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Book Review “Chez Panisse Pasta Pizza and Calzone

Book Review “Chez Panisse Pasta Pizza and Calzone

From the beginning, Alice Waters has inspired from Chez Panisse.  The cook book leads you down the garden path – fresh, seasonal, organic and sustainable. The culinary thread that I enjoyed is through the cook book is seasonality mind set. From the introduction are new […]

Peach  Appetizer

Peach Appetizer

  Love Love Love Colorado peaches. This week they are my Sweets of the week! At Trader Joe’s food sample station were delicious peach, prosciutto, brie appetizers. They are best served room temperature. I bought the products and assembled at home.

Tea Towel for the month of September “Nutcracker”

Tea Towel for the month of September “Nutcracker”

party kid, sprite

YES the Audition went very well. In celebration the tea towel for the month of September is for party kids and sprite auditions for the Nutcracker!

Winter Holidays are coming!

Tea Towel for the Month of May “Windsor Castle”

Tea Towel for the Month of May “Windsor Castle”

 Recipes are not included on this tea towel. Says “made in UK “and “100% cotton”.  Site of THE Wedding…. and all I got is this tea towel.  

Traditional Scottish Recipes on a JohnsHaven Festival Tea Towel

Traditional Scottish Recipes on a JohnsHaven Festival Tea Towel

Recipes on towels?

Dundee Cake
Serves 12
Dundee Cake
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Prep Time
1 hr
Prep Time
1 hr
Ingredients
  1. beat 1/2 pound butter and 1/2 pound sugar to cream.; Beat into 6 eggs one at a time. Beat in 1/2 pound flour. Add 1/4 pound (each) currants, Raisins, and Sultanas.: Add 2 ounces of Candied peel, with 3 ounces of almonds and zest of orange.
Instructions
  1. pour into baking tin lined with greased paper. Flatten top and strew with Blanched Almonds. ;
  2. Bake in steady oven till ready.
  3. 160Degrees C: Gas 3.
Notes
  1. ? Gas 3
Adapted from Traditional Scottish Recipe
Adapted from Traditional Scottish Recipe
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Clootie Dumpling
description for Clootie Dumpling
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Prep Time
30 min
Total Time
5 hr
Prep Time
30 min
Total Time
5 hr
Ingredients
  1. 1 pound Flour; 12 ounce sugar; 1 pound chopped Suet; 2 teaspoon each cinnamon, ginger, mixed spice; 1/2 pound Raisins; 1/2 pound currant; spoons marmalade; 2 spoons syrup; 2 spoons baking soda dissolved in milk.
Instructions
  1. Mix all in basin with milk to dry consistency. Wet Cloth in boiling water and flour.; tie in a cloth. allow for swelling. Bring water to boiling point. Put Plate in base of pot. Boil for 4 1/2 hours. Keep covering with boiling water.
Adapted from Traditional Scottish Recipe
Adapted from Traditional Scottish Recipe
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Crazy i know! trinkets from the festival. Tweed Kettle does not sound anything like fish.

Tweed Kettle
Serves 2
Description is for Tweed Kettle Salmon.
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Prep Time
5 min
Total Time
1 hr 25 min
Prep Time
5 min
Total Time
1 hr 25 min
3lbs Fresh Scotch Salmon
  1. 2 teaspoons chopped chives: 2 teaspoons chopped parsley; 1/2 Pint Fish stock; 1/2 pint white wine;
Place the Salmon in Pan of Cold water. Bring to Boil;,simmer 5 Minutes. Remove from stock as reserve. Skin and bone the fish. Cut into 2 inch pieces. Season with mace. replace in pan with 1/2 pint fish stock. wine and chives. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
  1. Serve hot or Cold. Sprinkle Parsley
Adapted from Traditional Scottish Recipes
Adapted from Traditional Scottish Recipes
Culinary Daughter https://www.culinarydaughter.com/
Market Place. Horse Tooth Hot Sauce. The Green

Market Place. Horse Tooth Hot Sauce. The Green

Three as a wish to be spicy for the holidays. Green is the first Horse tooth Hot Sauce to taste from Fort Collins Colorado. Hobanero, serrano and tomatillo have a temperature bar on the bottle – 3 out of 4. The rest of the ingredients […]

Eulogy for an old friend. The oven at home.

Eulogy for an old friend. The oven at home.

The oven died. Where does one start? How does one write an eulogy for an old friend.? We worked through many recipes and holidays together…Na, That just is not enough. KA 22 had humble beginnings in Benton harbor Mi, KA 22 became the heart of […]

Notebook ~ Dining Criteria

Notebook ~ Dining Criteria

My 3 dining criteria include: architectural aesthetics, background noise, and the food on the plate.

Notebook ~ Consistency. 

Notebook ~ Consistency. 

Consistency.  Consistency does not mean boring. To me – it means that the kitchen is well organized and the staff follows recipes.  From day to day the plan is followed and who ever is working that day – picks up where that following day left […]