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from NPR.org:
A Traditional Haggis Recipe

Compliments of RampantScotland.com. Note the words of warning in bold below!

Ingredients:

Set of sheep’s heart, lungs and liver (cleaned by a butcher)

One beef bung (intestine)

3 cups finely chopped suet

One cup medium ground oatmeal

Two medium onions, finely chopped

One cup beef stock

One teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

One teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon mace

Trim off any excess fat and sinew from the sheep’s intestine and, if present, discard the windpipe.

Place in a large pan, cover with water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for an hour or possibly longer to ensure that the meat is tender. Drain and cool.

Some chefs toast the oatmeal in an oven until it is thoroughly dried out (but not browned or burnt!)

Finely chop the meat and combine in a large bowl with the suet, oatmeal, finely chopped onions, beef stock, salt, pepper, nutmeg and mace. Make sure the ingredients are mixed well. Stuff the meat and spices mixture into the beef bung which should be over half full. Then press out the air and tie the open ends tightly with string. Make sure that you leave room for the mixture to expand or else it may burst while cooking. If it looks as though it may do that, prick with a sharp needle to reduce the pressure.

Place in a pot and cover with water. Bring to the boil and immediately reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for three hours. Avoid boiling vigorously to avoid bursting the skin.

Serve hot with “champit tatties and bashit neeps” (mashed/creamed potato and turnip/swede).

For added flavor, you can add some nutmeg to the potatoes and allspice to the turnip/swede. Some people like to pour a little whiskey over their haggis — Drambuie is even better! Don’t go overboard on this or you’ll make the haggis cold.

The World’s Easiest Cookies

Preheat to 350

Spray cookie sheets with Pam

1 box cake mix (regular 18 oz size, ANY flavor, Duncan Hines works best)

2C Cool Whip

2 eggs

Powdered sugar

Beat eggs, add Cool Whip & cake mix

Mix thoroughly

Roll a scant teaspoonful in powdered

sugar and place on cookie sheet (12

to a sheet)

Bake 8 – 10 minutes

Let rest on sheet for one minute, then

transfer to a wire cooling rack

Here is a quick & easy turkey recipe that also includes the use of popcorn as a
stuffing – imagine that. When I found this recipe, I thought it
was perfect for people like me, who just are not sure how to tell
when poultry is thoroughly cooked, but not dried out. Give this a try.

8 - 16 lb. turkey
1 cup melted butter
4 - 8 cups stuffing (Pepperidge Farm is Good.)
1 cup uncooked popcorn (ORVILLE REDENBACHER’S LOW FAT)
Salt/pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush turkey well with melted butter,
salt, and pepper. Fill cavity with stuffing and popcorn. Place in
baking pan with the neck end toward the back of the oven.

Listen for the popping sounds. When the turkey’s rear blows the oven door
open and the bird flies across the room, it’s done.

Serving Size : 6
Preparation Time : roughly 2 hrs

Amount Measure Ingredient – Preparation Method
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4 lb. Corned beef brisket, single flat
2 Onions, sliced
2 cloves Garlic, minced
2 whole Bay Leaves
(rub made of powdered clove, brown sugar, mustard)

Cover corned beef with water and let stand one hour. Place 2 c. water in pressure cooker with meat rack. Add onions, bay leaves and minced garlic. Cut additional garlic and insert pcs. into meat with a sharp knife. Place beef on rack in pressure cooker. Cover, and cook 60 min.. at 15# pressure. Let pressure drop of own accord. Remove lid, and put roast on another meat rack. Scrape off fat, then coat top of roast with powdered clove, brown sugar, and mustard mixture. Place on baking sheet and bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, let sit for 10 minutes, then slice as thin as possible across the grain. Serve on rye bread with mustard, lettuce, etc…

Corned Beef Dinner; Do as above, however, after cooking 60 minutes let cool, remove lid then add cubed potatoes, carrot pieces, and cabbage wedges. Cover, and cook an additional 5 minutes. Start 5 min. time when pressure valve starts to vibrate. Cool under cold water tap until pressure valve drops. Do NOT cook more than 5 min., or vegies will be mushy. Remove roast and veggies. Put vegies in a serving dish and cover. Let roast stand 10 minutes then slice.

Alternate method. Corned beef dinner. Remove cooked roast from pressure cooker and place on rack in warm oven. Add potatoes, cabbage and carrots to meat broth and cook normally. i.e.; do not seal lid on pressure cooker. When veggies are done to your liking (test with fork) shut off heat. Slice meat and place on a serving platter. Serve vegies in a bowl.

Difficulty: Medium
Serves: 30-60 cookies
Ingredients:
24 oz. or (2) 10 oz. packages semi-sweet chocolate chunks
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 eggs
1 tsp. salt
1 cup butter softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Melt MORSELS over hot water, stirring until smooth. Set aside to cool. In a small bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Beat until smooth. Continue beating and add eggs, then melted chocolate, then flour mixture 1/3 at a time. After thoroughly mixed, stir in chocolate chunks. Drop roughly 1 Tablespoon of batter for each cookie onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Increase time by 2 minutes for crisper cookies. Cookies will harden slightly after cooling.

Difficulty: Easy
Serves: makes 2 loaves
Ingredients & Directions:
BATTER
1 regular size yellow cake mix
1 box pistachio pudding mix (3.4 oz size – instant)
4 eggs
¼_ c canola oil
¼_ c water
½_ pint sour cream

Mix all of the above ingredients BY HAND
Can add green food coloring to make bread more festive

TOPPING
1 c brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

Mix together

Grease 2 bread pans

Put ¼_ of the first mixture in each pan, top with ¼_ of the second mixture. Cut the topping into the batter with a knife quite well.

Repeat this process with the remaining batter and topping.

Bake at 350 for about 50 minutes.

Difficulty: Easy
Serves: Serves 4
Ingredients:
2 cups AP flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups buttermilk

Whisk all ingredients together and let sit for about 10 minutes. Pour by the tablespoonful onto a heated griddle brushed with bacon grease. When bubbles start to appear and the bottom has a golden hue, flip. Cook until the pancakes are slightly crunchy on the outside with a fluffy interior. Pour on the maple syrup and enjoy!

Keep warm in 200F oven.

This is the recipe from the Plantation Inn restaurant in North Carolina and is enough to do in large steam table pan. Great for large group. Serves 15-20!
Sent by: Molly Woodward
Description: Famous Apple Crisp
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 15-20
Pre heat oven to 375.
10-12 medium sized macintosh or roma OR 1 #10 can apple slices – drained. NOT PIE FILLING.
toss w/ 2 tbls lemon juice. Mix with 1 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons cinnamon right in
the pan.

TOPPING
MIX:
5 cups flour
5 cups sugar
1 Tablespoon salt

ADD:
1 POUND MARGARINE
Mix until lumps are uniform. Do not let margarine begin to get too soft.
ADD:
4 BEATEN EGGS
Mix just until egg is absorbed. Should be lumpy.

TOP APPLES IN PAN WITH TOPPING MIXTURE BY CRUMBLING. DO NOT PACK OR FLATTEN. BAKE AT 375 FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES TO AN HOUR - UNTIL LIGHT BROWN.
SERVE WARM WITH ICE CREAM!