Serves 4
2 1/2 pounds of bacon ( a large ‘collar’ or ‘hock piece’)
- about 4 or 5 inches cubed
1 good-sized cabbage
Place the meat in a pot, cover with cold water and bring to
the boil. Add salt if required. Remove the surface sediment
and simmer for 30 minutes per pound of meat.
Quarter the cabbage and add to [...]
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Photography by Con Poulos
Preparation Time
10 minutes
Cooking Time
5 minutes
Ingredients (serves 4)
2 x 375ml cartons beef stock
750ml (3 cups) boiling water
4cm piece ginger, peeled, thinly sliced
2 tbs fish sauce
2 tbs fresh lemon juice
1 250g pkt dried rice stick noodles
250g beef fillet steak
1 small brown onion, halved, cut into thin wedges
2/3 cup fresh coriander leaves
150g bean [...]
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1 package active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water (100-115 degrees F)
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 cup evaporated milk
7 cups flour
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
oil for deep frying
confectioner’s sugar for dusting (or burying, depending on taste)
Put the warm water into a large bowl, then sprinkle in the yeast
and a couple teaspoons of the sugar [...]
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5 bananas
1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup rum
1/2 cup banana liqueur
Slice the bananas in three slices lengthwise, then cut in halves.
Melt the butter in a skillet or frying pan, add brown sugar (you
may also add 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon if desired) and cook over low heat, [...]
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1 can mild jalapenos
8 oz cream cheese
1/4 cup corn meal
2 cups biscuit mix
vegetable oil
Wash, cut in half, and seed jalapenos. Fill both halves with cream
cheese and reassemble into one whole pepper. Mix the 2 cups of
biscuit mix according to directions on the box for biscuits.
Sprinkle surface with corn meal and roll dough to 1/4 inch [...]
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12 eggs, hard-boiled, peeled and chilled
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup minced pitted Nicoise olives
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon drained capers
1 tablespoon minced drained oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
1 anchovy fillet, minced
1/8 tsp Tabasco
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
1 bunch watercress
1 pint basket cherry tomatoes
12 Nicoise olives
Paprika or cayenne pepper
Cut eggs lengthwise in half. Place yolks in bowl; mash with [...]
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chicken wings
garlic salt
salt
red pepper
1/4 to 1/2 cup butter, melted
hot pepper sauce, to taste
Wash chicken wings. divide at joints. Place jointed chicken wings
on a large cookie sheet sprayed with cooking oil spray. Sprinkle with garlic
salt, salt, and red pepper.
Bake in a 400-degree oven about 1/2-hour or until [...]
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Ingredients — cooking Method
2 Oz Cellophane Noodles
1 Lb Ground Lean Pork
1 Lg Onion
2 Tbsp Tree Ears Dried Mushroon (Nam Meo)
3 Cloves Garlic — f. chopped
8 Oz Crab Meat
4 Oz Shrimp — shelled and chopped
1/2 Tsp Pepper
20 Sheets Dried Rice Paper (Banh Trang)
4 Eggs — beaten
2 C Peanut Oil
start cooking
Soak noodles in warm water for [...]
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Ingredient — Preparation Method
1 pound Lean bottom round or — sirloin, in one piece 6 inches Diameter
2 Stalks fresh lemon grass — or 2 tablespoons dried grass
2 small Red chile peppers — seeded
2 1/2 tablespoons Sugar or honey
1 tablespoon Nuoc mam (Vietnamese fish — sauce)
3 tablespoons Light soy sauce
Here’s a Vietnamese version of beef “jerky” [...]
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Yield: 6 servings
2 1/2 qt Water
2 lb Pork bones
2 ts Salt
1 tb Fish sauce (nuoc mam)
1 ts Vegetable oil
1 Clove garlic, chopped
2 Shallots or
2 Scallions, chopped white -part
1/2 lb Crab meat, fresh, frozen, -or canned
1/4 ts Freshly ground black pepper
2 ts Cornstarch dissolved in
2 tb Water
1 Egg 1 cn (15 ounces) white -asparagus, undrained
1/4 c [...]
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