FW: French Vanilla Toast

 

 

Pat Starkey

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----- Original Message -----

From: Pat Starkey

To: starkey25.oldfamilyrecipes@blogger.com

Sent: 12/10/2007 2:25:55 PM

Subject: French Vanilla Toast

French Vanilla Toast

 

This is an old,but perhaps forgotten simple French Toast Recipe  that our kids loved. In fact we would serve it for supper once in awhile.It is so easy to make. This recipe makes 6 slices.

 

Ingredients

 

2 eggs

1/2 cup of milk (I like whole milk)

2 Tbsp. sugar

1 Tbsp. of pure vannilla extract

1/4 tsp. of cinnamon

1 Tbsp. butter or margarine

6 slices of bread ( I like to leave the bread out over night)

 

Directions

 

Whisk eggs,milk,sugar,vanilla and cinnamon in a medium bowl.

Milt butter in frying pan over medium-high heat. Dip bread slices in egg mixture and brown on both sides

 

We like our French Toast with wyrup ( pure Maple if we can afford it) and a little powered sugor on top.

 

Very Good, you will love it 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pat Starkey

pstarkey25@earthlink.net

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FW: An Old Family Sweet Potatoes Recipe

 

 

starkey25@earthlink.net

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----- Original Message -----

From: starkey25@earthlink.net

To: jerryberry

Sent: 12/9/2007 10:03:20 PM

Subject: An Old Family Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Our family always served sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving and Christmas. As kids we  all loved our sweet potatoes. My mother cooked them a dozen different ways. We loved Cinnamon sticks  and orange marmalade. So, here is one of our favorite sweet potatoes receipes:

 

4 sweet potatoes,peeled and thinly sliced.

2/3 cup sugar

2 Tbsp. orange marmalade

3 Tbsp. unsalted butter

1/2 cup water

1 tbsp. cinnamon

 

step 1.   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a round dish or 8x8 inch baking pan. Overlap potatoes in pan. Set aside.

 

step 2.   Combine sugar, marmalade, butter, water and cinnamon in a small saucepan, Bring to a boil and boil for about 5 minutes, stirring often.

 

step 3.   Pour cinnamon mixture over sweet potatoes. Cover with foil and bake for about an hour. Remove foil and cook for another 30 minutes or so.

 

step 4.   ENJOY  Pat.

 

 

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Cherry Juice Soda

Let's try to make some Cherry Juice carbonated soda. Why cherry juice? Drinking a glass of cherry juice in now considered the super drink. Eating cherries and drinking cherry juice is the new health graze. Listed below is just a few of the health benefits found in cherries

Helps fights cancers.
Helps prevent heart problems.
Relieve pain from arthritis,gout, and headaches.
Helps the body produce melatonin.

I can not vouch for any of these claims. I do, however, feel that any beverage made from 100% fruit juice has to be beneficial. Carbonated fruit drinks taste good and are easy to make. Adults as well as the children will love cherry soda floats. ( cherry soda served over vanilla ice cream).

This recipe will make one gallon. Cherry Lemon/lime Soda.

You will need one gallon of 100% cherry juice. You can find it in the natural food section at your supermarket. 3 or 4 tablespoons of lemon or lime juice.

Add the lemon juice to one gallon of juice ,stir to mix.
Add 1/8th teaspoon of yeast to 1/4 cup of lukewarm water. Let set for a minute or two.
add to your cherry juice. Stir to mix. (you may want to use a gallon jug or large pot).
Use a funnel to bottle, leaving an inch or two of space at the top.Store in a dark place or out of direct sunlight.
Check for carbonation after two days. If bottles feel firm, good . Store in refrigerator. Enjoy.

Eggong "The way I remember it"

The Holiday season reminds me of many things, Eggnog is one of them. My Grandfather always made eggnog at Thanksgiving and Christmas. He usually made about a gallon. He would put it in a crock and set out on the back porch. A little sip of his eggnog would knock your shoes right off.He never did write his recipe down on paper, but I remember he used good bourbon. The following recipe is one that I think you will like.

You will need the following:

6 beaten eggs
2 cups whole milk
1/3 cup of sugar
3 or 4 shots glasses of bourbon
3 or 4 shots of rum
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 cup of whipping cream
A little nutmeg

Combine eggs,milk, and 1/3 cup sugar . Cook over medium heat untill sugar is dissolved and the milk sticks to the spoon. Do not boil. Remove from heat and cool quickly. You may want to set pot in cold water. Keep stirring for several minutes.Now add the good stuff.,bourbon,rum and a little vanilla. Place in a cool place for a day.

When serving pour into a small cup. top with homemade whipped cream and sprinkle a little nutmeg on top. This recipe will make about 10 4 oz. servings.

Old Fashion "Hot Buttered Rum"

I remember my family serving Hot Buttered Run drinks after dinner on Thanksgiving and during Christmas. I am not sure if this is the exact recipe that they used. But, you may want to try it.This recipe makes about a cup of buttered run base, which can be used right away, or you can store it in the refrigerator for up to one month.You will have enough for about 10 6-ounce servings.

3/4 cups brown sugar.
1/2 cup butter (softened)
1/4 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
A touch of cinnamon
A touch of allspice
Rum
Boiling water

Combine the sugar,butter, lemon peel,cinnamon and allspice, in a small mixing bowl. Mix well.
That is all there is to the Buttered Rum Base.

For one serving use 1 full tablespoon to a mug or large coffee cup. Add your favorite rum and fill with boiling water. This drink is served hot, so be careful. I have also seen it topped with a scoop of whipping cream. Enjoy.

Flavoring ingredients for Old Fashion Rootbeer

Here is a list of other common flavoring ingredients that many home brewers use in homemade root beer or homemade soda.

Dried burdock root
Juniper berries
A drop of oil of Wintergreen
One or two raisins in each bottle of root beer
Dried spikenard root
Dried yellow dock root
Dried prickly ash bark
Dried cherry bark
Allspice

You can search the inernet to find others,I have used some from this list, but I have not tied them all.If you know of others please let me at starkey25@earthlink.net

Make One Gallon of Old Fashion Rootbeer

This recipe will make a one gallon batch of old fashion root beer.My previous post listed the flavoring root and barks that you will need.

Pour about two quarts of filtered water into a medium size pan.
Add 1/4 oz.dried sassafras root bark. (optional)
Add 1/4 oz. dried birch bark
Add 1/4 oz. dried sarsaparilla root
Add 1/8 oz. dried licorice root.
Add about 1 or 2 inches of unpeeled fresh ginger root, thinly sliced.
Add one 5 inch vanilla bean. Or use approx. 1/4 tablespoon of vanilla extract.

Bring to boil. Remove from heat and let steep for about 2 hours.
Strain this mixture through a cheesecloth lined sieve into a gallon jug or a larger pot.
Add the other two quarts of filtered water. Stir well.


Let your root beer cool to about 75 o F. (lukewarm)

Now add one and a half cups of sugar.you can experiment a little here. Mix a little brown sugar with some of the white sugar. A little more molasses or a little less. Stir to dissolve sugar.
Add about 1/2 cup of dark molasses. stir well.
Add 1/8 teaspoon of Ale yeast into 1/4 cup lukewarm water. Let set for a minute or two. Stir into your root beer. Let set for another 15 or twenty minutes.
Use a funnel to fill your bottles . Leave about 2" of headspace in each bottle. Do not over fill.Be sure caps are on tight. let set at room temperature for about 12 hours. Check fermentation by squeezing the bottle. if firm Place in your refrigerator. If not, let set for a few more hours. Keep checking. Chill for about 4 or 5 days before opening your first bottle. Your homemade root beer will last for about a month. Enjoy.