Weekly Cooking Thread (Merry Christmas)Dec 25

Free Republic | December 25, 2010 | libertarian27

[libertarian27]

Welcome to this week's installment of the Weekly Cooking Thread.

Merry Christmas!

Please share your Christmas fare recipes and what you'll be serving this week.

[magslinger]

My mother tells about some neighbors she had when she was a girl. They were dairy farmers and this happened during WWII when real butter was hard to come by. The neighbors had a guest to lunch and he kept raving about how good the "real dairy butter" was.

Nobody had the heart to tell him that every ounce of butterfat went to town in milk cans and what he was eating was margarine that had been put into butter molds after mixing in the dye.

[tubebender]

We weren’t that inventive as we just left the Oleo in the bowl I mixed it in. I remember the wars over letting the Lard factory add the yellow coloring before it left the plant...

[magslinger]

Bear in mind these folks were dairy farmers. It probably never occurred to them not to put the margarine in butter molds.

That does give me an idea. I make other compound butters besides the cinnamon butter I gave the recipe for above. I have no butter molds but my wife has a silicone cat shaped ice cube mold.

[tubebender]

Just knock the handle of that Lead Crystal lid for gramma’s butter dish and Voila butter mold...

[libertarian27]

Cheesy Turnip & Carrots
(from the allrecipe site - very good casserole)

3 cups diced Turnip
2 cups sliced Carrots
1/4 tsp ground ginger
3/4 cups water (reserved veg water)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup diced celery (doesn’t need it - I don’t like it :)
3 Tbl Butter
3 Tbl Flour
1/4 tsp pepper
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese.

Boil turnips/carrots in 1/2 tsp salted water. Drain, reserve water.
In skillet, saute onions/celery in 3T butter - stir in flour, pepper and 1/2 tsp salt. Add milk and 3/4 cup of reserved veggie water. Bring to boil. Cut heat down, Stir in cheese - stir in vegetables. Pop in oven for 10-15 minutes at 350’
(I didn’t do it but bet it would be good topped with buttered bread crumbs too)

[libertarian27]

OK - that looked bad - not a 1/2 teaspoon of salted water but water with a 1/2 tsp salt added - lol

[Netizen]

That’s hilarious! Boil in a half tsp of water. :)

[libertarian27]

Please don’t add anymore recipes to this Dec 25th thread (recap to follow)

This week’s cooking thread - January 1, 2011
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2650187/posts

[libertarian27]

Dec 25th Cooking Thread Recipe ReCap:

Bread* 15 Avocado Quick Bread
Bread* 16 Bisquick Monkey Bread
Dessert* 6 Date Nut Log
Dessert* 14 Mint Cookie Candies
Dessert* 43 Bacon ‘n Egg Candies
Dessert* 54 Cranberry Mould
Meal* 12 Stuffed Shells
Meal* 19 Turkey Brine
Meal* 58 Spiral Ham Glaze
Side* 47 cinnamon compound butter
Side* 50 Cranberry Salad
Side* 52 Mediterranean Green Beans
Side* 65 Cheesy Turnip & Carrots

[Flamenco Lady]

That sounds Yummy!