KITCHEN ADVENTURES, et al

 

I went food shopping early this morning--

even before I had my coffee (!!)

and

snagged two boxes of the 

Bavarian Cream Paczki at Big Y

where they make them on site...

(pronounced 

I am told: 

"Push-key" in Polish)

Tom and I each had one for our

treat after putting away all the

groceries...;))))

They will only be available until

Feb 17th--aka before 

Lent starts...

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After I had rested my back,

I began setting up to make my

"Porter Chinois" 

(por-tay sheen-wah)

[aka Shepherds' Pie..]

This is how stage one looks

in my mid-size shallow casserole dish:

I used:

Well-browned ground sirloin, one chopped 

onion added in to par cook

after the meat has browned, 

and  a small amount of 

either tomato sauce or 

leftover spaghetti sauce 

to keep it moist while cooking. 

 

Then I spread a bit of frozen corn

over all --but any veg or 

assortment of veg can be used.  

I just happened to have this

on hand...

Meantime, I boiled up 3 good-sized

potatoes (cut in small pieces) for

mashing with butter and milk.

(Yup real BUTTER--just a bit really

adds to the taste, I find...).  

Here is the result:

Spread the mashed taters well-- covering everything 

and make sure that they seal the ingredients

on all sides...

I dot with more (yup)  butter and

paprika, pepper and salt...

Seal completely with foil and put in fridge

until baking time.

350 for 1 and 1/2 hrs, unwrapping for

the last 20 min or so to brown the potatoes...

We will have this tonight and then reheat

on Saturday for another meal.

[I didn't give any amts as you can make this

easily for as many people you have, I have

made it for as many as 8 in a really large casserole;

I like shallower ones rather than a deep

dish as I  feel that everything cooks better. ]

😁A Julierose "Wordy" recipe!!!😀

(I am used to writing my recipes for my grandson, 

Steven, who is learning to cook on his own-- so

it is very wordy...this is one of his very

favorite dishes so he called and asked

for my recipe)

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Onto some fabric stuff:

I received "Happy Mail" from 

QDJulie this morning.

She had written to me and said she had a few pieces of silk that

she would never use and thought, since she saw me using

some leftover dress silk in my Sentimental Scroll piece that

I might like the silks...

Soooo, 

Just look at all she sent!!

😇

Not only silks, but laces, embroidered pieces, 

ribbon trims....

Thank you so much QDJulie!! I definitely will

 be using these for sure!! they are just

so beautiful...what a generous gift...

much appreciated....

💓💖💗

hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(off-to-pet-my-new-silks-;)))