Texas Cool Aid

1 oz Vodka

1 oz Midori melon liqueur

1 oz Creme de Noyaux

1 splash Cranberry juice

Pour over ice, shake until cooled, then pour into glass.

 

Texas Mudslide

1 oz Crown Royal

1 oz Kahlua

1 oz Bailey's irish cream

Put ice in a shaker and pour all three ingredients into the shaker. Shake vigorously and then strain into a glass. This is intended to be more like a shot than a sipping drink.

Creator/contributor's comments: Just think of a chocolate milk shake when you try this.

 

Texas Prairie Fire

3/4 oz Tequila

Lime juice

3-5 dashes Tabasco sauce

 

Pour 3/4 shot of Tequila in shot glass, top off with lime juice, splash in tabasco sauce, and shoot.

 

Happy New Year to everyone! 

Texas,what is Crown Royal? A whisky ? I have the other two liqueurs at home. You might all finally succeed to make me drunk. Renate

Meatball Soup                        Erna,you have to try this soup. It is fantastic!
 Pietro's

Yield: 10 servings (about 14 cups)

 For meatballs:

1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef

6 tablespoons minced onion

1 1/2 teaspoons minced roasted garlic

3/4 cup canned crushed tomatoes

6 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

About 3/4 cup dry bread crumbs

 For soup:

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup chopped celery

1 cup diced carrots

1 cup diced zucchini

1 (14-ounce) can diced tomatoes

1 1/4 cups tomato sauce

1 teaspoon granulated sugar

1 teaspoon dried basil

1 teaspoon dried thyme

1/2 teaspoon crushed dried rosemary

Salt

Ground black pepper

8 cups beef stock or broth

1 cup uncooked orzo pasta

Grated Parmesan cheese, for garnish

To prepare meatballs: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

 In a medium bowl, combine beef, onion, garlic, tomatoes and Parmesan; mix thoroughly. Add just enough bread crumbs to bind the mixture. Shape into 72 meatballs; place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes or until cooked through.

To prepare soup: Heat olive oil in a large soup pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion, celery, carrots and zucchini; sauté until beginning to soften, 4 to 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and tomato sauce, sugar, basil, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper to taste and broth. Increase heat to high; bring to a boil. Add cooked meatballs; simmer for 40 minutes.

 Add orzo; cook 7 minutes or until pasta is al dente. Ladle into bowls; sprinkle with Parmesan and serve immediately.

Per serving: 278 calories; 10g fat (32 percent calories from fat); 3g saturated fat; 42mg cholesterol; 22g protein; 25g carbohydrate; 8g sugar; 3g fiber; 510mg sodium; 99mg calcium; 647mg potassium.

Hi Renate, This drink just might send you flying. DH got a bottle of this for the holidays one year and I think it came in a pretty velvet bag. I never tried it but I'm sure he did.

 

Happy New Year! 

 

Crown Royal is a blended Canadian whisky, 40% alcohol by volume, 80 proof. The brand is currently owned by Diageo who purchased it when the Seagram portfolio was dissolved in the year 2000. It is the number one selling Canadian Whisky in North America

Texas Rose

1 jigger Rum

2 jiggers Orange juice

1 jigger Creme de Banane

1 jigger Pineapple juice

 

Mix all ingredients and pour over ice. Wonderful smooth tasting drink. But watch out it will knock your socks off!

Happy New Year everyone! Can you believe that I actually made it through the week????!!!!! The wedding went very well, the only thing that was nerve racking was the mother of the bride had froze up the punch ahead of time and was suppossed take it out in time to thaw, but you know how wedding go!!! LOL! when we got to the reception to put out the food and everything the punch was still frozen solid! So here we were running hot water over the jugs and actually putting it in the microwave to try to thaw it!! Thank goodness we had everything else ready and we could work on it enough to keep the punch bowl filled whenever it would get low! I was soooooo tired by the time everything was over though...I was so glad I had the day off today so I could rest.

Tomorrow we are going to dh's aunt at Bloomington for a dinner and some fun.

Got a few good deals after Christmas wish I would have had more time to go check out more stores.....

Berny- loved the pictures! we got a new scanner/coppier for Christmas so maybe I can get some pictures to send to everyone......if I can figure out the thing!!! LOL

Its fun to see where everyone lives....

Well I had better get ready for tomorrow and I still have Christmas stuff to put away....

Everyone have a fun new year!

Later Jet

Good morning everyone. I guess I am the first one to post in the New Year.

It's  am in So. Ca and Twinkle should be up if she didn't celebrated to much.

We spend the evening with my two friends playing cards and just had fun. Went into the New Year with some champain and  I guess DH tired out and went to bed and I'm to wired up to go to sleep.

Wishing everbody a happy and healthy New Year

Bis spaeter

Erna

HAPPY NEW Year to everybody

i am still a bit tired was up way to late but my automatic inner alarm waked me anyhow -lol

i hope you all had fun and had a good start into 2008!

Jet i hope you get some time to relax after all those fun parties - i am glad all went so well

Darlene btw thanks for the pretty christmas card and letter it arrived the other day i forgot to tell you!

 Texas you sure know how to throw a party - boy i half drunk reading those drinks! thanks for sharing!

Renate i will try that soup too - i love soups. We will make some from the fondue broth we used yesterday. we have started a crockpot with the left over beef cubes, mushrooms and red wine and will make beef bourguigon. Now i have to get the sauerkraut ready and the kassler. I also made a wonderful apple filling for a homemade strudel. A very nice freidn of mine just returned from a ski trip to austria and brought me a box of freshly made Strudel dough all ready paper thin... wonderful - i will make one for dessert and the vanilla sauce i already made yesterday.

Berny thanks for the wonderful pics!

anyhow i need to get some tea and toast  - i am starving

see you girls and all the best for the new year!

Twinkle

 

Happy 2008 to all of you. I hope you all had a great time!

It is already lunch time now. Twinkle, you can make the meatballs one day ahead. The recipe looks more complecated than it is. It is some work to get the vegies ready.By the way I used more of them in the soup. The work is well worth it. Orzo are small noodles.They cook in a short time and one has to watch it,that they don't stick to the bottom of the pot. 

I might be one day late with my sauerkraut and pork.I hope it still counts.Aldi's has Kassler,but the last time they pulled of the shelves,maybe it was recalled. The prices are much lower,than at a Deli. It is not very easy to find Kassler anywhere else.My DS loves it.

Jet, I am happy you got through those exhausting times. When I have time I will tell you,what happened at my wedding.

Hugs to all of you,Renate 

Berny,great pictures. I am just packing my suit case and I am coming your way. How long does the snow last? Until the end of March? Only one year,in the late 60,it snowed the end of November and all of the snow did not melt until the end of February. This was before the Global warming. This is why we have all the wildfires,sinces it is warmer and the soil dries out more. Here in the states, they left all of it naturally and they did not get rid of the underbrush and it adds to the large fires. Some of the burnt forest might never grow back. 

Renate 

Renate come on down!  (or is that up?) sometimes we even have snow until the end of April. 

These are the different kinds of Canadian Whiskey.  I personally prefer rum or vodka over whiskey but then I don't drink a whole lot of anything....

 

Houses/Canadian Whiskey

 

Seagrams 7 Crown - bulk produced by Seagrams of Canada and bottled in America. Containing as many as 75 different whiskies and neutral spirits, 7 Crown is aged for only 2 yrs.

Seagrams V.O. - literally Very Old, it is a 6 yr old blend with a high proportion of rye whiskey Smooth, bittersweet and well rounded on the palate.

Crown Royal - a super-premium brand created by Sam Bronfman of Seagrams in 1939 to celebrate the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Canada. It is aged 9-10 yprs. Medium-bodied, rich, subtle and smooth.

Canadian Club - the original Canadian Whiskey created by Hiram Walker. Aged 6 yrs, it has a dry, rye fruitiness and a crisp, faintly smoky finish.

 

Berny,thanks for the invatation and for the whisky information. Pretty soon I will be an expert on whiskey and drinks.

I just watched part of the third Smuckers Holiday on Ice scating show. They for sure do lots of advertising. 

Renate 

Hello all! Had a fun day today and ate to much pork and suaerkrout! LOL! Dh's aunt sent some home with me so I can enjoy it later. Bloomington is a little north of us about an hour, its hard to imagine the difference in the weather just an hour away! It snowed all day up there and actually had to drive slow on the way home because of drifting snow. And of course when we get home there is just a dusting of snow here!

Hope that everyone had a Happy New Year and is feeling better!

Later Jet

Since I just heard the Famous Vienese Philharmonic Orchestra and the traditional New Years day concert I thought we need some recipes from "Wien" Austria.

 

Wiener Schnitzel For the traditional Wiener Schnitzel, the Viennese normally use veal, and lard to fry it. But you can also use pork, chicken or turkey and oil to fry it. It will taste just as delicious either way!		Wiener Schnitzel
		Ingredients four escalopes of around 120 grams each To apply the Breadcrumbs: flour 2 eggs breadcrumbs salt / pepper oil or lard for frying
Recipe The escalopes will need to be pounded until the meat is around a 1/4 of an inch thick. Make sure to trim the edges of the meat carefully. Lightly season the escalopes with salt and pepper. You will need three shallow bowls - 1 for the eggs, 1 for flour and 1 for breadcrubs. Dip the escalopes in the flour first, then in the whisked egg and then in the breadcrumbs. Be careful to ensure that the the entire escalope is completely covered with the breadcrumbs. Place the escalopes in a hot frying pan, the oil in the pan should be deep enough that the schnitzel's float whilst cooking. Cooking time should not be more than 4 minutes for each side. Remember to serve hot with fresh lemon and potato salad Viennese style!