Happy Birthday, Girl Scouts of America. You're 99 and still a young girl. We've loved your cookies filled with coconut... chocolate... mint... looked forward to them each year when a little girl in a brown dress would show up at our door to sell your famous cookies. The first year you never came around, your little girl grew up-- or maybe … [Read more...]
Susan in the Kitchen
Anna Morse’s Lemon Chicken
For someone who loves lemons as well as chicken, take it from this fond lover of lemons with her chickens-- You'll love this. It's also-- light. Anna Morse's Lemon Chicken ~~ Heirloom Cooking ~Grease a 9x13 baking pan, coating bottom and sides. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.Extract 5 tablespoons lemon juice; place in a shallow dish...Slice 2 lemons and set … [Read more...]
Apricot Fried Chicken ~
Two eggs, buttermilk, cayenne...... and 2 cloves minced from garlic into egg batter...Pour 1 tablespoon apricot-flavored brandy into egg mixture; whisk.Extract from lemon 1 teaspoon of juice into eggs...For 1 cup of flour, add 1/2 cup Polenta...... and seasonings of salt, curry powder, coarse black pepper and tarragon...... Toss with a fork.Cut … [Read more...]
A Dog Knows…
(Cooper)... "nose" what Mom's cooking in the kitchen from the backyard porch... ! … [Read more...]
Cowboy Mac ‘n Cheese
This belongs to my father-- his way of whipping up something quick and easy when he's settling in for the evening, when he's got a slow pace to relax, watch a little TV before bed, read in a book or the newspaper-- just by himself at home when it's cold outside-- when he doesn't have soup or chili on the stove... I used to fall asleep at home, "back home" listening … [Read more...]
Husband’s Chili Colorado
Let him into the kitchen. Let men cook, love you-- even like you, romance you-- with food. Why not, ladies? Oh, not this one-- He wears my ring. Get you a man to cook for you once in a while, appreciate him, love him. Don't bark, don't bite; be nice. Be kind so he can't blame it on any particular time of the month; can't … [Read more...]
Chocolate Rum Balls
It's chocolate any time of the year. Doesn't have to be only at Christmas, Valentine's Day or for somebody's birthday. It can be yours, easily kept-- tucked away in the back of the cupboard up to three weeks... because they are filled with rum. Have one a day, if you'd like; after all, you've got three weeks; right? Wrong! These won't be … [Read more...]
Simplify
... because it makes sense. … [Read more...]
