WTF Cookbook
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Steve Miller's Mother's Breakfast dish a la Spice Islands
This recipe comes from a Spice Islands cookbook dated 1961...
3 slices bacon
2T Instant Minced Onion (Mom noted "1/2 c fresh")
2T water
1t parsley
1/2 t salt
1/8 t Spice Parisienne (doubling it doesn't hurt)
4 eggs
1/8 t fine grind black pepper
1/2 c shredded swiss cheeseCut bacon into pieces with kitchen scissors. Fry until brown, but not crisp. Pour off all but 1T of fat. Meanwhile, rehydrate onions in water. Add to bacon along with parsley and saute until onions are browned. Season with 1/4 t salt and Spice Parisienne. Spread out evenly in frying pan. Break eggs into pan. Season with remaining salt and pepper. Sprinkle with cheese. Cover and cook slowly until eggs are set and cheese is melted. serve at once. Makes 2 servings.
Sandy and I go a bit simpler... and with more abundance! No recipe needed, really. Just fry bacon and onions, put eggs in , season, cover with cheese, cover and cook... or more specifically:
1/2 # of bacon
1/2 an onion chopped
fry together. Drain some fat off, if desired.
spread out and make wells...as many as you want eggs.
6- 8 eggs
put eggs in wells
sprinkle with Beau Monde ( yes, they still make it. I think Mom did not have the Spice Parisienne on hand)
1 c shredded american cheese ( Mom's thing)
Sprinkle with cheese.
Cover and cook untill eggs are set... 4 - 6 minutes for soft eggs.
Serve at once.Remember, they are a spice company and use as many of their products as possible. Mom simplified it...
Enjoy!Mom left the pepper out - she hated pepper. I'd probably double the amount called for.
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I still make Cindy’s bourbon cranberry sauce. Fun to see the old member names. I still see a lot of them on Facebook.
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We make Cindy’s cranberry sauce too. Everyone has come to expect it.
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Wanted something easy, healthy and used a lot of broccoli. This fit the bill and is quite delicious.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/fnk/recipes/sicilian-pasta-and-broccoli-8312243#reviewsTop
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Made this cheeseburger soup at the request of my bride. Simple but very tasty homespun grub. I did put a third cup of stock in it.
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Soup season is upon us. Temps barely touched 50 here today and the first frost will hit us tonight.
@Mik - Have been looking for a recipe for cheeseburger soup. Will give that one a try!
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Mexican Sweet Corn Cake. I saw it on Christopher Kimball's Milk Street a few days ago; it was an episode featuring blender cakes. I bought a new blender earlier this week and had to test it out.
It's quite good. Not nearly as sweet as I thought it would be with the condensed milk in it. I didn't do the powdered sugar on top for the whole cake because it gets gluey when it sits on the cake for a day or two.
Recipe here on a PBS website, though it was part of a Mexican foods episode rather than blender cakes.
https://wskg.org/episodes/2020-09-21/milk-street-mexican-favorites-ep-402
And here is a video of Kimball making the cake at home in an episode of the COVID-era Milk Street at Home.
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All of the recipes on that page look fantastic!
Off to buy cranberry beans because I finally used up the 10# bag of them I bought at a restaurant supply place just as the Covid lockdown began.
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Turns out that none of the 4 grocery stores around me carry cranberry beans. I ended up buying them from Amazon and they’ll be here tomorrow.
When I came home and read up on them, however, I learned that two of the stores do sell them, one as “Roman Beans” and the other as “Borlotti Beans”.
Learn something every day!
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@Steve-Miller said in WTF Cookbook:
“Roman Beans” and the other as “Borlotti Beans”.
The PBS link with the recipes mentioned that. I hadn't looked at the recipes other than the sweet corn cake one, so I went back after your first post and read the whole article and saw the bit about the beans; I didn't know they went by all of those different names either.
Are you doing the pork part of that recipe?
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No pork this time although I’m sure it would be delicious. I’m on a high fiber weight loss kick and beans get the job done. I have ham broth in the freezer that I made from the Easter ham (It’s crazy good with anything bean) and it should provide the pork kick I want.
I think a teaspoon of Mexican Oregano is going to bring that recipe over the top!
If you haven’t sampled Cranberry beans I highly recommend you do. I like all beans but Cranberries are my favorite.
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The beans are delicious!
