Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
This is a reduction in quantity version. But otherwise
true to the bone.
I've done things like that before. We had a neighborhood picnic
a few years ago and made some; it went like hot cakes. (G)
That's understandable. Mine evaporates pretty fast when I make it.
It's a good one for this time of year. Cold cider is good too, but
the hot version is something special.
I'd probably make this with thighs, but that's me.
Title: Apple Cider Chicken w/Apples & Parsnips
Categories: POultry, Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs
Yield: 3 servings
2 Chicken breasts; 8 oz ea
Salt
1/4 c A-P flour
1/4 c Extra-virgin olive oil
2 Parsnips or carrots; peeled,
- halved lengthwise, thin
- sliced in half moons
2 Granny Smith apples; peeled,
- cored, cut in thin wedges
1 Shallot; thin sliced
1 3/4 c Apple cider
2 Sprigs tarragon
RECIPE FROM: https://cooking.nytimes.com
Breasts or thighs, either way, it looks good.
It's a good one for this time of year. Cold cider is good too, but
the hot version is something special.
Aboutthe only way I don't like cider is "hard" cider. My grandfather
was a fan of it, so I tried to like it as well. No go. Bv)=
I'd probably make this with thighs, but that's me.
Title: Apple Cider Chicken w/Apples & Parsnips
Categories: POultry, Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs
Yield: 3 servings
Breasts or thighs, either way, it looks good.
Made it yesterday for my friend Les' wife, Sara. Les is in expensive
care after his heart stopped. And poor Sara has been run ragged
getting the house ready for home hospice. And with High Holy Days at
her temple. Since there was nothing un-Kosher in it ... there were no leftovers.
I used Northern Spy for the apples as that was what was available at
the Apple Barn when I picked up the cider. No Granny Smith to be had.
Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Made it yesterday for my friend Les' wife, Sara. Les is in expensive
care after his heart stopped. And poor Sara has been run ragged
getting the house ready for home hospice. And with High Holy Days at
her temple. Since there was nothing un-Kosher in it ... there were no leftovers.
Doesn't sound good, do they do that community service award
posthumously?
I used Northern Spy for the apples as that was what was available at
the Apple Barn when I picked up the cider. No Granny Smith to be had.
I'd consider honeycrisp, one of my favorites for both cooking and
eating.
Made it yesterday for my friend Les' wife, Sara. Les is in expensive
care after his heart stopped. And poor Sara has been run ragged
getting the house ready for home hospice. And with High Holy Days at
her temple. Since there was nothing un-Kosher in it ... there were no leftovers.
Doesn't sound good, do they do that community service award
posthumously?
I really hope so. I spent Monday afternoon sitting with him so Sara
could attend to other necessities of life, It reminded me of when my mother had a stroke. The body was there but the person wasn't. The
spirit had fled to whatever comes next. It was sad and it bothered me.
I warned Howard
(our friend) what to expect when he came to sit with Les.
He texted me later "Having just sat through out long services on the
Day of Atonment it occurs to me that Les has little to atone for."
Sad.
I used Northern Spy for the apples as that was what was available at
the Apple Barn when I picked up the cider. No Granny Smith to be had.
I'd consider honeycrisp, one of my favorites for both cooking and
eating.
I used the Northern Spy because they are tart like the Granny Smith. I have both honeycrisp and cosmic crisp (a near cousin) available to me
and use them in my chicken salad as well as elsewhere - like for just eating. Bv)=
Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-Les.
Made it yesterday for my friend Les' wife, Sara. Les is in expensive
care after his heart stopped. And poor Sara has been run ragged
getting the house ready for home hospice. And with High Holy Days at
her temple. Since there was nothing un-Kosher in it ... there were no leftovers.
Doesn't sound good, do they do that community service award
posthumously?
I really hope so. I spent Monday afternoon sitting with him so Sara
could attend to other necessities of life, It reminded me of when my mother had a stroke. The body was there but the person wasn't. The
spirit had fled to whatever comes next. It was sad and it bothered me.
I warned Howard (our friend) what to expect when he came to sit with
My grandmother had a series of strokes--wasn't bad for the first few
but the last few did her in. I saw her about a month before she passed away; by then she was pretty well out of it. She knew we were family
but not really how we were related. By then I had a ring from Steve--my dad tried to have me show it to my grandmother but she didn't really comprehend what it was. My mom had told me that I had to come home for Thanksgiving if my grandmother was still living but she passed away in September and I spent my first of many Thanksgivings in NC, with Steve.
He texted me later "Having just sat through out long services on the
Day of Atonment it occurs to me that Les has little to atone for."
Sad.
I used Northern Spy for the apples as that was what was available at
the Apple Barn when I picked up the cider. No Granny Smith to be had.
I'd consider honeycrisp, one of my favorites for both cooking and
eating.
I used the Northern Spy because they are tart like the Granny Smith. I have both honeycrisp and cosmic crisp (a near cousin) available to me
and use them in my chicken salad as well as elsewhere - like for just eating. Bv)=
Another favorite of ours is Empire==found then first up in MA when we
came home from Germany in 1992. Wegman's has them from time to time so Steve usually grabs a bag or 2.
My grandmother had a series of strokes--wasn't bad for the first few
but the last few did her in. I saw her about a month before she passed away; by then she was pretty well out of it. She knew we were family
but not really how we were related. By then I had a ring from Steve--my dad tried to have me show it to my grandmother but she didn't really comprehend what it was. My mom had told me that I had to come home for Thanksgiving if my grandmother was still living but she passed away in September and I spent my first of many Thanksgivings in NC, with Steve.
Mom never regained consciousness after she went down. I remarked to my brother that she was essentially "done" when my father died. And he
then reminded me that she passed on the 3rd anniversary of his death.
I'd consider honeycrisp, one of my favorites for both cooking and
eating.
I used the Northern Spy because they are tart like the Granny Smith. I have both honeycrisp and cosmic crisp (a near cousin) available to me
and use them in my chicken salad as well as elsewhere - like for just eating. Bv)=
Another favorite of ours is Empire==found then first up in MA when we
came home from Germany in 1992. Wegman's has them from time to time so Steve usually grabs a bag or 2.
I can't recall ever having eaten an Empire. But, there are lots of cultivars of apple out there. Did you know that the apples produced
from the trees spread by the mythic "Johhny Appleseed" (John Chapman)
were not meant for eating or cooking but for making cider - especially hard cider. That's
according to an article I read in the Smithsonian magazine.
Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Mom never regained consciousness after she went down. I remarked to my brother that she was essentially "done" when my father died. And he
then reminded me that she passed on the 3rd anniversary of his death.
Sounds like she died of a broken heart.
I'd consider honeycrisp, one of my favorites for both cooking and
eating.
I used the Northern Spy because they are tart like the Granny Smith. I have both honeycrisp and cosmic crisp (a near cousin) available to me
and use them in my chicken salad as well as elsewhere - like for just eating. Bv)=
Another favorite of ours is Empire==found then first up in MA when we
came home from Germany in 1992. Wegman's has them from time to time so Steve usually grabs a bag or 2.
I can't recall ever having eaten an Empire. But, there are lots of cultivars of apple out there. Did you know that the apples produced
from the trees spread by the mythic "Johhny Appleseed" (John Chapman)
were not meant for eating or cooking but for making cider - especially hard cider. That's according to an article I read in the Smithsonian magazine.
Didn't know that, but not surprised. Probably a good number of apples
went into baked goods or eaten as is as well as being made into cider, which turned into vinegar as it aged. (G)
Mom never regained consciousness after she went down. I remarked to my brother that she was essentially "done" when my father died. And he
then reminded me that she passed on the 3rd anniversary of his death.
Sounds like she died of a broken heart.
Pretty much. It was like she didn't care any more. She asked me to
move in with her - I suspect mostly to help ride herd on my younger brother. When she passed I became his guardian.
I can't recall ever having eaten an Empire. But, there are lots of cultivars of apple out there. Did you know that the apples produced
from the trees spread by the mythic "Johhny Appleseed" (John Chapman)
were not meant for eating or cooking but for making cider - especially hard cider. That's according to an article I read in the Smithsonian magazine.
Didn't know that, but not surprised. Probably a good number of apples
went into baked goods or eaten as is as well as being made into cider, which turned into vinegar as it aged. (G)
From what I read the apples planted by Chapman were sour and bitter
and fit only for making cider (and ultimately vinegar). Much was said about hard cider and little about sweet cider. So, I dunno. Probably
would have fit right in with British scrumpy.
Scrumpy is a type of cider originating in the West of England, particularly the West Country. Traditionally, the dialect term
"scrumpy" was used
to refer to what was otherwise called "rough", a harsh cider made from unselected apples.
You likely wouldn't drink it because of the alcohol. I've tried it and don't care to repeat the experience. But, I might cook with it if
there were some on hand,
Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Pretty much. It was like she didn't care any more. She asked me to
move in with her - I suspect mostly to help ride herd on my younger brother. When she passed I became his guardian.
How old was your brother at the time? My parents both passed away when
all of their children were grown/gone so there was no need for any guardianship issues.
I can't recall ever having eaten an Empire. But, there are lots of cultivars of apple out there. Did you know that the apples produced
from the trees spread by the mythic "Johhny Appleseed" (John Chapman)
were not meant for eating or cooking but for making cider - especially hard cider. That's according to an article I read in the Smithsonian magazine.
Didn't know that, but not surprised. Probably a good number of apples
went into baked goods or eaten as is as well as being made into cider, which turned into vinegar as it aged. (G)
From what I read the apples planted by Chapman were sour and bitter
and fit only for making cider (and ultimately vinegar). Much was said about hard cider and little about sweet cider. So, I dunno. Probably
would have fit right in with British scrumpy.
Sounds like it so all of those folks that came over from that part of England would have been happy. Probably passed along to their neighbors how to make cider and let it age into vinegar.
Scrumpy is a type of cider originating in the West of England, particularly the West Country. Traditionally, the dialect term
"scrumpy" was used to refer to what was otherwise called "rough",
a harsh cider made from unselected apples.
You likely wouldn't drink it because of the alcohol. I've tried it and don't care to repeat the experience. But, I might cook with it if
there were some on hand,
Thanks for the head's up. I've not done a lot of cooking with
cider/apple juice in any form tho I did get a recipe for apple cake
from a friend that starts by reducing a quart of cider down to about a cup.
Pretty much. It was like she didn't care any more. She asked me to
move in with her - I suspect mostly to help ride herd on my younger brother. When she passed I became his guardian.
How old was your brother at the time? My parents both passed away when
all of their children were grown/gone so there was no need for any guardianship issues.
He was 14. So I raised/supervised/advised him for four years before he
joined the Navy where he learned two widely divergent trades. Cooking
and underwater welding. He was running the kitchen at the Pensacola
Naval Air Station's officer's club when he fund that underwater
welding paid astounding amounts of $$$ per hour so he gave up cheffing
and went to working on the offshore oil rigs on a contract basis. It
paid well
enough that he only had to work a few days a month to provide for his
wife and children with lots left over for "projects".
Sounds like it so all of those folks that came over from that part of England would have been happy. Probably passed along to their neighbors how to make cider and let it age into vinegar.
When I make cider vinegar I *always* add some "mother" to the raw
juice and - Presto - ChangeO ... cider vinegar. Bv)=
Scrumpy is a type of cider originating in the West of England,
You likely wouldn't drink it because of the alcohol. I've tried it and don't care to repeat the experience. But, I might cook with it if
there were some on hand,
Thanks for the head's up. I've not done a lot of cooking with
cider/apple juice in any form tho I did get a recipe for apple cake
from a friend that starts by reducing a quart of cider down to about a cup.
Sounds like an apple syrup. Now, that's a syrup I'd eat on my waffles.
Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Pretty much. It was like she didn't care any more. She asked me to
move in with her - I suspect mostly to help ride herd on my younger brother. When she passed I became his guardian.
How old was your brother at the time? My parents both passed away when
all of their children were grown/gone so there was no need for any guardianship issues.
He was 14. So I raised/supervised/advised him for four years before he
An age where the right kind of supervision will turn the kid into a
good young man.
joined the Navy where he learned two widely divergent trades. Cooking
and underwater welding. He was running the kitchen at the Pensacola
Naval Air Station's officer's club when he fund that underwater
welding paid astounding amounts of $$$ per hour so he gave up cheffing
and went to working on the offshore oil rigs on a contract basis. It
paid well enough that he only had to work a few days a month to
provide for his wife and children with lots left over for "projects".
Sounds like he turned out well. Interesting that the Navy let him
pursue 2 such widely divergent career paths.
Sounds like it so all of those folks that came over from that part of England would have been happy. Probably passed along to their neighbors how to make cider and let it age into vinegar.
When I make cider vinegar I *always* add some "mother" to the raw
juice and - Presto - ChangeO ... cider vinegar. Bv)=
Modern way, old way was to set a barrel of cider outside and let it overwinter, drawing off what you need (but topping it off with more
cider as you did). By spring you would have a right nice barrel of vinegar, just in time for the summer preserving and such like.
Scrumpy is a type of cider originating in the West of England,
You likely wouldn't drink it because of the alcohol. I've tried it and don't care to repeat the experience. But, I might cook with it if
there were some on hand,
Thanks for the head's up. I've not done a lot of cooking with
cider/apple juice in any form tho I did get a recipe for apple cake
from a friend that starts by reducing a quart of cider down to about a cup.
Sounds like an apple syrup. Now, that's a syrup I'd eat on my waffles.
Most anything fruity works well for waffles. (G)
Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Whilst doing the Navy's version of KP he was a cook's helper and he
paid attention. Then his "A" school for training as a hull mantainence tech took him into a new class and taught him the underwater welding thing. And after graduation from that it was back to cook's helper
until his orders came through assigning him to a ship.
Unlike the Army where Steve went thru basic, language school and two
other schools, then assigned to Fort Hood and put right to work. He
spent the first 16 months of his enlistment in basic and schools.
Original plan was 4 years and out but the opportunity to go to Germany
for just short of 6 years made him decide to do 20. Then, at about
18.5 years in, came the chance to go to Hawaii where he got promoted
and wanted to do 3 years at that rank for a better retirement check.
Four years turned into 26.
Thanks for the head's up. I've not done a lot of cooking with
cider/apple juice in any form tho I did get a recipe for apple cake
from a friend that starts by reducing a quart of cider down to about a cup.
Sounds like an apple syrup. Now, that's a syrup I'd eat on my waffles.
Most anything fruity works well for waffles. (G)
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Picnic Potatoes
Categories: Potatoes, Soups, Casseroles
Yield: 10 Servings
I've seen similar that have had a topping of crushed corn flakes so
have never tried it. Maybe try something like this, but in a smaller quantity.
Unlike the Army where Steve went thru basic, language school and two
other schools, then assigned to Fort Hood and put right to work. He
spent the first 16 months of his enlistment in basic and schools.
Original plan was 4 years and out but the opportunity to go to Germany
for just short of 6 years made him decide to do 20. Then, at about
18.5 years in, came the chance to go to Hawaii where he got promoted
and wanted to do 3 years at that rank for a better retirement check.
Four years turned into 26.
When my enlistment was nearly up I was receruted haavily to re-up. I'd have been an E-7 before the end of the second hitch. But, I was (or I thought I was) in love and didn't want to go to Pyrees Greece or
Spain. In retrospect I probably should have hung out for 30, took the pension
and had a second, civilian, career.
Thanks for the head's up. I've not done a lot of cooking with
cider/apple juice in any form tho I did get a recipe for apple cake
from a friend that starts by reducing a quart of cider down to about a cup.
Sounds like an apple syrup. Now, that's a syrup I'd eat on my waffles.
Most anything fruity works well for waffles. (G)
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Picnic Potatoes
Categories: Potatoes, Soups, Casseroles
Yield: 10 Servings
I've seen similar that have had a topping of crushed corn flakes so
have never tried it. Maybe try something like this, but in a smaller quantity.
You could have subbed Wheaties, Grape-Nuts Flakes, or Bran Flakes for
the Kellog's. Whoops, just checked - Wheaties contains corn - so it's
a no-no. But Bran Flakes or All-Bran will work.
Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
20/20 hindsight. I was somewhat hesitant when Steve told me about it
but the longer he was in, the more I knew it was a smart choice and
really enjoyed a lot of it. Didn't like the separations of course but
he never did deploy to a war zone.
Thanks for the head's up. I've not done a lot of cooking with
cider/apple juice in any form tho I did get a recipe for apple cake
from a friend that starts by reducing a quart of cider down to about a cup.
Sounds like an apple syrup. Now, that's a syrup I'd eat on my waffles.
Most anything fruity works well for waffles. (G)
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Picnic Potatoes
Categories: Potatoes, Soups, Casseroles
Yield: 10 Servings
I've seen similar that have had a topping of crushed corn flakes so
have never tried it. Maybe try something like this, but in a smaller quantity.
You could have subbed Wheaties, Grape-Nuts Flakes, or Bran Flakes for
the Kellog's. Whoops, just checked - Wheaties contains corn - so it's
a no-no. But Bran Flakes or All-Bran will work.
Or, use something like potato chips for a double potato dish.
20/20 hindsight. I was somewhat hesitant when Steve told me about it
but the longer he was in, the more I knew it was a smart choice and
really enjoyed a lot of it. Didn't like the separations of course but
he never did deploy to a war zone.
All the "lifers" that I know are glad they did it.
Title: Picnic Potatoes
Categories: Potatoes, Soups, Casseroles
Yield: 10 Servings
I've seen similar that have had a topping of crushed corn flakes so
have never tried it. Maybe try something like this, but in a smaller quantity.
You could have subbed Wheaties, Grape-Nuts Flakes, or Bran Flakes for
the Kellog's. Whoops, just checked - Wheaties contains corn - so it's
a no-no. But Bran Flakes or All-Bran will work.
Or, use something like potato chips for a double potato dish.
Or Ritz crackers if you don't want the extra salt that comes w/tater chips.
Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
20/20 hindsight. I was somewhat hesitant when Steve told me about it
but the longer he was in, the more I knew it was a smart choice and
really enjoyed a lot of it. Didn't like the separations of course but
he never did deploy to a war zone.
All the "lifers" that I know are glad they did it.
It's a steady job with little (but some) chance of a lay off. If you go
in young enough, you'll retire with enough years yet for a 2nd career
and have 2 retirement checks. Steve didn't do that but with Social Security, retirement and disability pay, we're able to meet our bills
and have a bit left over.
Title: Picnic Potatoes
Categories: Potatoes, Soups, Casseroles
Yield: 10 Servings
I've seen similar that have had a topping of crushed corn flakes so
have never tried it. Maybe try something like this, but in a smaller quantity.
You could have subbed Wheaties, Grape-Nuts Flakes, or Bran Flakes for
the Kellog's. Whoops, just checked - Wheaties contains corn - so it's
a no-no. But Bran Flakes or All-Bran will work.
Or, use something like potato chips for a double potato dish.
Or Ritz crackers if you don't want the extra salt that comes w/tater chips.
True, there's usually a work around for most anything if you look hard enough.
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