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----- Original Message -----
From: Jeanne
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 1:10 PM
Subject: Carne A La Mexicana
Hiya,
I'm looking for a recipe for Carne A La Mexicana. I get it at Pepe's Mexican Restaurant.
Pepe's is a chain of Mexican restaurants in the Chicagoland area. The menu lists it as:
"Sauteed and diced beef skirt steak seasoned with garlic, tomatoes, onions, and peppers
(they're bell). Hot or Mild". What I'm confused about is what type of sauce, salsa,
gravy, base, or whatever you want to call it, is it cooked in? I asked them and they
said that they just use their salsa. Their salsa tastes like warm tomato soup. This
dish has a robust/bolder base. It's not a watery consistency, but it's definitely a
little saucy. It says tomatoes in the menu, but they aren't visible. I get it "Hot"
and they use sliced jalapenos. I've tried it at other restaurants and although it was
tasty, it was dry. Tasted like steak fajitas, bell pepper & onion chopped up in little
pieces.
I crave this stuff (can't be pregnant, I'm 60 years old!) but it's getting expensive
3 days a week!
HELP!!!
Hi Jeanne,
Pepe's Carne A La Mexicana recipe just doesn't seem to be available. I cannot find it.
Someone else posted a request for it on this forum back in March, but has had no success:
Recipe Secrets
That's a good sign that it's not available.
There are recipes called "Carne a la Mexicana", "Carne Asada a la Mexicana",
"Steak a la Mexicana", "Beef a la Mexicana", "Bistec a la Mexicana", etc.
Some use skirt steak, but some use flat iron steak, and some use other cuts.
You are probably not going to find an exact duplicate for Pepe's Mexicana
Salsa without knowing more about it. Mexicana sauce typically uses tomatoes,
garlic, onions, and peppers, but the exact preparation varies.
There is a similar recipe called "Sauteed Steak a la Mexicana", using flat iron
steak, in this cookbook: "Simply Mexican" by Lourdes Castro. You can probably find
a copy at Amazon.
There are recipes on these sites that may or may not be similar:
with sirloin and several different peppers
Beef a la Mexicana - with peanuts?
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: Diane
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 12:28 AM
Subject: Butter Crumbcious (Crumbtious) Cake
Hi , I remember my mother used to make this simple but delicious cake in the sixties
and early seventies but she can't find her recipe, I think it may have been published
in a newspaper back then. It was a simple yellow cake with a buttery, crumbly topping.
It had flour, butter, sugar, eggs, baking powder and baking soda (I think) and I don't
know what else. Thanks for your help!!! Diane ;)
Hi Diane,
Sorry, I can't find a recipe with either of those unique names. See below for some recipes
that may be similar.
Phaed
Butter Scrumptious Cake
Cut 1/4 cup butter or margarine into 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 cup firmly packed
brown sugar to make crumb mixture.
Sift together: (2 cups flour), 2 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. baking soda,
1/2 tsp. salt.
Cream 1/2 cup butter or margarine with 1 cup (8 ounce package) cream cheese.
Gradually add 1 1/4 cups sugar; cream well. Blend in 2 unbeaten eggs and
1 teaspoon vanilla; beat well. Add 1/2 cup milk, alternately with dry
ingredients beginning and ending with dry; blend well after each addition.
Turn into 13"x9"x2" pan, greased and floured. (Bake 350 degree oven for 30 to
40 minutes.)
Sprinkle with crumb mixture and add 1/2 cup chopped nuts if desired.
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Butter Crumb Cake
1 Pillsbury yellow cake mix
2 eggs
1 stick of real butter
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 lb. powdered sugar
Mix yellow cake mix with 2 eggs; add 1 stick of real butter, melted.
Spread on large cookie sheet.
Topping:
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, room temperature
1 lb. powdered sugar
Mix with hands. Add:2 eggs
Pour over cake and bake for 20-25 minutes at 325 degrees.
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Butter Crumb Cake
1/2 c. butter
8 oz. cream cheese
1 1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. milk
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 c. butter or margarine
1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. brown sugar
Cream 1/2 cup butter, cream cheese and sugar; set aside. Blend eggs,
vanilla and milk; set aside. Blend 2 cups flour, baking soda and baking
powder; add alternately with egg-milk to butter-cheese mixture. Pour into
prepared 13x9 inch pan. Combine 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 cup flour and brown
sugar to make crumbs; sprinkle on top of batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
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Subject: Butter crumbtious cake
From: Diane
Date: 4/27/2020, 1:58 PM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Hi quite a while ago I was searching for my mom’s recipe for this cake.
You found a butter crumb cake and now 10 years later I found a copy of
her recipe. I spelled it wrong as crumbtious instead of crumshus! My bad!
Thanks for all you do I will send a photo of her recipe on another email.
Stay safe and thanks again!
Butter Crumshus Cake
Cut 1/4 cup butter or margarine into half cup flour and half cup brown sugar
to make crumbs.
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2 cups sifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
Cream 1/2 cup butter with 1 cup cream cheese - 8 ounces.
Gradually add 1 1/4 cups sugar; cream well. Beat in 2 unbeaten eggs and
1 tsp vanilla; beat well. Add 1/2 cup milk, alternate with dry ingredients.
Turn into 13"x9"x2" pan, greased in bottom.
Sprinkle with crumb mixture and add 1/2 cup chopped nuts if desired.
Bake 350 degree oven for 30 to 40 minutes.
----- Original Message -----
From: barbara
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 8:25 PM
Subject: banana dream boats
Hello
I am looking for a recipe to make the "Banana dream boats" of the 70's
At one time it was made by a bakery called Mickey. They were bakery items
sold in a two pack like twinkies or hostess. Any help would be appreciated.
It was a spice cake like bottom with a banan cream top.
Barbara
Hi Barbara,
This search is complicated by that fact that there is an old camping recipe
with the same name that's made by wrapping a banana with marshmallows and
chocolate in aluminum foil and baking it in a campfire. You'd have to sort
out one from the other by checking each one.
However, there's an entire page devoted to nostalgia about the commercial product
"banana dream boats" here:
In the 70s.com
If all those folks haven't been able to find a recipe for making them at home,
then there probably isn't a recipe available.
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: Rusty
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 5:18 PM
Subject: HI Iam new to this but have a question about a recipes
Hi my name is Rusty
I have been searching for long lost recipes,,of our military,,
recipes from battle ships they used in the kitchens,,,
I am searching for battle field recipes,,,what the men cooked on the battle field,,
recipes served on ships like beef stew for 500 military,,
things like Battlefield cake,,,,do you know of any web sight I can go to or have
any recipes at all on long lost military Recipes,,,thanks for any help
Rusty
Hello Rusty,
I don't know of such a site. There is a book on the subject available here:
Culinary Campaign: A History of Military Cuisine with Stories, Songs, and Recipes
Other books and war memoirs might be helpful. Check the used books sites like Amazon.
This site has some info on rations:
History of Military Rations
Your best bet may be veteran's organizations' message boards. You'll probably have
more luck by breaking this down by service branch and era - WWI military recipes,
WWII military recipes, Korean War military recipes, Vietnam War military recipes, etc.
A site like this might also be helpful. They have a forum.
US Military.About.Com
Phaed
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Margaret sent this link to a site that has some field ration recipes: Ration Cookbooks
----- Original Message -----
From: Liz
To: Phaedrus
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 4:52 PM
Subject: looking for instructions
Hi:
Would you be able to help me find an instruction manual? It's for the Rival
Quesadilla Maker qm100 thanks in advance. I bought one at a thrift shop and
you guessed - no instructions.
Liz
Hi Liz,
Dozens of people are looking for this owner's manual on the Internet and no
one is finding it. Sorry. All I can do is post the request on my site and hope
that someone has the manual and a scanner.
Phaed
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