My Collection of Recipes from Across America and Germany: Volume II

By E. John Boles

This is not a professionally written cookbook but is a representation of homegrown family cooking. Minus a few corporate-inspired recipes and one professional carrot cake recipe, my little book of kitchen recipes is a collection of hand-me-down family recipes from one generation to the next.

The design of this book has been left plain because, in the author's opinion, too many illustrations cause distractions in the kitchen. It is his hope that, by providing the space to enter a recipe or alter an existing one, more people will take up cooking again and continue to pass these and other recipes on to future generation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798886540062

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My Collection of Recipes from Across America and Germany

Volume II

E. John Boles

Copyright © 2022 E. John Boles

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2022

ISBN 979-8-88654-000-0 (pbk)

ISBN 979-8-88654-006-2 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Helpful and Useful Kitchen and Other Household Tips

Helpful and Useful Kitchen and Other Household Tips

Helpful and Useful Kitchen and Other Household Tips

Introduction

Author's Note

Pan Sizes and Equivalents

Tables of Useful Measurements

Introduction

Herbs and Spices

Herb Reference Chart

Culinary Tips for the Calorie Counter

Emergency Substitutions

Meats and Main Entrées

Barbara's Rocky Mountain Cuban Pork

Becky's Slow-Cooked Beef Brisket

Beef Bundles

Beef and Macaroni Diner

Bob's Super Chili for a Crowd

Colonel Sander's Kentucky Fried Chicken

Gingered Ham Slices

Janie's Easy Bacon-Sausage Chili

Marchell's Beef Biscuit Roll

Mary's Chicken Cacciatore

Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf Wellington

Morine's Sirloin Tips with Mushrooms

My Own Beef Tips Alfredo

New England Beef Brisket

Slow Cooker Barbecue Brisket

Pour the sauce into a large saucepan and bring to a simmer then return the sauce to the casserole dish and add the sliced meat. Bake for 30 minutes uncovered. Transfer the meat slices to a serving platter and spoon the sauce over the meat. Serve hot.Soups, Stews, and Salads

Beef and Mushroom Stew

Carole's French Onion Soup

Diane's Granny's Macaroni Salad

Egg Salad

Grandma's Vegetable Beef Soup

Ham Salad

Harvest Salad

Irish Stew

Joey's Chili Con Carne

Martha's Chicken Noodle Soup

Mexican Pasta Salad

Michele's Low-Country Chowder

Rainbow Rotini Salad

Tuna and White Bean Salad

Vegetables, Bread, Sauces, and Other Miscellaneous Dishes

Betty's Pumpkin-Cranberry Bread

Cheese-Sauced Zucchini Fritters

Cindy's Homemade Bread

Cindy's Shrimp Dip

Creamy Corn and Zucchini

Deviled Eggs

Erma's Skillet Chicken with Mushroom Gravy

Fresh Mexican Salsa

Grandma Jenny's Turkey Stuffing

How to Make Balsamic Glaze

Kate's Cornmeal Biscuits

Kates's Homemade Biscuits

Kate's Homemade White Bread

Kate's Whole Wheat Bread

Lemon Chicken and Snow Peas

McDonald's Big Mac Special Sauce

Mildred's Scalloped Potatoes

Mushroom Gravy

Old-Time Lemonade

Oven-Baked Corn Bread

Peppered Pork Pitas

Sassy Sausage and Beans

Simple Recipes for Two and the Calorie Counter

Crab Cakes

Shrimp Cocktail Sauce

Shrimp Scampi

Tuna Salad

Chicken Salad

Spicy Chops and Cabbage

Turkey Stuffing

Vern's Mushroom Sauce

Watermelon Punch

Zucchini Squash Florentine

Crock-Pot/Slow Cooker Cooking

Things You Should Know about Crock-Pot/Slow Cooker Cooking

Becky's Slow Cooked Beef Brisket

Beef Stroganoff

Black-eyed Peas

Carla's Skinny Corn Bread

Easy Slow-Cooked Chili

Great Northern/Navy Bean Soup

Ham and Bean Soup

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

Homemade Vegetable Soup

Kelly's Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff

Mark's Fall-Off-the-Bone BBQ Ribs

Pat's Slow-Cooked Pot Roast

Ruth's Minestrone

Sauerkraut-Sausage Bean Soup

Shirley's BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Split Pea with Ham Soup

Standing Rib Roast

Tony's Slow Cooker White Bean Stew

Wendy's Chili

Zucchini with Tomato Sauce

Sandwiches and Other Side Dishes

Becky's BBQ Beef Sandwiches

Burke's BBQ Chipped Ham and Sauce

Deviled Eggs

Grilled Tuna

Hot Sausage Sandwich

Kielbasa Super Hero Sandwich

Maine Crab Cakes

Meatball Sandwich

Percey's Grandma's Meatballs

Roxanne's Homemade Taco Sandwiches

Saucy Beef Sandwiches

Tuna and Macaroni Dinner

Tuna Melt

Tuna Fish Salad Casserole

White Castle Hamburgers

Put the patty on a bun half and serve with a dill pickle, chips, mustard, and ketchup.Fish and Wildlife Recipes

Albert's Hunter's Chili

Baked Trout

Breading for Fish

Buttermilk Delight

Campfire Trout

Chunky-Style Venison Chili

Fish Batter Recipes

Fried Salmon

Garlic-Fried Trout

Garlic Stir-Fry Venison

Grandpa's Favorite Rabbit Stew

Herb-Coated Roast Pheasant

Jeffrey's Meatball Part Favorites

Oven Roasted Wild Turkey

Rabbit Stew

Salisbury Venison Steaks

Sauces for Big Game

Small-Medium Game Birds in Oven Cooking Bag

Stock Recipes

Venison Steaks with Red Pepper Sauce

Warren's Caribou Stew

Desserts and Other Sweets

Autumn Apple Sliders

Betty's Pumpkin Cranberry Bread

Carrot Cake

Chocolate Mousse Pie

Chocolate Pecan Pie

Crisp Peanut Butter Cookies

Grandma's Apple Pecan Cake

Joyce's Double Chip Cookies

Lolly's Brownies

Lore's Pumpkin Fritters

Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Cookies

Penn Sheraton Cheese Cake

Pumpkin Roll

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Soft and Creamy Frosting

Teresa's Spring Hummingbird Cupcakes

Teri's Moms Apple Pie

Traditional Mom's Apple Pie

Traditional Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Wendy's Frosty

Teresa's Spring Hummingbird Cupcakes

Authentic German Cooking

(Authentish Deutsch Kochen)

Beef, Poultry, Pork, and Veal Dishes

(Rindfleisch, Gefluegel, Schweinefleish, und Kalbfleisch Gerichte)

Baked Rabbit

Roast Chicken

Roast Goose

Fried Chicken

Stuffed Peppers

Braised Pork Chops

Meatloaf

Roast Beef Hash

Fried Rabbit

Simple Sautéed Veal Cutlet

Veal Shank

Veal Chops as Prepared at Eisenhut Hotel

Veal Cutlet with Ham and Cheese

Beef Roast with Vegetables

Beef Fillets with Mushrooms

Stewed Picketed Beef

Pork Pot Roast

Pork Chop Schnitzel

Pork Cutlets Breaded

Swiss Steak

Veal Cutlet Vienna Style

Soups, Stews, and Salads

(Suppe, Eintopf, Und Salat)

Goulash

Cucumber Salad

German Potato Salad

Salad Allgäu Style

Lettuce Salad with Buttermilk Dressing

Beef Stew

Chicken Stew

Lentil Stew

Hungarian Goulash

Add 1 quart of cold water, let come to a boil, and simmer for 20–30 minutes; serve hot.Bread and Bread Rolls, Gravies, Potato Dishes, Sauces, Stuffing, Vegetables, and Other Miscellaneous Dishes

(Brot Und Brotchen, Braten Sosse, Kartoffel Gerichte, Sosse, Gastrfullung, Gemuse, Und Andere Verschieden Gerichte)

Deutsch Senf Sosse

German-Style Beans

Giblet Gravy

Giblet Stuffing

Potato Dumplings

German Potato Pancakes

Variation German-Style Potato Pancakes

Red Cabbage

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Serve over parsley boiled potatoes.Cakes, Pastries, and Desserts

(Kuchen, Torten, Und Desserts)

Apfel Nachtisch

ApfelStrudel

ApfelZerbrockeln

Apple Cake with Baked on Cheese Topping

Berlin Fried Cakes

Bismarck Log

Butter Cream Filling or Frosting

Pecan Rolls

Cheese Cake

Filbert Coffee Cake

Rum Glazer

Chocolate Frosting

Rum Cream Filling

Basic Sweet Dough

Cookie Crust

Cream Puffs

Alcoholic Beverages

(Alkoholische Getraenke)

Homemade German Alcoholic Beverages

Gluehwein

Erdbeerbowle

Heisser Rum

Rhine Tal Bowle—Rhine Valley Punch

Weiner Schnitzel

Jager Schnitzel

Pilz Sosse fur Jager Schnitzel

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About the Author

Helpful and Useful Kitchen and Other Household Tips

Helpful hints and uses for coffee filters

Coffee filters: Put multi-layered (two to three) coffee filters at the bottom of flower pot containers over drainage holes. This helps keep the potting soil in the pot while letting the water drain through. Use a coffee filter to help prevent splashes by covering them while heating items in the microwave. Use coffee filters to help keep fresh-cut vegetables fresher while storing them in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. They will absorb the moisture while helping to keep your vegetable crisper and fresher longer.

Fresh egg tester: To test to see if your eggs are fresh or old, immerse the egg in a pot of cool salted water. If the egg sinks—it's fresh. If it rises to the surface—it's old.

Keep your mixer/grinder blades clean and sharp longer: To help keep your mixer and grinder blades cleaner and sharper longer, once a month, grind common table salt in your unit for a short period (usually two to three minutes). This will help clean any leftover material from the blades but also help keep them sharp. Rinse the unit thoroughly afterward to clean.

Oven cleaning: To help keep your oven clean of dried food, apply a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and water to the oven walls and floor. Heat and keep the oven on low heat for about half an hour to forty-five minutes. Dried food can then be easily removed.

Popcorn: Keep your popcorn seeds in the freezer, and pop your popcorn while still frozen. This will result in slightly bigger and better pops with less loss of unpopped corn.

Rice: Adding a few drops of lemon juice to your water before boiling your rice will give you whiter rice. Adding a teaspoon of canola oil to the water before boiling will help separate each grain after cooking. Don't throw away rice water after cooking. Use it to make soups. Adding one (1) tablespoon of dried powdered mint leaves and a small paper packet of boric powder to your rice container will help keep ants and other insects at bay.

Tomatoes: To remove the skin of tomatoes, place them in warm water for five to ten minutes. The skin can then be slowly peeled off. When tomatoes are not available or too costly, substitute tomato puree or tomato ketchup/sauce. Place overripe tomatoes in cold water and add salt and place them in the bottom of the refrigerator. They will become firm and fresh overnight.

Vegetable: Do not discard water in which vegetables are soaked and cooked. Use it in making soup or gravy. To keep vegetables fresher longer, wrap them in newspaper before putting them in the freezer. Chop vegetables only when ready to use them. Do not cut them in advance because it spoils their food value.

Celery: To help keep celery fresher longer, wrap it in aluminum foil and place it in the crisper section of your refrigerator.

Green beans: Fresh green beans will keep up to one week in a sealed plastic bag in the crisper of your refrigerator. Add a coffee filter or two to absorb moisture slightly longer.

Spinach: One 10-ounce package of frozen spinach equals about 1 1/2 pounds of fresh spinach.

Potatoes: Russet potatoes are sometimes called baking or Idaho potatoes. These potatoes are great for baking and frying. However, for soups, stews, and buttered garlic potatoes (as a side dish), the red potato is your best choice.

Onions: After peeling and cutting onions, rub salt on your wet hands to get rid of the onion smell.

Ribs: Country-style ribs are the meatiest variety because they're cut from the sirloin or rib end of the pork loin.

Pecans and other nuts: Keep pecans and other nuts in an airtight container (wrapped in paper towels and a large plastic bag) to prevent them from absorbing odors or other flavors and store them in the bottom of your refrigerator for up to nine months or in the freezer for up to two years.

Tips for healthier grocery shopping

Read food nutrition labels, even for so-called healthier foods. Ingredients and nutrient content can vary widely by brand-name preparation. When there is more than one choice, compare labels. Choose the item with the lowest amount(s) of sodium, saturated fat, and added sugars (or other artificial sweeteners).

Beware ofsneakyingredients. For example, sodium and added sugars go by many different names making it harder to tell just how much of each is in there.

Choose frozen, canned, or dried produce when fresh produce is not available or practical. Choose canned fruit packed in water or light syrup in its own juices. It can be just as nutritious as fresh and will last longer.

With canned or frozen vegetables, choose the product with the lowest amount of sodium. Heavy syrups and sauces can add unwanted ingredients to your healthy fruits and vegetables.

Forhealthiereating, choose whole-grain foods. Many products claim to be healthy-choice products, but there is a simple way to know what to look for to be sure. Look for the word whole-grain (or whole, followed by the grain name) as the first item in the ingredient listing. We're talking more than just bread; include such items as crackers (or saltines), cereals, tortillas/taco shells, pasta, and other grain food products in your whole-grain quest.

Always look for theheart-checkmark when purchasing healthier foods. Too quickly, an easily identify food products that can be a part of your healthier choice diet; always look for the heart-check symbol/logo on each product label.

Helpful and Useful Kitchen and Other Household Tips

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