At our local market today, a cheesecake was in the bakery display case with a price tag of $32. WTF? Look at these ingredients – even with the price of everything going up, it’s still not even going to cost half of that to make an even better cheesecake. Note that this recipe has no …
This is the best thing you could ever do with a can of crab meat! Once you make it, you will make it again and again. Hopefully, crabs will still be available in the future!!! Anyway, you really need to pay attention when you’re going through the crab meat because those little tiny shell pieces …
Oh boy – this one is perfection. This is another gem from Siiri Holm. You need this little round cutter, though, to make the circles out of bread. Be careful though, these little delicacies are HOT!!
You can dip just about anything in this and it’s delicious. Susan and Siiri were Aarni’s cousin and aunt. All three are gone now, but they were instrumental at improving my cooking skills. Siiri often catered for Max Fisher and Henry Ford, both in Michigan and in Florida, and had the absolute best recipes. It …
Historically, I was the prep cook at home for someone who really knew how to cook. Unfortunately, I didn’t pay much attention to him as he worked. Then, years and years later when I was on my own and eventually got married, I became the main cook, and that’s when all hell broke loose. There …
Ahhh, Parker. She’s been gone for over 18 years and I still remember how ticked off she got at me when she made this for a party she threw. I had never had guacamole before and wound up parking right next to the bowl for a good portion of the evening. I’ve been making it …
This recipe is over 50 years old. My husband wanted me to make his grandmother’s sauerkraut but she didn’t have the recipe written down. I went over her house and tried to write everything down as she did it. There was no measuring or any specific details! Over the years, I have experimented with this …
