So, I hear/tell---that ----

The whole world wasn't acquainted with Shepherd's Pie. During the Olympics held in Utah it became apparant that that was a Utah thing.

Below is laregly Rachel Rays' recipe...rewritten in my own words. Wonder when she visited??
SHEPHERDS' PIE
Boil 2# potatoes for 10-12 minutes - drain pour into bowl
combine 2 T sour cream with
1/2 C cream and 1 egg yolk
salt and pepper to taste
mash together til mostly smooth
while potatoes are cooking crumble and brown 1 3/4 # lean hamburger
in large skillet, add chopped carrot and onion and saute for 5 minutes
In another small sauce pan combine 2 T butter and 2 T flour with 1 C beef broth and 2 T worchestershire sauce---thicken into a gravy (abt 1 minute)
Add gravy to meat and vegetables
Turn into a 9 x 13 greased dish
top with potatoes evenly
sprinkle with sweet paprika and top with chopped fresh parsley
Broil until potatoes are evenly browned

sounds good to me....you have a different version? Please share.

How about Chicken Rice Roger?

I was reading Ann Lamott a while back.

She is one of my all time favorites (a generous amount of irreverant humor).

Love her work (mostly).

In one of her 'novels' which seems to be semi-auto-biographical, she talks - as a child - to a friend. They think that all of a sudden in the 60's divorce is becoming prevalant....and she quips to her friend "Maybe it's because of too much Chicken Rice Roger."

I was thinking maybe Chicken Rice Roger might've been one of those "M" recipes but after second thought, it calls for Chicken Breasts which for 'us' is kind of spendy....we are more into hamburger.

Stand-by for more of those "M" recipes.

I'm having fun with this!

PS.

Tried that Chicken Rice Roger today.

Sooooo very easy.

2 1/2 chicken meat (I use chicken breasts boneless)

A small or half onion well minced.

at least 3 oz of mushrooms sliced and cleaned (buy them that way)

1 C rice

2 C chicken Stock

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon of pepper (the pepper lends a great flavor--don't skimp)

just brown the chicken

spray grease a 9 x 13

pour uncooked rice in the bottom

cover with onion and mushrooms

sprinkle pepper

pour stock over all

arrange chicken pieces on top

cover--bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours

sooo very easy, simple, tasty--

not heavy at all.

Laughing about those "mormon" recipes...like funeral potatoes...

Trying to cut and paste what I've found so the recipe may not come from the cook book pictured...but...

Funeral potatoes are funeral potatoes. I'm quite sure they originated in Utah and there are a million versions....this being one of them.

They are traditionally served at

gatherings after funerals

or "Ward dinners"

or big crowds (read: big mormon family gatherings)

with Ham, rolls, salads and of course Jello.

I just have to be amused by the Mormon kitchen grapevine (hotline)

....it's a marvelous network!!

Use approximately 6 cups diced potatoes (best if they are baked, cooled, peeled and diced)

mix:
1 can cr of chicken soup (or mushroom)
1 stick of butter melted
1 c sour cream
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1/4 c. finely minced onion
salt & pepper to taste

add potatoes and place in a 9 x 13 baking dish (greased)
Bake at about 350 for 35 - 45 minutes uncovered

Traditionally they are topped with crushed corn flakes tossed in a little butter...adds a nice crunchy texture.

BON APPETITE

What's your favorite (mormon recipe)?

one "mormon" recipe that apparantly never made it's way to Hermiston (to my recollection)

In case you missed it

there are certain recipes that are

Mormon

--just no gettin around it--

and growing up in a 'ward'

there are or were 'dime-a-dip' dinners and such...

(dime a dip---read: bring a dish for twelve to the back door and go back to the front door and pay a 'dime-a-dip' to eat it.....fundraiser.)

Mormons can be incredibly thrifty

(I won't say 'cheap' because

I've been there with 7 kids and trying to stretch the dollar).

But somehow I've never connected to this salad staple until later years.

It's pretty OK and so I'll share one version of the recipe with you.

Recipes are only a guideline anyway.

Would be a great summertime salad to be filling and good for hot weather.

Frog Eye Salad

6 oz acini di pepe (pasta)

1 15 oz pineapple tidbits (drained -- save 1/4 C juice)

1 1/3 C milk

1/4 C sugar

1 (2 5/8 oz) package instant vanilla pudding

1 6oz can crushed pineapple drained

2 8 1/4 oz cans mandarin oranges drained

3/4 C grapes

1 1/2 (or so) C Cool Whip

2 1/4 C miniature marshmallows

1/2 C coconut shredded or flaked

Cook pasta al dente rinse in cool water and drain well

Mix pineapple juice milk sugar and vanilla pudding

put together with rest of ingredients

add cinnamon if you like

CHILL and serve cold

Pretty Good

**you don't have to be a mormon to eat it**

My 100th Post....

Making a

quiet book

for

Greyson.

basically

one page per month mostly with a theme.

You'd have to look close to see but it contains:

velcro

snaps

zippers

ties

clothes pins

buttons

paper and pen

sure hope he enjoys it.

Once again....no pattern.....

just have to follow my heart...not perfect...but oh-so rewarding!

Happy Day Everyone!!

And huge thanks to my daughter for helping me learn new things about blogging. So fun!!

Work *sigh*

You ever have problems with Turkeys people at work...

Whooo don't know how to use English

communicate?

Where rules can change without notice

and its a He Said / She said GRRRRR!!

I hate the Bu!!$#8t

errr the stuff that inevitably rolls downhill.

How about you??

Thanks for letting me vent!

Happy Birthday, Kelly !!!

In the very early morning hours of February 15th 1989 John Kelly See was born, the 7th child of our family---6th boy! He weighed nearly 10 # and 22 " long! Looked nothing like a newborn! He's a very bright young man with a heart of absolute gold and has developed many talents. I have soooo enjoyed watching you 'grow'. Happy 22nd Birthday!! Here are a few of my faves.