October 30, 2006 by Tarrant Figlio
I know you want some Retro Halloween ideas and I am afraid I haven’t got a one unless bobbing for apples is your style. Or apple cider. I do like a good apple cider…especially warmed and spiced and mulled.
However, here is a cool retro halloween party kit that you could order for next year. But Miss Mary…is a treasure trove of great victorian and gothic Halloween party ideas. Visit now. I am plotting fortune telling with coffee grounds at this very minute
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October 22, 2006 by Tarrant Figlio
No need to serve coffee for the adults and milk for the children when you make this delicious treat for a meal. Reminds me of the prune milkshake but then again…I do remember some pineapple buttermilk ice cream I liked once upon a time.
3 cups thick buttermilk
1½ cups canned fruit juice or juice from canned fruit
3 tablespoons sugar, or to taste
Combine all ingredients and stir until sugar dissolves. Serve well chilled. Will not curdle on standing. 5 servings.
Red cherry, apricot, pineapple, peach, and grape juice all combine well with buttermilk; or mixed juices may be used. The Modern Family Cookbook
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October 21, 2006 by Tarrant Figlio
Much better tasting than those frozen potatoes O’Brien and better than the ones you get served at restaurants. Try making them! We would use a bit more salt in this house, but I live with salt freaks…and pimentos tend to actually come in jars and be found near the olives in most grocery stores.
5 medium baking potatoes, 2 lbs.
1 tablespoon butter
1 medium onion, chopped
1 canned pimiento, chopped
½ teaspoon salt
Pepper to taste
1 teaspoon chopped parsley
Wash and pare potatoes thinly and cut into ¾-inch dice. Fry in deep fat heated to 360° F. until golden brown; drain. Melt butter in a skillet and sauté the onion until soft and yellow. Add potatoes and pimiento and toss about until well mixed and until hot through. Add seasonings, turn into a hot serving dish and sprinkle with chopped parsley. 5 servings.
If preferred, the potatoes may be sliced and pan-fried rather than fried in deep fat, adding the onion and pimiento the last few minutes of cooking. The Modern Family Cookbook
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October 20, 2006 by Tarrant Figlio
Before there was bubble tea…tapioca was relegated to puddings and desserts and the occassional main dish. Here is a vintage tapioca recipe that isn’t your grandmothers weird (or yummy) tapioca pudding. Pretty as a picture…cherry!
No. 303 can sour red cherries, water pack
½ cup water
3 tablespoons quick tapioca
Dash salt
⅔ cup sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Few drops red coloring, opt.
Drain juice from cherries into saucepan. Add water, tapioca, salt and sugar. Place over moderate heat, cook and stir until mixture boils vigorously. Remove from heat, stir in lemon juice, coloring and cherries. Stir occasionally while cooling. Mixture thickens as it cools. Serve chilled. 4 servings.
Note: If sweetened cherries are used in recipe above, only ½ cup sugar will be required. Cooked fresh cherries may also be used. The Modern Family Cookbook
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