Food Mood
 

I'm in a food mood tonight - I guess because I'm looking at my recipes for Thanksgiving/Christmas. Anyway, thought I'd type a few of my favorite recipes.

My husband's family makes this recipe around the holidays - it's great to set out for company or family.

Jalapeno Wieners
4 lbs wieners, cut into bite size pieces
24 oz. jalapeno peppers (sliced)
1 large onion chopped
2 cloves garlic sliced thin
1 1/2 cup vinegar
salt and pepper to taste

Boil wieners for 5 minutes. Combine remaining ingredient and bring to boil for one minute. Mix all ingredients together in a large glass jar. Does not need to be refrigerated. As wieners are eaten, you can boil some more and add to juice.

My Mom's Fudge (the BEST I've ever eaten)
2 C. sugar
1 C. heavy cream
2 TBS. cocoa (more if you want more chocolately fudge)
Mix above in sauce pan on medium heat, stirring constantly. When it starts to boil add:
1 TBS. white corn syrup
Boil to soft ball stage - do not scrape sides of pan while stirring - add 1 TBS butter and stir
Let set 1 hour
Add 1 tsp. vanilla
Beat till it loses its sheen (may be 5-10 minutes) Spoon by dollops onto waxed paper immediately when it begins to stiffen and lose its sheen. It will set up quickly at this stage.

Apricot Balls
1/4 cup butter or margarine softened
2 TBS orange juice
1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
3/4 cup dry milk
1/2 cup coconut
1 cup dried chopped apricots
Mix all together. Shape into balls, roll in powdered sugar

No Bake Chocolate Cookies (my absolute fave cookies)
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup butter
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
3 cups quick cook oatmeal
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
In medium pot, bring to a rolling boil and then boil the first five ingredients for 1 1/2 minutes. Stir in peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal. Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let cool.

Thanks for the recipes. I make the no bakes all the time. Can't keep them in my house. My son's girl friend loves them too. So i send them off to college when ever:) they are home for a weekend. But my son tells me they never make it back to school on the 2 hour drive.

Wow Gayle, those are great. I need to get started on my grocery list for the holidays. I try to buy a little at a time when it's on sale and then the fresh items last. Guess I should get out my recipes too.

Yum.....I'm not doing the traditional for Thanksgiving this year, but am not sure what it will be yet.

What are you thinking about??? I'm interested!

The weiners recipe sounds really interesting. I made no-bake cookies for a volleyball cook-out and one of the dad's was cooking. He ate several of my cookies and bragged to people around town that I make the best no-bake cookies in town!!! He's wanting me to make a batch just for him!!!

Food Mood
 

Dont leave off the "Salted-In-The-Shell" Peanuts ... great boat-food ... ; ... ;D ...

Must be a troll! I reported it.

Its the russian-brides guy again:mad:

Thanks for the recipes Gayle. The apricot balls sound good! I think I might try those. Never had them or heard of them.

Hi troll! Why don't you post real things if you like us so much?

You tell 'em Judy!!!