaps you could print them
and use them in another way.
Margo/Boston
Here is the web site for the pictures of the
stamps issued for the millenium that I promised betty in Tyler, Texas.
Margo/Boston
http://www.usps.com/images/stamps/ctc.htm
About the inquiry about Sunbeam bread machine:
I bought one this fall because my old one had croaked, I wanted rolls for
Thanksgiving and it was the ONLY one I could find in Central Illinois. I
didn't even have any luck finding one on the Internet as some other
contributors did. There have been
lots of kinds available at garage sales, but not the right time of year to
go hunting.
It works OK for dough, but I'm not crazy about it. The dough cycle takes
about 25 minutes longer than my other one and it doesn't punch the dough
down right at the end of the cycle, so you really have to scrape the dough
out, not have it in a nice round ball at the finish.
The men at my house aren't crazy about bread baked in the machine itself,
so I haven't tried that yet.
Nancy and all, have a great week and thanks for everything!
Eureka, IL
Hi Nancy and all newslander pals, for people who
have an appliance without instructions: Most of them have a mailing
or E-mail address. I have found in the past that by contacting them they
are happy to supply a booklet (sometimes free, sometimes for a small fee).
Margaret, Tulsa
Hi Family, I am looking for the key chain, My Lil
Reminder, 2 for 9.95. I have gone to several sites, but they all want
$7.00 and up for postage, does anyone know any stores that carry this
item? I certainly don't want to pay that for postage.
Thanks, Boots in Va.
Mix together and press in 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes Let cool
8 oz package cream cheese
1 cup cool whip
1 cup powered sugar
Mix together and spread on crust
2 boxes lemon instant pudding
3 cups of milk
Mix until thick and spread over cream cheese mixture Let set
Spread cool whip over top and sprinkle with nuts
Lemon Lust from 50+
1 cup flour
1 stick margarine
1 cup chopped nuts
8oz cream cheese
1 cup confectioner's sugar
12 oz cool whip
2 boxes instant lemon pudding
3 cups cold milk
Mix flour and margarine and add 1/2 cups of nuts, press in bottom of 9x12
pan Bake 20 minutes at 350 cool Beat in mixer, cream cheese, sugar. lend
in 1 cup of cool whip. Spread on cooled crust.
Mix instant pudding and milk. Beat until thick and spread over cheese
mixture. Top with remaining cool whip and sprinkle the rest of chopped
nuts. Chill few hours before serving
For Gail in La
From Pat in Goose Creek,SC
to Melissa B. in Missouri.... when you do your
roast in a crock pot, put all the veggies on the bottom then put
the meat on top of them.
Hi Nancy and all.... to Anna in the Feb. 3rd newsletter having trouble
with the onion chopper, I cut the onion into 1/4" thick slices then put it
in the chopper. Do not press the top down but really give it a hard whack.
It works great that way.
Works for me. Barb/De.
I just received the Vidalia Onion Chopper.
Can anyone tell me if this cuts French fries? I saw an advertisement that
showed the chopper with some cut French fries near it and can't figure out
how they can be cut with the chopper.
Jeane in PA
To Melissa re: uncooked vegetables in crockpot.
The vegetables have to be put in first on the bare bottom of the crockpot;
otherwise they’ll never get done. Been there and done that!
Bunnie, Parker CO
For Jolene, OR, on 2-05-07, who said her mother
received a B&D Toaster Oven with no documentation whatsoever. I
have two suggestions.
go to www.blackanddecker.com,
Click on appliances and housewares across the page about ¼ from the top of
the page. When that comes up, look for toaster ovens. Click on Toaster
Oven. A whole page of them come up. Find and click on the one your mother
received. Under the picture is a small icon that says use and care(pdf).
Click on use and care. An instruction manual comes up which you can print
for her. It does not any any recipes.
Next, go to www.google.com. In the
search box, type in Toaster Oven Recipes. The first one on the list (I
didn’t go beyond this) has 200 toaster oven recipes.
Good luck to you and your mother. Hope you use and enjoy your toaster
ovens.
I have found several appliances at yard sales that didn’t have an
instruction book. I can almost always find the manual online.
Sometimes the manual is in pdf format so that you need Adobe to read it;
however, that too can be downloaded free.
Darlene, WV
For Betty T. Who wanted easy biscuit recipe. Get a
box of bisquick and follow the directions on the back. These are
delicious and so easy.
Boots in Va.
For Jill in FL. In the 2/5 newsletter you wrote
that the George Foreman Grill might be hard to clean. We use ours
all of the time and after cooking with it, and while it's still hot, I wet
a paper towel with white vinegar, lay it on the grill and close the lid.
By the time you finish washing your dishes (there's always something that
can't go in the dishwasher) it will really clean up nice and easy.
Donna in Colorado
I would like to thank all who answered my request
for dried cranberry recipes . My goodness there are so many it will
take awhile to try. Thank you again. Nancy, thank you for this news
letter. You are so appreciated.
Martie in Oregon
For BettyT, This is the recipe that I always make
for biscuits. It is very easy. When I half the recipe if you use a 3in.
biscuit cutter it will make about 4, if you use a 2½ cutter it will make
about 6.
Biscuits
2 cups Self Rising Flour
1 stick butter or margarine
2/3 cup milk.
Cut butter into flour. Add milk & stir. Knead lightly. Roll out to about
½in thick & cut with cutter. Bake at 400deg. for 7min take out & brush
with melted butter, return to oven bake 7 more minutes.
With Holidays coming up I use cookie cutters. I have used hearts, bunny,
egg, pumpkin, & Christmas tree shape cutters.
Have a Nice Day!
Janice from Texas, with beautiful weather today in the 60's
Hi Nancy, yesterday I replied to Lori R in Topeka
about red pepper sauce and using roasted red peppers to replace
raw. Today on Sara's Secrets on Food Network she made a roasted red pepper
sauce for pasta etc. Lori might want to check that out, looked great.
Thanks for a fun and informative spot.
Jodi/In
For Michelle in Missouri.
My crockpot instructions say to put the vegetables in the bottom of the
crockpot and the meat on top.
Dairiel Pavek Minnesota
This message is for "Tona in Bama". I just
want to thank you for all the wonderful recipes you send in. I am sure I
have copied ALL of them. If you ever decide to have your recipes printed
up in a cookbook (you know, one of those spiral bound ones they advertise
for fund raising) please let me know. I would love to have one!
Laurelee in freezing MN. (was -15 below yesterday morning)
I know this has been asked before, but does anyone
have a recipe for Macaroni and Cheese that calls for about three
different cheeses, (Velveeta, Sharp cheddar, and American, and there may
have been others, or different ones, the only thing I'm sure about is the
Velveeta.) for instance? I tried accessing the archives, but didn't have
much success. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
PatG
Someone referenced a recipe about banana's
rolled in coconut that was in the Feb. 2nd newsletter. I cannot find
it. Could whoever posted please share again.
Thank you....Jackie in Kansas City
To Lynn in Ky. Thank you, thank you. No one else
understood about the Black and Decker Toaster Oven. Happy to hear
I'm not alone. So my new unusable oven is stored in the closet. I miss not
having one, They are so convenient. I used to roast my small chickens in
it, broil chops and steaks. Anything that can be done in a large oven on a
smaller scale. Thanks Nancy for this one on one touch with people.
Fran in Fl out of NY
For Toni in Bama, I made the peanut
butter sheet cake to take to a Super Bowl Party. It tasted delicious
but I had one problem. When I made the frosting, it was too thin. I used 1
cup of milk like was stated in the recipe. Did I miss a correction to the
recipe?
Barb
For MA/Arizona in the Feb. 1. newsletter. I am so glad
that you were able to find the info you needed on my Mexican Casserole.
I have been so terribly trying to help my widowed son and 2 grandchildren
get moved as the weather had pushed us right up to the deadline. I have
not had time to even think about the newsletter till now and really am too
tired to do it now but just could not resist.
Hope you enjoy the casserole, it is very good and we are planning to have
it Wednesday night provided the chef (that's yours truly) is still able to
stand and cook. At 68 you just don't have the stick-to-it-ness that we had
as younger folk.
Regards to all in Nancyland,
Barbara in Corsicana,Tx.
I noticed the hummingbird nectar recipes. Here is
a really good recipe for Wintertime Food for Songbirds:
Bird-food Casserole (Wintertime Food for Songbirds)
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup lard
6 cups black oil sunflower seeds (divided)
Plus 1 disposable aluminum cake pan ( 8 x 8 x 2 inches)
1 plastic net bag (the kind you bring home from the store holding onions)
1 piece of twine or strong cord 3-feet long
Spread 4 cups of sunflower seeds in the cake pan. Put peanut butter and
lard in a saucepan. Heat gradually on low. The mixture will quickly become
a hot liquid. Pour the liquid over the sunflower seeds, then top it with
the remaining two cups of seeds. Use the back of a spoon to press the top
layer of seeds into the mixture. Chill the bird food casserole overnight.
In the morning, slide the cake pan into a plastic net bag. Knot the top of
the bag. Find the center of the string. Knot the center of the string
under the knot in the bag. Then hang the bird food casserole in a tree
near your window. I hope you'll enjoy watching the birds flock to your
homemade bird feeder this winter!
From, Pat H Paris, Kentucky
Does anyone have any TNT recipes for low sodium
entrees? I was just put on a low sodium diet and know there are lots
of websites, but I'd rather try some recipes that others have found tasty
and low sodium. Thanks for all you do, Nancy.
Rose Marie in Lee's Summit, MO
Tell whoever sent the Pecan Praline Pie
thanks a million. I can’t wait to try it.
Neenaw in Garland.
Nancy I could use the help of all my friends in
Nancy land.
I am in need of a TNT recipe for a cream cheese frosting that can
be used on a tiered wedding cake
Thanks in advance
Caroline MO
For Don in Michigan:
Early in our marriage, when we had a houseful of hungry kids and not much
money, I would often make yellow rice as it filled up their tummies
and they loved the bright color. We usually couldn't afford saffron then,
so I would use a few drops of yellow food color. Their young palates could
not tell the subtle difference then, and to this day they all love the
real stuff. I made the yellow rice with chicken livers, gizzards and
hearts. We told them it was meat and they fought for the hearts. "Oh what
tangled webs....LOL".
Linda J
Combine Swiss cheese, onion and mayonnaise in a med. bowl, stirring well.
Spoon mixture into a lightly greased, deep 1 quart baking dish; sprinkle
with Parmesan cheese. Bake at 325 degrees for 40-45 min. or until onion is
tender and mixture is thoroughly heated. Serve dip with
an assortment of crackers and French bread cubes.
Vidalia Onion Casserole
2 Vidalia onions; sliced
1/2 c Bbq potato chips; crushed
1 c Cheddar; grated
2 tb Butter
1 can Mushroom soup
1/4 c Milk
Paprika and cayenne
In a greased casserole, layer 1 onion, 1/4 c chips, 1/2 c cheese and
pieces of 1 tb butter. Repeat layers. Mix milk into soup. Pour over the
onion mixture. Season with paprika and pepper. Bake 325 to 350 degrees F
for 30 to 40 minutes.
Tona in Bama
Several people wanted to know about cooking with
pressure cookers. I found two book on Amazon on pressure cooking: Pressure
cooker cookbook revised by Toula Patsalis, paper back edition $7.35. and
Pressure cooker for Dummies by Tim Localamita, used edition $8.97.
Betty T. Ga.
Hi Nancy and Furry Friends
Love the news letter.
Does anyone have a recipe for deep frying chicken, like the turkeys.
Thanks Kathy from Fl
The orange dreamsicle dessert is delicious.
Was originally sent by Susie Indy on July 23,
2004. Only 1 pt. per cup.
Thanks, Genie
Hello everyone, I have been asked to take a
complete dinner to a man who has had a recent knee replacement. He is a
widower and says he likes everything. I'm hoping some of you natural born
cooks will help me come up with a meal that is easy to cook and deliver.
I'd like to deliver the meal in containers that won't need to be returned.
He is an older man, probably late 70's, so I would think spicy wouldn't be
too good? He lives about 25 miles from my house. This is a ministry my
church has, and I love to help out, but sure wish I was better at putting
together menus. Also, a big thanks to Barb in Cle Elum for the funny joke
in the January 26th newsletter about cooking pot roast. Sure made me smile
and we all need smiles these days, don't we. I hope everyone is having a
good weekend. Nancy, every time I read about that man pushing you out of
the car, it makes me mad all over! I'm sure you still have flashbacks
about it. Take care of that hand and don't over do. Wish I could help you.
I'm not the most competent cook, but I sure can type! LOL
Doris, S. Indiana
From Don in Mich; Thank you so much everybody for
your suggestions and information about Saffron and turmeric.
Especially to Doris in Ok for the spice substitution chart, It's in my
file.
Don in Mich
Easy Peanut Butter Cookies
1 cup Sugar
1 egg
1 Cup Peanut Butter
Mix together and bake on ungreased cookie sheet 10 mins oven @ 350. Can
Double recipe.
Trish in Fl
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Gals,
Since many are talking about Gadgets they Love, I'm going to ask
for your HELP and thoughts. For Christmas I got a Mandolin from from my
daughter in VA. ( I had it on my List of things I really wanted.) I've
taken it out to use at least 3 times and find it useless. Even though it
is supposed to be the new and improved model. It breaks my heart, as I
know it was a little pricey, when my daughter got it at a home show.
I don't know if my expectations are wrong, or if I'm doing something
wrong. I find the only thing I can use on it, because of the safety holder
you put your food on to, to hold it safely as you slice through, is
Potatoes. No celery or carrots and it's not the Tomato season, so I don't
know about those. I'm so disappointed. Does anyone have one, and do they
like theirs? If so, what am I doing wrong?
Joie, in TN
I was looking up a recipe for some friends &
remembered some tips that might be helpful. Our Seniors group meets on
Thursday & someone brought the Toffee Crunch made with soda crackers.
These friends worked with me in the kitchen & kept waiting for the person
who made it to come & get the tin he/she had brought it in. They never
did. (I've had that same thing happen to me at potlucks.) When I found out
what they were waiting for I told them, I've made that & can bring them
the recipe. When I was writing off the simple recipe, I remembered a
couple of things I had learned. The first time I made it, it stuck to the
foil badly even though I'd sprayed it & I learned that the release foil is
wonderful. Comes right off. The 2nd thing I learned was to use my pizza
cutter to cut rather than break it. Much easier & pieces more uniform.
Hope this helps someone else.
Anne R
Nancy, I'd just like to echo the sentiments
from Doris in Indiana, You are a tremendous person, and more people
need a lesson in self control, tolerance and graciousness. We don't pay
for your services, lets at least exercise some level of humanity.
Nancy, for some reason some of the replies I post
don't make it to the newsletter. I fear I'm doing something wrong. I've
responded by using both links (one at top and one at bottom) sometimes I
get a response from a very confused person as to what in the world I'm
talking about. Any suggestions?
Mariann in Michigan
Comment
I am not caught up on all the messages yet. Instead of starting from
the earliest to the latest I reversed the order. Hopefully your
messages should be posted in the next couple of days. There has been
a lot going on in my life when the crash of my recipe database
occurred. I had a backup of the site but the server had
problems getting the site to accept FrontPage Extensions. Even with
a good backup restore the database and the site. I noticed yesterday
that the database is kind of working. The recipes are now showing.
In the meantime the database was restored to a different kind of database
and uploaded to a new server so it would load quicker. Part of
Daily Recipe Exchange is on
http://www.nancys-kitchen.comand part of it is on http://www.nancys-kitchen.com
The changeover has been very stressful for me.
During the same time period I could not get my virus checker to work on my
laptop because AOL updates installed their virus checker on my computer
even though I said no to whether I wanted it. As a result neither
virus checker program ran on my computer.
I went to a webmaster meeting with Linda (RecipeGoldMine.com)
on Wednesday and did not have access to the internet. I stayed
with her until Friday. It was fun but didn't have time to work on
the newsletter until today.
Good Morning to All!
I have been LOVING the recent cookie recipes that have been
appearing. My son deployed to Iraq 10 days ago :( I try to keep my mind
busy by volunteering at our local animal shelter and collecting cookie
recipes so when I get his address I can send him and the troops some
cookies from home. Right now the temperature is cool so cookies with
chocolate chips in them would be okay, but we all know it will get HOT
soon. I need cookies that can travel well as well as packing tips.
Thanks to all.
Geralyn in NC
"Red Hot" Pickles"
Slice enough immature cucumbers into 1/4 inch rounds to make 2 gallons.
(For mature cucumbers, peel, remove seeds, and cut into 4 to 5 inch sticks
enough cucumbers to make 2 gallons.) If mature cucumbers are used, remove
seeds from center of cucumber. Hint: cut in half and use a
apple corer on each half; slice.
Cover cucumbers with lime water; soak for 24 hrs. Drain; discard lime
water. Cover with cool water and drain 3 times. Cover with ice water; let
stand for 4 hrs. Drain.
1 cup vinegar
1 oz. red food coloring
Add enough water to cover pickles. Simmer for 2 hrs. Drain.
2 cups vinegar
2 cups water
10 cups sugar
8 sticks cinnamon
1 pkg. red hots
Boil all ingredients until red hots melt. Pour over pickles; soak
overnight. Next morning and for the next 3 days, pour off liquid, reboil,
and pour back over pickles.
On 5th day, bring mixture to a boil and pour over pickles packed in pint
jars; seal.
Tona in Bama
Hi, Nancylanders,
North Carolina Bev (02/05/07) was looking for spaghetti recipes using dry
LIPTON ONION SOUP mix. Here are two which just might fill the bill. I
recommend trying some of the RECIPE SECRETS
mixes to kick up the dish a notch or three!
In large saucepan, combine Lipton Onion Soup Mix and spaghetti with
boiling water; cook 20 minutes or until spaghetti is tender. Do not drain.
In large skillet, brown meat; stir in tomato sauce
and paste, parsley, oregano and basil. Add to onion soup-spaghetti in the
saucepan and heat through.
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