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----- Original Message ----- From: DAWN To: phaedrus Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 12:47 Subject: SPANISH BEAN SOUP I have been searching the web for a recipe for Spanish bean soup or Garbanzo Bean Soup to no avail. Have you any? Would like one with Chorizo and Ham in it. Thank you!
Hi Dawn,
I found one without too much looking, but then, I know all the tricks. Try the one below. It sounds pretty tasty. Glad to help anytime.
Phaed
Spanish Bean Soup 3/4 lb. dried garbanzo beans 4 oz. salt pork, or 4 slices bacon, chopped 4 - 8 oz. cooked ham, cut in chunks, or 1 small, meaty ham bone 2 - 3 cloves garlic 1 onion, chopped 1 medium tomato, cut in fourths ½ green pepper, cut in chunks Pinch saffron 1 teaspoon salt 1 - 2 potatoes, peeled and cubed 2 chorizos, Spanish sausage, thinly sliced 2 days ahead: Cover beans with cold, salted water; soak overnight. Next day: Partially fry salt pork or bacon; drain well. In a large pot, place salt pork, ham, garlic, onion, tomato, green pepper and enough water to rise 2-inches above ingredients. Bring to boil; cover; reduce heat. Cook 30 minutes. Meanwhile, dissolve saffron in ½ cup boiling water; set aside. Drain beans; add to pot with saffron-water mixture. Cook covered until garbanzos are tender, 1 to 1 ½ hours, stirring occasionally and adding water as needed. With a slotted spoon, remove garlic cloves, tomato and green pepper. Add potatoes and chorizos; cover. Cook until potatoes are done, 30 to 40 minutes. Cover; refrigerate overnight. 30 minutes before serving: Skim fat from soup; heat soup and serve. 6 Servings
----- Original Message ----- From: Lazarus To: phaedrus Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2000 9:13 Subject: Quaker Ancestors > Dear Uncle Phaedrus, > I'm stuck again. According to stories that my great-grandfather told, > his grandmother Betty Lazarus was a Quaker woman from North Carolina. > She married his grandfather William Lazarus in 1801, who was from > Ireland. They had a son named Joshua D. Lazarus in 1803, but William > died young in 1809. In the 1820s there was a mass migration from North > Carolina Westward. Betty and Joshua, along with Betty's sister Lucy, > joined the migration and are said to have gone first to Tennessee, then > to Gibson County Indiana. They went to Indiana because a man named > Thomas Say was forming a Quaker community there and Betty & Lucy wanted > to go there to live. > > Unc, I have found Joshua listed in the 1830, 1840, and 1850 censuses in > Maury County, TN. Then, in 1860 I find him and his wife Lucy and his > children in Posey County, Indiana. But, I can't find Betty Lazarus > anywhere, not in North Carolina or Tennessee, or Indiana. She is supposed > to have died in 1855 in Gibson County, Indiana. > I'm not asking you to do the research for me, but I wonder if you have > any ideas? > > Lazarus
Hello Lazarus,
Quaker ancestors can be either very easy to trace or very difficult to trace. Early Quakers kept to themselves and avoided civil authority whenever possible. They didn't register marriages with civil authorities and Quakers were often missed in early censuses. Quakers also did not put headstones on their graves. Quakers kept their own records in their community "Monthly Meeting" records. All of the records of a local Quaker community were kept this way, including marriages, births, deaths, etc. If you know the monthly meeting(s) to which your ancestor belonged, then you can easily trace them by checking the records of that Monthly Meeting. There's a set of books called "The Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy" that has the data from many of the Monthly Meetings. That's the first place to try.
However, Monthly Meeting records, like any other records from a couple of enturies ago are sometimes missing. Another problem is that, if a Quaker married outside the faith, they were ejected from the Monthly Meeting. It sounds like Betty married a non-Quaker, although William might have converted for her sake.
There was a mass exodus, so to speak, from North Carolina west in the 1820s. New land was opening up and many people migrated. Many Quakers did go to Indiana. However, the story about Thomas Say isn't exactly correct. Say was a Quaker and a famous naturalist. He was to insects what John James Audubon was to birds. But there's no record of him starting a Quaker community. Rather, he moved to Posey County, Indiana in 1825 to live in a Utopian community that was started by Scotsman Robert Owen. However, it was not a Quaker community. Robert Owen was an atheist. The community did allow total religious freedom. It was not in Gibson County, but in Posey County. The New Harmony Community site is a historical site today. The community only lasted one year. Owen went back to Scotland, but two of his sons, along with Thomas Say and several others, remained at New Harmony. It became a small community of scientists and intellectuals. Thomas Say died in 1834.
You might try to locate any existing records of people who lived in the New Harmony Community. You might also check the county records for Posey and Gibson Counties. Finally, see if you can find the records for the local Quaker Monthly Meetings in POsey and Gibson counties. Her death might be recorded in them.
Phaed
----- Original Message ----- From: Dana To: phaedrus Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 23:22 Subject: orange slice candy recipe I NEED A RECIPE FOR ORANGE SLICE CANDY. THE KIND YOU SEE, MADE WITH REAL ORANGES THAT YOU DIP IN CHOCOLATE.
Hi Dana,
Let's see . Perhaps what you are asking for is a recipe for making "candied orange slices"? You see, in the cooking parlance that I have always known, "Orange Slice Candy" and "Candied Orange Slices" are not the same thing. "Orange Slice Candy" is candy that's made to look like orange slices, while "Candied Orange Slices" are real orange slices that are candied with sugar.
Phaed
Here's a recipe for making candied orange slices:
CANDIED ORANGE SLICES
Ingredients
a.. 2 large, thin skinned oranges
b.. 1 cup sugar
c.. 3/4 cup water
Method of Preparation
Wash and dry oranges and slice as thinly as you can, about 1/16th of an
inch thick. Use a mandoline if you have one or a very sharp knife. In a
medium pot, combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil and stir until sugar
dissolves. Remove from heat and cool ten minutes. Add oranges to pot.
Cover and let stand 2 hours. Preheat oven to 225°. Line two baking sheets
with parchment paper. Arrange orange slices on baking sheet and press flat.
Bake two hours or until golden. Cool completely. Store in an air tight
container in single layers or between layers of parchment.
Then, Dana, to coat them with chocolate, just use the second recipe that I
sent you before:
CHOCOLATE ORANGE SLICES
Ingredients :
candied orange slices
1/3 bar paraffin
1 (6 oz.) pkg. semi-sweet chocolate
chips
Preparation :
Melt chocolate chips and paraffin in double boiler. Keep hot,
cut orange slices in half. Using a toothpick, dip slices in hot
chocolate. Cool on wax paper.
----- Original Message ----- From: Pipper To: phaedrus Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 11:27 Subject: Cooking questions > I hope you can help me. I actually have two questions. > > 1. How do I get burnt popcorn out of the bottom of my stainless steel > pot? I have scrubbed and scrubbed with no result. > > 2. I found my mother-in-law's canning pots in our basement. > Unfortunately, there is rust on the cover and the inside of the pot. > They are good pots, so I hate to see them go to waste. > Is there a way to safely remove the rust? > > Any help you could give me would be appreciated. If you don't know the > answers, do you have any idea where I might go to find them? > > Thanks for your time. > > Pipper
Hi Pipper,
Well, I'll try. You've asked a couple of toughies.
1)To get the burnt popcorn out of a stainless steel pot, try this:
Fill it with 2 inches of water. Add 1 tablespoon of baking soda and bring to a boil. Cover and boil for 5 minutes, then remove from the heat and let stand for 30 minutes before cleaning.
Another method is to fill with 2 inches of water, then add 1/2 cup of salt. Bring to a boil and boil for 20 minutes, Remove from heat, cover, and let stand overnight. Finish cleaning the next day with a scouring pad.
If neither of these works, it may be time to scrap the pot.
2)As for the canning pots, are they chipped enamelware? The first choice is to have them re-enameled by a professional. If they aren't worth that, then you can try scrubbing off the rust with steel wool. Be careful that you don't scratch the good enamel, though. You can't re-enamel them yourself. Enamel has to be baked on in a high-temperature curing oven. There are commercial rust removers, such as oxalic acid, but these chemicals are very poisonous. If you use them clean the pots well to make sure you get all of the chemicals out. No matter how you remove the rust, you'll have to treat the chipped spots like you would a cast iron skillet:
Remove the rust with steel wool or rust remover. Scrub and scour the pot with hot sudsy water and scouring pad. Fill the pot with water. Bring to or near a boil for 5 minutes. After scouring and sterilizing, rub the bare spots or scratches with cooking oil. Heat at a low temperature in oven for about 30 minutes. Do this every time you use them or the bare spots will rust again.
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: Kris
To: phaedrus
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 15:04
Subject: Recipe search
> Good Afternoon:
>
> I am in search of two recipes. One for cookies, and
> one for candy. I believe that both were in Farm
> Journal cookbooks. The candy recipes is called:
> Sourkraut candy. I'm not really sure if that is the
> correct spelling. It is a penuche recipe with coconut.
> The cookie recipe is called: Cape Cod Chocolate Chip
> cookies. I sure hope that you can help me. I had the
> Farm Journal Candy cookbook and I lost it in one of my
> moves and now they are no longer publishing. I haven't
> been able to find a copy anywhere. Sure hope you can.
> Thank you for helping me with this. I do appreciate
> any help you can give me.
>
> Sincerely
> Kris
Hi Kris,
Well, I don't have the Farm Journal Cookbooks, either. I maintain my
database on the computer only. However, I found two sauerkraut candy
recipes, and I believe that the second one is what you want. I am including
the other one mainly becuase it contains actual sauerkraut, not just
coconut.
As for the Cape Cod chocolate chip cookies, I didn't actually find anything
listed that way. What I found was Cape Cod oatmeal cookies with chocolate
chips. I am sending you the two recipes that I found listed that way.
Phaed
SAUERKRAUT CANDY
Ingredients :
1 1/4 c. cocoa
1 lg. pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 c. sauerkraut, rinsed, well-drained, chopped
4 c. sugar
1 c. marshmallow whip
1 c. evaporated milk
Preparation :
Boil sugar, cocoa, chips, sugar, and milk to the soft ball stage.
Beat in marshmallow and kraut. Kraut must be well-rinsed and
drained, almost dry. Beat well and pour into buttered pan to set.
Cool and cut into squares. Very Good!
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Title: SAUERKRAUT CANDY
Categories: Candies
Yield: 214 Servings
2 c Light brown sugar,
Firmly Packed
1/4 c Butter, (1/2 stick)
1/4 ts Salt
2 c White sugar
1 ts Vanilla
1/4 c Light corn syrup
1 1/2 c Shredded coconut
1 1/3 c Dairy half and half
Combine sugars, cornsyrup and half-and-half in 3-qt. heavy saucepan with
buttered sides. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is
dissolved. Continue cooking to the soft ball stage (238-240 degrees).
Remove from heat. Add butter and salt without stirring. Cool to lukewarm
(110 degrees). Add vanilla and beat until creamy; mixture loses gloss and
becomes opaque. Fold in coconut all at once. Pour onto buttered and
chilled
platter or into an 8 or 9" square pan. Cut in slices if thick or in 49
squares if molded in pan. Makes about 2 1/4 pounds.
(You can't miss with this combination of lots of coconut in Penuche)
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CAPE COD OATMEAL COOKIES
Ingredients :
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. melted shortening
1/2 c. melted butter
1 tsp. molasses
1/4 c. milk
1 3/4 c. uncooked oats
1/2 c. raisins
1/2 c. chopped nuts
1/2 c. chocolate chips
Preparation :
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon,
salt, together in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients.
Arrange by teaspoonful on buttered cookie sheet. Bake about 12
minutes.
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CAPE COD OATMEAL COOKIES
Ingredients :
*2 c. flour
*1/2 tsp. baking soda
*1 tsp. cinnamon
1 egg
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. melted shortening
1/2 c. melted butter
1 tbsp. molasses
1/4 c. milk
2 c. oatmeal
1/2 c. chocolate chips
1/2 c. chopped nuts
Preparation :
Mix flour, baking soda, and cinnamon in a large bowl.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Bake about 10 minutes
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----- Original Message ----- From: Lazarus To: phaedrus Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2000 11:28 Subject: Sparta? > Dear Uncle Phaedrus, > I'm stuck. My Uncle says that his grandfather (my great-grandfather) > told him that our family lived in Sparta, North Carolina from 1800 to > about 1820, when they migrated to Tennessee. But when I check for > censuses for Sparta, which is in Alleghany County, the oldest one that > I can find is 1860. I thought census-taking began in 1790. Where can I > find the older censuses? > > Lazarus
Hello Lazarus,
Well, you won't find any censuses for Alleghany County or for Sparta before 1860. The reason is simple: They didn't exist before 1859. What is now known as Alleghany County, NC was created out of part of Ashe County in 1859. Sparta was built at that time on land donated by a landowner. There was only a general store in the area before then.
Your great-grandfather might have meant "the area where Sparta is today." There was a trail known as "the old wagon road" that went through the area. It came into North Carolina over the mountains from Virginia. This road began in Philadelphia, PA. Many of the early immigrants, particularly the Irish and Scots-Irish ones, debarked in Philadelphia and then traveled down this road looking for a good place to settle. If that's what he meant, then try looking in Ashe County records.
There is, however, another possibility. You see, there was another Sparta in NC. It was in Edgecombe County on the Tar River, closer to the Atlantic Coast. It's still on the map, as "Old Sparta." You might try searching early Edgecombe county records such as censuses and tax lists for your ancestors.
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: Joan
To: phaedrus
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 16:56
Subject: drying apples for wreaths
Hi Phaed - MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME AGAIN - DO YOU HAVE ANY
SUGGESTIONS/IDEAS HOW TO DRY APPLES FOR WREATHS I WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE FOR THE HOLIDAYS - LOOKS LIKE YOU SLICE THEM
VERY THIN BUT NOT SURE HOW TO DRY THEM....AS USUAL THANKING
YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ALL YOUR HELP....Joan
Hi Joan,
While looking, I found instructions on how to make a whole dried apple wreath. They're below. If you have your own ideas about the wreath, you can just use the instructions on drying the apples. You could probably also dry them in a dehydrator, if you have one.
Phaed
Here's directions to make a wreath using dried apples.
Materials list
Heart-shaped grapevine wreath
Several red apples
Clear acrylic spray sealer
Cinnamon sticks
Eucalyptus
German statice dried flowers
62 inches of Country Red twisted paper ribbon
(4 1/2 inches wide when untwisted)
Glue gun
small amount of floral wire
Directions:
To dry apples: Dry apples the day before you plan to assemble your wreath.
Begin by slicing apples vertically to make 1/4 inch thick heart shaped
slices. soak slices in mixture of 1/2 cup lemon juice and 1/2 tablespoon
salt for 3-4 minutes. drain and place apples on oven rack; bake at 150
with door ajar for 5-6 hours or until they feel leathery. When apples
are cool, spray with clear acrylic spray sealer to retain color.
To assemble wreath:
Cover grapevine heart shape with 2 single lengths of eucalyptus and secure
by gluing leaves to wreath. Untwist paper ribbon and cut in half lengthwise
so you have 2 2-1/4 in strips. Set one strip aside for a future project.
To make the center loop of the bow, wind one end of the paper ribbon over
your thumb. fold ribbon back and forth behind the center loop to form two
2 inch loops, one on each side of the center loop. Repeat once more, making
two 3 inch loops. Bring the free ribbon end up under the bow to form one big
loop. fasten the layers together with wire wrapped through the center loop
and catching the ribbon underneath. Cut the big bottom loop in half to form
2 tails of the bow. Wire bow to top of wreath, using enough wire to make a
loop for hanging in the back. Fluff out bow and curl tails once toward the
center. Glue tail ends to lower sides of wreath. Glue cinnamon sticks at
equal intervals around wreath. Glue apple slices in pairs to cinnamon sticks,
overlapping each other. To make a rose from an apple slice, cut the slice from
the edge to the center. Starting at one end, roll slice into rose shape.
Hot-glue the end down to secure. Glue apple roses in between cinnamon stick
arrangements. Add sprigs of German statice around apple slices and roses.
Glue a tiny arrangement of eucalyptus, apple rose and statice below center loop
of bow. Hang your wreath.
From: toni To: phaedrus Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 11:49 Subject: Help Please Hi I am searching for recipes that do not include eggs of any kind and does not call for vanilla. What is a good substitute for these? Thank You Toni
Hi Toni,
Well, I don't maintain a file of special diet recipes, but I can give you some links and some suggestions. Can you use egg substitutes, like "Egg Beaters?" If you can, then you can use these in many recipes that call for eggs. As for the vanilla, I think you can buy natural vanilla extract and then I think you can also buy artifical vanilla flavoring. If you can''t use the natural vanilla, can you use the artificial vanilla? If you can't use either, can you use other flavorings, such as maple or almond or rum, etc? Try substituting one of these in recipes that call for vanilla. Finally, below are some links to sites with egg-free recipes:
http://allrecipes.com/directory/588.asp
http://www.skyisland.com/OnlineResources/cookbook/eggfree/eggfree.html
http://southernfood.about.com/food/southernfood/msub13.htm
http://www.foodallergy.org/archives.htm
Phaed
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