Category: Recipes

Note: This is Patricia Tanumihardja’s recipe and commentary.  Can’t wait to try them!! While traveling in Vietnam, I learned two other methods of softening the rice paper: one is to wipe it with a wet, non-terry towel until pliable, and the second, use a spray bottle. The rest is easy. Well, …

This was Monica’s entry at the Iola Chili Cook-off this year: 5 pounds 80/20 hamburger 2 70 ounce medium picante sauce 2 14 ounce Slovacek’s all-beef sausage 2 10 ounce Rotel (original) 2 tablespoons minced garlic 3 15.5 ounce cans red beans, drained 2 packages 2 Alarm Chili kit (no …

Recipe for the best fruit salad desert known to man: 1 can fruit cocktail 1 can mandarin oranges 1 apple, diced 1 pear, diced 1 cup miniature marshmallows 1 cup purple grapes, seedless 1/4 cup walnut pieces 1/2 cup mayo 1 cup marshmallow crème Mix well, being sure to distribute …

2 large eggs ½ c. vegetable oil 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 box (18.25-ounce) spice-cake mix ½ c. brown sugar (less if desired) 1 c. oats 1 c. raisins ½ c. pecan pieces (optional) 2 Tblsp. to ¼ c. decorative or coarse sugar (optional) Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray …

Corn Husks 4 or 5 bags of corn husks. Maybe more. Clean while still dry. Remove all the dry corn silk and debris from them while they are still dry.   An easy way to do it is to shuffle them outdoors in front of a fan pointing away from you. …

A good neighbor once gave me this recipe, which she got from a restaurant in Old Town Spring, and it has been a great addition to our Thanksgiving menu. Pumpkin Crunch Cake Step 1: 1 15 oz. can Pumpkin 1 can evaporated milk 1 ½ c. sugar 2 tsp. pumpkin …