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Archive for September, 2007

I am trying to figure out how to do two things:

I want to be able to create a web page with frames. Specifically, it will have a small column on the right with links to a bunch of other pages, and when I click on those links, the large column on the left will [...]

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From the Great Falls Tribune, September 17, 2007.
Southwestern Beer Bread – Original:

2 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup corn flour
2 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp salt
1/2 cup corn kernels (thawed if frozen)
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese with jalapeno or other peppers
12-ounce bottle pale ale beer

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly coat a standard loaf pan with cooking spray.
In a [...]

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If the batter for a cake or cookies tastes so good that after the first taste test you can’t resist taking another 3 or 4, then you know you have a good batter and it will come out with good cookies or a cake.
Same for the sauce for ribs.

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Simple potato salad

Wash and trim some red potatoes, then cool. (You can decide whether you want to cut them all into a uniform size before you boil, or if you have baby spuds all about the same size you can just boil them whole.)
Finely chop some celery and red onion. The onion can be regular if you [...]

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I am famous within my family for being very picky about food. However, it’s not that I don’t like any food you can taste (as I have been accused by my family), I just don’t like foods where the dominant flavors are sugar (most store-bought cookies and a lot of prepared foods), salt (almost all [...]

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Gingerbread – Original recipe from jar of Grandma’s Robust (Unsulphured) Molasses

8 Tbsp (1 stick) butter

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup Grandma’s Molasses

1 egg

2 – 1/4 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp ginger

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground cloves

1 cup boiling water

optional: 1 tsp grated orange zest

optional: 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Heat oven [...]

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Chocolate Banana Cookies – Original recipe from Doris M. Good

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 average bananas, ripe or overripe

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 – 1/4 cups flour

1/4 tsp baking soda

2 tsp baking powder

6 rounded Tblsp cocoa

1/4 (or more) boiling water

1 cup chopped nuts

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and mix on low speed. In [...]

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I haven’t used this method myself, but I’ve seen my mom use it, and wow! does it turn out good!!!

Take a pot roast and put in a roasting pan (with a wire rack on the bottom). Thawed or frozen doesn’t matter. Put in the oven without a pan cover and broil until the roast is [...]

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Cooking Ribs

Since moving home to live with my parents, I have been doing a lot more cooking. Which makes me really happy, as I do enjoy it. However, I’ve also realized that I enjoy cooking for myself and other people far more than I enjoy just cooking for myself, and I hate the cleanup. So, I [...]

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