recipes from grandma's cookbook

Mood: ok
Listening to: foxtrot uniform charlie kilo -- the bloodhound gang

4 cups of powdered sugar

1 tablespoon butter or margerine

1 tablespoon milk

1 cup cocoa

1 capfull of vanilla extract

in a large bowl, put sugar and cocoa. mix until blended well, no lumps. add butter and milk. mix throughly. add vanilla and mix more. the icing should be somewhat thick but, where you can easily move the spoon and the icing falls off the spoon without having to be shaken. if the icing is thicker than that, add just a little more milk. a little liquid goes a long way in this recipe. this particular batch makes enough to ice two batches of cupcakes or one sheet cake. if you want vanilla instead of chocolate, don't add the cocoa. enjoy!

Mood: okiely dokiely
Listening to: dem jeans -- chingy

secret BBQ hamburger recipe:

1 package of ground beef

5 tablespoons worchestershire sauce

1 tablespoon black pepper

in a bowl, place meat and and pour 1 tablespoon of worchestershire sauce. rotate meat and repeat step until you've used all 5 tablespoons. worchestershire sauce should gather at bottom. add black pepper to sauce. let marinate in the refridgerater for 1 hour. rotating meat every 30 minutes. once finished, form meat into patties and toss on the grill.

sauce:

1/2 bottle of kansas city super smoker BBQ sauce

1/4 cup ketchup

2 tablespoons brown sugar

 

in a sauce pan, pour BBQ sauce and ketchup. stir until boiling. once it starts to boil add brown sugar. stir until brown sugar is dissolved. apply to burgers 5 - 7 minutes before removing them from the grill. apply generously.

 

my great grandma jean was 96 years old when she died and was as limber as a 25 year old woman. she could ride her bicycle to the farmers market that was about a block away from her house and then go walk for an hour. she raised 6 kids, 13 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. as they say in italy "your stomach should never talk!"great grandma jean came over from italy with her parents when she was 4 years old.

Sarah

Mood: ok
Listening to: enter sandman -- mettalica

cocoa chocolate chip cake

2 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon salt

1 package of semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup of cocoa

1 cup of milk

preheat oven to 450 degrees and in a large bowl, mix dry ingredients. beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla. mix it all together, then add the milk slowly. after it is all mixed together and there are no lumps in the mixture, and chocolate chips. grease the pan and bake for 30 - 35 minutes. icing the cake is optional.

writers note: i have never had this cake before. great grandma jean was known for her pastas,breads and cookies.

Sarah

Mood: tired
Listening to: my brother and dad

recipe for chicken meatball fetticini:

meatballs:

1 egg

2 cups finely chopped, grated chicken

1 tbsp. paprika

1 1/2 tbsp. oregano

put the chicken in a medium bowl and crack the egg over it. using your hands, work in the egg. after egg and meat are throughly mixed, add paprika and oregano. mix until well blended, then form into balls and pan fry. fry until golden brown.

fetticini:

1 box of fetticini noodles

1 can of tomato sauce

1/2 chopped onion

1/2 green pepper

1 TBS. butter or margerine

1 tsp. sage

1 1/2 tsp. red pepper

1 1/2 tsp. oregano

*optional* 1 red chili pepper

bring 6 cups of water to boil, add noodles and butter to boiling water. cook noodles until limp or desired firmness. drain noodles and in the same pot, mix tomato sauce, chopped onion , green pepper and spices. mix well. serve hot with 3-5 meatballs on top. enjoy!