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assistant: MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
      Title: Tomato sauce with ground beef
 Categories: Sauces, Italian
      Yield: 6 Servings
      2 tb Olive oil
      1    Garlic clove minced
      1    Can Italian Tomatoes 28oz
      1    Can Tomato Paste 6 oz
      1    Salt to taste
    1/2 ts Dried Oregano
      1    Whole Bay Leaf
      1 c  Chopped onion
      1 lb Ground beef
      1    Can Tomato sauce 15 oz
      2 tb Chopped Italian parsley
      1 ts Dried Basil
    1/4 ts Black pepper
  Heat oil in a large heavy saucepan; add onion; saute over low heat,
  stirring, until tender and golden, about 5 min.  Add the garlic;
  saute 1 min. Meanwhile, brown the ground beef in a skillet, stirring
  to crumble meat; drain off fat; add to the onion mixture. Add the
  tomatoes, tomato sauce, 1 tomato sauce can filled with water, the
  tomato paste, parsley, 1 tsp salt, the basil, oregano, pepper, and
  bay leaf. Heat over medium-low heat to simmering. Simmer, uncovered,
  over low heat, stirring occasionally until sauce is thickened and
  flavorful, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
MMMMM
... Sincerely yours Gigi
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MMMMM-----Recipes in Meal-Master(tm) Format
      Title: Kasha Paprikas
 Categories: Grain Vegetables
      Yield: 6
           Amount
      1 lg Leek -- the white and pale
           Parts sliced -- washed
           And drained
      1 c  Celery -- finely chopped
           Some of the -- leaves
      1 cl Garlic -- minced
    1/4 c  Butter -- (1/2 stick)
           unsalted
      2 ts Hungarian paprika
      1 c  Water
    3/4 c  Beef broth
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Black pepper
      1 c  Coarse kasha
      2 tb Fresh parsely -- minced
    1/3 c  Sour cream
: In a heavy saucepan
cook the leek, the celery, and the garlic in the butter with the paprika over
moderate heat, stirring, until the vegetables are softened. Stir in the
ater,
the broth, the salt and the pepper, bring the liquid to a boil, and stir in
the
kasha. cook the mixture, covered, for 12 minutes, or until the liquid is
absorbed, remove the pan from the heat, and stir in the parsley. Let the
mixture stand, covered, for 3 minutes and stir in the sour cream. serves 4 to
6
as an accompaniment.
MMMMM
... Sincerely yours Gigi
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assistant: * Crossposted from: HOME_COOKING
        While wandering around the local farmer's market on
        Saturday morning I noticed one of the vendors had goat
        meat for sale. A few years back I had a wonderful goat
        curry at a local resturant. Does anyone have recipes for
        goat meat?
        Thanks
        John
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MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
      Title: CARAMEL FROSTING
 Categories: Frostings
      Yield: 20 Servings
    1/4 c  Sweet cream or Half & Half
      1 tb Butter
      6 tb Brown sugar
    1/4 ts Salt
      2 c  Confectioners' sugar
      1 ts Vanilla
  Mix cream, butter, brown sugar and salt and place over low heat. Stir
  until sugar is dissolved. Do not let boil! Remove from heat. Stir in
  confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Stir until cool enough to spread on
  a 9" cake.
MMMMM
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
      Title: FUDGE FROSTING  1
 Categories: Frostings
      Yield: 1 Servings
      3 ea Unsweetened Chocolate; squa
  1 1/2 c  Milk
      3 c  Sugar
      1 ds Salt
      3 tb Light corn syrup
      3 tb Butter
  1 1/2 ts Vanilla
  Add chocolate to milk and place over low flame. Cook until mixture is
  smooth and blended, stirring constantly. Add sugar, salt, and corn
  syrup; stir until sugar is dissolved and mixture boils. Continue
  boiling, without stirring, until a small amount of mixture forms a
  very soft ball in cold water  ( 232 degrees F.). Remove from fire.
  Add butter and va- nilla. Cool.to lukewarm (110 degrees F.). Beat
  until of right consistency to spread.  If necessary, place over hot
  water to keep soft while spreading. Makes enough frosting to cover
  tops and sides of two 9-inch layers, or top and sides of 13x9x2-inch
  cake. Kate Smith Collection: See Coconut Cake for details.
MMMMM
... Sincerely yours Gigi
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MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
      Title: MARTHA WASHINGTON'S FUDGE FROSTING
 Categories: Frostings, Cakes
      Yield: 1 Servings
  1 1/2 c  Sugar
    3/4 c  Water
      1 tb Light corn syrup
      1 ds Salt
      4 oz Unsweetened Chocolate
      4 tb Butter
      1 ts Vanilla
  Combine sugar, water, corn syrup, and  salt  in  small saucepan. Bring
  quickly to a boil, stirring only until sugar is dissolved. Then boil,
  without  stirring, until mixture forms a very soft ball in cold water
  (232 degrees F.). Cool to lukewarm ( 110 degrees F. ). Melt chocolate
  in medium saucepan over boiling water. Add butter and vanilla. Remove
  from boiling water.
   Add syrup gradually, stirring constantly. Continue stirring until
  smooth and thickened. Place again over boiling water and stir until
  frostin0g is softened and of right consistency to spread. Remove from
  boiling water and spread on cake. If necessary, place over hot water
  to keep soft while spreading. Makes enough frosting to cover tops and
  sides of two 7 1/2x9-inch layers.
MMMMM
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
      Title: SATIN FUDGE FROSTING
 Categories: Frostings, Chocolate
      Yield: 1 Servings
  5 1/2 oz Unsweetened chocolate
  1 1/3 c  Sugar
      1 c  Whipping cream
    1/2 c  Unsalted butter; softened
      1 tb Pure vanilla extract
  Cut the chocolate into small pieces and set aside. Combine the sugar
  and cream in a heavy 3-quart pan, stirring to dissolve. Bring to a
  boil, then cook for 6 minutes from the time it comes to a boil.
  Remove from the heat and add the chocolate and butter, stirring until
  melted. Add the vanilla. Refrigerate until well chilled, but not
  solid. Stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until it is a soft
  spreadable consistency.
MMMMM
... Sincerely yours Gigi
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assistant: MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
      Title: PHILLY CHOCOLATE SAUCE
 Categories: Sauces, Chocolate, Desserts
      Yield: 2 Servings
      1    8 oz pkg. Cream Cheese,
           -cubed
    1/3 c  Milk
      1 oz Unsweetened Chocolate
           -Squares
      2 c  Sifted powdered sugar
      1 ts Vanilla
  Combine cream cheese, milk and chocolate; stir over low heat until
  smooth. Blend in remaining ingredients. Serve over poached pears, ice
  cream or cake.
  Note this sauce can be refrigerated and then reheated.
  Makes 2 cups
  From Favorite Recipe Philadelphia Cream Cheese
MMMMM
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
      Title: REGAL CHOCOLATE SAUCE
 Categories: Chocolate, Sauces, Desserts
      Yield: 6 Servings
      2    Squares Baker's Unsweetened
           -Chocolate
    1/3 c  Water
    1/2 c  Sugar
      3 tb Margarine or butter
    1/4 ts Vanilla
  From: Baker's Chocolate Cookbook
  MICROWAVE chocolate and water in microwavable bowl on HIGH 1 1/2
  minutes. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
  STIR in sugar. Microwave 1 minute. Stir. Microwave 2 minutes longer;
  stir in margarine and vanilla.
  PrepTime: 10 minutes.
MMMMM
... Sincerely yours Gigi
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assistant: Hello ALL,
I'm looking for a good chili recipe
Rgds,
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user: You are replying to Greg Mayman about "Re: Tea".

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GM>Use sterilized bottles, then strain the tea and put it into the
GM>bottles while it is still VERY hot. Keep the bottles sealed
GM>until you want to use it. This will keep out the moulds and
GM>yeasts that make it go bad.

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assistant: Hallo Greg,
Erm ... I've got only a small kitchen, not a bottling plant ;-)
Have you ever picked the pieces of a glass bottle out of your face and
hands after its explosion? :-) The most glass bottles are unable to face
cooking water without exploding. Maybe it works once, maybe twice or more
times, but one day ... I don't want to take this risk, I need my hands and
my face ;-)
In German echoes and newsgroups they told me to put some ascorbin acid
into the tea (for example lemon juice) and to put it into the fridge. One
user told me to cook the tea with the half of water and then to mix it
with ice water. One had the same idea like you, but as I said ... :-)
Schoene Gruesse
   Sabine                          e-mail: frosch@seerose.kristall.de
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user: You are replying to Duncan Carter about "Re: Tea".

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DC>Unless you freeze it or pastuerize it somehow in a preserving jar I
DC>got is a fermentation, so perhaps you could try your local home brew
DC>shop for what I call 'stopping tablets'. They contain a chemical

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assistant: Hallo Duncan,
Tea in a preserving jar?? I never got this idea ... but I'm looking for a
possibility to keep the tea fresh without having a lot of work with it.
Home brew shops are not usual in Germany. I've never seen one around here
nor in another town - even not in Berlin, where you can really get almost
everything.
I just cook as much as I can drink within 12 hours. These days it is very
hot here, and I need about 6 bottles (0,7 l) per day.
Schoene Gruesse
   Sabine                          e-mail: frosch@seerose.kristall.de
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MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
      Title: Crock Pot Chili
 Categories: Low fat, Chili
      Yield: 4 Servings
     15 oz Dried (Kidney) Beans
      1 pk (Ortega) Chili Seasoning
           (or your own mix of chili
           Spices)
     30 oz Crushed tomatoes
      2 c  Dried TVP (ground beef sized
           Pieces)
      1 c  Hot water (tap is fine)
      1 lg Onion diced
           Cumin, chili pepper, cayenne
           Pepper to taste
           Enough water to keep from
           Burning
  ~ Rinse and soak beans overnight ~ mix TVP with hot water, 1/2
  onions, and "spices to taste", soak overnight ~ in morning: drain
  beans, put in crockpot with tomatoes and chili seasoning mix, add
  enough water to keep from burning, cook all day on low while at work
  ~ in evening take 1/2 of bean mix and put in pot.  Mix TVP in with
  beans in crockpot, cook another two to four hours ~ Taste to make
  sure beans are done. Serve with rice or cornbread, salad, etc for a
  meal.
  Notes:  Can leave out TVP for just "chili beans". I also added green
  peppers and chopped mushrooms to the TVP version. Date: Thu, 07 Jul 94
  10:25:27 EDT From: Lynn Stepanek <vaughn@queens.edu>
  Converted to MM format by Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md.
MMMMM
... Sincerely yours Gigi
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assistant: Hi everyone... long time no see.... :) I've been busy but did want to
let you all know that I've posted all of my recipe collections (over
300 files, 13+ meg) from the BBS onto the internet and they can be found at
ftp://furtherdev.com/pub.recipes.
A complete descriptive list is found in INDEX.TXT on the site. Many of
these recipes are tried and true and many gathered from this very echo.
Take a look and Good Eating!!!
            .\\ichele
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assistant: * Crossposted from: [TCN] Chef's Table
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: Cheese Fondue #1
 Categories: Appetizers, Cheese
      Yield: 4 servings
      8 oz Natural Swiss cheese,diced
      8 oz Gruyere cheese,diced
      2 tb Flour
      1    Clove garlic,halved
      2 c  Dry white wine
      1 tb Lemon juice
      3 tb Kirsch
           French bread,1" cubes
  Place cheese in plastic bag; sprinkle with flour. Toss until cheese is
  coated.
  Rub cut clove of garlic on bottom and side of 3-quart saucepan; add
  wine. Heat over low heat just until bubbles rise to surface (wine
  must not boil). Stir in lemon juice; add cheese, about 1/2 cup at a
  time, stirring constantly with wooden spoon. Stir until cheese is
  melted. Stir in kirsch.
  Pour into ceramic fondue pot over low heat. Use long-handled forks to
  spear bread cubes; then dip and swirl in fondue with stirring motion.
  NOTE: The Swiss cheese should be aged at least 6 months.
MMMMM
... Sincerely yours Gigi
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assistant: * Crossposted from: [TCN] Chef's Table
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: Cheese Fondue #2
 Categories: Appetizers, Cheese
      Yield: 6 servings
      1 c  Water
      2 c  Dry white such as sauterne
      1 ts Season salt
      1 tb Butter
  Place in top part of double boiler and place directly on burner and
  bring to boil. Put pan in bottom of double boiler and add 4 cups
  swiss american cheese.  Add 3 Tbl. cornstarch, softened with water.
  Stir until cheese melts. Put into fondue pot.
MMMMM
... Sincerely yours Gigi
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assistant: * Crossposted from: [TCN] Chef's Table
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: Creamy Cheese Fondue
 Categories: Appetizers, Cheese
      Yield: 6 servings
      4 c  AMERICAN CHEESE,SHEDDED 16OZ
      1 tb ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR
      2 tb GREEN PEPPER,FINELY CHOPPED
      1 tb BUTTER
  1 1/4 c  DRY WHITE WINE
      6 oz CREAM CHEESE WITH CHIVES
      1 ts PREPARED MUSTARD
      1 pk BREADSTICKS/FRENCH BREAD
  COMBINE SHREEDE CHEESE AND FLOUR; SET ASIDE.  IN A SAUCEPAN COOK GREEN
  PEPPER IN BUTTER TILL TENDER BUT NOT BROWN.  STIR IN WINE; HEAT
  SLOWLY JUST TILL BUBBLING.  GRADUALLY ADD SHREDDED CHEESE, STIRRING
  CONSTANTLY, UNTIL SMOOTH AND BUBBLY.  STIR IN CREAM CHEESE AND
  MUSTARD; COOK AND STIR OVER LOW HEAT TILL SMOOTH.  TRANSFER CHEESE
  MIXTURE TO FONDUE POT.
MMMMM
... Sincerely yours Gigi
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assistant: * Crossposted from: [TCN] Chef's Table
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: Swiss Fondue #1
 Categories: Cheese, Appetizers
      Yield: 4 servings
    1/2    Garlic Clove
  1 2/3 c  Dry White Wine
      1 lb Gruyere Cheese, Grated
      2 ts Cornstarch
    1/4 c  Kirsch (Or More)
           Nutmeg To Taste, Grated
      2    French Bread, In 1" Cubes
  Rub the inside of a heavy saucepan with the garlic, add the wine and
  heat it over mod-low heat until it is hot.  Add the cheese by
  handfuls, stirring. Cook the mixture, stirring, until smooth, keeping
  it just below simmering point. In a small bowl, stir together the
  cornstarch and 1/4 cup kirsch. Mix well and add to the Gruyere
  mixture with nutmeg and pepper to taste. Heat, stirring constantly,
  just until it begins to bubble. Do not let it boil. Transfer to a
  heated fondue pot and keep it hot over a low flame.  If fondue
  becomes too thick, add some additional kirsch to thin. Spear bread
  cubes with long fondue forks and dip them into the cheese. a 1967
MMMMM
... Sincerely yours Gigi
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assistant: * Crossposted from: [TCN] Chef's Table
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04
      Title: Swiss Fondue #2
 Categories: Appetizers, Cheese
      Yield: 6 servings
      4 c  (1 lb) shredded aged Swiss
           -Cheese
    1/4 c  All purpose flour
      1    Clove garlic, halved
      2 c  Sauterne
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Worcestershire sauce
      1 ds Of ground nutmeg
  From: Arizona Cookbook
  Toss together cheese and flour. Rub inside of saucepan with garlic.
  Discard garlic. Add sauterne and heat until bubbles rise. Over low
  heat add the cheese, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring until cheese is
  melted after each addition. Add salt, Worcestershire sauce and
  nutmeg. Transfer to fondue pot and serve with cubes of French bread.
MMMMM
... Sincerely yours Gigi
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user: You are replying to Serge Cyr about "Re: Quebec pea soup".

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SC> Did you ever get our email, about our trip to Yellowknife, up the
SC> Mackenzie River ?

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assistant: MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
      Title: Fran's BBQ\Potato\Cheese Meatloaf
 Categories: Main dishes, Meatloaf, Tried, Barbecue
      Yield: 2 servings
      2 lb Ground beef
      4 sl Bread; crumbled
      2 c  Baked beans
      2    Eggs; or substitute
      1 c  BBQ sauce
    1/4 c  Mustard
    1/4 c  Ketchup
      2 c  Potatoes; mashed
      Mash up the baked beans.  Mix everything together except the
  potatoes and the cheese.  Add more liquid or bread as needed to reach
  desired consistancy.
      Press mixture into the bottom and around sides of two 9x5" loaf
  pans, leaving a large trough in the center.  Reserve about 1-1/2 cups
  of mixture to cover top with.
      Fill troughs of each meatloaf with mashed potatoes.  Cut cheese
  into cubes, or grate, and put this on top of the potatoes. Cover
  potatoes and cheese with reserved meat mixture.
      Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
  Source: Several different Meatloaf recipes and Fran's Imagination...
  Typed for you by Fran McGee on 1/24/94
MMMMM
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
      Title: Souper Meat Loaf
 Categories: Meats
      Yield: 1 loaf
      1 cn Cream of Mushroom Soup
           -Campbell's, 10-3/4-oz size
      1    Pouch onion soup mix
           -Campbell's
      2 lb Ground beef
    1/2 c  Dry bread crumbs
      1    Egg; beaten
    1/4 c  Water
  1. Mix thoroughly 1/2 cup mushroom soup, onion soup mix, beef, crumbs
  and egg.  In 2-quart oblong baking dish, firmly shape into 8 x 4 inch
  loaf.
  2. Bake at 350-degrees F. 1-1/4 hour or until done.  Spoon off fat;
  reserve 1 to 2 tbsp drippings.
  3. In 1-quart saucepan, combine remaining mushroom soup, water and
  reserved drippings.  Over low heat, heat through, stirring
  occasionally.
  Serves 8.
  Serving Suggestion:  Pictured with carrots, sliceed new potatoes and
  parsley.
  From a Campbell's advertisement. APB
  From: Alan Burgstahler                Date: 13 Sep 94
MMMMM
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user: You are replying to Sabine Becker about "Tea".

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-=> Sabine Becker said this about "Tea"
-=> to Greg Mayman on 17 May 97  22:10:00....
SB> Have you ever picked the pieces of a glass bottle out of your face and
SB> hands after its explosion? :-) The most glass bottles are unable to
SB> face   cooking water without exploding. Maybe it works once, maybe
SB> twice or more   times, but one day ... I don't want to take this risk,
SB> I need my hands and   my face ;-)
SB> In German echoes and newsgroups they told me to put some ascorbin acid
SB> into the tea (for example lemon juice) and to put it into the fridge.

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assistant: NEVER try to heat glass jars by filling the cold jar with hot
liquid. They will almost always shatter.
But if you heat or cool them gradually there is no risk -
absolutely NONE - that they will shatter. But they can give you
a nasty burn.
People have been preserving fruit in glass jars for many many
years, and the only accidents have been from not doing things the
proper way.
Any acid will help, the stronger the better, but it will change
the flavour, and sometimes spoil it.
The best way to keep out the yeasts and moulds is to kill them
with heat and then seal the containers.
Otherwise, you should make only enough to use in one day, and
keep it covered in the refrigerator.
a word from Greg, in Adelaide, South Australia
... But one man's righteousness is another's outrageousness!