17 keep your Recipes

there was a woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. as she was getting her things in serving, she contacted her pastor and had him come to her house to discuss certain aspects of her final wishes. she told him which songs she wanted sung at the service, what scriptures she would like read, and what outfit she wanted to be buried in. the woman also requested to be buried with her favourite bible., everything was in serving and the pastor was preparing to leave when the woman suddenly remembered something very important to her., more thing , she said excitedly. what s that came the pastor s reply. this is very important, the woman continued.. i want to be buried with a fork in my right hand. the pastor stood looking at the woman, not knowing quite what to say.. that surprises you, doesn tsp it the woman asked. well, to be honest, i m puzzled by the request, said the pastor., woman explained. in all my years of attending church socials and potluck dinners, i always remember that when the dishes of the main course were being cleared, someone would inevitably lean over and say, keep your fork. it was my favorite part because i knew that something better was coming..like velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish apple pie. something wonderful, and with substance! so, i just want people to see me there in that casket with a fork in my hand and i want them to wonder what s with the fork then i want you to tell them: keep your fork..the best is yet to come, eyes welled up with tears of joy as he hugged the woman good-bye. he knew this would be 1 of the last times he would see her before her death. but he also knew that the woman had a better grasp of heaven than he did. she knew that something better was coming. at the funeral people were walking by the woman s casket and they saw the pretty dress she was wearing and her favorite bible and the fork placed in her right hand. over and over the pastor heard the question what s with the fork and over and over he smiled., during his message , the pastor told the people of the conversation he had with the woman shortly before she died. he also told them about the fork and about what it symbolized to her. the pastor told the people how he could not stop thinking about the fork and told them that they probably would not be able to stop thinking about it either., he was right ., next time you reach down for your fork, let it remind you oh so gently, that the best is yet to come..

any liquid can be reduced just by heating it - but why would you want to do that, answer comes back to two of our old friends, flavor and consistency (texture)., by reducing any flavored liquid you intensify its flavor and at the same time thicken it. you can continue this process until what you have left is a syrup if it contains sugar, or a sauce if it does not., this is 1 of the most important tools in the kitchen , believe it or not, because a great sauce can rescue an indifferent meal., literally any liquid can be reduced ., a few uses, wine is frequently used in cooking , both as a marinade and as an addition to sauces for meat., there are some problems with it though, 1 of which is that you need a really good wine and quite a lot of it to produce a reasonable sauce for, say, six people., on the other hand , if you use pure grape juice and reduce it to a syrup, that syrup, added to any sauce (or gravy if you prefer) will lift it into the realms of gourmet ., more , you don tsp have to make your reduction on the night you prepare your meal. you can reduce a liter of grape juice at any time to the consistency and flavor you want; then just store it in the fridge., you can do the same thing with any fruit juice - prune is sensational - and store it until needed. just about all of them will do things for ice cream, pies or tarts that will have your guests demanding the recipe, pork with apple sauce use a carton of fresh apple juice from the supermarket and reduce it. and if you want a real sensation add in a glass of apple brandy during the reduction process., are you getting an idea of how simple this is, take any carton of fresh stock straight of the shelf and reduce it. you will transform it into something even the manufacturer won tsp recognize. but beware, you need to start out with good quality in the first place, because when you reduce a liquid you intensify all the flavors, and not just the good ones., if it s salty to start with, for example, it will be salty beyond belief by the time you ve reduced it even by half. so if you are going to use a supermarket stock, make sure it s an extremely good 1., believe me when i tell you that stock cubes should not be used for reduction sauces., thickeners, because you will be tasting as you go (won tsp you ), you may find that you get the flavor you want before the desired consistency is reached., a couple of hints right now for your sauces., sweet ones can be thickened successfully without loss of color by adding in liquid glucose early on in the reduction process. surprisingly, this will add little in the way of sweetness and produces a beautiful velvety sauce when whisked., if you get it wrong and add too much, no problem. stir in a little extra water to thin it., reduction pans, reductions need to happen rapidly in serving to preserve flavors. and the greater the surface area of the liquid the faster the water will evaporate., however you may want to whisk something into the sauce while its cooking - such as butter or olive oil for example - and for that i find a small wok is best; 1 with a handle., a wok is less likely to reduce so fast that the sauce is burnt while your back is turned. but try both methods and see which you prefer. you may even end up using something totally different., no magic to this. whatever works for you, that s what you should use, in this and everything else to do with cooking., just bear in mind that what you re after is speed and ease of use. as well as a great tasting result, of course. :>), keeping, if they should dry out , simply add a little water and heat through., sauces containing meat juices of any kind must be frozen if you re going to keep them, and should be brought to boiling point before being used again. there is no need to thaw them out to do this, in fact it s better not to. simply drop the frozen cubes into a saucepan, melt them over a gentle heat, and then bring swiftly to the boil., why do you do this to avoid food poisoning, that s why. you are making sure that any bugs introduced into the sauce during the preparation process are killed off., worry , this will not be because of anything you have done wrong (i hope!), but because bacteria are part of our everyday lives and they exist in every kitchen, however clean., in fact your food , and especially your meat, is crawling with wildlife that you will never see. don tsp worry about them. careful handling and simple precautions will ensure that these miniature monsters can never multiply enough to harm either you or your guests.

did you know, budweiser beer conditions the hair, pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish, cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes, mayonnaise will kill lice , it will also condition your hair, glue - paint on your face , allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any., shiny hair - use brewed lipton tea, sunburn - empty a large jar of nestea into your bath water, minor burn - colgate or crest toothpaste, burn your tongue put sugar on it, arthritis wd-40 spray and rub in , kill insect stings too, bee stings - meat tenderizer, chigger bite - preparation h, puffy eyes - preparation h, paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals), stinky feet - jello, athletes feet - cornstarch, fungus on toenails or fingernails - vicks vapor rub, kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet. (wow, and we drink this stuff), kool aid can be used as a dye in paint also kool aid in dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint , your kids will love it and it won tsp hurt them if they eat it, peanut butter - will get scratches out of cd s! wipe off with a coffee filter paper, sticking bicycle chain - pam no-stick cooking spray, pam will also remove paint , and grease from your hands! keep a can in your garage for your hubby, peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls, when the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on, heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar, body paint - crisco mixed with food coloring. heat the crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice, tie dye tsp-shirt - mix a solution of kool aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the tsp-shirt and soak, preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia , soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years, a slinky will hold toast and cd s, keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with colgate toothpaste, wine stains , pour on the morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt., wax - take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel., labels off glassware etc. rub with peanut butter, baked on food - fill container with water, get a bounce paper softener and the static from the bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. soak overnight. also; you can use 2 efferdent tablets , soak overnight, crayon on the wall - colgate toothpaste and brush it, dirty grout - listerine, stains on clothes - colgate toothpaste, grass stains - karo syrup, grease stains - coca cola , it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. we know it will take corrosion from car batteries, fleas in your carpet 20 mule team borax- sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. maybe this will work if you get them back again., keep fresh flowers longer add a little clorox , or 2 bayer aspirin , or just use 7-up instead of water., when you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which is the freshest, so you squeeze for freshness or softness did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week monday, tuesday, thursday, friday and saturday. each day has a different color twist tie., are, monday = blue, tuesday = green, thursday = red, friday = white, saturday = yellow ., if today was thursday , you would want red twist tie; not white which is fridays (almost a week old)! the colors go alphabetically by color blue- green - red - white - yellow, monday through saturday. very easy to remember. i thought this was interesting. i looked in the grocery store and the bread wrappers do have different twist ties, and even the ones with the plastic clips have different colors. you learn something new everyday! enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread with the right color on the day you are shopping., forget gatorade for migraine headaches. powerade won tsp work.

garbanzo beans (drain , but keep liquid), olive oil, garlic clove (or more for your own taste ), limes , juice of (or more for your own taste), cumin, coriander, cilantro (to your taste , i put a ton in), cayenne, salt

kaiser rolls, eggs, fried (keep warm), bacon (fried or microwaved until desired crispness.), ground beef, cheese, your choice, lettuce, pineapple rings, onions, tomatoes, beetroots (red beet), ketchup

morning thoughts, what do you think about the very first thing in the morning, your thoughts during the first half-hour of the morning will greatly influence the entire day. you may not realize this , but it is nevertheless a fact., if you set out with worry and depression, and bitterness of soul toward fate or man, you are giving the key note to a day of discord and misfortunes., if you think peace , hope, and happiness, you are sounding a note of harmony and success., result may not be felt at once , but it will not fail to make itself evident eventually., control your morning thoughts. you can do it ., first moment on waking , no matter what your mood, say to yourself, i will get all the comfort and pleasure possible out of this day, and i will do something to add to the measure of the world s happiness or well-being. i will control myself when tempted to be irritable or unhappy, i will look for the bright side of every event., once you say these things over to yourself in a calm, earnest way, you will begin to feel more cheerful. the worries and troubles of the coming day will seem less colossal., then say , i shall be given help to meet anything that comes today. everything will be for the best. i shall succeed in whatever i undertake. i cannot fail., do not let it discourage you if the moment you leave your room you encounter a trouble or a disaster. this usually happens. when we make any boasts, spiritually or physically, we are put to the test. the occult forces about us are not unlike human beings. when a schoolboy boasts of his strength, and says he can lick any boy in school, he generally gets a chance to prove it., when we declare we are brave enough to overcome any fate, we find our strength put to the test at once., but that is all right. prove your words to be true. regard the troubles and cares you encounter as the punching bags of fate, given you to develop your spiritual muscle., go at them with courage and keep to your morning resolve., by and the troubles will lessen, and you will find yourself master of circumstances.

agar-agar flakes or 1 tsp agar, powder, white sugar (or splenda ), boiling fruit juice (apple juice is a great neutral flavor and don tsp use real pineapple or kiwi or it wont set), mixed fruit , in fruit juice (or canned fruit of your choice-not pineapple or kiwi), fresh fruit, cleaned and small-chunked can be substituted for canned. (do not use kiwi or pineapple because those fruits contain enzymes that prevent the agar from gelling) (optional), lemon juice (for keeping fresh cut fruit from browning..can also use commercial product like (fruit-fresh, option) (optional) or 1 -2 tbsp orange juice (for keeping fresh cut fruit from browning..can also use commercial product like (fruit-fresh) (optional), we like the extreme colors ) (optional)

cooked rice , keep warm, chicken thigh fillets or 2 chicken breast fillets, onion, dashi stock (make up according to the directions on your packet), soy sauce, mirin, sugar, eggs

mixed herbs, fresh, finely chopped , loosely measured (a mixture of fresh parsley, marjoram, watercress, basil, arugula, oregano, or what-have-you), mayonnaise (the tangy kind, use more is necessary), cream cheese, softened (230 - 250 g), coarse black pepper, salt, ham, thinly sliced (or salami, or cold-smoked salmon. use more if necessary), parmesan cheese, fresh and finely grated (keep for later use, see directions), breadcrumbs, fresh (use your processor to make them, 60 g), gruyere cheese, grated (180 g), cream, thick (or use creme fraiche, 125 ml), eggs, separated, cayenne pepper, salt, salsa (or parsley sauce, optional and not necessary), lettuce leaves , torn up, optional (200 g), vinaigrette dressing (store-bought is fine, also optional extra )

albacore tuna in water, mayonnaise (i like light mayo but increase to your liking), cheddar cheese, dill, croissant rolls (sourdough or english muffins or any bread you prefer can be used)

lean ground beef, all-bran cereal, crushed, barbecue sauce, water, egg, salt and black pepper, to taste

beets (do not peel and keep leaves for later), vinegar, soup bone (your choice of chicken, ham, beef, or pork. i prefer chicken), onion, chopped, garlic cloves, minced (optional), stalks celery, chopped, carrots, chopped, potatoes, peeled and chopped, bay leaves, cayenne pepper (optional), fresh dill, chopped or 1 tbsp dill weed, water, chicken bouillon, head cabbage, chopped, beet leaf, chopped, cream or 16 oz half-and-half, salt and pepper

buttered bread slices (keep the crusts on), eggs, chocolate soy milk or vanilla (your choice), chocolate chips, sugar

lemon vinegrette dressing, lemon, squeezed, buckwheat honey, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce (optional), light olive oil, whisk all ingredients together and set aside., salad, baby spinach leaves, washed and dried, celery rib, washed, peeled and chopped, apple, washed, cored and chopped (keep peel on for colour contrast), mushrooms, your choice and sliced, carrot, finely shredded