Favorite Recipes

[FastNFancy]

Pound Cake


Ingredients:
3 cups cake flour
6 large eggs
1 pound butter
1 pound sugar
2 teaspoons of clear vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk

Preheat ove to 325.

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add eggs two at a time and blend well.
Add vanilla
Add sifted flour and buttermilk alternately
blending well after each addition.
Don't beat too long after flour and eggs have been added.
Pour into a lightly greased and floured pan.
Bake at 325 for abt 1 hr 20 min.


Variations:
Cream cheese.
Black Walnut Flavor
Sour Cream
Endless possibilities......

[AllFiveAllTime]

yall trying to make me fat up in here. but my wife will love it if i bring home more food to eat. she demands dinner as it is. I tried to take her out to dinner and she almost flipped out. She don't want nothing but my home cooking. Specially since she knows it's sanitary.

She's always been thin. But when we first started dating she told me it would be a miracle if she gained weight. Three months later she put on 10 pounds. I said that it was good for her. She now looks like a regular member of society. She used to be over my hourse everyday and would caryy left overs to school.

[FastNFancy]

I used to love to eat out...but lately I have had some scary experiences. I vowed I would cook more often...then I won't have to worry about what I'm eating...cuz I know. AFAT...you must be one helluva cook.

[AllFiveAllTime]

Nope. I'm just a guy who likes to have fun in the kitchen. Everybody says I should cater, but then that would take the fun out of cooking.

[FastNFancy]

I think catering would take the fun out of cooking. It's like you 'have' to do it! Some of my best meals are made simply because of the way I feel at the time.

[AllFiveAllTime]

So, funny how about three minutes ago I just accepted to cater a friends Wedding. I told him I'd do it for free because of his current situation. He doesn't know how good he's gonna get it. I have access to a great kitchen.

[eizzie]

HELP ANYBODY,
OF ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN COOKING, I'VE NEVER COOKED CORNBEEF AND CABBAGE. NOW I GOT A SPECIAL REQUEST TO FIX A FRIEND THIS DISH. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE A GOOD RECIPE. I KNOW IF ITS NOT COOKED JUST RIGHT, IT CAN BE STRINGY. PLEASE HELP A SISTAH OUT.

[Corned Beef]

eizzie said:

HELP ANYBODY,
OF ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN COOKING, I'VE NEVER COOKED CORNBEEF AND CABBAGE. NOW I GOT A SPECIAL REQUEST TO FIX A FRIEND THIS DISH. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE A GOOD RECIPE. I KNOW IF ITS NOT COOKED JUST RIGHT, IT CAN BE STRINGY. PLEASE HELP A SISTAH OUT.

2 Lb. corned beef -- (2 to 3)
7 C.water
1 beef flavor bouillon cube or 1 tsp.
instant beef bouillon
1/2 C. coarsely chopped onion
2 garlic cloves -- sliced
6 peppercorns**
2 whole cloves**
6 new potatoes -- unpeeled and
quartered (see note)
3 carrots -- cut into julienne
strips
6 C. very coarsely chopped cabbage

In 5 quart Dutch oven, combine corned beef and water.
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 15 minutes. Skim off any scum that rises to the surface. Add bouillon cube, onion, garlic, peppercorns, cloves and bay leaf. Simmer covered an additional 3 to 4 hours or until meat is tender. Remove meat from broth; cool. skim fat from broth. Cut meat into bite-size pieces; return to broth. Stir in carrots and potatoes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in cabbage. Simmer covered an additional 15 minutes or until all vegetables are tender. Remove peppercorns,
cloves and bay leaf. Makes 10 (1 1/4 cup) servings.
**If corned beef is packaged with its own spice packet,
substitute packet for peppercorns, cloves and bay leaf, if desired.

Note: Two medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch
cubes can be substituted for new potatoes. All the flavors of a New England boiled dinner are brewed in this soup.

[eizzie]

UMMMMMMMM. YUMMY. SOUNDS DELICIOUS. THANKS CORNED BEEF.

[FastNFancy]

I usually take the easy way out and use the beef brisket in a bag with all the seasonings enclosed. I would get the brisket from a Kosher market. I just cut the bag open cover it with water per instructions and let it simmer about 2-3 hours. Who doesn't know how to cook cabbage? I just toss in a few green and red peppers, and vidalia onions and cook it in a skillet for a few minutes. Most people I know like their cabbage cooked forever in a pot full of water. I prefer mine a little crunchy.

[eizzie]

Thanks for the receipe FNF. I know you a southern gal so i know you can burn. Im with you, I like cabbage the southern way--a little crunchy. I usually cook my cabbage smothered.