Donna made a good crusty cheese covered bread at the FL GTG. Could I get the recipe please? Doris

Cucumber Onion Salad

4 Large cucumbers, peeled and thinly (1/8") sliced
¾ Medium onion, thinly sliced and chopped
2 cups White vinegar
1½ cup Sugar
1 cup Water
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 tsp Ground Cayenne pepper
¼ tsp Ground black pepper
~3 TBSP Dried parsley flakes

Combine all ingredients except cucumbers, onion, and parsley and heat until sugar melts.

Let cool until warm to the touch.

Layer cucumber and onions in a shallow (4") sealable container and sprinkle each layer with parsley flakes.

Stir, then gently pour the liquid into a corner of the container. Refrigerate overnight, flipping the container at least once to ensure thorough marinading.

Fried Dill Pickles

Milk Mixture

1 Egg, beaten
1 cup Milk
1 TBSP Flour
1 TBSP Worcestershire sauce

Mix in a small bowl

Flour Mixture

1 cup All-purpose flour
¾ tsp Ground black pepper

Mix in a small bowl

1 32 oz. Jar Oval-sliced dill pickles
~16 oz. Vegetable oil

Heat oil in a deep fat fryer to 350°F or 1/2” deep in a skillet on medium-high heat

Slightly-pat dry pickles on paper towels, dip in milk mixture, then flour mixture, then fry.

Pickles will turn a light golden-brown when done. Remove with a slotted spoon or tongs and drain on paper towels. Serve with your choice of dipping sauce.

Dipping Sauce

Similar to Zaxby's

½ cup Mayonnaise (Do not substitute salad dressing like Miracle Whip)
¼ cup Ketchup
½ tsp Garlic powder
¼ tsp Worcestershire sauce
½ tsp Ground black pepper

Cucumber recipe just in time, we are eating our way through an overload of cucumbers courtesy of the neighbors

Italian Olive Spread on French Bread

½ cup Mayonnaise
½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened
½ teaspoon garlic powder
4 green onions, chopped
1 cup chopped black olives
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese
2 loaves french bread, split into halves lengthwise

Preheat the oven to 350°. Combine the mayonnaise and butter in a bowl and mix until smooth. Add the garlic powder, green onions, olives and cheese and mix well. Place the bread halves cut side up on a baking sheet. Spread each half with the cheese mixture. Bake for 15 minutes. Serves 32.

This is for Marvin and Doris from Donna. I will also add that if you are feeding cajuns it will only feed 8, not 32.

Nick

Mango Tomatillo Salsa

1 12 oz. can tomatillos, drained
1/4 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup white vinegar
4 teaspoons minced garlic
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/4 cup fresh lime juice (about 2 limes)
3 small or 2 large ripe, but firm mangoes, peeled, pitted and diced small
1 red onion, diced small
1 red bell pepper, diced small

In a blender or food processor, puree the tomatillos, pineapple and orange juices, vinegar, garlic, red pepper flakes, cilantro, and lime juice. Put the mangoes, onion, and bell pepper in a medium bowl, add the puree and mix well. You may substitute papayas for the mangoes. This one is great with any type of seafood, particularly shrimp and scallops, or with Tostitos.


This has been served at the Annual Ugly Betty Memorial Day Barth Gathering and Barbeque every year. If Danny is going to be at your gathering you may want to double the recipe.

Nick

CALA CAKES

tired of bacon and pancakes for breakfast?
Try a New Orleans favorite.

3 cups water
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup long-grain rice
1 pkg dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1/2 cup cinnamon or nutmeg (your taste)
6 cups oil for frying
powdered sugar and cane syrup


Boil 3 cups of water and salt. Add rice, cook until soft and slightly mushy.
Disolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Add rice, stir well. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit for 4 hours or overnight in warm place.
Beat eggs with sugar, flour, cinnamon (or nutmeg) and fold into rice mix, make thick batter. Let rise 30 minutes.

Heat oi to 360 degrees F. Drop batter by spoonfuls into hot oil and cook about 3 minutes until golden brown. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with syrup.

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DIY Microwave Rich and Creamy HOT Chocolate


1 (12-ounce) bag (2 cups) semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon salt

Microwave chocolate on HIGH, cream and salt in large bowl, stirring
occasionally, until smooth, about 2 minutes.

Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.

Roll 3 tablespoons chilled chocolate mixture into ten 2-inch balls.

Individually wrap balls in plastic wrap and transfer to zipper-lock bag.
Refrigerate for 5 days
or freeze for up to 2 months.

To make 1 cup of hot chocolate:
combine in large mug:
1 unwrapped chocolate ball
1 cup whole or lower-fat milk


Microwave on high,
stirring occasionally, until smooth, about 2 minutes.
Serve and enjoy...

Horseradish-infused Vodka

We can blame Tom Johns for this one - at the Cagles' 50th, he treated us to Bloody Marys made with the Referent commercial product - which isn't available here in Florida.

750 ML Vodka
~3" chunk of fresh horseradish root
2 TBS peppercorns

Peel and slice the horseradish into ¼"-½" slices. Put all the ingredients into a sealed container (I use apothecary jars). Soak for 3 days to a month. Strain into the original bottle.

Sip neat or in Bloody Marys:

1½ oz. Vodka
Generous dash of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
Liberal dash of celery salt
Dash of garlic powder
½-1 TSP lemon (or lime) juice
Tobasco Sauce to taste
V8 Juice (Regular or Spicy; if tomato juice, Campbell's is best)

Ohhhhhhhhh does this sound goooooood!

I have a friend who has horseradish. I think this is something I'll have to try.

You are correct with the V8 for Bloody Marys it also makes great Bloody Beer! Interesting fact low sodium V8 Spicy is high in potassium. Better than bananas for leg cramps.

Thanks for this great recipe-Idea Rusty and Tom Johns

Try cream cheese on your hot dog.

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Try cream cheese on your hot dog

I guess mustard on soft pretzels and mayonase on french fries is old stuff.

Goulosh By Bubba

1 lb browned lean ground beef along with 1/2 lb of your favorite sausage. I like spicy jimmy dean
Drain meat.

Saute one green pepper with one onion diced. I like to add mushrooms garlic red pepper as well. Clarify the onions and aldente the peppers. Drain if left over butter. salt and pepper to taste.

1 cup of noodles or so also cooked aldente

Mix ingredients and add 2 cans of condensed Campbells tomato soup one can of cream corn and one can of nugget corn. Drain the nugget corn before adding.

BAM

You got Gorp. Or Granny Franny's Goulosh.

Feeds a lot of people cheep. My grandmother from the Depression era used it to feed her 7 children.


Cheers
Meric

SAMOA CHEESECAKE BITES

12 Samoa Girl Scout Cookies (Walmart has a great generic cookie that works great)
2x8oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

Caramel ice cream topping, shredded sweet coconut (toasted) and melted chocolate for topping

Preheat oven to 350F, line muffin tin with paper liners for cupcakes
put one cookie in bottom of liner

Beat cream cheese, sugar until smooth
Add vanilla and eggs, mix
Spoon batter over cookies
Bake 15-18 min or until set
Let cool and refrigerate several hours before serving

Top with caramel, coconut and melted chocolate

ENJOY