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Grandma Hystad’s Recipes, Drink, Food Information

CONTENTS

RECIPES

KATE’S VEGAN PANCAKES

VEGAN MIXED BERRY MUFFINS

BORCH (SOUP)

OVEN FRIED CHICKEN

MASHED POTATOES

BAKED POTATOES

CINNAMON APPLES

LIGHTSIDE

FOOD WARNING

SALMONELLA OUTBREAK

BAR MIXES

NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

ICED TEA

HOT DRINKS FOR CHILDREN

RECIPES

KATES VEGAN PANCAKES
1 I/3 cup flour (unbleached).
3 Teaspoons.
½ teaspoon salt.
3 tablespoons sugar.
1 egg (egg replacer).
1 ¼  cup milk (Soya milk).
3 tablespoons oil.
¼ teaspoon vanilla .

VEGAN MIXED BERRY MUFFINS

Flour, white, 1.75 cup
Raw sugar, 4 tsp
Baking Powder, 2 tsp
So Good ‘Trim’ Soymilk, 1.25 cup
Egg Replacer, 1 serving
Applesauce, unsweetened, 25 grams
Strawberries, frozen, unsweetened, 0.125 cup,
Blueberries, frozen (unsweetened), 0.125 cup,
Blackberries, frozen (unsweetened), 0.125 cup,
Raspberries, 0.125 cup

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 12-cup muffin tin with non-fat cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
In a smaller bowl- combine applesauce and soymilk.

Chop the frozen berries into a manageable size.  Add wet ingredients to the dry, and stir to combine, adding berries as you mix. Using a 1/4 cup measure, scoop into prepared muffin tin (they should be about 2/3 full), bake for 20-25 minutes (when a toothpick inserted comes out clean). Cool in tin for 5 minutes, then turn out to cooling rack.
serve warm.

Number of Servings: 12

VEGETABLE SOUP Borch
2 pounds beef, with soup bone.
2 carrots.
1 medium head of cabbage.
2 average-sized onions.
6 average-sized potatoes.
2 cups canned tomatoes.
6 whole pepper kernels.
1 bay leaf.
A few sprigs of dill.
½ cup chopped beets.
Cover meat with cool water and bring to a boil.
Let simmer until almost tender.  Add water if necessary
to keep meat covered.  One hour before serving, add chopped
vegetables and seasoning.  Potatoes may be cooked separately
before serving.  When ready to serve, remove from heat and
add sour cream.

Grandma’s Oven Fried Chicken
4 ounces……………..(125 ml)……………potato chips
½ cup ………………..(125 ml)……………butter
½ teaspoon ………….(2.5 )………………garlic powder
Melt butter.  Brush chicken with butter.  Crush potato chips with
rolling pin before opening bag.  Mix garlic, salt and pepper with
potato chips.  Shake buttered chicken in potato chip mixture.  Place
on pan skin side up.  Pour rest of mixture over chicken.  Bake at 375 F,
(190 C) for about 1 hour.
YIELD: Coating for 1 fryer
TIME:   Preparation 10 minutes, cooking time approx. 1 hour.

Beef And Potato Cakes
You can use ground meat if desired.  A treat for children.
8 oz. Beef.
8 oz. Potatoes.
1 small 2-3 inch onion chopped finely.
1 egg yolk.
Dark soy sauce.
1 teaspoon salt.
Cook the potatoes and mash.  Mix in egg yolk and salt.  Chop onion finely, brown with 1 tablespoon oil, add ground meat.  Brown for 4 minutes.  Add soy sauce and mix the batch with the potatoes.  Shape into balls the size of golf balls, flatten into cakes.  Heat the cooking pan. Grease lightly with oil, use medium heat to brown the cakes, turn to brown both sides.  If you have a electric skillet set temperature at 340.  When automatic control light blinks, turn cakes over.

MASHED POTATOES
6 boiled potatoes.
2 tablespoons butter.
4 tablespoons hot milk.
½ teaspoon salt.
Mash the cooked potatoes with a potatoe-masher until soft; add the butter, salt, pepper, and milk, and beat all until light and fluffy.  Pile lightly in a hot serving-dish.

BAKED POTATOES
Select smooth, medium-sized potatoes.  Wash well with brush. Bake in a hot oven 45 minutes, or until done.  Break the skins to let the steam escape and serve at once.  If baked potatoes stand they become soggy.

Cinnamon Apples
4 tart apples, sliced.
1 cup sugar.
½ cup water.
½ pound cinnamon candy.
Pare and slice apples into eights. Combine sugar, water and candy to make syrup.  Bring to a boil and when sugar and candy are dissolved, add sliced apples.  Cook until apples are soft.  Makes 4 servings.

LIGHTSIDE
A wife was making breakfast of fried eggs for her husband, when he burst into the kitchen.  “Careful”, he said. CAREFUL! Put in some more butter. Oh WHAT ARE YOU DOING! You are cooking too may at once. TOO MANY! TURN THEM DOWN NOW! Are you CRAZY? USE THE SALT!!! THE SALT!!THE SALT NOW!!

The wife stared at him.  “What in the world is wrong with you?  You think I don’t know how to fry a couple of eggs?”

The husband calmly replied, “I wanted to show you what it feels like when I am driving”.

FOOD WARNING BACTERIA
Bacteria may be present on products when you purchase them. Raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs are not sterile. Neither is fresh produce such as lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, and melons.

Foods, including safely cooked, ready-to-eat foods, can become cross contaminated with bacteria transferred from raw products, meat juices or other contaminated products, or from food handlers with poor personal hygiene.

Botulism, a life-threatening illness caused by the bacteria Clostridium outline, were reported in the United States. Frozen, fully cooked products were suspected of causing these illnesses. The Food Safety and Inspection Service advises all consumers to handle frozen, fully-cooked products in accordance with these food safety recommendations.

Before buying frozen, fully cooked products carefully inspect the container or package. If the package is punctured, torn, partially opened, or damaged in any other way that might expose the contents to the outside environment, do NOT purchase the product.

 
Do not purchase frozen products that appear to have thawed and refrozen. Reject all swollen or gassy containers or spoiled foods.

Buy food from reputable dealers, with a known record of safe handling. Buy frozen products only if they are frozen solid and only if stored in the freezer case. Observe any use-by or sell-by dates on the package.

When you open the container, inspect the product. Do not use products that are discoloured, mouldy, or have an off odour. Do not use products that spurt liquid or foam when the container is opened. Do not taste the product to determine if it is safe.
Follow the preparation instructions on the product label.
Handling Possibly Contaminated Products Report any suspect commercial food products to your local health department.

If a suspect food is opened in your kitchen, thoroughly scrub the can opener or other utensils, containers, counters, etc., that might have contacted the food or its container. Discard any sponges or cloths used in the cleanup. Wash your hands thoroughly. Promptly launder any clothing that might have been splattered upon.

Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin. Symptoms of botulism include double vision, blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth, and muscle weakness. The illness can cause paralysis, respiratory failure and death. Symptoms usually occur from 18 to 36 hours after eating contaminated food. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a physician.

Many frozen chicken products, such as chicken Kiev and chicken cordon bleu, may appear to be precooked, but are actually only prebreaded or prebrowned.

Use a meat thermometer and make sure the internal temperature of the chicken is at least 165 degrees Fahrenheit.  . This means really cooking the chicken, in a regular oven or microwave, not merely thawing it.

Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak

Clearly, what began as an investigation of bulk peanut butter shipped to nursing homes and institutional cafeterias is now much broader.

It includes not just peanut butter, but baked goods and other products containing peanuts that are sold directly to consumers. Health officials say as many as one-third of those who got sick did not recall eating peanut butter.

“The focus is on peanut butter and a wide array of products that might have peanut butter in them,” said Dr. Robert Tauxe, director of the foodborne illness division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal health authorities told consumers on Saturday to avoid eating products that contain peanut butter until they can determine the scope of an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning that may have contributed to six deaths.

“We urge consumers to postpone eating any products that may contain peanut butter until additional information becomes available,” Dr. Stephen Sundlof of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety said in a teleconference with reporters.

Officials said they are focusing on peanut paste, as well as peanut butter, produced at a Blakely, Ga., facility owned by Peanut Corp. of America.  Peanut paste is significant because it can be used in dozens of products, from baked goods to cooking sauces.

Law Firm Information

Fred Pritzker is founder and president of Pritzker Law, a firm with involvement in practically every major food poisoning outbreak including the Peter Pan peanut butter Salmonella outbreak and the Taste of Chicago Salmonella outbreak in 2007, among many others. The firm has collected millions of dollars on behalf of victims of food poisoning. For more information, visit http://www.pritzkerlaw.com/

BAR MIXES

SHANGHAI COCKTAIL

¼ juice of lemon

1-teaspoon anisette

1 ½ ounce Jamaica rum

½ teaspoon grenadine

Shake with ice cubes. Strain into cocktail glass.

MARTINI (sweet)

1-ounce gin

½ ounce Italian vermouth

1dash orange bitters

Stir with ice cubes. Strain into chilled cocktail glass

NON- ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

ICED COFFEE

There are just as many ways of making coffee, as there are different brands. Here are some general rules.

For good results measure water and coffee.

2 tablespoons coffee to each 1 cup

Make coffee just before serving

Make coffee double strength and pour the hot coffee over ice in a tall glass.  As the ice melts, it will dilute the coffee. Top the glass with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

HOT DRINKS FOR CHILDREN

½ cup cocoa

1 cup sugar

2 cups water

1/8 teaspoon salt

¼ spoon vanilla.

Combine cocoa, sugar and salt

Add water and stir until well blended.

Cook for 5 minutes.  Cool and bottle

Makes 3 cups syrup

Add 2 tablespoons of syrup to each cup of scaled milk.

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Grandma Hystad’s Recipes, Bar Mixes, Food Informatiom

FEATURE: VEGAN INFORMATION, RECIPES

Vegan: A person that chooses a lifestyle that aims to eliminate the use of products obtained from animals for food, clothing or any other reason. This means that they don’t eat any meat, fish, dairy products or eggs. They also avoid products that are tested on animals and do not wear fur, wool or leather.

A vegan’s diet includes foods such as: beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, soya products (for protein), whole grains, vegetables, fruits and healthy oils.

People choose to become vegan for various reasons, the most popular include:

-Ethical views concerning animal rights

-Concern for the environment

-To improve personal health

-Spiritual or religious beliefs

Vegan Pancakes

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups unbleached white flour

3 tablespoons organic sugar

1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder

dash of salt

3 dashes of nutmeg

1 to 1 1/4 cups soy milk

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 Ener-G Egg Replacer (found at health food stores)

Directions:

Combine all dry ingredients (flour, salt, vegan sugar, baking powder, nutmeg). Combine wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Mix wet and dry ingredients, but don’t over-stir. Pour onto hot skillet, flip once. Makes 6 medium pancakes.

Note: You may also add fresh fruit such as blueberries or vegan chocolate chips for some variety!

Super Easy Vegan Pasta Salad

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat pasta, cooked & cooled

2 ripe tomatoes, chopped

1/2 green pepper, chopped

1 green onion, thinly sliced

1/4 cucumber, chopped

1/2 cup organic sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/3 cup ketchup

1/4 cup vinegar

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon paprika

Directions:

Mix together the sugar, ketchup, vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and paprika. Pour the dressing over the pasta and veggies, and stir well.

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

2 cups unbleached white flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

cinnamon to taste (optional)

1 cup vegan chocolate chips

1 cup organic sugar

1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup water

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.

In a large bowl mix flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Mix in the chocolate chips. Make a well in the center and set bowl aside.

In a medium size bowl mix vegan sugar and oil. Add the vanilla and then add the water. Be sure to mix it well. Add the wet to the well in the dry. Spoon dough onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 8-12 minutes.

Take them out and move them to wire cooling racks.

Makes almost two dozen cookies.

LIGHTSIDE

Grade 2 Science class Exam.

Q: how can you delay milk turning sour?

A: Keep it in the cow.

Q; Name the four seasons.

A: Salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar.

Q; Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.

A: Filtration makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants grit, sand, dead horses, crows, and canoeists.

After about 15 years, Health Canada has come out with a new Food Guide. Included in the guide is advice for different ages and stages of your live (children, women of childbearing age, men and women over 50).

Some recommendations are;

Eat at least one dark green and one orange vegetable each day.

Vegetables, fruit with little or no added fat, sugar, salt.

Have vegetables and fruit more often then juice.

Make half your grain products whole grain each day

Choose grain products that are lower in fat, sugar or salt.

Drink skim, 1%, or 2% milk each day.

Select lower fat milk alternatives.

Have meat alternatives such as beans, tofu often.

Eat at least 2 Food Guide Servings of fish each week.

Select lean meat with little or no added fat or salt.

NOTE: For limiting exposure to mercury from certain types of fish, refer to Canada’s Food Guide. For latest information and guide for your health and safety.

www.healthcanada.gc.ca

Healthy Eating.

www.hc-gc.ca/nutrition

Food recalls and allergy alerts.

www.cfia-acia.agr.ca

IRRADIATION

Food manufactures are permitted to irradiate potatoes and onions to inhibit sprouting; wheat flour to control insects; and ground spices and dehydrated seasonings to reduce microbial content.

In 2005 The European Civil Society released a statement against irradiation stating, “Food irradiation is often used as a substitute for good sanitary practices and misleads consumers, as it kills spoilage bacteria, which tells people when food is rotten through smell or sight”

“The American and Canadian public is justifiably concerned over the unknown effects of irradiation food.” Rosalie Bertell, PhD.

Where possible we should buy locally –grown foods. As a rule your food is fresher, better flavour, picked within a day of your purchase. Local produce more likely has a higher nutrient content than store-bought produce that has spent time on a transport truck and warehouse. Further farmers who sell directly to local customers receive the full value for their product, can sell cheaper, as there is less cost to processing, transportation, packing, warehouse etc.

RECALL ALERTS

Have you unsafe products in your home? Check out items that have been recalled by manufactures in cooperation with U.S.Consumer Product Safety Commission. You can check by phone: 800-638-2772 or Visit: www.cpsc.gov.

Remember, when it comes to recalls, health, food, the same information applies to both USA and Canada, as a rule. Check both government sites for above.

THE FREECYLE NETWORK

Do you have stuff you no longer have use for and want to get rid

of? If you haven’t got time for garage sales, or eBay-you need to check out “The Freecyle Network”.

Founded in 2003, the network has more then 1.7 million members

in 3,100 Communities in over 50 countries. The only rules around what can be exchanged, or offered free is that it be legal, for any age group. There is a good chance of a

listing from your city. For details click on:

www.freecycle.org

BAR MIXES

If you have teenagers, or in fact any adult, impress on them the

risks of driving while intoxicated. Statistics demonstrate drunk drivers cause many fatal road accidents.

It should be known that like any other drug, addiction is a

potential hazard. Excess of alcohol will affect organs such as

the brain, heart, and liver.

BOLO

2 jiggers light rum.

juice of ½ lemon.

juice of ¼ orange.

1 teaspoon powdered sugar.

Shake with ice and strain.

BLACK VELVET

In tall glass add half chilled Guinness stout,

and half chilled champagne. Stir quickly.

CAFÉ de Paris

2 jiggers dry gin.

3-4 dashes anisette.

1 teaspoon cream.

1 egg white.

Shake with ice and strain.

NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK

ACAPULCO GOLD

3 ounces pineapple juice.

½ ounce concentrated grapefruit (undiluted) juice.

1-ounce coconut cream.

1-ounce fresh cream.

Shake with a large scoop of shaved ice, and serve in tall glass.

Grandma Hystads Recipes, Drinks, Bar Mixes, Cooking, Peanutbutter Information,

CONTENTS

BAKED SALMON

ROAST BEEF

GRANDMA’S BAKED HAM AND APPLES

PIZZA POTATOES

GRANDMA’SHORT BREAD COOKIES
CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

LIGHTSIDE

VEGAN PANCAKES

TIPS
FOOD INFORMATION, PEANUT BUTTER RECALLS

BAR MIXES

DRINKS

BAKED SALMON

4- 6 OZ. SALMON FILLETS

1 LEMON

1 TABLESPOON OAT BRAN

1 ½ teaspoon dill weed

½ teaspoon thyme leaves

 ½ teaspoon onion powder

1 lemon

1 teaspoon paprika 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine oat bran, dill weed, thyme leaves, onion powder, and paprika. Sprinkle over salmon fillets. Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes. Serve with lemon wedges.

YIELD; 6

BEEF ROAST
3-4 pounds, rib or sirloin.
1 teaspoon salt per pound of meat.
½ cup flour.
1 small onion.
1 cup water.
Rub with salt, flour, pepper and onion.
Place meat in roasting pan with fat side up.
Add 1-cup water.
Do not cover unless a less tender cut is used.
If beef is fat, it will require no basting.
Time required for roasting depends on shape of cut.
For well done roasts, the average cooking time is 30 minutes per pound of meat, for medium 25 minutes per pound, and 20 for rare.
ROAST AT 325

GRANDMA’S BAKED HAM AND APPLES

2 large slices of ham steak.
2 teaspoons……………..(10 ml)………………….prepared mustard.
4 tablespoons………….(60 ml)……………………brown sugar.
2 tart apples.
1 ½ cups…………………………(375 ml)…………………apple juice.

Place the ham in baking dish and rub with mustard.  Sprinkle
with 2 tablespoons (30 ml), of brown sugar.  Core the apple
and cut into thin slices.  Cover the ham with the apple slices
and sprinkle with rest of brown sugar.  Add apple juice. Bake
at 300 F, (150 C), for 30 minutes or until tender.
YIELD:  4-5 servings.
TIME:   40 minutes.

Pizza Potatoes
1/2 cup broccoli, chopped
1/4 onion, chopped
1/4 cup carrots, chopped fine
1 small tomato, sliced
2 baked potatoes
1/2 tablespoon margarine
1/2 tablespoon flour
1/2 cup skim milk
1/4 cup cheese, shredded
Cook broccoli, onions, and carrots in a small amount of water until tender and set aside. In a saucepan, melt margarine and stir in flour. Add milk slowly while stirring. Cook until sauce thickens, stirring occasionally. Add cheese and stir until melted. Add vegetables to cheese sauce and stir. Split open potatoes. Pour equal amounts of vegetable cheese mixture over each potato. Top with sliced tomatoes.
Serves 2.

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

2 cups unbleached white flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

cinnamon to taste (optional)

1 cup vegan chocolate chips

1 cup organic sugar

1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup water

Directions:  Preheat oven to 350.  In a large bowl mix flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Mix in the chocolate chips. Make a well in the center and set bowl aside.

In a medium size bowl mix vegan sugar and oil. Add the vanilla and then add the water. Be sure to mix it well.  Add the wet to the well in the dry. Spoon dough onto ungreased cookie sheets.  Bake for 8-12 minutes.

Take them out and move them to wire cooling racks. Makes almost two dozen cookies.

GRANDMA’S WHIPPED SHORT BREAD COOKIES
1 POUND………(500 G)……………..BUTTER OR MARSRINE
3 CUPS………..(750 ML)……………FLOUR
1 CUP ……………(250 ML)…………..ICING SUGAR
Beat with mixer until creamy.  Drop on cookie sheet and bake at 350 F, (175 C) until slightly brown.
YIELD: approximately 5 dozen cookies
TIME:  1 hour (includes cooking and cleaning time)

LIGHTSIDE
Dinner Blessings
The housewife invited 2 couple and their children for dinner one night. As they get ready to eat, the housewife asks her son, “Would you like to say blessings”?  “I don’t know what to say”, the boy replies.
“Just say what you hear what your mother says”, replied the mother.

The boy bowed his head and said, “Lord, why on earth did I invite two 2 couples and their kids for dinner”?

A priest dies and is in line at the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter asked the guy ahead of him his name.  The guy replies, “I am Sam Horton, taxi driver from New York.” Saint Pater gives him a silken robe and golden staff and said, “Enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”

Now it’s the priest’s turn. He booms out ” I am the Right Reverend Anderson.” Saint Peter gives him a cotton robe and a wooden staff, and says to the Priest, “Enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”  Taken back the priest asks, ” That man was a taxi driver why does he get a silken robe and golden staff”.

“Results,” Said Saint Peter. “While you preached, people slept.
When the taxi driver drove, people prayed.

 Vegan Pancakes

 Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups unbleached white flour

 3 tablespoons organic sugar

 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder

 dash of salt

 3 dashes of nutmeg

 1 to 1 1/4 cups soymilk

 3 tablespoons vegetable oil

 1 Ener-G Egg Replacer (found at health food stores)

 Directions:  Combine all dry ingredients (flour, salt, vegan sugar, baking powder, nutmeg). Combine wet ingredients in a separate bowl.  Mix wet and dry ingredients, but don’t over-stir.  Pour onto hot skillet, flip once.  Makes 6 medium pancakes.

Note: You may also add fresh fruit such as blueberries or vegan chocolate chips for some variety!

TIPS
BABY WIPES TIPS
Since heading the market in the 80′s, these moistened disposable baby wipes proved to be great in and outside the home.  From cleaning your hands after changing oil or a tire, clean tools, rub marks off your walls, many, many uses including shining your shoes, wipe with baby wipe and buff with a soft, dry cloth.

To freshen up a smelly drain, just pour a cup of Baking Soda into it, and flush with hot water.

Blocked Drains?
Instead of using caustic products (be green and save money) for clearing blocked drains, throw a cup of baking soda down the drain followed by a few jugs of water.

FOOD INFORMATION

USE FOOD THERMOMETER
Don’t rely on looks alone. Bacteria can spread during ground meat.  Always use a food thermometer and cook at 160 degrees Fahrenheit when cooking your hamburgers.

After about 15 years, Health Canada has come out with a new Food Guide. Included in the guide is advice for different ages and stages of your live (children, women of childbearing age, men and women over 50).

Some recommendations are;

Eat at least one dark green and one orange vegetable each day.

Vegetables, fruit with little or no added fat, sugar, salt.

Have vegetables and fruit more often then juice.

Make half your grain products whole grain each day Choose grain products that are lower in fat, sugar or salt.

Drink skim, 1%, or 2% milk each day.

Select lower fat milk alternatives.

Have meat alternatives such as beans, tofu often.

Eat at least 2 Food Guide Servings of fish each week.

Select lean meat with little or no added fat or salt.

Each person’s lifespan is genetically pre-determined, eating “lifespan essential” foods will maximise your chances of living as long as possible.

The 20 foods are black tea, apples, blackberries, blueberries, cherry tomatoes cranberries, cherry tomatoes, dark chocolate, oranges, peaches, plums, red grapes, cereal bran, green tea, coffee, red onions, raspberries, strawberries.

Peanut Butter Product Recalls

The outbreak of salmonella illness, which began in late summer and is ongoing, has been linked to eight deaths, including two in Virginia. In all, about 500 people in 43 states and Canada have become ill. About 22 percent were hospitalized, and about half of those affected are children.

Health officials said they would work with companies supplied by Peanut Corporation of America to continually update a recall list that is available on the FDA’s Web site. The Web site details a long list of popular products that are affected, including candies, cookies, snack bars and snack mixes.

Search For Peanut Butter Product Recalls
Information current as of 12 PM January 21, 2009
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced a recall yesterday of nine varieties of snack bars amid fears they may be contaminated with tainted peanut butter or peanut paste.

The affected products include snack bars from popular brands Clif, Larabar, Nature’s Path Organic and Hebert’s Fully Loaded.

“With the size of this recall, in terms of volume of peanut butter, we may certainly expect more recalls in this country,” said Garfield Balsom, food safety and recall specialist at the CFIA. “We will certainly be notifying the consumers.”

For a full list of the recalled products, visit;

www.inspection.gc.ca

NEXT HEALTH CRISIS?

The past decade witnessed the massive off shoring of jobs to low-cost countries, decimating the U.S.A. and Canada manufacturing base. Cheap food may bring the next health crisis.

Ice cream. Yogurt. Crackers and biscuits. Egg and products containing powdered eggs. Cake. Powdered and condensed milk, pet food, pie, cereal plus other food products.

You probably consumed some of these products.  Did you know where they came from?  You may have thought these products were produced in the USA or Canada.  You would not know that some of these products came from china, and yes, China imports them into Canada and the USA.

These foods of Chinese origin have been found by authorities in the United States, Canada, Australia, to contain an industrial chemical called melamine that is used to make plastic.  In recent weeks, the Chinese government has admitted that adding melamine to food – which raises protein levels, making poor-quality products look more nutritious – is common practice in China.  Melamine can cause kidney stones and kidney failure when eaten. It has already sent about 54,000 Chinese consumers to the hospital and caused the deaths of at least four infants.

Elanor Starmer is a research analyst with Food & Water Watch, a national non-profit firm working to ensure clean water and safe food. For more information, visit

www.foodandwaterwatch.org

BUY LOCAL

Where possible we should buy locally grown foods. As a rule your food is fresher, better flavour, picked within a day of your purchase. Local produce more likely has a higher nutrient content than store-bought produce that has spent time on a transport truck and warehouse. Further farmers who sell directly to local customers receive the full value for their product, can sell cheaper, as there is less cost to processing, transportation, packing, warehouse etc.

RESPONSIBLE DRINKING
If you have teenagers, or in fact any adult, impress on them the risks of driving while intoxicated. Statistics demonstrate many fatal road accidents are caused by drunk drivers.

If you’re having a party, provide food with drinks. Offer non-alcoholic substitutes such as fruit, soft drinks.

2 drinks taken within an hour by a person 100 pounds produces a 075 reading. One drink is equal to about 1.5 oz. of whisky or 2 bottles of beer. The rate of elimination for each hour after drinking has stopped is 015. A 200-pound person, after 1 drink produces a reading of .019, so you can see there is a big
difference due to weight.

BAR MIXES

BLIZZARD.
3 ounces bourbon.
1 ounce cranberry juice.
1 teaspoon lemon juice.
2 teaspoons sugar syrup.
4 ounces crushed ice.
Combine in blender until the drink is thick.
Serve straight up.

 SHANGHAI COCKTAIL
¼ juice of lemon
1-teaspoon anisette
1 ½ ounce Jamaica rum
½ teaspoon grenadine
Shake with ice cubes. Strain into cocktail glass.

MARTINI (sweet)
1-ounce gin
½ ounce Italian vermouth
1dash orange bitters
Stir with ice cubes. Strain into chilled cocktail glass

NON- ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

Apple Juice Punch.
2 quarts apple juice.
2 quarts cranberry juice.
8 oz. lemon juice.
8 oz. Sugar.
2 bottles ginger ale.
Combine everything except the ginger ale.
Stir well. Add ginger ale plus chunks of ice before serving.

Apple Cocktail.
½ ounce applejack.
½ ounce apple cider.
¼ ounce gin.
¼ ounce brandy.
Shake with ice cubes. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.

Grandma Hystad Recipes©, Bar Mixes, Food Information

CONTENTS

ASTA RECIPES

CRUSTY CHICKEN BITES

STRAUBERRY, RASPBERRY SMOOTHIE

VEGETABLE FRIED RICE

LIGHTSIDE

FIESTA BURGERS

VEGAN MIXED BERRY MUFFINS

FOOD INFORMATION

FOOD THERMOMETERS

CHINA WARNING

E-COLI OUTBREAK IN ONTARION

CRIME WEBSITE

BEVERAGES, BAR MIXES

   PASTA RECIPE

4 cups (1 L) cherry tomatoes, halved 

12 cloves garlic, halved 

1/4 cup (50 ML) extra-virgin olive oil 

1 tsp (5 ML) dried basil 

1/2 tsp (2 ML) salt 

1/4 tsp (1 ML) each hot pepper flakes and pepper 

1 lb (500 g) bucatini 

1/4 cup (50 ML) chopped fresh parsley 

1/2 cup (125 ML) shaved Parmesan cheese

In 13- x 9-inch (3.5 L) metal cake pan, toss together tomatoes, garlic, oil, basil, salt, hot pepper flakes and pepper; roast in 400°F (200°C) oven until tomatoes are shrivelled and garlic is tender, about 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, in large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until tender but firm, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and return to pot. Add tomato mixture and parsley, tossing to coat. Serve sprinkled with Parmesan.

CITRUSY CHICKEN BITES

1 tsp (5 ML) grated lime rind 

2 tbsp (25 ML) grated orange rind 

1 tbsp (15 ML) orange juice 

2 tsp (10 ML) packed brown sugar 

1 tsp (5 ML) each paprika and chilli powder 

Pinch salt 

1 lb (500 g) boneless skinless chicken breasts

In bowl, whisk together lime rind and juice, orange rind and juice, sugar, paprika, chilli powder and salt.

Cut chicken into 1-inch (2.5 cm) cubes; add to bowl and toss to coat. Place on foil-lined baking sheet. Broil for about 5 minutes or until no longer pink inside.

Preparation time: 30-35 minutes, cooking time 5 minutes

STRAUBERRY, RASPBERRY, SMOOTHIE

1 cup (250 ML) raspberries 

1/2 cup (125 ML) cranberries 

1/2 cup (125 ML) strawberries 

1 cup (250 ML) orange juice 

1 cup (250 ML) yogurt 

1 tsp (5 ML) honey 

ice cubes

Wash the fruit. Place all the ingredients in a blender. Mix well for a runny puree. Serve chilled in a tall glass.

SQUASH APPLE CASSEROLE

This dish is high in vitamin A, a good source of vitamin C, cholesterol free, and almost sodium-free.

2 1/2 cups fresh winter squash, cut into 1/2 inch slices

1 1/2 cups cooking apples, pared and cut into 1/2 inch slices

2 tea spoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

Alternate layers of squash and apples in an 8″x 8″ pan, ending with apples on top layer. Sprinkle spices over top layer. Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake in 350 degree F oven for approximately 45-60 minutes until squash is tender. Remove foil and bake another 10-15 minutes to remove any excess liquid that might have accumulated. Cool slightly before serving.

Serves 4.

Vegetable Fried Rice

1/2 cup celery, sliced

1/4 cup onion, chopped

1/4 cup peas

1/4 cup carrots, chopped

1/4 cup corn, broccoli, peppers or mushrooms, chopped (optional)

2 cups boiled rice

1 tablespoon Worcestershire or soy sauce

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, or 1 clove fresh garlic, minced

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

Dash of pepper

Heat oil. Add celery, onion, and garlic. Stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add peas and carrots, and any optional ingredients. Stir-fry again, turning pieces all the time until they are tender, about 4 minutes. Add rice, Worcestershire or soy sauce and pepper. Stir-fry about 2 minutes.

LIGHTSIDE

Can you rearrange ELECTION RESULTS?

I get lies, lets recount.

My wife got a bill from the computer service man the other day.

She asked the service man to let her know what the problem was so she could let her husband know.  He replied “An ID ten T error”. So I wouldn’t forget I wrote it down. ID10T.

Fiesta Burgers

1 ½ pounds ground beef

¼ cup onion, chopped

2 tablespoons red bell pepper, finely chopped

3 tablespoons salsa

2 teaspoons prepared Dijon-style mustard

1 tablespoon prepared horseradish (optional)

salt and pepper to taste

4 sesame seed hamburger buns

leaf lettuce and sliced tomatoes

Preparation Directions

Wash hands with soap and warm water for 20 seconds before handling the meat.

In a bowl, mix ground beef with onion, red pepper, picante sauce or salsa, mustard, horseradish (if desired), salt and pepper.

Form into four burgers, about ¾ inch thick.

Wash hands with soap and warm water for 20 seconds after handling the meat.

Using utensils, place burgers on grill that has reached medium-high heat.

Check each burger with a food thermometer after approximately 10-15 minutes. Turn burgers as needed. A hamburger is done when it reaches 160 °F.

Clean the thermometer between uses with hot, soapy water.

Place burgers on buns and top with condiments and garnishes of choice.

After checking the final temperature, remember to clean the food thermometer with hot, soapy water.

SERVES 4

VEGAN MIXED BERRY MUFFINS

Flour, white, 1.75 cup

Raw sugar, 4 tsp

Baking Powder, 2 tsp

So Good ‘Trim’ Soymilk, 1.25 cup

Egg Replacer, 1 serving

Applesauce, unsweetened, 25 grams

Strawberries, frozen, unsweetened, 0.125 cup,

Blueberries, frozen (unsweetened), 0.125 cup,

Blackberries, frozen (unsweetened), 0.125 cup,

Raspberries, 0.125 cup

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 12-cup muffin tin with non-fat cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients.

In a smaller bowl- combine applesauce and soymilk.

Chop the frozen berries into a manageable size.  Add wet ingredients to the dry, and stir to combine, adding berries as you mix. Using a 1/4 cup measure, scoop into prepared muffin tin (they should be about 2/3 full), bake for 20-25 minutes (when a toothpick inserted comes out clean). Cool in tin for 5 minutes, then turn out to cooling rack.

serve warm.

Number of Servings: 12

FOOD INFORMATION

Many people assume that if a hamburger is brown in the middle, it is done. However, looking at the color and texture of food is not enough—you have to use a food thermometer to be sure! According to USDA research, 1 out of every 4 hamburgers turns brown before it reaches a safe internal temperature. The only safe way to know if meat, poultry, and egg dishes are “done” is to use a food thermometer. When a hamburger is cooked to 160 °F, it is both safe and delicious!

MADE, PRODUCED IN CHINA GET WARNING

Public confidence in the Made in China label has been rocked in recent years by a series of product safety scandals.

Most recently, tainted milk claimed the lives of four children in China and sickened tens of thousands, and triggered import bans of Chinese-made dairy products across the globe.

The United Nations released a report Wednesday urging China to set up a single regulatory agency to monitor the safety of food products from the farm to the table.

The report says China’s oversight of food products is split between numerous agencies and their tasks complicated by numerous laws and regulations.  

WHO food Safety Chief Jorgen Schlundt says the cumbersome system resulted in a slow response when the tainted milk scandal emerged in September.

Chinese milk producers added the industrial chemical melamine in their products to make them appear richer in protein. Melamine can cause kidney stones, and even life-threatening kidney failure in some cases.

On October 20, 2008, Confirmed cases of E.coli were linked to a Harvey’s Restaurant in North Bay Ontario. 

More confirmed cases rose to 35-health officials claim. Health officials also said they know of a total of confirmed case of E coli 0157:H7 in the outbreak, involving eight health units in Ontario.

The out break was likely caused by human error rather then undercooked hamburger meat, a professor of food sciences, University of Manitoba, who has worked for Agriculture Canada.

NEW WEBSITE FIGHTING CRIME

The B.C. Crime Prevention Association has just launch a new website. Originally set up to support law enforcement, now available to everyone.

 Information on cyber bulling, resource guides, blogs,     printed materials including copyright law, staking, fraud awareness, I.D.theft, senior safety, and crime-proofing property.  Check out:  www.bccpa.org/library

RESPONSIBLE DRINKING

If you have teenagers, or in fact any adult, impress on them the risks of driving while intoxicated. Statistics demonstrate drunk drivers cause many fatal road accidents.

It should be known that like any other drug, addiction is a potential hazard.  Excess of alcohol will affect organs such as the brain, heart, and liver.

BEVERAGES, BAR MIXES

EGGNOG

4 eggs, 4 cups milk, 4 tablespoons lemon juice ½ cup cream. 

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1/3 cup sugar.

Beat eggs until thick and lemon colour

Add sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice

Add ice-cold milk and cream

Beat with rotary beater until frothy

Makes: 6 large glasses.

GRAPE JUICE

10 pounds grapes

2 cups water

3 pounds sugar

Add sugar and stir until dissolved.

Bring juice to boiling point

Pour in bottles and seal

Makes: 4 quarts of juice.

BAR MIXES

Monte Carlo

1 jigger rye

½ jigger Benedictine

2 dashes bitters

Shake with cracked ice and strain.

Rum and Coca-Cola

1 ½ jiggers Puerto Rican White Label Rum

Juice of one small lime

Cola drink

In tall glass, 3 ice cubes and fill with cola. Stir.

Grandma Hystad’s Recipes, Food, Drink Information

CONTENTS

CHOP SUEY

GRANDMA’S SPAGHETTI AND MEAT BALLS

VEGAN RECIPE

RHUBARB PIE

MUFFINS

FREECYLE NETWORK

LIGHTSIDE

CLEANING GREEN

WATER

BAR MIXES, DRINKS

 CHOP SUEY
2 cups Elbow macaroni.
1/2 pound hamburger.
1 (10 oz) can stewed tomatoes.
Cook macaroni as directed on package.
While it is cooking, brown and drain the hamburger.
Drain macaroni.
Mix macaroni, hamburger and stewed tomatoes in large pot and heat through.  Serve.

 GRANDMA’S SPAGHETTI AND MEAT BALLS.
½ cup………………….(125 ml)……………………onions
2 tablespoons (30 ml)…………………….margarine
1 pound…………….(500 g)……………………ground beef
2 cups…………………(500 ml)…………………tomato sauce.
2/3 cup………………(160 ml)…………………sliced mushrooms.
4 cups…………………(1000 ml)………………can tomatoes.
½ cup………………….(125 ml)…………………chopped parsley.
1 ½ teaspoon. (7.5ml)……………………oregano or sage
1 teaspoon………(5 ml)………………………salt
¼ teaspoon………(1.25 ml)………………thyme
1 bay leaf
1 cup………………….(500 ml)…………………water
2 cloves garlic.

In a large skillet, cook onion in hot oil until tender.  Add
Meat and garlic, brown lightly.  Add remaining ingredients.
Simmer uncovered 1 ½-2 hours or until sauce is nice and thick.
Stir occasionally.  Remove Bay leaf.  Serve hot over spaghetti.
Top with Parmesan cheese.
YIELD:  6 servings.
Time:  2 ½ hours.

 VAGAN RECIPE
Sweet Potato And Apple Delight
4 cups medium sweet potatoes peeled and finely chopped.
2 green apples, cored, thinly sliced.
½ cup raisins.
1 teaspoon cinnamon.
1 cup apple juice.
½ cup bread crumbs.
½ cup walnuts.
Preheat oven to 375F in a large casserole dish, mix together all the ingredients. 

Bake uncovered for 45-50 minutes.  Makes 4-6 servings

 RHUBARB PIE
6-8 stalks rhubarb.
Flour.
1 cup sugar.
Powdered sugar.
Cut rhubarb into small pieces, removing strings.
Flour rhubarb until quite white.
Line a pie-plate with pastry.
Fill shell with rhubarb and add water.
Add top crust and follow general rules.
When cooked sprinkle with powdered sugar.

MUFFINS

2 cups flour.
3 teaspoons baking-powder.
2 tablespoons sugar.
1 ¾ cup milk.
2 eggs.
1 ½ tablespoon butter melted.
Mix according to muffin or Cake Method.

VARIATIONS.
BLUE BERRY MUFFINS.
Add 1/3 cup sugar.
4 teaspoons of fat.
½ cup blueberries.
Mix the same as for plain muffins.  For blueberry muffins use
A little milk, since the juice of the berries adds moisture.

 THE FREECYLE NETWORK

Do you have stuff you no longer have use for and want to get rid
of? If you haven’t got time for garage sales, or eBay-you need
to check out “The Freecyle Network”.

Founded in 2003, the network has more then 1.7 million members
in 3,100 Communities in over 50 countries. The only rules around
what can be exchanged, or offered free is that it be legal, for any age group. There is a good chance of a listing from your city. For details click on:
www.freecycle.org

LIGHTSIDE
Wives will outsmart you every time. I told my wife “50 years ago we had a cheap suite, no car, a black and white TV, but I got to sleep every night with a hot 23 year old gal.  Now I have a million dollar home, a $80,000.00 car, plasma screen TV, but I am sleeping with a 65 year old woman”.

My wife is a very reasonable woman. She told me to go out and find a 23 year old hot gal and she would make sure that I once again would be living in a cheap suite, no car, sleep on a sofa bed, and watch the news on a 10 inch black and white TV.

 CLEANING GREEN

Chemical-based cleaners are harmful for the environment.

For most surfaces vegetable-based all-purpose soap does the Job.  Use vinegar and water for a natural way to clean most surfaces.  Mix one part vinegar, 2 parts water for a cleaner that can be used for hardwood and regular floors. Great for washing windows too. Just put in a spray bottle, which makes it easier when cleaning. Always check a small area of flooring to make sure there is no chance of damage.

If scouring is required, baking soda and washing soda are great.

In my archives at http://www.cbestbuys, you can find a full page of cleaning tips, which covers most cleaning problems you may have. 

WATER
A variety of emergency situations, from floods to earthquakes to toxic spills, could contaminate the local water supply and leave you without access to water. As a result, it’s important to know how to safely store and treat water of uncertain purity during an emergency.

The best way to treat water is often a combination of methods, as boiling and disinfection will kill most microorganisms but only distillation will remove other contaminants.  Boiling is the safest method of treating water. Keep water at a boil for 10 minutes for maximum effectiveness.

Disinfection with regular household liquid bleach can also kill microorganisms. Use only liquid bleach that contains 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite as the active ingredient. DO NOT USE scented bleaches, colour-safe bleaches or bleaches with added cleaners.

Add one to two drops of bleach per litre of clear water. Stir and let stand for 30 minutes. If the water does not have a slight bleach odour, repeat the dosage and let stand another 15 minutes.
Distillation involves boiling water and then collecting the vapour that condenses back to water.

RESPONSIBLE DRINKING
If you have teenagers, or in fact any adult, impress on them the
risks of driving while intoxicated. Statistics demonstrate drunk
drivers cause many fatal road accidents.

It should be known that like any other drug, addiction is a
potential hazard.  Excess of alcohol will affect organs such as the brain, heart, and liver.

BAR MIXES, DRINKS

Hoots Mon.
1 jigger Scotch Whiskey.
½ jigger Lillet.
½ jigger Sweet Vermouth.
Stir with ice and strain.

MOSCOW KICK
3 jiggers Vodka
Ginger Beer
1 slice lime
Serve over ice in glass, or copper mug.

SEAMEN’S DELIGHT
2 oz (60 ML) brown rum 
3 oz (95 ML) orange juice 
Squirt of grenadine syrup 
Soda, Half slice orange, Cherry, Ice cubes
In a tall glass filled with ice cubes, pour the rum, the juice and
the grenadine syrup.
Fill with soda.
Garnish with a half slice of orange and a cherry.

 PINEAPPLE SMOOTHIE
1 can (14 oz/398 ML) sliced pineapple in juice 
2 cups (500 ML) plain yogurt 
1/2-cup (125 ML) skim milk powder 
1/2 cup (125 ML) ice cubes
In blender, pineapple and juice, yogurt, skim milk powder, honey, and ice until smooth

Disclaimer: The Author of this article is not responsible for accuracy or completeness nor shall he be held liable for any damage or loss arising out of or in any way related to the information or utilization of it.

Grandma Hystad’s Recipes, Food, drink Information, cleaning tips

CONTENTS

CHOP SUEY

GRANDMA’S SPAGHETTI AND MEAT BALLS

VEGAN RECIPE

RHUBARB PIE

MUFFINS

FREECYLE NETWORK

LIGHTSIDE

CLEANING GREEN

WATER

DRINKS

CHOP SUEY
2 cups Elbow macaroni.
1/2 pound hamburger.
1 (10 oz) can stewed tomatoes.
Cook macaroni as directed on package.
While it is cooking, brown and drain the hamburger.
Drain macaroni.
Mix macaroni, hamburger and stewed tomatoes in large pot and heat through.  Serve.

GRANDMA’S SPAGHETTI AND MEAT BALLS.
½ cup………………….(125 ml)……………………onions
2 tablespoons (30 ml)…………………….margarine
1 pound…………….(500 g)……………………ground beef
2 cups…………………(500 ml)…………………tomato sauce.
2/3 cup………………(160 ml)…………………sliced mushrooms.
4 cups…………………(1000 ml)………………can tomatoes.
½ cup………………….(125 ml)…………………chopped parsley.
1 ½ teaspoon. (7.5ml)……………………oregano or sage
1 teaspoon………(5 ml)………………………salt
¼ teaspoon………(1.25 ml)………………thyme
1 bay leaf
1 cup………………….(500 ml)…………………water
2 cloves garlic.

In a large skillet, cook onion in hot oil until tender.  Add
Meat and garlic, brown lightly.  Add remaining ingredients.
Simmer uncovered 1 ½-2 hours or until sauce is nice and thick.
Stir occasionally.  Remove Bay leaf.  Serve hot over spaghetti.
Top with Parmesan cheese.
YIELD:  6 servings.
Time:  2 ½ hours.

VAGAN RECIPE
Sweet Potato And Apple Delight
4 cups medium sweet potatoes peeled and finely chopped.
2 green apples, cored, thinly sliced.
½ cup raisins.
1 teaspoon cinnamon.
1 cup apple juice.
½ cup bread crumbs.
½ cup walnuts.
Preheat oven to 375F in a large casserole dish, mix together all the ingredients. 

Bake uncovered for 45-50 minutes.  Makes 4-6 servings

RHUBARB PIE
6-8 stalks rhubarb.
Flour.
1 cup sugar.
Powdered sugar.
Cut rhubarb into small pieces, removing strings.
Flour rhubarb until quite white.
Line a pie-plate with pastry.
Fill shell with rhubarb and add water.
Add top crust and follow general rules.
When cooked sprinkle with powdered sugar.

MUFFINS

2 cups flour.
3 teaspoons baking-powder.
2 tablespoons sugar.
1 ¾ cup milk.
2 eggs.
1 ½ tablespoon butter melted.
Mix according to muffin or Cake Method.

VARIATIONS.
BLUE BERRY MUFFINS.
Add 1/3 cup sugar.
4 teaspoons of fat.
½ cup blueberries.
Mix the same as for plain muffins.  For blueberry muffins use
A little milk, since the juice of the berries adds moisture.

THE FREECYLE NETWORK

Do you have stuff you no longer have use for and want to get rid
of? If you haven’t got time for garage sales, or eBay-you need
to check out “The Freecyle Network”.

Founded in 2003, the network has more then 1.7 million members
in 3,100 Communities in over 50 countries. The only rules around
what can be exchanged, or offered free is that it be legal, for any age group. There is a good chance of a listing from your city. For details click on:
www.freecycle.org

LIGHTSIDE
Wives will outsmart you every time. I told my wife “50 years ago we had a cheap suite, no car, a black and white TV, but I got to sleep every night with a hot 23 year old gal.  Now I have a million dollar home, a $80,000.00 car, plasma screen TV, but I am sleeping with a 65 year old woman”.

My wife is a very reasonable woman. She told me to go out and find a 23 year old hot gal and she would make sure that I once again would be living in a cheap suite, no car, sleep on a sofa bed, and watch the news on a 10 inch black and white TV.

CLEANING GREEN

Chemical-based cleaners are harmful for the environment.

For most surfaces vegetable-based all-purpose soap does the Job.  Use vinegar and water for a natural way to clean most surfaces.  Mix one part vinegar, 2 parts water for a cleaner that can be used for hardwood and regular floors. Great for washing windows too. Just put in a spray bottle, which makes it easier when cleaning. Always check a small area of flooring to make sure there is no chance of damage.

If scouring is required, baking soda and washing soda are great.

In my archives at http://www.cbestbuys, you can find a full page of cleaning tips, which covers most cleaning problems you may have. 

WATER
A variety of emergency situations, from floods to earthquakes to toxic spills, could contaminate the local water supply and leave you without access to water. As a result, it’s important to know how to safely store and treat water of uncertain purity during an emergency.

The best way to treat water is often a combination of methods, as boiling and disinfection will kill most microorganisms but only distillation will remove other contaminants.  Boiling is the safest method of treating water. Keep water at a boil for 10 minutes for maximum effectiveness.

Disinfection with regular household liquid bleach can also kill microorganisms. Use only liquid bleach that contains 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite as the active ingredient. DO NOT USE scented bleaches, colour-safe bleaches or bleaches with added cleaners.

Add one to two drops of bleach per litre of clear water. Stir and let stand for 30 minutes. If the water does not have a slight bleach odour, repeat the dosage and let stand another 15 minutes.
Distillation involves boiling water and then collecting the vapour that condenses back to water.

RESPONSIBLE DRINKING
If you have teenagers, or in fact any adult, impress on them the
risks of driving while intoxicated. Statistics demonstrate drunk
drivers cause many fatal road accidents.

It should be known that like any other drug, addiction is a
potential hazard.  Excess of alcohol will affect organs such as the brain, heart, and liver.

DRINKS

Hoots Mon.
1 jigger Scotch Whiskey.
½ jigger Lillet.
½ jigger Sweet Vermouth.
Stir with ice and strain.

MOSCOW KICK
3 jiggers Vodka
Ginger Beer
1 slice lime
Serve over ice in glass, or copper mug.

SEAMEN’S DELIGHT
2 oz (60 ML) brown rum 
3 oz (95 ML) orange juice 
Squirt of grenadine syrup 
Soda, Half slice orange, Cherry, Ice cubes
In a tall glass filled with ice cubes, pour the rum, the juice and
the grenadine syrup.
Fill with soda.
Garnish with a half slice of orange and a cherry.

NON- ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
ORGEAT FIZZ
1 ½ ounces orgeat syrup
½ ounce limejuice
Club Soda
Shake orgeat and lime juice with ice cubes. Strain into fizz
Glass.  Add ice cubes. Add soda to glass. Serve with straws.

ICED COFFEE

There are just as many ways of making coffee, as there are different brands. Here are some general rules.

For good results measure water and coffee.

2 tablespoons coffee to each 1 cup

Make coffee just before serving

Make coffee double strength and pour the hot coffee over ice in a tall glass.  As the ice melts, it will dilute the coffee. Top the glass with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

PINEAPPLE SMOOTHIE
1 can (14 oz/398 ML) sliced pineapple in juice 
2 cups (500 ML) plain yogurt 
1/2-cup (125 ML) skim milk powder 
1/2 cup (125 ML) ice cubes
In blender, pineapple and juice, yogurt, skim milk powder, honey, and ice until smooth

Disclaimer: The Author of this article is not responsible for accuracy or completeness nor shall he be held liable for any damage or loss arising out of or in any way related to the information or utilization of it.

 

 

 

 

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Grandma Hystads Recipes, Drinks, Food Information, Vegan Recipes, Information, Bar Mixes

CONTENTS

BEEF AND POTOTO CAKES

GRANDMA BEEF-STEW DUMPLINGS

MACORONI –HAMBUUGERS BALLS

AUNT PATS  BUTTER TARTS

MOMS MINCEMEAT COOKIES

LIGHT SIDE

KATESVEGAN PANCAKES

VEGAN BERRY MUFFINS

VEGAN INFORMATION

VEGGIE BURGERS

BAR MIXES

FRUIT PUNCH

 Beef And Potato Cakes
You can use ground meat if desired.  A treat for children
8 oz. Beef.
8 oz. Potatoes.
1 small 2-3 inch onion chopped finely.
1 egg yolk.
Dark soy sauce.
1 teaspoon salt.
Cook the potatoes and mash.  Mix in egg yolk and salt.  Chop onion finely, brown with 1 tablespoon oil, add ground meat.  Brown for 4 minutes.  Add soy sauce and mix the batch with the potatoes.  Shape into balls the size of golf balls, flatten into cakes.  Heat the cooking pan. Grease lightly with oil, use medium heat to brown the cakes, turn to brown both sides.  If you have a electric skillet set temperature at 340.  When automatic control light blinks, turn cakes over.

Peel, core, and cut apples into quarters or wedges, depending on the size of the apple. Place apples in 1 quart baking dish. Dot apples with margarine. Sprinkle apples lightly with sugar and cinnamon. Orange juice may be added if desired. Bake at 375 degrees until tender, about 30 minutes.  Serves 2.

 Grandma’s Beef-Stew & Dumplings
1 pound………………(500 g)…………………stew beef
3 tablespoons(45 ml)…………………flour
1 clove of garlic
salt and pepper to taste
1 medium size onion, chopped
3 carrots
1 turnip, diced
1 bay leaf
Cut meat into cubes.  Roll in flour and brown in hot oil.
Add chopped onion and garlic.  Add salt and pepper to taste.
Stir until onion is a golden brown.  Add enough water to cover
the meat.  Bring to a boil.  Simmer gently for 1 ½ -2 hours.
Add rest of vegetables ½ hour before stew is served.

YIELD: serves 4-6
TIME: 15 minutes preparation, approx.2 hours to cook

Dumplings

2 cups………………………………..(500 ml)………………………all purpose flour
4 teaspoons…………………….(20 ml)……………………………baking powder
½ teaspoon…………………………(2,5 ml)……………………….salt
2 tablespoons…………………(30 ml)……………………………shortening
¾ cup…………………………………….(185 ml)…………………milk
Sift flour.  Add baking powder and salt and sift again.
Cut in the shortening and add milk.  Drop into simmering stew
gently, being careful to drop a piece of meat or vegetable so
that it will not be immersed.  Cover the kettle.

Macaroni With Hamburger Balls
1 pound hamburger
2 medium-sized onions, minced
¼ pound macaroni
1 ½  quarts boiling water
2 teaspoons salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 cup canned peas
2 cups tomato juice
Mix chopped onion, ½ teaspoon salt and pepper with hamburger.  Form into small balls and fry until tender.  Drain. Add peas, tomato juice and hamburger balls to the macaroni.  Simmer together for 10 minutes.
SERVES: 6-8

AUNT PAT’S FAVOURITE BUTTER TARTS

1/3-cup ….(80 ml) ………..butter

1-cup…….(250 ml)………. brown sugar

2 tablespoons.(30 ml)……….milk or cream

1/3 cup……(80 ml)………..currants

1 egg beaten well

1 teaspoon…(5 ml)………………….vanilla

Mix all ingredients together.  Put in unbaked tart shells. 
Bake at 450 F, (230 C), for 8 minutes.  Turn down to 350 F,
(175 C), and cook until brown.

MOM’S MINCEMEAT COOKIES

¾ cup…………………………………(185 ml)…………………shortening

1 ½ cups…………………………(375 ml)…………………sugar

3 eggs beaten

3 cups………………………………(750 ml)…………………flour

¾ teaspoon……………………(3.75 ml)………………salt

1 teaspoon………………….(4 ml)…………………..soda

1 cup…………………………………(250 ml)……………….canned mincemeat

3 tablespoons………….(45 ml)…………………water

1 cup…………………………………(250 ml)…………………walnuts

Cream, sugar and shortening. Then add eggs. Sift flour, salt,
and soda together. Add to creamed mixture. Add mincemeat and
water. Stir until thoroughly mixed. Add nuts and stir. Drop
from teaspoon onto well greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350F,
(175 C), for 10-15 minutes.

YIELD: 4-5 dozen cookies
TIME: 1 hour

GRANDMA’S WHIPPED SHORT BREAD COOKIES
1 POUND………(500 G)……………..BUTTER OR MARSRINE
3 CUPS………..(750 ML)……………FLOUR
1 CUP ……………(250 ML)…………..ICING SUGAR
Beat with mixer until creamy.  Drop on cookie sheet and bake at 350 F, (175 C) until slightly brown.
YIELD: approximately 5 dozen cookies
TIME:  1 hour (includes cooking and cleaning time)

Baked Apple Wedges

2-3 baking apples (Rome, Cortland, Golden Delicious) 1/2-teaspoon margarine

½  tablespoon sugar OR brown sugar

ground cinnamon to taste

1/8  cup orange juice (optional)

Peel, core, and cut apples into quarters or wedges, depending on the size of the apple. Place apples in 1 quart baking dish. Dot apples with margarine. Sprinkle apples lightly with sugar and cinnamon. Orange juice may be added if desired. Bake at 375 degrees until tender, about 30 minutes.  Serves 2.

LIGHT SIDE

A fellow finds himself in front of Saint Peter at the golden gate. St. Peter explains it is not easy to get to heaven. There are some criteria before entry.

He asks the guy are you religious? Gave money to the church? Gave
money to the poor? Help his neighbour?

The fellow answers “no”.

Peter says, “look, work with me, I am trying to help you, think”.

The fellow says, “Well, I came out of a store and found this old
lady surrounded by a dozen bikers. They were shoving her around,
and abusing her. I got so mad I threw my grocery bags down, fought through the crowd, and got her purse back. After helping her to her feet, I went to the biggest, baddest biker and told him how despicable, cowardly, and mean he was. Then I spat in his face.”

“Wow”, said peter, ” That’s very impressive. When did this happen”?

“oh, about five minutes ago”, replied the fellow.

KATES VEGAN PANCAKES
1 I/3 cup flour (unbleached).
3 Teaspoons.
½ teaspoon salt.
3 tablespoons sugar.
1 egg (egg replacer).
1 ¼  cup milk (Soya milk).
3 tablespoons oil.
¼ teaspoon vanilla.

 VEGAN MIXED BERRY MUFFINS

Flour, white, 1.75 cup
Raw sugar, 4 tsp
Baking Powder, 2 tsp
So Good ‘Trim’ Soymilk, 1.25 cup
Egg Replacer, 1 serving
Applesauce, unsweetened, 25 grams
Strawberries, frozen, unsweetened, 0.125 cup,
Blueberries, frozen (unsweetened), 0.125 cup,
Blackberries, frozen (unsweetened), 0.125 cup,
Raspberries, 0.125 cup

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 12-cup muffin tin with non-fat cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
In a smaller bowl- combine applesauce and soymilk.

Chop the frozen berries into a manageable size.  Add wet ingredients to the dry, and stir to combine, adding berries as you mix. Using a 1/4 cup measure, scoop into prepared muffin tin (they should be about 2/3 full), bake for 20-25 minutes (when a toothpick inserted comes out clean). Cool in tin for 5 minutes, then turn out to cooling rack.
serve warm

VAGAN INFORMATION

Vegan:

A person that chooses a lifestyle that aims to eliminate the use of products obtained from animals for food, clothing or any other reason. This means that they don’t eat any meat, fish, dairy products or eggs. They also avoid products that are tested on animals and do not wear fur, wool or leather.

A Vegan’s diet includes foods such as: beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, Soya products (for protein), whole grains, vegetables, fruits and healthy oils.

People choose to become vegan for various reasons, the most popular include -

-Ethical views concerning animal rights
-Concern for the environment
-To improve personal health

VEGGIE BURGERS

You want to try veggie burgers; they are great imitations of the real thing. Many companies now make them in a variety of tastes and styles. Some mimic meat; others are intentionally grain like. All are lower in calories and fat than a conventional burger and higher in fibre. Many have a respectable amount of protein, too. Their weakness is sodium: The rated burgers have 250 to 500 milligrams. (The recommended daily limit is 2,300 milligrams)

BUGER VEGGIE, Calories 110, Fat (4g), Protein (10g), Sodium 360(mg).

BEEF VEGGIE, Calories 177, Protein 17(g), Fat 11(g), Sodium 360.

If you have teenagers, or in fact any adult, impress on them the risks of driving while intoxicated. Statistics demonstrate drunk drivers cause many fatal road accidents.It should be known that like any other drug, addiction is a potential hazard.  Excess of alcohol will affect organs such as the brain, heart, and liver.

BAR MIXES

WORKERS RUM

1 shot rum

Fill with orange juice

2 tablespoon Grenadine (or adjust to taste)

Ice cubes

Stir or Shake.

 Fresh Fruit Punch
8 ounces apiece of orange juice, pineapple juice, and
grapefruit juice.
1 bottle ginger ale.  Sugar to taste.
Combine the juices with the sugar.  Stir until the sugar is
dissolved and refrigerate.  Add the ginger ale plus chunks of
ice before serving.

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