1 head of cauliflower
4 oz. can of sliced mushrooms
1/4 cup of diced green pepper
1/4 cup of butter
1/3 cup of flour
2 cups of milk
1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of shredded Swiss cheese
2 tablespoons of chopped pimento
Break cauliflower into medium size flowerets. Cook in boiling water until crisp-tender,
about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain. Saute mushrooms and green pepper in butter in medium
saucepan until tender. Stir in flour. Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir until smooth
and thickened. Stir in cheese, salt and pimento. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Put half of
the cauliflower into a buttered casserole dish. Cover with half of the sauce. Then add
remaining cauliflower and remaining sauce. Bake until hot and bubbly, about 15
minutes. Serves 8 to 10.
CHRISTMAS RASPBERRY RICE RING MOLD
1/2 cup of rice
2 cups of milk
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 env. of Knox gelatin
1/4 cup of cold water
1 (10 oz.) pkg. of frozen raspberries
1 pint of whipping cream
1/4 teaspoon of almond flavoring
1/3 cup of sugar
In a double boiler, cook the following ingredients until very thick: Rice, milk and salt.
Dissolve Knox gelatin in cold water and add to the hot rice (after it thickens); refrigerate
until cold. Whip whipping cream until thick. Add the sugar and almond flavoring. Add
to rice mixture. Put in a large oiled mold. Refrigerate. Thaw frozen berries, unmold rice
salad and spoon berries over rice salad mold or place in a small dish to be served with
rice inside the molded ring.
2 cups of milk
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 env. of Knox gelatin
1/4 cup of cold water
1 (10 oz.) pkg. of frozen raspberries
1 pint of whipping cream
1/4 teaspoon of almond flavoring
1/3 cup of sugar
In a double boiler, cook the following ingredients until very thick: Rice, milk and salt.
Dissolve Knox gelatin in cold water and add to the hot rice (after it thickens); refrigerate
until cold. Whip whipping cream until thick. Add the sugar and almond flavoring. Add
to rice mixture. Put in a large oiled mold. Refrigerate. Thaw frozen berries, unmold rice
salad and spoon berries over rice salad mold or place in a small dish to be served with
rice inside the molded ring.
ASSORTED VEGETABLES IN A CLEAR SAUCE
2 med Turnips
2 sm Carrots
2 tbsp Peanut oil
4 Green onions
2 c Chicken stock
3 Fresh asparagus spears
1 tsp Salt
1/2 c Button mushrooms
1 pinch Sugar
1/2 c Peeled straw mushrooms
8 Baby Sweet corn
1 tbsp Chicken fat
8 Water chestnuts
1/2 c Crab Meat or shelled Shrimp (opt)
1/2 tsp Fresh ginger root
1 tb Tientsin preserved
Cornstarch Paste
Peel turnips & carrots. Use melon scoop to cut turnips into large balls.
Slice carrots 1/2" thick; then with paring knife, cut 4 evenly spaced
notches into rim of each slice (don't cut into center core). Carrots
should look like little flowers. Parboil turnip & carrots in stock until
barely tender. Remove from stock & plunge pieces into cold water;
drain.
Cut onions, asparagus & baby corn into 1 1/2" pieces. Mince together
fresh ginger root & Tientsin preserved Vegetable. In a small pan or
beaker on med heat, render pieces of chicken fat. Stir-frying: Add
peanut oil to Hot wok. When it begins to smoke, briskly fry crab Meat
or shrimp for 1 minute. Add asparagus, baby corn, mushrooms &
water chestnuts, stir-frying until they are Hot. Add ginger mixture,
then onions. Stir-fry another 30 seconds. Add 1/2 stock, salt & Sugar;
bring to boil. Add turnips & carrots.
Cover & reduce heat; simmer for 5 minutes. Uncover, push ingredients
out of liquid, & dribble in cornstarch paste to thicken slightly. Stir
liquid to prevent lumping while it thickens to a thick Soup. Recombine,
then mix in chicken oil. Place on serving platter.
2 sm Carrots
2 tbsp Peanut oil
4 Green onions
2 c Chicken stock
3 Fresh asparagus spears
1 tsp Salt
1/2 c Button mushrooms
1 pinch Sugar
1/2 c Peeled straw mushrooms
8 Baby Sweet corn
1 tbsp Chicken fat
8 Water chestnuts
1/2 c Crab Meat or shelled Shrimp (opt)
1/2 tsp Fresh ginger root
1 tb Tientsin preserved
Cornstarch Paste
Peel turnips & carrots. Use melon scoop to cut turnips into large balls.
Slice carrots 1/2" thick; then with paring knife, cut 4 evenly spaced
notches into rim of each slice (don't cut into center core). Carrots
should look like little flowers. Parboil turnip & carrots in stock until
barely tender. Remove from stock & plunge pieces into cold water;
drain.
Cut onions, asparagus & baby corn into 1 1/2" pieces. Mince together
fresh ginger root & Tientsin preserved Vegetable. In a small pan or
beaker on med heat, render pieces of chicken fat. Stir-frying: Add
peanut oil to Hot wok. When it begins to smoke, briskly fry crab Meat
or shrimp for 1 minute. Add asparagus, baby corn, mushrooms &
water chestnuts, stir-frying until they are Hot. Add ginger mixture,
then onions. Stir-fry another 30 seconds. Add 1/2 stock, salt & Sugar;
bring to boil. Add turnips & carrots.
Cover & reduce heat; simmer for 5 minutes. Uncover, push ingredients
out of liquid, & dribble in cornstarch paste to thicken slightly. Stir
liquid to prevent lumping while it thickens to a thick Soup. Recombine,
then mix in chicken oil. Place on serving platter.
FILLETS OF EGGS
6 eggs
4 tablespoonfuls of good stock
1/2 teaspoonful of salt
1 saltspoonful of pepper
Beat the eggs with the stock, add the salt and pepper. Turn them into
a buttered square pan, stand this in another of boiling water, and
cook in the oven until the eggs are thoroughly "set." Cut the
preparation into thin fillets or slices, dip in either a thin batter
made from one egg, a half cupful of milk and flour to thicken, or they
may be dipped in beaten egg, rolled in bread crumbs and fried in deep
hot fat. Arrange the fillets in a platter on a napkin, one overlapping
the other; garnish with parsley and send to the table with a boat of
tomato or white sauce
4 tablespoonfuls of good stock
1/2 teaspoonful of salt
1 saltspoonful of pepper
Beat the eggs with the stock, add the salt and pepper. Turn them into
a buttered square pan, stand this in another of boiling water, and
cook in the oven until the eggs are thoroughly "set." Cut the
preparation into thin fillets or slices, dip in either a thin batter
made from one egg, a half cupful of milk and flour to thicken, or they
may be dipped in beaten egg, rolled in bread crumbs and fried in deep
hot fat. Arrange the fillets in a platter on a napkin, one overlapping
the other; garnish with parsley and send to the table with a boat of
tomato or white sauce
EGGS A LA TRINIDAD
6 eggs
2 lamb's kidneys
1 cupful of fresh bread crumbs
2 level tablespoonfuls of butter
2 level tablespoonfuls of flour
1/2 pint of stock
1 teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet
1/2 teaspoonful of salt
1 saltspoonful of pepper
Split the kidneys, cut out the tubes; scald them, drain, and cut them
into thin slices. Put the butter into a saucepan, add the kidneys,
toss until the kidneys are cooked, then add the flour, stock, kitchen
bouquet, salt and pepper; stir until boiling. Grease a shallow granite
or silver platter, break into it the eggs, sprinkle over the bread
crumbs and stand them in the oven until the eggs are "set," then pour
over the sauce, arrange the kidneys around the edge of the dish and
send at once to the table.
2 lamb's kidneys
1 cupful of fresh bread crumbs
2 level tablespoonfuls of butter
2 level tablespoonfuls of flour
1/2 pint of stock
1 teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet
1/2 teaspoonful of salt
1 saltspoonful of pepper
Split the kidneys, cut out the tubes; scald them, drain, and cut them
into thin slices. Put the butter into a saucepan, add the kidneys,
toss until the kidneys are cooked, then add the flour, stock, kitchen
bouquet, salt and pepper; stir until boiling. Grease a shallow granite
or silver platter, break into it the eggs, sprinkle over the bread
crumbs and stand them in the oven until the eggs are "set," then pour
over the sauce, arrange the kidneys around the edge of the dish and
send at once to the table.
EGGS A LA REINE
6 eggs
1/2 pint of chopped cold cooked chicken
1/2 can of mushrooms
2 tablespoonfuls of butter
2 tablespoonfuls of flour
1/2 pint of milk
1/2 teaspoonful of salt
1 saltspoonful of pepper
Use ordinary shirring dishes for the eggs; butter them, break into
each one egg, stand these in a pan of boiling water and in the oven
until they are "set." Rub the butter and flour together, add the milk,
stir until boiling, add the salt, pepper, chopped chicken and
mushrooms, and put one tablespoonful of this on top of each egg and
send at once to the table. This is also nice if you put a
tablespoonful of the mixture in the bottom of the dish, break the egg
into it, and then at serving time put another tablespoonful over the
top.
CHICKEN TORTELLINI SOUP
2 carrots
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
3 cans cream of chicken soup
6 c. water
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. basil
1 pkg. boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
1 bag cheese tortellini
2 boxes frozen broccoli
Cook chicken in small amount of oil. While meat cooks, chop vegetables and open
cans. Add all of the above ingredients to large kettle except for the tortellini and frozen
broccoli. These 2 ingredients you add the last 10 minutes or so before serving so that
they are not over cooked. Simmer the other ingredients for an hour or however long
you like. Soup tastes great with freshly grated Italian cheese and a loaf of Italian or
French bread
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
3 cans cream of chicken soup
6 c. water
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. basil
1 pkg. boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
1 bag cheese tortellini
2 boxes frozen broccoli
Cook chicken in small amount of oil. While meat cooks, chop vegetables and open
cans. Add all of the above ingredients to large kettle except for the tortellini and frozen
broccoli. These 2 ingredients you add the last 10 minutes or so before serving so that
they are not over cooked. Simmer the other ingredients for an hour or however long
you like. Soup tastes great with freshly grated Italian cheese and a loaf of Italian or
French bread
CRISPY CASHEW CHICKEN (MADE IN WOK)
2 egg whites
1 1/4 c. finely chopped cashew nuts
2 whole chicken breasts, skinned, boned and thinly sliced
2 c. peanut or vegetable oil
1/4 c. cornstarch
1 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tbsp. dry sherry
In small bowl, combine cornstarch, salt, sugar and sherry. In separate bowl, beat egg
white lightly until just frothy. Gradually add cornstarch mixture. Stir gently until blended.
Place chopped cashews on plate. Dip chicken slices into egg mixture, then coat with
cashews. Place on waxed paper. Pour oil into wok, place tempura rack onto wok,
making sure rack is level and hooks rest securely on edge of wok. Heat oil over
medium to medium-high heat until it reaches 375 degrees. Drop 5 or 6 slices of chicken
carefully into hot oil, using a slotted spoon. Fry until golden brown, about 2 to 3
minutes. Remove from oil and place on tempura rack to drain and keep warm.
Continue frying remaining chicken pieces. Makes about 32 appetizer
1 1/4 c. finely chopped cashew nuts
2 whole chicken breasts, skinned, boned and thinly sliced
2 c. peanut or vegetable oil
1/4 c. cornstarch
1 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tbsp. dry sherry
In small bowl, combine cornstarch, salt, sugar and sherry. In separate bowl, beat egg
white lightly until just frothy. Gradually add cornstarch mixture. Stir gently until blended.
Place chopped cashews on plate. Dip chicken slices into egg mixture, then coat with
cashews. Place on waxed paper. Pour oil into wok, place tempura rack onto wok,
making sure rack is level and hooks rest securely on edge of wok. Heat oil over
medium to medium-high heat until it reaches 375 degrees. Drop 5 or 6 slices of chicken
carefully into hot oil, using a slotted spoon. Fry until golden brown, about 2 to 3
minutes. Remove from oil and place on tempura rack to drain and keep warm.
Continue frying remaining chicken pieces. Makes about 32 appetizer
CHICKEN WINGS IN SOY SAUCE
24 chicken wings
1 c. soy sauce
3/4 c. chopped green onions with tops
1/3 c. sugar
4 tsp. salad oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
Halve the wings and throw away the tips. Blend soy sauce, onions, sugar, oil, garlic
and ginger in a large bowl.
Add the wings, cover and marinate for 30 minutes. Remove the wings and reserve the
marinade. Place the chicken in a shallow pan and baste with the sauce. Bake in 350-
degree oven for 15 minutes and turn over, baste again and cook 15 more minutes.
This may be made the day before and reserved in refrigerator, covered. Be sure to
save some marinade to baste again when reheating in oven.
1 c. soy sauce
3/4 c. chopped green onions with tops
1/3 c. sugar
4 tsp. salad oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
Halve the wings and throw away the tips. Blend soy sauce, onions, sugar, oil, garlic
and ginger in a large bowl.
Add the wings, cover and marinate for 30 minutes. Remove the wings and reserve the
marinade. Place the chicken in a shallow pan and baste with the sauce. Bake in 350-
degree oven for 15 minutes and turn over, baste again and cook 15 more minutes.
This may be made the day before and reserved in refrigerator, covered. Be sure to
save some marinade to baste again when reheating in oven.
CRISPY ORIENTAL CHICKEN WINGS (MICROWAVE)
1 1/2 lbs. chicken wings, disjointed
1 med. egg
1/2 c. soy sauce
2 tbsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. ginger powder
1 med. onion, finely diced
2 c. finely crushed corn flakes
Mix together egg, soy sauce, garlic powder and ginger powder. Set aside. On wax
paper, mix together crushed corn flakes and diced onion. Dip each wing in soy sauce
mixture, then roll in corn flakes and onion. In glass baking dish, cover and cook wings
on high (9) for 20 minutes, or until cooked. Remove covering halfway through cooking.
Use 13"x9" baking dish. Yield: 24 appetizers
1 med. egg
1/2 c. soy sauce
2 tbsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. ginger powder
1 med. onion, finely diced
2 c. finely crushed corn flakes
Mix together egg, soy sauce, garlic powder and ginger powder. Set aside. On wax
paper, mix together crushed corn flakes and diced onion. Dip each wing in soy sauce
mixture, then roll in corn flakes and onion. In glass baking dish, cover and cook wings
on high (9) for 20 minutes, or until cooked. Remove covering halfway through cooking.
Use 13"x9" baking dish. Yield: 24 appetizers
ORIENTAL CHICKEN WINGS
6 chicken wings
1 sm. clove garlic
1 scallion
1/4 c. soy sauce
2 tbsp. honey
2 tsp. rice-wine vinegar
1/2 tsp.g rated ginger
1/2 tsp. oriental sesame oil
Pinch of cayenne
1 tsp. sesame seeds
1 tbsp. chopped fresh coriander or parsley
Remove wing tips and cut wings in half at the joint. Mince garlic and scallion. Combine
soy sauce, honey, vinegar, garlic, ginger, oil and cayenne in a microwave safe dish.
Add wings and turn to coat. Marinate at least 30 minutes, turning twice. Put larger
wings at the edge of the dish. Cover with plastic and vent. Microwave on high for 5
minutes.
Rotate plate and cook 5 minutes longer. Transfer wings to a serving plate. Return
marinade to oven and cook, partially covered on high for 2 minutes. Pour marinade
over wings and turn to coat. Sprinkle with sesame seeds, scallion and coriander. 12
pieces.
1 sm. clove garlic
1 scallion
1/4 c. soy sauce
2 tbsp. honey
2 tsp. rice-wine vinegar
1/2 tsp.g rated ginger
1/2 tsp. oriental sesame oil
Pinch of cayenne
1 tsp. sesame seeds
1 tbsp. chopped fresh coriander or parsley
Remove wing tips and cut wings in half at the joint. Mince garlic and scallion. Combine
soy sauce, honey, vinegar, garlic, ginger, oil and cayenne in a microwave safe dish.
Add wings and turn to coat. Marinate at least 30 minutes, turning twice. Put larger
wings at the edge of the dish. Cover with plastic and vent. Microwave on high for 5
minutes.
Rotate plate and cook 5 minutes longer. Transfer wings to a serving plate. Return
marinade to oven and cook, partially covered on high for 2 minutes. Pour marinade
over wings and turn to coat. Sprinkle with sesame seeds, scallion and coriander. 12
pieces.
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