Rosemary-Crusted Roasted Lamb

Ingredients:
2 medium garlic cloves
1 (3- to 3-1/2 pound) bone-in lamb shoulder roast
1/2 teaspoon rosemary
Salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:
1. Peel the garlic and cut into slivers.
2. Make several slits in the roast.
3. Insert the garlic in the slits.
4. Sprinkle with rosemary.
5. Season the outside of the roast liberally with salt and pepper.
6. Place in baking pan.
7. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes.
8. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees.
9. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes longer or 26 minutes per pound for medium-rare.
10. Remove from oven.
11. Let rest for 20 minutes to allow the juices to settle.
12. To serve, carve the roast across the grain into 1/4-inch slices.

Serves ten people.

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Lemon Beets

Ingredients:
1 can (16 ounces) beets or
2 cups fresh beets
1 small onion, thinly sliced
1 Tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon butter
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon chopped parsley
1/4 teaspoon salt

Procedure:
1. If using fresh beets, parboil until tender and skin.
2. Saute onion in butter until soft but not brown.
3. Drain beets and add onion and butter.
4. Add lemon juice and parsley.
5. Toss beets and add salt.
6. Simmer until hot, then serve.

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Fried Catfish

Ingredients:
3 pounds catfish fillets
2 cups yellow corn meal
Salt and pepper
3 inches cooking oil in a deep fat fryer

Procedure:
1. Wash and drain fillets.
2. Salt and pepper.
3. Place corn meal and fish in a large plastic bag and shake until fish is well coated.
4. Preheat oil and cook fish at 350 degrees until fish is brown on both sides, turning only once.

Serves eight people.

Refrigerator Dinner Rolls

Ingredients:
1 package dry yeast, or
1 yeast cake
2 cups lukewarm water
2 eggs, unbeaten
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup shortening
1 teaspoon salt
7 cups flour
Melted butter

Procedure:
1. Add yeast to lukewarm water, mixing with hand until yeast is dissolved.
2. Add eggs, sugar, shortening and salt. Stir well.
3. Sift in 4 cups of the flour. Stir well.
4. Sift in 2 more cups of flour and stir well.
5. Add remaining 1 cup flour and mix with hands.
6. Cover dough with wet dish towel that has been folded 4 times.
7. Place in refrigerator overnight.
8. When ready to use, remove desired amount from refrigerator and allow to rise at least 4 hours.
9. Do not work with more than half of the dough at a time.
10. Knead to get air out.
11. Roll out 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick.
12. Cut in rounds with small cheese glass, or similar-sized cutter.
13. Dip both sides of each roll in melted butter and fold over.
14. Place in greased pan.
15. Let rise until double in size, about 40 minutes.
16. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes, or until brown.

Skillet Squash

Ingredients:
1/4 cup margarine
4 cups sliced yellow squash
1 onion, sliced or chopped
1 teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes, drained, or 2 tomatoes, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup grated cheese (American or Cheddar)

Procedure:
1. Melt margarine in large skillet.
2. Add squash, onion, salt and pepper.
3. Cook, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes.
4. Add tomatoes after 5 minutes.
5. Remove lid and allow most of the moisture to cook out.
6. Turn squash often to prevent sticking.
7. Sprinkle with cheese and remove quickly to serving bowl.
8. Cheese will melt as squash is served.

Serves six people.

Party Eggs

Ingredients:
8 hard-cooked eggs
1 package frozen chopped spinach, cooked
1/2 teaspoon grated onion
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Tabasco
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 Tablespoons melted butter
Salt and pepper
1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 small jar (8 ounce) Cheez Whiz
Buttered bread crumbs
Parmesan cheese

Procedure:
1. Slice eggs in half, lengthwise, and remove yolks.
2. Mash yolks.
3. Combine yolks, spinach, onion, Worcestershire, Tabasco, lemon juice, melted butter, salt and pepper.
4. Mix well.
5. Mound yolk mixture into egg whites.
6. Place in a buttered shallow baking dish.
7. Heat soup and Cheez Whiz in double boiler.
8. Pour over stuffed eggs.
9. Cover with buttered bread crumbs, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake in 350 degree oven until bubbly.

Serves nine people.

Pumpkin Bread with Orange Butter

Ingredients:
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup hot water
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3 cups sugar
2 cups canned pumpkin
4 eggs
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon salt
3-1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 pound butter, softened
1/2 box powdered sugar
Grated rind of 2 oranges
2 Tablespoons orange juice concentrate

Procedure:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Prepare Pumpkin Bread: Dissolve soda in hot water.
3. Mix together oil, sugar and pumpkin and add to soda mixture.
4. Add eggs, cinnamon, cloves, salt and flour and mix until moistened.
5. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured loaf pans.
6. Bake for 1 hour.
7. Remove from loaf pans and cool on wire racks.
8. Prepare Orange Butter: Beat butter and sugar together.
9. Add orange rind and juice concentrate and mix well.
10. Place into decorative crock and serve with Pumpkin Bread.

Makes 2 loaves.

Apple Dumplings

Ingredients:
1 cup plus 3 Tablespoons shortening
3 cups sifted flour
3 teaspoons salt
1 egg, beaten
1/3 cup water
2 Tablespoons vinegar
8 apples, peeled and cored
1 cup red hot candies, divided
1-1/2 cups sugar, divided
2 cups water
5 Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon butter, divided

Procedure:
1. Cut shortening into flour and salt.
2. Beat egg with water and vinegar.
3. Stir into flour mixture.
4. Divide dough into 8 parts.
5. Roll each into 8-inch square.
6. Place one apple in each square.
7. Fill each center with red hot candies, 1 Tablespoon sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon butter.
8. Seal pastry around each apple.
9. Combine 1 cup sugar, 2 cups water, 4 Tablespoons butter, and 1/3 cup red hot candies and boil three minutes.
10. Place apples in baking pan and pour syrup around dumplings.
11. Bake at 425 degrees for 40 minutes

Creole Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients:
1 egg beaten
2 pounds fresh shrimp (peeled and chopped)
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup oil
6 bell peppers, finely chopped
1/2 large onion, finely chopped
1/2 to 3/4 cup finely chopped celery
1 cup homemade bread crumbs
8 to 10 bell pepper halves
Buttered, seasoned Italian bread crumbs

Procedure:
1. Add egg to chopped shrimp.
2. Salt and pepper well and mix thoroughly.
3. Saute shrimp mixture in oil until cooked.
4. Add more oil and chopped peppers, onions and celery.
5. Cook until soft and mushy. Add plain bread crumbs and season, if necessary.
6. Scald bell pepper halves and stuff with the shrimp mixture.
7. Top with seasoned bread crumbs.
8. Cook in greased pan in a 350 degree oven about 45 minutes.

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Corned Beef and Cabbage Recipe

Ingredients:
2 pounds Corned Beef brisket
1 small head cabbage, chopped
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
3 bay leaves
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 pound diced carrots
1/2 pound diced onions
3/4 pound potatoes, peeled and chopped
1/4 pound diced celery

Procedure:
1. Soak beef brisket in brine for a few hours.
2. Combine corned beef, pepper, bay leaves and salt in a pot.
3. Put 3-quarts of water.
4. Cover and bring to boil.
5. Decrease the heat to low and simmer for 2 1/2 hours.
6. Add carrots, onions, potatoes and celery.
7. Simmer for 15 minutes.
8. Add the cabbage until cabbage is tender.
9. Remove bay leaves and serve immediately.

Serves six people.

Spinach Casserole

Ingredients:
2 packages frozen chopped spinach
1/2 pint sour cream
1 envelope Lipton's Onion Soup Mix

Procedure:
1. Cook spinach and drain well, pressing all possible water from spinach.
2. Add sour cream and soup mix.
3. Spoon into buttered casserole and heat at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
4. This casserole may be made ahead, or frozen, if desired.

Serves eight people.

Lemon Icebox Pie

Ingredients:
9-inch pie shell, baked
4 egg yolks
2/3 cup sugar
Pinch of salt
4 Tablespoons lemon juice (more for tart flavor)
Grated rind of 2 lemons
3/4 Tablespoon unflavored gelatin
1/3 cup cold water
4 egg whites
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 pint cream, whipped
Lemon slivers

Procedure:
1. Place egg yolks, 2/3 cup sugar, salt and lemon juice in top of double boiler; cook over boiling water, stirring until thick; add lemon rind and gelatin which has been soaked in cold water for 5 minutes.
2. Let mixture cool.
3. Beat egg whites until stiff; slowly add 2/3 cup sugar.
4. Beat until creamy.
5. Fold egg whites into cooled lemon mixture.
6. Place in baked pie shell, sky-high; chill at least 6 hours or overnight.
7. Top with whipped cream.
8. Garnish with lemon slivers.

Serves eight people and a great way to celebrate the day of the Pacquiao vs Clottey live stream online.

Roquefort Cheese Crackers

Ingredients:
1 cup crumbled Roquefort cheese
1 cup softened butter
3 Tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons hot sauce
3-1/2 cups flour, sifted
2 teaspoons baking powder

Procedure:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Cream cheese, butter, milk, and hot sauce.
3. Beat 1 minute.
4. Combine flour with baking powder.
5. Add this a little at a time to the cheese mixture.
6. The dough should not be sticky.
7. Knead lightly on a floured board for a few seconds.
8. Chill dough 15 minutes.
9. Roll dough out to a 1/8-inch thickness.
10. Cut into rounds, diamonds, crescents or other shapes.
11. Place on well-greased baking sheets.
12. Chill for 15 minutes.
13. Bake about 8 to 10 minutes until delicately browned.
14. Cool on a rack.
15. Serve.

Makes 40 crackers that will be great to eat when you watch Pacquiao vs Clottey live stream.

Italian Green Beans

Ingredients:
1/2 cup olive oil
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 cup canned Italian plum tomatoes
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 cloves
1 bay leaf
6 sprigs parsley
1 pound cooked green beans

Procedure:
1. Heat oil, add onion and cook until soft.
2. Add tomatoes, green pepper, celery, water, salt and pepper.
3. Tie cloves, bay leaf and parsley in a small cheesecloth bag and add to the tomato mixture.
4. Simmer about 25 minutes.
5. Can set aside here until ready to serve.
6. Just before serving, add green beans and heat until very hot.
7. Remove cheesecloth bag and serve.

Serves six people.

Fried Biscuits

Ingredients:
2-2/3 packages dry yeast
2/3 cup warm milk
4 cups milk
1/2 cup shortening
1/4 cup sugar
6 teaspoons salt
7 to 9 cups flour

Procedure:
1. Dissolve yeast in warm water.
2. Scald milk (150 degrees).
3. Add shortening, sugar, and salt. Stir to dissolve shortening. Cool to lukewarm.
4. Combine milk and yeast in large bowl.
5. Stir in flour to make moderately stiff dough.
6. Place in greased bowl, turning once to grease top.
7. Let rise in warm place for 30 minutes.
8. Knead lightly on floured surface.
9. Roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness; cut with 2-inch biscuit cutter.
10. Fry in deep fat slightly hotter than 350 degrees, until golden brown.

Makes 9 dozen.