****PCH KITCHEN**** March 2008*******Welcome****

Good morning Ladies,

My but it does not seem possible that another month has passed by so fast. Guess it being a short month helped. lol

Hope all of you are doing well as you can to begin our new month and for those that are not feeling up to snuff right now will end the month feeling down right chipper.

Prayers are going out to all of our family as well as to those who have family members or friends that are in need of them. Of course we must never forget our emergency workers and our brave troops. God bless them all.

Its another beautiful day here. Days have been staying pretty much in the 70's. Weather man keeps mentioning rain perhaps Sunday and crossing fingers he is correct. We are really in need of a good downpour. Sure is dry here and continueing to have the fires popping up.

Wishing all a good weekend hopefully doing something that you enjoy.

Leaving hugs in the basket for all that need one.

Hugs,

Nancy

 

 

 

 

Hi Nancy and everyone.  Sorry, the months go by pretty slowly staying at home watching dust blow in the air...lol, about as exciting as watching paint dry, huh?  I did get brave enough to go to ATM for my monthly cash, gassed up the old car, and put a card at the drive-up mailbox across town.  The market parking lots were full so came back home till an early morning trip finds fewer handling shopping carts.  All the hospitals here and in N.C. are full of flu patients, so think I'd like to eliminate any chances.  Hope all are well in here.  I posted 15 new recipes in another thread this morning.  Looks like no one liked any at all, no biggie, they weren't mine, just saved from emails.   I made 2 new recipes yesterday.  I have to finish typing one, but have the other done.  I put notes on it from my taste test cause I think that basic recipe needs revving up.

Red Hat Society Crab Quiche Deluxe

Page 210 (mistake in publisher printing of amount of Parmesan.It states 1/2, so assume it's 1/2 cup.)This is made with 4 kinds of cheese, with sour cream too, so not for dieters.

8 oz. crabmeat (Louis Kemp imitation)

4 oz. jar sliced mushrooms

1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

1/2 cup Provolone cheese, shredded

4 eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup sour cream

1 cup cottage cheese (small curd)

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese (1/4 cup dried)

1/4 cup Bisquick

1 tsp. Old Bay seasoning

Bake @ 350.Layer crab, mushrooms, mozzarella, and provolone cheeses in greased 10" pie plate or quiche dish.Using food processor (or blender or immersion blender, or whisk), mix until smooth.Pour over the mixture in dish.Bake 45 minutes.Cool 5 minutes.Serves 4-6.  From Maryland

I found this simple recipe to be too tedious, layering, when the first 4 ingredients can simply be mixed together. I beat the eggs with a whisk, adding the sour cream and cottage cheese.  Mix in last 3 ingredients. It doesn't need to be pulverized in my opinion, but it certainly does require something to add more flavor, as it is quite bland.  I would add 3 minced green onions for some color, perhaps 1/2 tsp. of the minced garlic packed in a jar, and 1 T. melted butter over the top of it all, then sprinkled with paprika. I saw that a big part of 1,000 recipes in my new cookbook seem to be bland and soft dishes, so not all that pleased with the purchase, after reading it page-by-page twice.  I measure accurately with recipes, so the Old Bay was correct.  It has a good flavor, but just needs a bit of ramping up, maybe a small can of mild chopped chilies or 3-4 drops of hot sauce, or even use of sharp Cheddar.  Provolone is used here in my area instead of Mozzarella on pizza.  The flavor is much the same.  The recipe would be an ideal filling for tart shells made in muffin pans or the mini-size, using cream cheese, salt and flour.

Red Hat Society Escalloped Pineapple

page 512 from Ohio

6 slices cubed white bread

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter, melted

2 eggs, beaten

1/2 cup milk

20 oz. can pineapple tidbits (or crushed), drained

Layer bread in a (greased) 2 quart baking dish. (I used an 8x11") Sprinkle with sugar.Pour butter over top. Beat eggs with milk and pour over the bread mixture. Top with pineapple; toss lightly. Bake 45-60 minutes @350º. Serves 6-8.

My notes: Tear the bread into a bowl, add using 3/4 cup of milk, beat in eggs and cooled butter. Spoon that mixture into baking dish. After eating this, I would much prefer using brown sugar to the granulated. Drain a can of crushed pineapple and sprinkle it over the top. I would like a bit of nutmeg on top. It very much tasted like pineapple upside-down cake, if the cake part didn't rise at all. Decorating the bottom with maraschino cherry halves would brighten it up too. It's good cold from fridge - had it for breakfast with coffee.

Good Evening Nancy and Lin. Think some of our gals are busy and wore themselves out. DH got up at 4 am to go to opening day of fishing. He is back home now. No fish. He saw his friends from past years of fishing. We have had overcast, a little rain and now sun is shinning with some white clouds filling the sky. I couldn't post yesterday. Page wouldn't load after logging in. I had been deleting cookies again. I got outside for hour on Thursday.

Nancy, hope you get some needed rain. Sure don't like to hear of fire danger in March.

Lin, my mouth is watering for that pineapple recipe. Cold sounds good to me.

Prayers for PCH family, mia gals, troops and emergency workers.

Hugs, Deery

Good Evening Friends, I just want to say hi & that thoughts & prayers continue to be said for all & for our Troops & the Emergency workers. In fact Dave & Sara have been to an evacuation for a natural gas leak in a little hamlet here since about 5:30 so I hope soon they come home & eat. We have been very cold & wintery here so your warm temps sound like paradise. For whatever reason, sometimes I can get on here & other times not. I've contacted Reiman numerous times & I get ignored!!! Please know when I don't appear, I am present in thought & prayers. I've been busy today doing things around here that get a little ahead of me sometimes & the fibro monster doesn't help. I also did two shelves in my cupboard that I use as a pantry. I cleaned it out & got rid of expired things & washed it with clorox & rinsed with baking soda & put in new liner. Now that the top half is done, I want to get to the other shelves. I also am trying to sort out & donate any items I have duplicates of in Tupperware & kitchen toys. I guess if I'm ever going to get ahead, I have to stop saving things for the girls & buying them things I see I think they might want. Erin is complaining her apartment is small & Sara doesn't even have an apartment. I know sometime I have to go thru the cookbooks & find a place to store them- any suggestions? I guess I have a kitchen toy & cookbook collecting addiction! Hugs & Blessings to all, Marie

Morning ladies, was busy yesterday and the few days prior you know with the funeral dinner and well, it has just been busy. yes, Nancy it sure was great talking to my sis, that made a world of difference, and I sure pray she continues to improve. This morning Kerry is off to look at a boat and I am here alone with Clea and the outside babies, so church this morning, then I am going to treat myself to lunch somewhere, and how to pot some flowers on the deck. Hope everyone is having a good weekend and feeling better, the temps here are warming and my fingers are itching. Was 78 yesterday, another warm one today, so I may enjoy the deck and new umbrella. Nancy thanks for starting the new month, yes already two months gone and how soon the year will be over again. Prayers for our ladies in need and our families as well, God bless our Troops and Emergency workers. Take care ladies, SYL, Hugs, Connie

Good morning, Deery, glad you liked the sound of the recipe; was thinking too that using the juice instead of milk might be worth a try too.  I am glad you have better news of your sister, Connie.  Hope you aren't working too hard.  Marie, I have a whole collection of those enamel coated iron pots and they are truly wonderful.  You have to be very careful about chipping, no you don't pre-season.  They are exactly like cooking on a slick glass surface.  I braise meat chunks without oil, because it doesn't stick, but provides loads of stuff for making gravy and sauces.  Put the lid on after it starts cooking at the temps. you want, lower heat.  The lid keeps the steam inside.  Dry with a towel around the edges because it will rust the edge if left wet.  Do not use any scratchy pads on it, like Scotch Brite or steel wool things.  After it soaks a bit, it comes clean like non-stick surfaces.  It makes tender meat.  It also stays hot for a very long time after turning off heat.  You don't need any different recipes; just use your favorites.  They  cook much more quickly than regular pans, just like a skillet after it gets hot.  I have red ones and green ones and love them.  Going to order a 4 quart red dutch oven soon.   to send this week so need to go out early in the morning.  I am planning on adding a recipe or two every day from my new cookbook, hope no one minds.  I know Nancy doesn't, but instead of just sending them to her, I will share here.  I have several marked that I'm putting on index cards, then will pass the book along to my daughter that cooks and bakes.  Not planning on writing 1,000 recipes and then posting, just the ones that are of interest, not the ones that have 20 different variations.  Hoping good health soon to everyone who is sick or hurting today.  Have plans for today, so will only get one recipe today. 

Red Hat Spinach Souffle

page 547  from Hawaii

12 oz. pkg. or 1 bunch fresh spinach, washed and trimmed

3 T. butter (only)

4 T. flour

1 cup evaporated milk

1/2 tsp. salt

Dash cayenne pepper

3 eggs, seperated

1 cup + Cheddar, shredded

Cook spinach in microwave 7 minutes.Melt butter in small pan.Stir in flour and seasonings, along with milk.Cook until thickened.Add well-drained spinach and beaten egg yolks; set aside to cool.Heat oven to 350º.Beat egg whites until very stiff.Add cheese to spinach mixture, then fold in whites.Pour into greased ramekins (5-6), set in pan of hot water.Bake 40-45 minutes.Sprinkle tops with additional cheese.Serve immediately.

Lin I meant to mention that I scrolled through the 15 recipes that you posted, looked good, but the Yeast Cornbread caught my eye as I do and have made Depression Yeast cornbread, makes me want a slice or two now. *grin* But your recipe had corn in it, I think I am going to have to give it a try, and the Zucchini bread one looked good too. Why is it there are soooo many zucchini recipes for bread and they all look good. And your Spinach Souffle recipe looks delicious, used to make them a lot when the kids were younger, oldest son’s favorite veggie was spinach of all things. Like his Momma I guess, I like spinach. I have been on the deck planting plants this morning, guess is was almost 100, 96 to be exact. Getting ready for church now, guess the gardening lady is having her walk with God in the garden this morning Deery, reminds me of the poem you posted to me over in the Tea Room. Well time for me to get to running, have a good day one and all. Connie

Good Morning Girls,

  Just wanted to run through and say hi.  Just getting ready to head out of town to shop and pick up Jim's employee.  Hope everyone is doing well.  Haven't had time to read and catch up.  You all take care and will talk later or tommorrow.  TTL Ann

Good morning Ladies,

See I did it again. Posted and just left myself in the kitchen. *giggle* oh well sure made it easy to find.

Lin thanks for the recipes in the kitchen. They all look good but see I will have to try the pineapple one since you have and enjoyed it. Have seen a simular recipe many times but just never have tried encalloped pineapple. Have noticed on the board that quite a few make it for both Thanksgiving and Easter.........you sure do make the enamel coated iron cookware sound good. Being iron are they all that heavy, you know like the iron skillets?

Ahhh Connie you are making me want to head on out and get some dirt under my finger nails. **grin** What kind of posies did you plant this morning? I did get one thing planted the other day. One of the hanging strawberry plants thingy. Right now its laying on the table until the plants root, then suspose to be able to hang it.

Derry its good to hear that your DH can get back to his fishing now. Sorry he didn't catch any but know he enjoyed the day anyway. Hope that you will be able to get out for some fresh air today too.

Marie it sounds like you have the spring cleaning bug. :>) Sure makes you feel good to see your shelves nice and straight again doesn't it.......have you tried making a short cut on your desk top to get into the kitchen? It will work either clicking right on the screen here in the kitchen or in the community section. Only problem with doing it here in the kitchen is you have to redo it each month when we open a new door......sure does make it easier.

Dee do hope that you are doing ok hon. Know you will be urging Ryan on today for another win. :>)

Sending hellos out to all of our MIAs. Do hope that you ladies are just busy with family and doing ok.

Well one of the grands and her family will be coming today. So will be getting my great-grandson fix.*grin*......they are both such good kids its a pleasure!!.......oh love all of the grands and great-grans, its just that this is the two well behaved ones.**giggle**

The old back is really giving me fits this week so will be making spaghetti. Everyone likes it and I won't have to be on my feet as long.........see the old gal does think ahead sometimes. lol

Ann , just peeked back before posting and see you was here this morning too. :>) Do want to wish you a safe trip today.

Wishing all a relaxing Sunday and will peek in later this evening.

 

 

Good afternoon now, getting back from church and have my lunch in the oven baking, oops, forgot to throw some flour on my face after I put those little frozen chicken burrito things in the oven. *smile* Lawzeee merseee, the wind is blowing like crazy, this is sure a bad Marilyn Monroe day ladies.*grin* My wind chimes are sure playing lots of music. Ann have fun shopping and is this the employee that is coming in from Antarctica? Or did that one already arrive? Have fun and stay safe on the roads. Nancy how nice for you that that GC and GGC are coming to visit you, enjoy them while you can. How far do these live from you? Hope your pain eases off for the visit. I planted single and double Petunias, verbena, dusty miller and a Cherokee Purple tomato on the deck. I bought another for the raised bed, ohhhh I just could nottt resist it.*smile* I would be more than glad for Marie to come and clean my cabinets as well, actually, I re-organized my pantry a while back to be honest. Hehe. Well I am going to go see if my lunch is about ready and then maybe go outside for a bit. Very quiet this weekend here in the home place, I hope it mean people are taking it easy and rest, maybe feeling some better. SYT, Hugs, Connie

to control b/p From People's Pharmacy article

Q: Is there anything in the way of vitamins or
herbs that a person  can take instead of a
prescription drug for high blood pressure?

A: The newest candidate for natural blood pressure
control is beet juice. A study in the journal
Hypertension showed that two cups of beet juice
lowered blood pressure by approximately 10 points.
That is better than many prescription drugs. The
effect lasts up to 24 hours.

Beets are high in dietary nitrate and increase the
amount of nitric oxide in the body. Nitric oxide
helps blood vessels relax, lowering blood pressure.
Nitric oxide has antiinflammatory activity and
discourages blood-clot formation.

A diet rich in vegetables and even dark chocolate
also can lower blood pressure. Pomegranate and
grape juice, magnesium supplements and breathing
exercises can be beneficial, too.

Posting is going better as I delete more cookies. Will have to keep at it more often. I got outside with DGD this morning. She likes to get out before lunch. Think it is warmer out not. My legs are still cold from morning outing.

So good to see more activity in the Kitchen. Lin, I will look forward to the recipes each day. Don't have chance to visit rest of board to look at recipes.

Ann, have a good outting and shopping.

Connie, would love to feel that warm sunshine down your way. But not the wind. No thank you.

Nancy, have nice visit with family.

Ruth, hope you are doing okay. (((Ruth)))

((((Dee))))

Hi to Marie.

Sending prayers and good thoughts to All PCH Kitchen gals. May God Bless our troops and emergency workers.

Hugs, Deery