Sunday, May 30, 2010

Donna's Georgia Swamp Sauce

Cousin Randy's wife Donna sent me this recipe:


1 cup ketchup

3/4 cup water

1/4 cup worcestershire sauce

2 TBS. chili powder


boil for 5 minutes pour over any kind of meat ( I usually sear my meat first just brown a little)cook on low heat 250 or 300 for 3 hours or so

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Blueberry Cake


Florida has a blueberry season! Who knew? Although the Florida version holds no candle to its northern cousin from either Maine or Pennfield, New Brunswick.


2 cups blueberries washed and sorted
1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg beaten
1 cup milk
4 tbsp melted shorteing
1 tsp vanilla

Topping
2 tbsp butter
1/4 cup flour
2 tbsp brown sugar
1/4 tsp cinamon

Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Beat egg, add milk and shortening to bowel. Beat well. Batter is thick.
Fold in blueberries. Grease square 8x8 pan with shortening. Pour batter into pan
cut topping ingredients together with a fork or pastery blender until crumbly. Sprinkle over top of cake

Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Chocolate Cream Pie


1 baked pie crust
4 egg yolks beaten
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup corn startch
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups milk
2 tsp vanilla
2 ounces unsweet chocolate cut up
1 cup whipped cream




beat egg yolks in bowl
sugar, corn startch and salt in sauce pan
over medium heat gradually wisk in milk. add chopped chocolate. Stir constantly bring to boil. Mixture will thicken
Add about 1/2 hot mixture to egg yolks then stir this back into sauce pan. Add vanilla, return to boil. Remove from heat and por into pie shell.
Refridgerate four hours until set
Top with whipped cream, raspberries and chocolate shavings if desired.

Stuffed Squash


Squash is gruesome in my books. Right up there with brussel sprouts and turnip for gag factor.


As I grew up I realized adding brown sugar or bacon made almost anything edible, and if that fails why even try.


This has always been a Christmas time hit with the yellow, green and red making an attractive dish. This one is dedicated to my friend Eugenie






2 acorn squash

2/3 cup graham cracker crumbs

1/3 cup coarly chopped pecans

1/3 cup butter

3 TBS brown sugar

1/8 tsp salt

1/4 tsp nutmeg

cranberry sauce (Canned will do)



pierce whole squash with fork multiple timesMicrowave on high 6 minutescut squash 1/2 and remove seedscut side down cover with plastic wrap microwave 7-9 minutesremove stem so squash will sit upright
Meanwhile mix remaining ingredients except cranberry saucePlace 1/4 mixture in squash. Microwave 3-5 minutesTop with a dollop of cranberry sauce and serve