Articles by Patchesnposies

Ingredients: unsalted butter salt and pepper (to taste) 1-3 chicken breasts 1/2 cup chicken livers 1 3-lb. chicken (cut up) 1/2 cup chicken gizzards 1/2 cup chicken hearts 1 onion (minced) 2 cloves garlic (pressed) 2 tbsp parsley 2 tbsp mint 1 tsp. ginger root (grated) 1 tsp. ground cumin 1/2...

Ingredients: 1-2 heaping tbsp lard or olive oil 1-2 onions (chopped) 5 lbs ground beef or turkey 2-4 (16-oz.) jars green salsa (hot or mild) 1 No.10 can refried beans* 2 heaping c. shredded cheese tortillas Cooking Instructions Saute chopped onions in a little lard or olive oil until...

Ingredients: 1/2 c. butter 2 1/2 tbsp dried yeast 2 c. milk 8 c. flour 1/2 c. honey 1/2 c. butter 1 tbsp salt 3/4 c. honey 2 eggs (room temperature) Cooking Instructions In a small saucepan scald 2 cups of milk, remove from heat. Add 1/2 cup of butter, 1/2 cup of honey and stir until it is...

Ingredients: 1 lb. tofu 1/2 c. butter 1 1/2 tsp. salt 3 c. flour 2 tbsp baking powder Cooking Instructions Mix in blender until smooth: Tofu, butter, salt and baking powder. Turn into a large bowl and add 3 cups of flour. Knead until the dough is smooth and elastic. Divide into 16 uniform...

Ingredients: 1 pkg. phyllo sheets 1 pound unsalted butter 2 c. chopped walnuts, almonds, pistachios or a mixture 1-1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. water 1-1/2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp orange blossom water* Cooking Instructions First prepare the syrup. Dissolve one and a quarter cups of sugar, half a cup...

Ingredients: 2 c. butter 6 eggs 1 lb. powdered sugar 3 c. cake flour Cooking Instructions Preheat oven to 325°. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Add the flour and beat until just smooth-don't over beat. Bake in a bundt...

Ingredients: caramel sundae topping 1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk 3 (8-oz.) c. milk 6 eggs 2 tsp. vanilla extract 1/2 c. sugar cinnamon (optional) Cooking Instructions Preheat Oven to 325°. Squirt into the bottom of six custard cups or one tart or pie plate, some of the caramel...

Ingredients: 6 Eggs (Separated) 1 tsp. Salt dash Pepper 1 cup Matzo Meal or Matzo Crackers (crushed) 2 or so tbsp Schmaltz (rendered chicken fat) melted Cooking Instructions Beat egg whites until stiff. Beat the egg yolks until light and then fold them into the stiffened egg whites. Mix the...

Ingredients: 1 1/2 c. brown sugar 1 tsp. pepper 1 1/2 c. sugar 1 tsp. nutmeg 1 c. butter 1 tsp. cloves 3 eggs 1 tsp. ginger 6 c. flour 1 tsp. cinnamon 3/4 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. oil of anise 3/4 tsp. cream of tartar 1/2 c. milk Cooking Instructions Cream butter and sugars until light...

FOWL WEATHER FARM South Central New Mexico One spring day in 2007 my DH, Brad, brought home 12 Buff Orpington and 6 Easter Egger chicks, from our local feed store, and those little babies were the seed from which Fowl Weather Farm took root! We had originally gotten the chicks to help our...