Last night, the Jones family brought over venison chili, green salad, baked beans, potato salad, and assorted appetizers . This, to most people, would have meant that the Burches had the night off from cooking. Instead, this meant that we only did four new recipes.
First up were the cheese straws. I must confess to not liking cheese straws. Something about their dry texture and the thought that that much cheese coming out of the oven should be oooey and gooey, not dry and crunchy. I know that I may be in the minority here. The recipe was from the Commander's Kitchen cookbook. Jerry made the dough and we were supposed to either fill a pastry bag (which we have) or a cookie press (which we have) and pipe them onto a cookie sheet. We have a Pampered Chef squirter thing, and it had a huge star tip so we used it. Wrong. The dough was too thick and we were afraid of breaking the trigger. Jerry improvised and used his thumbs to force the dough through the tip and that worked. We baked some on parchment paper and some not and there wasn't a bit of difference between the two.
The next recipe was a two-fer. The Tangy Shrimp Dip starts out with a measure of boiled shrimp. Jerry doubled the shrimp so that we could do both. Folks, this was hands down the best boiled shrimp I have ever had. The seasoning used for the boil was the Commander's Palace seafood seasoning. We ended up using all of that we had so we will be making some more soon. The Tangy Shrimp Dip was great and easy and made entirely in a food processor. (They also made the cheese straws taste better, but I may be the only one who felt the need to do this!)
The last recipe of the evening was the Irish Coffee. I really wish we hadn't done this one. The coffee was sweetened with brown sugar, flavored with whiskey and topped with freshly whipped cream. It was wonderful and Jerry and I both feel the need now to purchase Irish Coffee cups. The tragedy is that there is NOWHERE to store the little guys and so they will have to languish at the store a bit longer. After all, I am feeling the need for a food mill first and my two new pans from three days ago are still sitting on the cabinet due to lack of a home.
Enjoy yourselves and cook something yummy tonight!!!
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I love my life with this woman. We made two appetizers and a drink recipe last night and we both felt like we had gotten away with something. That has been the story of this marriage. We have a wonderful life and we love to pack in dollops of fun anywhere we can. Sometimes there are so many dollops that we loose count. Last night we were so busy enjoying the food and the company that the meal was almost over before Jana reminded me that we had left the cheese straws in the microwave. I retrieved them and we went back to enjoying the life that has been given to us.
ReplyDeleteokay- cheese straws- though I tried them on New Year's Eve- were good, but too thick- I'd try a sharper cheddar cheese, a bit more cayenne pepper, and they need to be much thinner- then they would melt in a delicious, sharp puddle in your mouth! The cauliflower/Brie soup was money! smooth and yummy
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