Hot German Potato Salad 3.1

This is my version of the Hot German Potato Salad III, found on allrecipes.com. :)

(4 servings... or 2, if you're making a meal of it)

• 6 small red potatoes
• 8 slices of bacon
• 1/2 to 1 c. chopped onions
• 2 tsp. all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. white sugar
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• lots of ground black pepper (1/2 tsp?)
• 1/4 c. water
• almost 2 Tbl. distilled white (or apple cider) vinegar

1. Boil large pot of salted water and cook potatoes until tender but still firm. *If you cut up the potatoes to the size you want to eat them, they cook faster: 10-15 min. Drain and cool.
2. Cook bacon in a skillet. Drain, crumble and set aside. Reserve drippings in the pan.
3. Saute onions in bacon drippings.
4. Whisk together flour, sugar, salt and pepper. Add to the onions; cook and stir until bubbly. Remove from heat.
5. Stir in water and vinegar and return to heat; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for 1 min.
6. Carefully stir bacon and potatoes into mixture.
7. Eat with your mom.
   

Cowboy Caviar

Dressing:

1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. cumin

Mix together.

In a bowl mix...

1 can shoepeg corn
1 can black eyed peas/beans | Rinse and drain the canned stuff
1 bunch cilantro, diced
2 green onions, diced
2 avocados
1/2 cup tomatoes

Mix dressing and above ingredients.
It's tasty if you warm it up and put it in a tortilla with some sour cream.

Basic Crepe Recipe

• 4 eggs
• 1 c. flour
• 1/2 c. milk
• 1/2 c. water
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 Tbl melted butter

(Yield: 12-14 crepes)

Blend all ingredients for 30 seconds. Scrape sides, blend 15 seconds. Cover and let sit for 1 hr. (Flour absorbs more of liquid.) Heat pan. Lightly grease. Measure about 1/4 c. batter into pan. Tilt pan to spread. When lots of bubbles appear, flip. Other side cooks quickly. Mmmmm.

Potato Bannock

3 c. flour
1.5 tsp. salt
2.5 Tbsp. baking powder
6 Tbsp. sugar
4 Tbsp. butter
1.5 c. potatoes, cooked and mashed
1 c. cold water
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Mix together first 4 ingredients. Cut in butter until consistency of coarse meal. Stir in potatoes and water. Mix with fork. Knead gently 8-10 times on lightly floured board, working in any extra flour needed to overcome stickiness of dough. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and pat down to form 2 ovals about 1 in. thick. Bake in 450* F oven for 17-20 minutes. Cut into wedges. Bon apetit!

Fruit Fly Fatality

THIS IS NOT FOOD. However, all the ingredients are more or less natural and edible. Since you do not need a large amount of soap for this, I don't think it would hurt you if you happened to drink it.

• Wine
  
• Vinegar - (apple cider vinegar is most tempting to the fruit flies)
• Honey
  
• Dish soap

In a small bowl or something comparable, combine apprx. equal amounts of wine and vinegar. These give off the aroma of fermenting fruit. Yum! Dump some honey into it; at least enough to cover the bottom of the bowl. This is to make the victims stay put. Lastly, add a bit of dish soap, which makes the mixture slippery... Sloosh it all around a little bit to help the soap distribute. Place your concoction next to the picturesque bowl of fruit on the counter, and look forward to a fly-free atmosphere!

Broccoli Sauce

• Mayonaise
• Dill pickle juice out of the jar
  
• Onion powder
• Dill weed

Combine mayo and pickle juice in about equal amounts, mixing until sauce is drizzling consistency. (You may have to add more of one or the other.) Add as much dill weed as you fancy and onion powder to taste.
This relatively simple sauce is really delicious on broccoli or anything else you can think of... like steak. ;)

Curtis Spinach Dip

1 package frozen, chopped spinach, tawed and drained
16 oz. plain yogurt
1 cup mayonnaise (yummay!)
1 package KNORR Vegetable Soup, Dip and Recipe Mix
3 green onions, chopped

1. In medium bowl stir spinach, yogurt, mayo, soup mix and green onions until will mixed.
2. Cover; chill for two hours to blend the scrumptious flavors.
3. Stir well. Serve with cut up veggies or chips.