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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 9:34:49 AM

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It's also called roux.

edited to fix spelling

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 10:33:35 AM

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Here's a few for your palette. All measurments are approximate, because I don't measure anything out when I cook...lol. Sorry!

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1 1/2 lbs of ground beef
Season Salt
1 cup Sour cream
Two cans of Cream of Mushroom Soup
Small can of chopped or sliced mushrooms
Egg Noodles (Can substitute with rice)

1. Put a large pot of water on to boil.

2. In a deep skillet, brown beef. Season meat with Seasoned Salt, sprinkling a thin layer over the meat.

3. Drain excess fat from beef.

4. Combine sour cream, cream of mushroom soup, and mushrooms with beef. Stir and simmer.

5. Add egg noodles to boiling water. Drain when cooked to your taste.

You can either mix the sauce WITH the noodles, or put the sauce on top of the noodles, and serve with green beans, corn... whatever. Plus, there's enough left over for lunch the next day, and it's *so* good cold...lol.

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 10:56:19 AM

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Here's another one!

Enchiladas!

1 lb. ground beef.
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup of sour cream
10-10 inch flour tortillas
1 jar Taco Bell Cheese Sauce
1/4 cup of diced jalapenos
1/4 cup of diced jalapenos (Yep, two 1/4th cup seperate)

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

1. Brown ground beef. Drain.

2. Combine soups, sour cream, and 1/4 cup of jalapenos. Stir and simmer.

3.In small soup pot, combine cheese sauce and 1/4 cup of jalapenos. Stir often to keep from burning. Medium heat.

Ladel about a cup into each tortilla shell, wrap, and place in a baking dish. After all your sauce has been wrapped into the tortillas, pour the cheese sauce over them, cover with alluminum foil, and place in the oven for 15 minutes. Upon removal, you can sprinkle with olives, onions, cheese... whatever you want.

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 2:06:09 PM

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Here's a couple that are pretty quick, and good.

Take 1-2 tablespoons of hot sauce (per piece of meat), and mix with Creole seasoning to taste. Marinate a boneless, skinless chicken breast in it for at least three hours, then grill. Juicy, spicy, and good for you.

Serve with roasted potatoes and steamed vegetable of choice.

To do the potatoes, take a rectangular glass pan and slice enough red potatoes into chunks to cover the bottom. Preheat oven to 450, cover raw potatoes with olive oil, basil, fresh garlic, salt and pepper, and oregano. Bake for 50-60 minutes, turning occasionally.

I've got one for smoked sausage and pineapple, but not sure how people feel about the latter.

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 2:10:08 PM

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I also love to use www.allrecipes.com . It's an awesome site. I use it all the time, and I haven't found a bad recipe yet. Plus there's a nifty little search feature. You click on ingredient search and you can look for a recipe based on what ingredients you do and don't want. I love cooking, and this site is awesome.

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 3:10:17 PM

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I've got one for smoked sausage and pineapple, but not sure how people feel about the latter.

Pinapples, yum! Do tell!

I can't wait to use some of these recipes!

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 3:15:49 PM

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Q. Please tell Ron that I have a wonderful macaroni and CHEESE recipe if he would like.

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 3:18:29 PM

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I like homemade mac & cheese. With potato chips crunched up on top. Comfort food.

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 3:59:33 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: KatyLied

I like homemade mac & cheese. With potato chips crunched up on top. Comfort food.

I thought I was the only one who did that! Lay's potato chips seem to have the best taste I have found. Once in a while I will use Cheez Its too.

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 5:32:09 PM

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Enchilada Burrito Bake

2 lbs lean ground hamburger
1 10 oz. can of diced Rotel
1 packet of taco (burrito if you can find it) seasonings
½ cup of water
¼ cup of favorite salsa
1 can of enchilada sauce
2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
1 10 pack of tortillas

(Toppings-optional)
Sour cream
Black olives, sliced
Tomatoes
Green onions

Cook meat and drain, add in Rotel, seasoning packet, water and salsa. Cook on medium for 5 to 7 minutes.

Warm tortillas in microwave wrapped in paper towels for one minute. In 9x13 baking dish, lay one tortilla down and add big spoon of meat mixture in the center, add a little bit of cheese on top and roll it up. Do this with all tortillas until they are all in a row. Any remaining meat mixture spoon down the center of the burritos. Pour enchilada sauce over the whole thing and cover with the remaining cheese. Bake at 400 for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and it looks good and yummy.

Top with favorite toppings and enjoy. I have never made this where it wasn’t loved. Personally, I love it more the next morning warmed up for breakfast.

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 6:19:42 PM

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What you are describing is a basic rue found in any cookbook. It is common in Louisiana, or Cajun cooking. It is called the "Mother Sauce" I believe, and it is one of five basics in which all sauces start.

As KatyLied also stated, that is a roux, yes.

My mother is from Houma (south of New Orleans) -- pure cajun -- and my father's mother was from Shreveport (north Louisiana). You would think these different countries the way they argued about how to properly make a roux!
The northern parts make it very light, as described in this post.
The deep southern parts make it very dark -- my grandmother used to complain that my mother burned it..hehe.

Personally, I prefer the dark roux...takes lots of time scooting it around the pan to ensure it doesn't actually burn, but slowly turns a dark, rich brown.
This is always what my mom uses to make gumbo and gravies.
Unfortunately, she also doesn't measure a thing and my analytical mind couldn't grasp how to duplicate her cooking expertise...except the roux that is.
Probably why I am a better baker than a cook -- exact science!

Happy cooking!
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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 7:08:14 PM

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Personally, I prefer the dark roux...takes lots of time scooting it around the pan to ensure it doesn't actually burn, but slowly turns a dark, rich brown.

my mom was born in Arkansas and her mother was raised there so i learned from an early age how to make what i later learned was called roux, we just made it as the base for gravy. i now use it as a base for many, many things.
Anyway, the point of my reply was that my mom always called this part "browning the flour", even though it was flour and whatever fat we may have been using.

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 7:43:27 PM

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"browning the flour"

Yep, that is exacty what is happening.
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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 7:52:19 PM

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I love having sandwich dinners, they are quick, easy and delicious.

You can fry up some italian sausage with peppers and onions. Slice a roll and place in foil , spoon in filling then sprinkle mozarella on top and broil for a minute. mmmm

Buy some nice rolls, roast beef and a jar of beef gravy. Heat the gravy in the microwave and pour on top of the roast beef sandwich. For nutritional balance you can serve with a small salad.

While BLT's are really popular I like my bacon sandwiches served on toasted white bread coated generously with melted butter.

one of the Owners favorite is a fried egg sandwich. Coat white bread with mayo, layer with american cheese and the fried egg.

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 8:02:16 PM

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ORIGINAL: NakedOnMyChain

I also love to use www.allrecipes.com . It's an awesome site.

I worship you! ive been looking for that site but forgot the name!!
ommmm, ommmm <bowing>

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 8:58:25 PM

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ORIGINAL: Aileen68

Q. Please tell Ron that I have a wonderful macaroni and CHEESE recipe if he would like.

Aileen

Funny part of all that is he's really not much of a Cheese hound! But, send it anyways,
I love Mac and Cheese.

Q

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 9:52:10 PM

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Hmmm, most if not all of these recipes have some form of beef, poultry or fish in them.

Nothing for us vegie lover's?

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RE: Dinner - 10/18/2005 10:24:17 PM

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Pinapples, yum! Do tell!

Alright. Take a package of smoked sausage, cut into slices and combine into a saucepan with however much pineapple is preferred, along with enough juice to form a very thin layer at the bottom of the pan, and a pinch of garlic salt, onion salt, and chili powder. Cook on medium heat until pineapple and sausage are cooked, and most of the juice is absorbed.

Also, for BBQ fans- coat a cooked, diced chicken breast in your favorite BBQ sauce, take a tortilla and fill it with the same sauce, diced red onions, fresh leaf spinach, and crumbled gorgonzola cheese. Add the chicken and grill on something like a George Foreman until hot. Also works extremely well with chicken in hot wing sauce and crumbled bleu cheese. Very fast, very easy, and pretty damned good.

I've got recipes for DAYS- I've worked in a variety of restaurants, both as cook and server, and you almost have to make that shit tolerable since you see it, serve it, and eat it pretty much every day.

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RE: Dinner - 10/19/2005 6:17:22 AM

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Hmmm, most if not all of these recipes have some form of beef, poultry or fish in them.

Nothing for us vegie lover's?

Sub4Hire like Vegies?
Then I'll share this one.

Steam a head of Broccoli you've cut up

boil some thin Spaghetti

saute till lightly brown 4 or 5 (or 6 or 7, 8, 9 if you really like garlic)
cloves of fresh garlic chopped in enough olive oil to lightly coat both
the broccoli and the pasta.
Mix the broccoli and pasta, pour olive oil and garlic over it, mix lightly.
serve with fresh grated Romano cheese, salt and pepper to taste.

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RE: Dinner - 10/20/2005 12:26:18 PM

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LOL. No problem at all. Thanks for the worship, though! After all, I do use that site religiously. <stupid chuckle>

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