Friday, August 14, 2009

The hungry man Hero Sandwich

Ingredients:
1.fresh turkey meat white or dark
2. 1 cup of homemade stuffing ( recipe is on this blog)
3. 2 tablespoons of cranberry sauce
4. homemade turkey gravy
5. long roll

First things first, you need a 7 to 8 LB. turkey, heat oven to 400, wash turkey and rub with salt & pepper, place in a pan, cook for 1 hour, add 3 cups of water, cover, lower temp to 350, cook for 2 hours, the meat will be falling off the bones by then.
pick the meat, discard anything out off the pan except the juice, next heat the pan on the stove, add some water to get all the goodies removed from the pan, add a packet of turkey gravy and cook it down till it's thick and tasty.

OK, the next step is the stuffing, you need to grind up or chop fine 1 celery, 2 carrots & 1 onion. melt 1/2 stick of butter into a pot, then add veggies, stir in salt, pepper, thyme, sage and garlic powder, Cook covered slowly until soft. add 1or 2 bags of seasoned bread cubes to veggie mix add water if needed, adjust seasonings and it's ready.

All right , we have our Turkey. gravy. stuffing and next is cranberry sauce
the one I would use had like chunks and whole cranberries in the jell stuff. I think IT adds texture to the sandwich and a can of cranberry is just Not a good thing, so don't use it!

assembly- take the long roll ans scoop out some off the bread out, making a well, don't puncture the roll. add 1 or 2 tablespoons of the chunky cranberry, the other side fill in with Turkey tossed with gravy, if you just pour the gravy on it's a freakin mess. so do what I say/ then we take 1/4 cup of stuffing. place It between plastic wrap and shape it the length & width of the roll and as thick as you want it.
NOW THE SECRET IS YOU GOT THE CRANBERRY IN ONE SIDE AND TURKEY & GRAVY IN THE OTHER SIDE. NOW YOU PUT THE STUFFING FLAT ON TOP OF 1 SIDE AND QUICKLY FLIP IT OVER. THE STUFFING KEEPS EVERYTHING FROM RUNNING OUT ANS IT'S JUST A REAL GOOD SANDWICH.

THIS ONE'S JIMBOS, ENJOY!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Lime Potato salad

Ingredients:
1. 5 pounds of red bliss potatoes
2. 2 cups of olive oil
3. 1 cup of vegetable or household oil
4. the juice of 7 to 10 limes ( don't be a slacker, juice them yourself)
5. salt and pepper to taste
6. 1 to 3 teaspoons of chicken or vegetable base ( you want the kind of base that's like a paste, you can use bouillon or powdered base, but they DO NOT give you the same effect)
7. 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
8. 1 tablespoon of cilantro don't chop it

Start a pot with potatoes, cold water and some salt, cover and boil till tender but still slice able about 25 minutes?

while the taters are boilin, get a blender, add 3/4 of the fresh lime juice, the granulated garlic, cilantro and 1/2 the base

turn on low and remove plastic stopper on the lid of the blender, turn up to medium and slowly pour in the 3 cups of oil.

Now the mixture will start to thicken, remember slowly add the oil

When the oil is added, taste it. you may want to add more base, cilantro, lime juice or salt and pepper. Your looking for a powerful lime taste but with the other ingredients added it will be limey but not to over bearing. I would think that most people will want to add more base (watch it's salty) black pepper and maybe more oil, depending on YOU.

when the potatoes can be pricked with a fork easily, they are done, you want to be able to slice 1/4 inch round slices while there still hot
layer the potatoes in a casserole dish or a platter and pour the lime mixture over the potatoes. the hot potatoes will pick up and absorb the lime dressing, so save a little prior to eating.

decorate with chopped scallions, jalapenos, bacon, just to name a few
any questions, cherrys963@msn.com Enjoy!
to my big bro Dave

Helens bird nest recipe

ingredients: 2 pieces of white or wheat bread
2 jumbo eggs
1/4 cup of melted butte
1 round cookie cutter about as big as a drinking glass
non stick cooking spray
1 non stick frying pan

1.Using the glass or cookie cutter, make a round circle, leaving enough edge of the bread so it stays intact.
2. heat the pan on medium and give it a good spray of Pam
3. add 1/2 of the melted butter to the pan, coat the bottom evenly, lay down the bread flat and crack 1 egg in each whole
4. give the eggs a minute to settle then move the slices of bread around slowly to absorb any remaining butter
5. adjust heat so the bread isn't burning, just getting crispy
6. move the bread slices to the edge of the pan, pour in the remaining butter, and flip the slices into the butter, making sure to move them around to soak up all da butter
7. depending on how you like your eggs cooked, for a hard egg cook 3 minutes on each side, that will give you a solid egg with the toast that you can pick up with your fingers if you want. for a runny egg, cook less

The object here is to get the bread crispy and toasted enough for anyone to pick up. don't burn it, lower your heat if you have too.

You don't have to use a 1/4 stick of butter, you can just use Pam and no butter at all. the butter is the key boys and girls, no other way about it, butter makes it better

This is a great morning breakfast treat for kids heading to school or anyone in a hurry and wants to travel with a snack. we make them any time of the day or night

Any questions e-mail Steve at cherrys963@msn.com Enjoy!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Italian Broccoli Rabe recipe

2 bunches of rabe with a 1/2 inch of stem cut off the bottom
1 gallon of water with 8 chicken boulion cubes added
1 tlb. minced garlic
salt n pepper
dried Italian seasonings
1/4 cup olive oil

1.cut 1/2 inch of stem from the bunches
2. bring water with chicken cubes in it to boil
3.cut rabe in 1/2 for faster cook time
add rabe to chicken broth and boil 7 minutes or until the stam feels soft when you squeeze it
drain rabe, heat oil in frying pan and add rabe
4. add seasonings and stir, cover for 4 minutes
5. uncover rabe, taste and adjust seasonings, add a little more oil if needed MAKE SURE WATER IS EVAPORATED OUT OF THE PAN TOTATLY!
6. IT'S DONE, YOU CAN ADD HOT PEPPER SEEDS, OR MORE SEASONINGS DEPENDING ON YOUR TASTE.
7.ENJOY

Friday, May 29, 2009

Slow roast pork recipe

1 pork shoulder about 6 to 8 lbs.
4 cloves of garlic peeled
1/2 diced onion
fresh basil leaves
salt and pepper
1/3 cup of olive oil
First thing to do is to wash your roast with cold water, make sure to rinse off any blood.
next in a blender add the garlic, onion, basil and oil.
just give it a few quick spins to coarse chop and blend the ingredients
use a slow cooker or crock pot for cooking, we want to rub the blender mix all over the shoulder, making sure to coat the entire piece of pork
next take salt and pepper, rub that in as well,
place shoulder in crock pot and add 2 or 3 cups of water, the roast will produce a large amount of liquid as it cooks, so don't add too much water
cover and cook on high ffor 6hours or low for 8 to 10 hours.
you know it's finished when the meat is puliing easily away from the bone.
skim off the fat from the top of your stock, adjust the spices if needed, get a roll some provolone and hot peppers, your ready to eat.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ROAST PORK RECIPE FROM BIG DADDY'S RESTAURANT THAT WAS OPEN IN ROXBOROUGH, ENJOY!

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