Cabbage Rolls

Pineapple Upsidedown Cake

6             slices of pineapple
1/2 cup    brown sugar

Grease an 8" round or square pan.  Place pineapple slices on bottom of pan, sprinkle with brown sugar.  Preheat oven to 350 F.

Dough
2 tbsp      soft butter
1/2 cup    sugar
1/2 tsp     salt
1              egg
1/2 cup    milk
1 cup       flour
1 tsp        vanilla
2 tsp        baking powder

Cream sugar and butter.  Beat in egg.
Add milk and vanilla.
Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder.
Stir into liquid mixture.
Spread cake mixture over pineapple slices.
Bake on center rack about 35 minutes or until cake springs back to touch.
Serve with vanilla pudding or whipped cream.


 

Beef Stew

2 lbs.    lean beef               
2 tablespoons  oil
In heavy skillet brown beef on all sides.

add:
1 quart boiling water
Let simmer for two hours.

add:
4   stalks celery cut in chunks
10  carrots cut in chunks
6   onions cut, or 12 small onions
Let simmer 1/2 hour

add:
8   potatoes, quartered
1 20oz. can tomatoes or 6 fresh tomatoes
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 bay leaves
Bring to boil and let simmer until potatoes are done.

Pumpkin Pie

This is good size pie so I use a full size pie dish.  I mix all the ingredients in a food processor, a bowl or mixer works fine also.  The recipe varies from Grace's, original amounts in parenthesis.

2        cups mashed pumpkin  (1 1/4 cups)
3        eggs, beaten   (2 eggs)
1/2     cup sugar
1        teaspoon salt
1        pinch pepper
1        teaspoon ground ginger
1        teaspoon cinnamon
1/2     teaspoon nutmeg
1/8     teaspoon cloves
1        teaspoon soft butter
1        cup milk

If you use fresh pumpkin, cook in salted water until tender, drain well and mash.

Beat all ingredients in order given. 
Place in 9 in pie plate in uncooked crust.
Bake in 350 deg. F. oven about 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Tempe Parmigiano

Tempe Parmigiano
(Indonesian/Italian)
ingredients:

deep fried tempeh
tempe
eggs
panco
whole grain white flower
olive oil (or your favorite frying oil)

mozzarella cheese

marinara sauce
3 - 28 oz. cans whole tomatoes
1 - onion
3 - stalks celery
 plenty of garlic
1/2 cup parsley
oregano
basil
olive oil
salt
pepper
hot pepper


deep fried tempeh
cut tempeh into 1.5 x 3 x 0.25 inch slices
- cut a standard block into 4 pieces then slice them in half
beat eggs
dip slices in flour then in egg then in panco
place on wax paper, or directly in hot fry oil
deep fry for 3 minutes in 350 deg F. oil, or till browned.



marinara sauce
finely chop onion, celery, parsley, and garlic
- i put them all in a food processor and process
saute the above finely chopped veggies in olive oil over low to medium heat in a covered heavy bottom stock pot or frying pan until well cooked
chop tomatoes
mince hot pepper
crush or chop oregano and basil
add tomatoes, oregano, basil, salt, pepper, and hot pepper to pot
bring to boil and simmer for 30 minutes uncovered


final assembly and baking:
at home I like to bake this in an iron frying pan
cover bottom of pan with marinara sauce
arrange deep fried tempeh
cover to taste with marinara sauce
cover this with sliced mozzarella
bake at 350 deg. F. for 30 minutes or until cheese is browned

Social Currencies

I came up with the concept of a monetary system based on helping others.  The idea being that the best way I can achieve happiness is simply by helping someone else. Think "Pay It Forward'.  Plan is loosely based on the game 'second life' but real not virtual. Say someone helped me by giving me a basket of apples.  That person's account would be credited with maybe 10 Haps (what ever the unit of currency), while my account would be debited 10. If both started with zero, one would be +10 the other -10. The only way to get Haps is by doing something for someone (this has to be developed) but I definitely can't buy Haps.  Each Hap has to have a serial number so a hacker couldn't make one up.The system also has to be completely open and visible. That way anyone could check authenticity of transactions. I was trying to figure out how to best describe the function of the system, and the best I have thought of so far is pure capitalism combined with pure democracy, because it encompasses a social structure and an economic system.  Like capitalized democracy or something.

coleslaw

1 medium cabbage,shredded

2/3 cup mayonnaise

20 oz. can pineapple, crushed

1 carrot, grated

1 small onion, chopped

1/4 cup vinegar

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. pepper