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I bought both creamed corn and saltines at Mann's recently.  So this Thanksgiving I thought I'd try making my Grandmother's corn pudding recipe: front . back But forgot to get milk !  I'll try it on Sunday if I go to the store.  Anyway when I tried it in the past it always came out not quite right, usually too watery.  Maybe my ingredimunts aren't the same as Catherine Olson used to get at the National Tea supermarket ? I wish I could ask my Mom or my Grandmother, but I can't :( Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm  

I remember hearing in high school during Field Day that our radio club advisor, Mr. Gates was a Swiss Miss hot chocolate drinker.  I can't confirm or deny that but I do know that sometimes I'll get an urge for hot chocolate when the November winds are blowing and there's no hot chocolate mix in the house, not even the store brand !  So today I came up with this simple, better than nothing, recipe for hot chocolate mix (taking a recollection of the old pound cake recipe as a guide):  For 1 serving made with 6 oz. of boiling water: 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder 3 tablespoons of dry milk 1 tablespoon of sugar 1 tablespoon of butter (3 pats) Mix the powdered ingredients together in a mug, heat up the water to boiling, pour it in and mix.  Stir like crazy and then finally add the butter pats and keep stirring until melted. Of course marshmallows can be added and vanilla extract too but I didn't have them on hand.  I would take it very easy with mint extract - easy to ...

I love these: Heaven help me, they sort of remind me of Sun Chips or Cheezits, I loved those, too.  And usually these kind of snacks come in tiny expensive packages.  But when a snack is at Costco and a bag weighs almost 3 pounds, it's hard to stop ! But almonds are somewhat healthier than Sun Chips or Cheezits EXCEPT for all the smoky salt !    the salt is visible I used to get unsalted, roasted almonds along with the Smokehouse almonds and blend them, but unsalted is harder to find. But here is a mod for these almonds: put them about 8 oz. at a time into an old peanut container.  And then shake like you are the Maraca person in a band.  After a while you should see salt accumulating in the bottom.  Transfer the nuts to another jar and if they are de-salted enough, quit.  Otherwise continue shaking in the other peanut jar.  Keep going until the salt has been mostly removed: A little beat up but less salt They still taste fine to me just not ...

Forgot to mention one thing in the previous maple syrup blog entry https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2022/04/2022-maple-syrup-wrap-up.html and that was what I use the maple syrup for:  to sweeten and moisten my pancakes.   So here is my latest recipe for small batch of pancake batter:   1/2 cup whole wheat flour 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 egg 1 tablespoon olive oil 4 ounces of milk Blend the dry ingredients together in one bowl and beat the wet ingredients in another bowl and then combine them and let them set a little while the oiled pan heats up. Add more flour or milk as needed to adjust the batter consistency to your liking.  The batter can be mixed vigorously, the whole wheat flour won't get all gluteny and tough.   they look better in real life, taste good, too !   Here they are cooked at a little higher than medium heat on an electric range, small burner in a small, black Teflon fry pan (from Manitowoc !). that's the problem...