NEPA Cookin' (allergies, prices, company)

[I LOVE PA!]

Now here is a man wo knows what is important in these desperate times...
CHOCOLATE!

Really...I can't stand to hear about our country that is falling to pieces right now..bring on the NEPA recipes!

[Jungle George]

Originally Posted by I LOVE PA!

Now here is a man wo knows what is important in these desperate times...
CHOCOLATE!

Really...I can't stand to hear about our country that is falling to pieces right now..bring on the NEPA recipes!

LOL!! We all just need to make prudent choices & HAVE FAITH!!!!

[Jungle George]

Now that there's a glut of pumpkins around, I thought I'd share a easy recipe from a friend in Barbados' mother for Pumpkin Soup.

In the islands, what they call "pumpkin" is actually a Calabaza squash (you see it in the "exotic" produce sections every now & then...) but I've substituted OUR pumpkin with almost exact results.

You'll need:

4 cups cooked mashed pumpkin pulp (or 2 cans unsweetened pumpkin)
1 cup cream or 1/2 & 1/2
1 box vegetable (or chicken) stock
1/4 stick butter-melted
1 hot pepper (de-seeded)
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp thyme
2 garlic cloves
1 tbsp black pepper
1 onion (cut in quarters)

If using fresh pumpkin cook in boiling water 'til done. Add to all other ingredients in a bowl or pot.

Using a blender, add 1/4 of the total mixture at a time & liquefy. Pour that into a saucepan & continue 'til all mixture is finished pureeing.

Put saucepan over med-low heat, bring to boil & simmer for 30 minutes.

Enjoy!!

[ScranBarre]

Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich

1. Place two slices of white, whole-wheat, or multi-grain bread flat upon a dish.
2. Use a butterknife to carefully spread peanut butter along one side of each slice of bread.
3. Wipe (or lick if you live alone) off the butterknife and insert into jelly jar. Slather on a generous amount of your choice of flavored jelly.
4. Put covered sides of bread together to form a sandwich.
5. Wash down with a glass of milk.
6. Repeat if desired.

[Jungle George]

Urban Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich

1. Place two slices of gourmet hearth-baked foccaccia or panis bread (which MUST cost at LEAST $6.00 a loaf) flat upon a dish.

2. Use a Martha Stewart silver-plated scone knife to carefully spread organic unprocessed peanut butter along one side of each slice of gourmet bread.

3. Wipe knife off onto William-Sonoma brushed Egyptian cotton 600 thread-count towel (or throw away if you're even MORE urban).

4. Insert imported Sur Le Table jelly spoon into imported gourmet jelly jar. Slather on a generous amount of your choice of flavored imported gourmet jelly.

5. Put covered sides of bread together to form a sandwich while extending both pinkies & checking personal appearance in antique 17th-century Italian mirror.

6. Wash down with a glass of organic soymilk or Perrier.

Repeat if desired.

[wowbaby]

Originally Posted by Jungle George

Urban Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich

1. Place two slices of gourmet hearth-baked foccaccia or panis bread (which MUST cost at LEAST $6.00 a loaf) flat upon a dish.

2. Use a Martha Stewart silver-plated scone knife to carefully spread organic unprocessed peanut butter along one side of each slice of gourmet bread.

3. Wipe knife off onto William-Sonoma brushed Egyptian cotton 600 thread-count towel (or throw away if you're even MORE urban).

4. Insert imported Sur Le Table jelly spoon into imported gourmet jelly jar. Slather on a generous amount of your choice of flavored imported gourmet jelly.

5. Put covered sides of bread together to form a sandwich while extending both pinkies & checking personal appearance in antique 17th-century Italian mirror.

6. Wash down with a glass of organic soymilk or Perrier.

Repeat if desired.

HA! thanks for the laugh!

[ScranBarre]

Sounds like what they eat up in Waverly!

[wowbaby]

Easy Yummy Homemade "sghetti" sauce.

1 can whole peeled tomatoes (or 8 fresh ones, skinned and chopped)
6 tbsp Olive Oil
4 minced garlic cloves
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tbsp dried basil (1 tbsp chopped fresh basil)
salt and pepper to taste ( i use about 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper - but you do what you like!)
4 heaping tbsp pecorino cheese (parm will do just fine as well!)

heat oil
add garlic til a little tan
add tomatoes, sugar, salt, pepper - stir
simmer 15 minutes
add basil
simmer 15 more minutes
sprinkle with pecornio

i find one can makes enough for about 3-4 people. the fresh tomatoes makes less.

everytime i make this, someone asks for the recipe, so i figured i would put it on here as well!

ENJOY

[I LOVE PA!]

Originally Posted by Jungle George

I just got this recipe in an email (called "The Most Dangerous Cake Recipe")from a friend & I thought I'd pass it on!!

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
a small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix
thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate
chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again. Put your mug in
the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake will
rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool a
little, and tip out onto a plate if desired. EAT! (this can serve 2
if you want to feel slightly more virtuous). And why is this the most
dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5
minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

You KNOW I'll be trying this one soon!!!

Ok Junge George....I tried this recipe...and I have to say...I'll eat ANYTHING chocolate...but this was YUCKY!!! Real Yucky. Kinda like chocolate rubber.

[Summering]

Originally Posted by Jungle George

I was looking for pierogi fillings for Summering & I came across this recipe to share with y'all that my grandma in Nanticoke & mom & aunts all made...Peach Dumplings!!

Since all of them are gone now, I wanted to make some & was excited to find this recipe since they didn't write down ALL their recipes!!

The only thing different from this recipe is that we ate them with crumbled Farmer's Cheese as well as the melted butter & sugar/cinnamon mix!!

Nana Edith's Peach Dumplings Recipe | Recipezaar

That sounds real, real, good...........I just bought peaches today.
You know what the cost was PER PEACH about $1.60 each.
I just can't wrap my thoughts around that price...per peach!