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-;)))
