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June 13 2006 Newsletter
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This is for Judy in Sunday's newsletter looking to make bird feeders with her grandchildren. There are a few cute and easy ones on this site:
http://216.247.63.129/index/crafts.htm
Shelley

Please send me an email if you suddenly stopped getting the newsletter and didn't unsubscribe.  There was a problem in May where a lot of our members got changed from Individual emails to No Emails.  If this is the case please let me know so I can help you change it.  If your email bounced you may have been removed from our list.  I can look for the reason the email bounced and send you a Reactivation Request.
Nancy

DORIS in Oklahoma City~ While doing a search for a garden forum this weekend I came across one that helped me--and it sounds like the way to
go for your mint gardening questions & needs too.
It's http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/.

After I read their comments on successfully growing cherry tomatoes in a hanging basket--I headed for nearest nursery yesterday & planted
recommended "Super Sweet 100." Won't ask for recipes for those little buggahs, as they'll be digested before they reach the kitchen--can't
wait for the results!
~Carol in San Diego

Hi Nancy, I just got a great new dessert and wanted to share it with everyone. Thanks so much for this great newsletter. Its the first thing I want to do when I get home from work. You have to know how much all of us appreciate all of your hard work. Hi to your furry babies.
Chris from California

Strawberry Twinkies Dessert
14 Hostess Twinkies
2 pkgs of strawberry gelatin
2 cups hot water
2 pkgs instant vanilla pudding
1 cup cold milk
1 container of whipped topping
1 pint fresh strawberries

Place 14 Twinkies in a 9 x 13 pan. Dissolve the strawberry gelatin in the hot water and pour evenly over the Twinkies. Sprinkle on some chopped strawberries. Mix the milk with the pudding. The mixture will
be thick. Carefully spread pudding over the Twinkies. Spread the whipped topping over the pudding. Garnish with more sliced strawberries. Chill overnight then cut into pieces.

To Irma in Iowa (June 12): I can't wait to make the Fresh Blackberry Dessert before saying thanks for the recipe and for sending it so quickly. I'm sure it's a winner.
Alex

For the Police Academy graduate for Maggie B ( June 12th )

As we don't have any policeman in our acquaintances I searched on the net and found this site with great ideas... Jocelyne in Québec

http://www.findgift.com

Or I thought why not give a gift certificate for Christmas present in the graduate's

For Joyce (6-10) about wedding gift

What makes a beautiful wedding gift is to start the couple with a crib set (like Fontanni or any kind).
If the couple is someone you would give a Christmas gift every year, you can then add pieces to the crib. When we built our home, we had a curio "wall" installed with glass doors. My crib set is on display
all year round.
Mary Alyce WI

Hello. To respond to the police academy question, there are several things to give to the recipient. One is a ceramic statue of a policeman, and the second option is a partitioned holder for his/her duty car with spaces for a cell phone, soda/water, handcuffs, flares, matches, cigarettes, flashlights, space blankets, pepper spray, as well as space for family photos. Not very uplifting but realistic. P.S. My
son is a deputy.
Hudson Valley Kathleen

For Joyce (6-12) wanting Chocolate Cream Pie:
My mother made wonderful pies and crusts but before she died I couldn't seem to master her technique. After I started teaching, one of my student's grandmother took me in hand and taught me how to make light, flaky crust and the best chocolate cream pie. At least once a week, NaNe would surprise me with a complete home cooked (fresh meat and vegetables) and homemade bread with this pie or a pecan pie (my hubby's favorite). At the time, I was driving over an hour back and forth to school. Hope you enjoy the recipe. CC

NaNe’s Chocolate Cream Pie
1 small box chocolate Jello pudding and pie filling (not instant kind)
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons cocoa
3 eggs separated
3 tablespoons margarine
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 small can Carnation evaporated milk PLUS 2 cans of water
Dash of salt
2 BAKED 10 inch pie crust

Cook:
Heat milk and water over low heat while mixing sugar, pie filling, flour, cocoa, salt, and egg yolks. Add just enough WARM milk mixture to wet dry ingredients. Add this mixture to the remaining milk. Cook until thickened.

Remove from heat and add vanilla and margarine. Mix well. Pour into unbaked pie shells. Top with stiffly beaten eggs whites with a little sugar. Brown in 350 degrees. Watch carefully to keep meringue from burning.

Makes 2 delicious pies.

**If it looks too thick, add just a little regular fresh milk when you add the vanilla and margarine. (I never did this.) SUBSTITUTE butterscotch or lemon for the chocolate for another favorite pie.

Chocolate meringue pie for Joyce ( June 12th )from a very bad cook in meringues !( But I'm good ar a lot of other things ! :)) ) Jocelyne in Québec

Chocolate cream pie with meringue
8 servings

2 Cups + 3 Tablespoons Homogenized Milk
1/4 Cup + 2 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar
1/4 Teaspoon Salt

Combine in large saucepan or top of double boiler set over simmering water. Heat over medium heat to 110°F. (barely warm to the skin).

2 Oz. Unsweetened Chocolate

Melt in double boiler over simmering, not boiling, water. Do not allow water to touch pan which holds the chocolate. Add melted chocolate to warm milk mixture, stirring constatnly with French Whip.

1/4 Cup minus 1 Teaspoon Cornstarch
1/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
5 Tablespoons Homogenized Milk

Place in bowl of electric mixer. Mix until smooth. Add cornstarch mixture slowly to warm milk, stirring constantly with French Whip. Cook until thickened (190°F.). Mixture will coat a metal spoon. Take off heat.

1 Egg
1 Egg Yolk

Beat until light and fluffy in the same mixer bowl the cornstarch was mixed in. Add some of the hot mixture (amount equivalent to volume of eggs) gradually to eggs while mixing. Add eggs slowly to cooked mixture. Place pan back on burner. Cook and stir for two minutes. Take off heat.

1 Tablespoon Margarine or Butter
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Add. Stir until margarine melts.

1 Baked Pie Shell
Smooth filling into pie shell. Chill.

4 Oz. Frozen Non Dairy Whipped Topping
Spread over the chilled pie. Cut into 6 or 8 wedges.

Note: To make a meringue pie, smooth meringue over hot pie filling. Bake at a high temperature just until the meringue browns.

****You are very welcome Peg in East TN ; sorry you lost that great rotisserie...:((

**** Joan in Lancaster Pa in makes me very happy that the shrimp and macaroni salad was appreciated in your get together !

Thanks to all who gave me info and web sites for my ancient BroilKing rotisserie. Today I received an email from BroilKing Co. in answer to my request for a user manual. They said that my rotisserie is indeed ancient and a user manual was no longer available. However, they are sending me one for a more recent but discontinued rotisserie that is very similar to what I am looking for. Good thing I didn't take my old rotisserie to the Goodwill yet. Now I will go to the Goodwill and look for a skewer assembly to go with the one I have so maybe I will be able to make a rotisserie chicken after all. You just never know what good stuff you can find at the Goodwill store. In addition, I will ask the BroilKing Co. if they have a replacement skewer assembly that will fit mine. This is indeed that best website to find whatever you need whether it be a recipe, advice or just a nice visit with friends. Thanks Nancy and associates.
Peg in East TN.
Proud Grandmother of an American Soldier.

It was such a surprise to see Marilyn in Ohio's reference to Monical's Pizza in Illinois!! I too am from Illinois, Champaign-Urbana to be exact, and just love having Monical's when we go home to visit the kids. I didn't know that this pizza was available anywhere but C-U. My kids were raised on it. :):) I now live in East Tennessee - retired.
Dianne

Doris, you asked about browning meat in your crock pot. You can do this in the West Bend slow cooker because the cooking pan is metal. It sits on a heater base instead of having the heat wrapped around it. I had one of these cookers, and some of the recipes were good. But the pan did warp when I browned the meat in it. Never put the crockery dish drom a regular crock pot on your stove! It is easy to brown your meat in a non-stick pan and then dump the cooked meat into the pot.
Dorothy from WA

Charles your pork chops with applesauce recipe sound great. I try all pork chop recipes that are baked, because they come out so moist. I'm going to bread the chops when I make them because I like my pork chops breaded.
Gay in L.I.

Hi Dottie, here's my recipe for Fish Francaise
Scrod, Cod or Flounder filets of fish

Fish Francaise
2 eggs or egg substitute
flour for dusting fish
3 tbs. butter
1 tbs. lemon juice or to taste
1 sm can chicken broth
pinch of dried dill or to taste
1 tbs. flour
Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. Place beaten eggs in one dish and flour in another. Dip fish in flour. Shake off excess. Dip fish in eggs.
Heat oil in skillet. Place fish in hot oil in one layer. Cook on both sides tillslightly brown. Do not overcook. Undercook is better. Remove from pan. Keep warm.
Add butter to pan. Add the 1 tbs. flour and stir with egg beater till smooth. Pour chicken broth into pan and mix until smooth. Add lemon juice, dill and parsley. Keep stirring. Place fish back into pan and gently mix around in sauce. Heat through

The following is from www.Cooks.com

Flounder Fillets Francaise
8 boneless filets of flounder
salt and pepper
1 egg, 2 tbs. water, 1/2 c. flour, 2 tbs. oil, 3 tbs. butter, 1 tbs. lemon juice, and l tbs. chopped parsley
Sprinkle fillets with s&p. Break eggs into shallow dish. Add salt, pepper and water. Beat well to blend. Spoon flour into flat dish. Dip fillets in flour. Dip fillets into egg mixture. Heat oil in skillet. Add fish, a few pieces at a time in a single layer. Cook until golden brown. Turn carefully and cook on second side. Transfer to warm serving platter. Finish cooking rest of fish fillets. Wipe skillet. Add butter and melt. Add lemon juice. Pour over fish. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
Dottie, I hope you enjoy these fish recipes. Gay in L.I.

Susie in Arkansas I hope you would share the recipes you received for fish with a fluffy topping. I love any new ideas for fish cooking. I can't imagine what the fluffy topping could be. Maybe some kind of cheese?
Gay in L.I.

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