Slapdash Meatloaf

Various Gems from Achee Margie's Notes

Raisin Bar

1 cup butter
2 cups flour
2 cups ceralac
4 eggs, whole
1 cup raisins

1. Cream butter
2. Add sugar gradually
3. Add eggs then flour
4. Gradually mix cerelac and raisins
Note:  If hard add 1 tsp baking powder (it will soften)

Boiled Icing

4 egg whites - beaten
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water

Mix and boil

Tapioca Fruit Cream

2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
2 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. quick cooking tapioca
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 egg whites
4 Tbsp sugar
Drained canned fruits

1. Mix the first 4 ingredients (egg yolks, milk, 1/2 cup sugar, & tapioca)
2.  Cook over low heat stirring constantly until mixture boils.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Add vanilla
5. Make a meringue by beating the egg whites and 4 Tbsp of sugar.
6. Fold the meringue into the cooked mixture.
7. Spoon into sorbet glasses with fruits and chill.

Petit Fortune

1 1/2 cups chopped cashews, into rough crumbs
3/4 cup sugar
2 Tbsp milk
2 egg whites
2 Tbsp flour
2 egg yolks
1/3 cup Anchor butter

1. Cream the butter by hand and add 1/2 cup sugar.
2. Add in 2 yolks and flour alternating with milk. 
3. Add the chopped cashews. Set aside.
4. Beat the 2 egg whites until stiff peaks form.  Add 1/4 cup sugar.
5. Fold the egg white meringue into the batter.
6. Spoon into wax paper cups.  Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

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Making Hashbrowns

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The Secret Life of Spices

Highlights from Eating in 2008

        It's about time I shared some of the highlights of what I've eaten so far this year. Let me first say that the factors of being a) broke b) a grad student c) a broke grad student d) with broke friends limits the variety and splendor of my diet.  Oh well, there are still wonderful things to be eaten in the world.

Sorry about the picture quality.  These are from my phone.

Diner lunch with Lisa, Dara, Steven, and Matt during Winter break.  Tuna melt....mmmm.

Aztec soup from a Mexican restaurant near IIT.  Martin collected it for me :)

Looked greasy but was so delicious and tasty with avocados, tortilla strips, and queso fresco.

This is the lunch I had for Valentine's day at IIT.  We also had butternut squash soup which was great.  But the truth is that we basically ate a lot of the table bread and they were so slow on the service that we basically got these plates, took a picture, and packed them to go.

YAY! homemade cookies by Jay!  Chewy, hot, fresh from the oven craisin and oatmeal goodness.

Culver's is delicious.  Custard is so fantastic I have no idea how I lived without this.

This is the tasty seafood dish we had at Fabiana and Albino's birthday party.  Any time you can have Pik-Nik as a legitimate part of your meal is a good time.  That, and the awesome caipirinhas mean that you are going to have the world's most delicious and dizzy time.

So this is Tuna Sashimi Carpaccio.  Lisa ordered this at Kohan near UIC.  I am starting to love that place.  It's picked me out of some serious bad moods.  This is delicious and the daikon sprouts add the perfect amount spicy clarity to the buttery salmon flesh.

Last, but not least. HOTPOT.  If it wasn't for hotpot I would jump in front of a moving truck.  This particular pot came with the added bonus of scandalizing a group of convention attenders who were seated at the table next to us.  Can you believe a 5 ft girl can pack that all away?  I could hardly believe it myself.