Category: Grandpa’s Use Only

1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
One egg
One half teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 cups cooked or canned pumpkin
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
3/4 cup raisins
3 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 cup port wine or Pepsi

Toss to coat raisins with port wine
Nuke raisins in microwave for about 30 seconds
Let’s sit while you prepare other ingredients

preheat oven to 400°
Cream butter brown sugar and eggs together
Stir in pumpkin
Stir together dry ingredients
Add milk to sugar mixture
Discard excess port and mix raisins in with dry mixture
Optional: add 1/2 cup chopped nuts to dry ingredients
Mix dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture
– Be sure not to over mix. Mix only to moisten
Turn into greased muffin tin
– We prefer to use muffin pan liner cups
You might want to try putting batter into a large bag and snipping the corner
– Use this as a piping bag to squirt into each receptacle
– Wipe up any spills that might be on the pan. It will make cleanup much easier.

Bake 20 to 30 minutes
Let cool at least five minutes or they will fall apart

If you have a cast iron pan, you can bake in here for a crisper crust. If it is a cast iron loaf pan or skillet, increase baking time. Bake until a toothpick or knife comes out clean.

July is National Hot Dog Month

Basic Instructions for Taco Dog

1. Preheat in water at low simmer
2. Butterfly dog so that it will crisp up
3. Heat corn tortillas
4. Top with guacamole, salsa and cheese
5. Roll together and secure with a toothpick
6. Grill

Home-Made Hot Dog
2 pounds hamburger
1 pound pork
2 eggs
1 white onion
1 red onion

Get sheep, lamb, or beef casings at your local butcher store, depending on the size of hot dogs or sausage you want . in Arizona just ask for tripe.

soak casings in cold water for 15 minutes

In mixing bowl,add

2 tablespoons each
Paprika
Sugar

1 tablespoon each
Garlic powder
Dried mustard

1 teaspoon each
Salt
White pepper
Blackpepper
Coriander
Cumin
Liquid smoke
Marjoram

Cut the pork and beef into 1-2 inch cubes and grind it twice through the smallest plate on your meat grinder.

Mix everything by hand until they are uniform and well mixed.
Place the mixture into the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

Stuff the emulsified meat mixture into casings
Simmer in hot water for 20 minutes.
Links will get fatter, but will not get any longer as you boil them
Put in ice water to chill before you refrigerate.
Links will keep about 2 weeks, or you can freeze them at this point.

Basic notes from P. Alan Smith Garden Style TV program

Herbs that grow well inside are Rosemary, onion chives, and basil.

Herbs that take a little more effort, but can still grow inside are thyme, cilantro, sage, and parsley

The main thing you need is sun, well drained soil, and consistent moisture.

Terra cotta pot with herb gardening soil.

If you use plants that have been grown in biodegradable peat pots, be sure to remove the top portion so that it does not stick out of the top of the soil. If it does, it will wick moisture away from the plants.

Also, break the bottom out of the pot to make it easier for the roots to grow into the soil.

Rosemary prefers warm, sunny and dry environment

Chives are very hardy but do you like occasional attention.

Basil grows well, but does not tolerate cold in the least. Make sure they are not outside if the temperature is going to drop below 40°. Basil likes lots of water.

Adapted from NewScanCook.com

Start with a three inch Porterhouse

Chop and mix together herbs to taste: oregano, thyme, mint, lemon balm, bay leaves, onions, garlic, canola oil

Put above in plastic bag and coat meat
Let set about 20 minutes
Coat meat with salt and pepper
Sear well on very hot grill about 8-10 minutes per side
Temp about 130° in the meat furthest from the bone

Meanwhile, dump bag of marinade into a hot non-stick skillet and bring up to heat – Put in sliced mushrooms to cook
Sprinkle salt as the mushrooms near completion

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Pastata
From Lydia’s Italy

Night before: start white beans soaking

Garlic, Rosemary, Chopped raw bacon
Emulsify
Render in hot oil in a cooking kettle
Carrots, onions . Blend
Add to cooking kettle
Salt, pepper
Move aside and put tomato paste on the hot spot
Toast tomato paste, then mix in
Bay leaves
Lots of boiling water . Make as soupy or thick as you prefer
Whole potatoes
Strained white beans
Simmer 1-2 hours . Use beans as your test point
Roughly mash the potatoes
Add salt
Add small elbow macaroni or ditalini pasta
Serve in 8-10 minutes
Top with grated parm cheese

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Combine this recipe with previous recipe

Alternate meat pork loin

Pork marsala

Poke holes and top of meat and insert cloves of garlic

Cover top with several fresh bay leaves

Season before browning

Marsala Sauce
1 cup dry marsala wine or port
1 cup flour
1 cup broth
1/2 cup heavy cream
Reduce until sauce coats the back of a spoon
Add stuff like sage, rosemary, bay, etc.

Pour sauce over ground meat in the oven safe container
Add a dozen chestnuts around the perimeter
Cover with foil for first half of cooking time
Bake at 250° for 2 1/2 hours
Chef recommended 325° for an hour and a half
Or use Probe and cook to 150°
Plate think slices and cover with some of the sauce
Serve with polenta or baby potatoes

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Basic Bagel Instructions

• 2 C High Gluten Flour
• 1 TBL Yeast
• 3 TBL Brown sugar
• 2 TBL Honey
• 1/2 Water (or as needed)
• 1 egg yolk
  • MIX ALL TOGETHER FIRST AND THEN ADD
• Salt (for later)
  • THIS IS FOR BRUSHING THE TOP JUST BEFORE BAKING
• 1 egg white (reserved)

1. Use pizza dough or bread dough – prepare as you would for bread
2. Form into tennis ball sized pieces
3. Form into donuts and place on spray-oiled piece of parchment paper
4. Let rise 90 minutes
5. Meanwhile bring hot water to boiling in a shallow pan with lots of salt and some honey plus 1 TBL baking soda to increase the pH of the water (to about 8-9) which will improve browning and texture by making it more chewy rather than dough
6. Cut apart parchment paper so they don’t lose their rise
7. Slide uncooked bagels into boiling hot water bath and cook 2 minutes per side
   • Parchment paper topside, then gently remove after two minutes, then flip
8. Set aside to completely drain
9. Sprinkle cornmeal on cookie sheet
10. Place bagels on cookie sheet
11. Brush top with egg wash
12. Sprinkle with sesame seeds
13. Bake at 400° for 25 to 30 minutes

Same Day Bagels

Bagels are better when they are allowed to rise overnight. This allows the dough to develop much more complexity. If you are in more of a hurry, use this recipe, otherwise, try Overnight Bagels for a better flavor

INGREDIENTS

• PROOF YOUR YEAST
  • 1/4 CU PLUS 1 TBL warm water or broth
  • 1 TBL sugar
  • 1 tsp Instant Yeast (not quick rising)
• IN A LARGE MIXING BOWL, SIFT TOGETHER
  > DRY INGREDIENTS
• 1 CU all purpose flour
• 1/2 CU whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• scant salt
  > THEN COMBINE THE OTHER WET INGREDIENTS IN A SEPARATE BOWL
• 1 TBL vegetable oil
• 1 egg yolk (reserve the white)
  > YOU WILL USE THESE THINGS AFTER THE BAGEL HAS BAKED
• 1 egg white
• 1 1/2 teaspoons water
• Sesame seeds or poppy seeds (optional)

STEP BY STEP

1. PROOF THE YEAST – Combine water, sugar and yeast into a small glass bowl, then let the mixture sit for 5 minutes so that the yeast can thoroughly dissolve. You should see lots of bubbles forming.
2. Meanwhile, whisk together the six dry ingredients
   OPTIONAL: Mix in onion powder or garlic powder
3. Mix the egg yolk and vegetable oil in a small mixing bowl
   The next steps will happen quickly.  Read Step 4, 5 and 6 before going any further.
4. COMBINE EVERYTHING that you’ve done so far into your large mixing bowl.
5. Stir to quickly combine. If you do it too slowly, the flour will absorb the moisture unevenly and be harder to mix completely.
6. Remove the dough ball from the mixing pan and place on a floured surface and knead it with floured hands for 10 – 15 minutes, using additional flour as necessary to keep the dough from sticking. When fully kneaded, the dough will be firm but supple and should hold the imprint of your finger.
7. OPTIONAL: Let rise for 1 hour, then beat down and proceed with Step 8
8. Form two balls of dough into a ball, and then flatten into a doughnut, making a hole in the middle.
9. Lay the doughnuts on a plate sprinkled with corn meal.  Sprinkle some also on the top.
10. Cover lightly with a piece of plastic wrap, then a lightweight dark cloth and let rise in a warm place for at least two hours
    DO NOT compress them with the plastic, or they won’t be able to rise.
11. While bagels are warming and rising, fill a large soup pot about two thirds with water. and start it boiling.
12. Preheat oven to 350 F.
13. Gently (and very carefully) tip or slide bagels into boiling water and boil about 45 seconds on each side. They should float, but don’t worry if they sink initially – they’ll quickly rise to the surface.  Try not to deflate them with over handling.
14. Using your slotted spoon, transfer the bagels to a greased or floured baking sheet, leaving space between them.
15. The bagels will bake on the center oven rack until they are deep golden brown, about 22 to 25 minutes.
16. Meanwhile, make a glaze by whisking half egg white and half water in a small bowl until frothy.
17. Transfer the bagels to a wire rack to cool once baked
18. Using a pastry brush, coat the surface of the bagels with the glaze.
19. Sprinkle on sesame seeds or poppy seeds, if desired.

MORE NOTES

• FLAT BAGELS ? – Collapsing breads lack insufficient protein to form the protein chains needed. Bagel dough should be stiff and you must knead it for a long enough period to form the gluten required. By hand, this is at least 15 minutes.
• Make smaller batches if you are hand kneading the dough. It can get tiresome.
• By mixer: knead 7 minutes at least.
• An old technique was roll the dough into a 12 inch rope then overlap the ends to form the bagel. This would insure sufficient gluten in the dough and provide a chewy texture.
• Another tip would be to use vital wheat gluten (available at many supermarkets) and add ¼ cup to your recipe to provide the gluten needed.
  Reduce your flour by ¼ cup
• You can also use a high-gluten flour like King Arthur’s High Gluten flour or a bread flour.
• If you want a stiffer dough, cut back on the liquid by 1/8 cup.  A higher flour to water ratio will give you a chewier and heavier bagel, which many prefer.
• Mix spices or other items into flour prior to combining with water: (eg) garlic, onion powder, blueberry

Overnight Bagels

Bagels are better when they are allowed to rise overnight.  This allows the dough to develop much more complexity.  If you are in more of a hurry, make Same Day Bagels.

INGREDIENTS

• PROOF YOUR YEAST
  • 1/3 CU warm water or broth
  • 1 TBL sugar
  • 1 tsp Instant Yeast (not quick rising)
• IN A LARGE MIXING BOWL, SIFT TOGETHER
  > DRY INGREDIENTS
• 1 CU all purpose flour
• 1/2 CU whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp gluten (optional)
• scant salt
  > THEN COMBINE THE OTHER WET INGREDIENTS IN A SEPARATE BOWL
• 1 TBL vegetable oil
• 1 egg yolk (reserve the white)
  > YOU WILL USE THESE THINGS AFTER THE BAGEL HAS BAKED
• 1 egg white
• 1 1/2 teaspoons water
• Sesame seeds or poppy seeds (optional)

STEP BY STEP

1. PROOF THE YEAST – Combine water, sugar and yeast into a small glass bowl, then let the mixture sit for 5 minutes so that the yeast can thoroughly dissolve. You should see lots of bubbles forming.
2. Meanwhile, whisk together the six dry ingredients
   OPTIONAL: Mix in onion powder or garlic powder
3. Mix the egg yolk and vegetable oil in a small mixing bowl
   The next steps will happen quickly.  Read Step 4, 5 and 6 before going any further.
4. COMBINE EVERYTHING that you’ve done so far into your large mixing bowl.
5. Stir to quickly combine. If you do it too slowly, the flour will absorb the moisture unevenly and be harder to mix completely.
6. Remove the dough ball from the mixing pan and place on a floured surface and knead it with floured hands for 10 – 15 minutes, using additional flour as necessary to keep the dough from sticking. When fully kneaded, the dough will be firm but supple and should hold the imprint of your finger.
7. OPTIONAL: Let rise for 1 hour, then beat down and proceed with Step 8
8. Form two balls of dough into a ball, and then flatten into a doughnut, making a hole in the middle.
9. Sprinkle the doughnuts with corn meal (to keep from sticking) and let rest on a small plate
10. Cover lightly with a piece of plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature for at least two hours or overnight.
    DO NOT compress them with the plastic, or they won’t be able to rise.
11. The next morning, cover with a dark cloth and move into the sunlight (or other warm place)
12. While bagels are warming and rising, fill a large soup pot about two thirds with water. and start it boiling.
13. Preheat oven to 350 F.
14. Gently (and very carefully) ease bagels into boiling water and boil about 45 seconds on each side. They should float, but don’t worry if they sink initially – they’ll quickly rise to the surface.
15. Using your slotted spoon, transfer the bagels to a greased or floured baking sheet, leaving space between them.
16. The bagels will bake on the center oven rack until they are deep golden brown, about 22 to 25 minutes.
17. Meanwhile, make a glaze by whisking half egg white and half water in a small bowl until frothy.
18. Transfer the bagels to a wire rack to cool once baked
19. Using a pastry brush, coat the surface of the bagels with the glaze.
20. Sprinkle on sesame seeds or poppy seeds, if desired.

MORE NOTES

• These are best when you make them the night before, refrigerate, and bake the following morning, but you can make them that very morning if you wish.
• At step 11, just forget the words “The next morning.”
• FLAT BAGELS ? – Collapsing breads lack insufficient protein to form the protein chains needed. Bagel dough should be stiff and you must knead it for a long enough period to form the gluten required. By hand, this is at least 15 minutes.
• Make smaller batches if you are hand kneading the dough. It can get tiresome.
• By mixer: knead 7 minutes at least.
• An old technique was roll the dough into a 12 inch rope then overlap the ends to form the bagel. This would insure sufficient gluten in the dough and provide a chewy texture.
• Another tip would be to use vital wheat gluten (available at many supermarkets) and add ¼ cup to your recipe to provide the gluten needed.
  Reduce your flour by ¼ cup
• You can also use a high-gluten flour like King Arthur’s High Gluten flour or a bread flour.
• If you want a stiffer dough, cut back on the liquid by 1/8 cup.  A higher flour to water ratio will give you a chewier and heavier bagel, which many prefer.
• Mix spices or other items into flour prior to combining with water: (eg) garlic, onion powder, blueberry

1.5 C Masa Harina or Maseca
Salt
1 C water . Just enough to bring it together

Sprinkle some salt into harina
Add cold water and mix until it comes together
From into fat disk, wrap in plastic, and put in refrigerator for 30 minutes

Cut into eight pieces
Roll each piece into a ball
Heat cast skillet to medium high
Flatten in a press
Cook 20-30 seconds per side

For a tostada shell cook in oil

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This is a good things for your leftover Thanksgiving turkey. While the turkey is still slightly warm, but not hot, shred the left over meat off the carcass.

Put the shredded meat into a small cottage cheese container. Pack it gently, but to the top.
Pour all of the turkey drippings into the container on top of the meat. Bring the liquid level just up to the top of the meat.
Put the lid on the container, and set the container on a paper towel in the refrigerator.
Serve this in the center of a salad tray with pickles, olives, celery, crackers, etc.

Rachel Ray’s basic stuffing
Serves 5 people

2 C Chopped Apple
1 C Celery
1 C Onion
2 TBL thyme
1 bay leaf

One stick of butter melting in large sauté pan
Chopped ingredients into butter
Salt and pepper to taste
Cook at medium heat for about 20 minutes
One half bag Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix
1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
2 cups turkey stock
Mix lightly until most liquid is absorbed

Chestnuts, 1/2 LB ground Italian sausage
Deglaze with brandy

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Urban farm mashed sweet potatoes

Grab as many sweet potatoes as you can
Peel them . using peel your compost
Cut peeled sweet potatoes into 1 inch or smaller cubes
Rinse and steam them for 30 minutes
mix with one stick of melted butter, and sour cream and horseradish to taste
squish initially with a potato masher
put squished potatoes into kitchen aid with
beater attachment
turn on mixer and add buttermilk until creamy
season to taste with grated Parmesan cheese, salt and white pepper

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English muffin loaf

5 cups bread flour
4.5 teaspoons instant yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon baking soda

3 cups whole milk . heat to 110°

dough will be very wet

Spray plastic wrap with Pam and cover bowl with plastic wrap

Let rise in warm place for about 30 minutes

Stir gently to release any large bubbles.
Spray bread loaf pan, and sprinkle cornmeal in to coat bottom and sides.
Fill each loaf pan about halfway.
Spray plastic wrap and cover.
Let them rise for 30 to 60 minutes until they double in size.

Bake and oven at 375° for 30 minutes. Rotate pans halfway through.

Pull out if internal temperature exceeds 200°.

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Whole chicken
Controls quality
Use bones for stick
Use Greek yogurt by itself or buttermilk to marinate
Fry in canola
1 marinated chicken . Shake off excess liquid
2 dip in seasoned flour . Salt, pepper, paprika, etc
3 straight into one inch deep hot oil at 350 degrees

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Basic Pot Roast

Meats: beef brisket, bottom or top round, or chuck eye roast

Tie meat together
Dry and sear large roast in hot pan with EVOO
Poke holes in meat
Stick in garlic
Season/coat with Grandpa's Thunder Powder or Arghhh Powder depending on how spicy you want your coating.
Meat in bottom of Braising pan to sear
. Set aside
Cook veggies over meat fond
. Onion, carrot, celery, bell peppers, garlic
. Thyme, bat, peppercorns
. Add 1 TBL flour till browner
. Add 1 1/4 C water ot white wine or stock
. Add a splash of vinegar
Add meat back into pan
Turn every 30-40 minutes
Cook on low for 4-6 hours
Remove meat carefully
. Strain remaining juice from pan
. Add sauce back into pan, toss solids into trash
. Add vegetable to eat . Carrots, turnips, potatoes
Put meat back on top . Cook 45 minutes more
Plate and top with sauce

Sauce
Brandy
Worchestershire
Beef stock
Dijon
Lemon juice

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Cooks County Focaccia

Caramelized Onion Focaccia

Nevin McGuire’s Focaccia

Olive Focaccia ala Martha Stewart

Basic Focaccia

• 1/2 C water
• 1 tsp yeast
• 1 TBL dried milk
• 1 tsp sugar
  MIX and let proof
• Add 1 C flour, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1 TBL EVOO

1. Mix with a dough hook for 8 minutes
2. Form a ball and let rest 90 minutes @ room temperature
3. Grease baking tray and flatten into shape using oiled hands – mostly your fingers – DO NOT ROLL COMPLETELY FLAT
4. Cover and let rise another 90 minutes
5. Drizzle with EVOO and spread on your choice of pancetta, grapes, brown sugar, caramelized onions, kalamata olives, sun-dried tomatoes, etc.
6. Bake @ 450º for about 10-12 minutes or 425º for 25 minutes