Grandma Hystad's Recipes, Food, Drink Information, Cleaning Tips

CONTENTS

GRANDMA’S BAKED HAM AND APPLES

BEEF AND POTATO CAKES

AUNT PAT’S BUTTER TARTS

GRANDMA’S WHIPPED SHORT BREAD COOKIES

FOOD INFORMATION

LIGHTSIDE

CLEANING TIPS

HAVING A PARTY

BAR MIXES, DRINKS

GRANDMA'S BAKED HAM AND APPLES

2 large slices of ham steak

2 teaspoons.......(10 ml).......prepared mustard

4 tablespoons.....(60 ml).......brown sugar

2 tart apples

1 ½ cups..........(375 ml)......apple juice

Place the ham in baking dish and rub with mustard.  Sprinkle
with 2 tablespoons (30 ml), of brown sugar.  Core the apple
and cut into thin slices.  Cover the ham with the apple slices
and sprinkle with rest of brown sugar.  Add apple juice. Bake
at 300 F, (150 C), for 30 minutes or until tender.

YIELD:  4-5 servings.

TIME:  40 minutes.

Beef And Potato Cakes
You can use ground meat if desired.  A treat for children.
8 oz. Beef.
8 oz. Potatoes.
1 small 2-3 inch onion chopped finely.
1 egg yolk.
Dark soy sauce.
1 teaspoon salt.
Cook the potatoes and mash.  Mix in egg yolk and salt.  Chop onion finely, brown with 1 tablespoon oil, add ground meat.  Brown for 4 minutes.  Add soy sauce and mix the batch with the potatoes.  Shape into balls the size of golf balls, flatten into cakes.  Heat the cooking pan. Grease lightly with oil, use medium heat to brown the cakes, turn to brown both sides.  If you have a electric skillet set temperature at 340.  When automatic control light blinks, turn cakes over.

AUNT PAT'S FAVOURITE BUTTER TARTS

1/3-cup ....(80 ml) ...........butter

1-cup.......(250 ml).......... brown sugar

2 tablespoons.(30 ml)..........milk or cream

1/3 cup......(80 ml)...........currants

1 egg beaten well

1 teaspoon...(5 ml)......................vanilla


Mix all ingredients together.  Put in unbaked tart shells. 
Bake at 450 F, (230 C), for 8 minutes.  Turn down to 350 F,
(175 C), and cook until brown.

GRANDMA’S WHIPPED SHORT BREAD COOKIES

1 pound………………….(500 g)…………………….butter or margarine
3 cups…………………….(750 ml)……………………flour
1 cup……………………….(250 ml)………………..icing sugar

Beat with mixer until creamy.  Drop on cookie sheet and bake
at 350 F, (175 C), until slightly brown.
YIELD: makes approximately 5 dozen cookies
CALORIES: approximately 80 calories per cookie
TIME: 1 hour (includes cooking and cleaning time)

FOOD INFORMATION

"Power outages can occur at any time of the year and it often takes from a few hours to several days for electricity to be restored to residential areas," said USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Richard Raymond. "Foods stored in freezers and refrigerators can become unsafe in just a few hours if bacteria begin to grow and if these foods are consumed, people can become very sick."

Steps to follow to prepare for a possible weather emergency:
Keep an appliance thermometer in the refrigerator and freezer. An appliance thermometer will indicate the temperature in the refrigerator and freezer in case of a power outage and help determine the safety of the food.

Make sure the freezer is at or below 0° F and the refrigerator is at or below 40° F.

Freeze containers of water for ice to help keep food cold in the freezer, refrigerator or coolers after the power is out.
Plan ahead and know where dry ice and block ice can be purchased.

LIGHTSIDE
Jack said to the bartender, “pour me a double, just had another fight with my wife.”

“oh yeah?” said the bartender, “and how did this one end.”

“When it was over,” replied Jack, “she came to me on her hands and knees.”  “Wow!” Said the bartender, “Now that’s a switch! What did she say?”

She said, “Come out from under the bed, you little chicken.”

CLEANING TIPS
Before washing, it is essential that all stains be removed. 
Sometimes Soap or hot water will set a stain and make its removal
impossible.

WARNING:  DO NOT MIX BLEACH AND AMMONIA TOGETHER, THE FUMES CAN
BE DEADLY.
Commercial cleaning supplies can aggravate your allergies and
have long terms effects on your health. You can save on your
house-cleaning bill with very good results using less toxic
substances.

Ø Ammonia - cuts grease, cleans windows, Strip wax off floors.
Ø Baking soda - cleans, deodorizes, polishes, and removes stains.
Ø Bleach - whitens practically anything, removes mould and
mildew.
Ø Cornstarch - cleans and deodorizes carpets and rugs.

*Rug Stains: Use a solution of half water, half white vinegar.
Shirt or blouse stain:  Just a little of water and cornstarch
will remove.
*Grass stains: Dampen stain with cold water, and rub with plain
bar soap. (One without moisturizers).  The stain should come
right out.  Then wash normally.
*Toilet bowl:  use tang, or sprinkle baking soda into the bowl.
Drizzle with vinegar.  Scour with toilet brush.  Cleans and
deodorizes

Berry Stain: Place the stained part over a pot and pour boiling
water over it from a height of about 2 feet so as to strike the stain with force.  Plunge the stained part up and down in the hot water until the stain is removed. If stain is persistent, use Janelle water.

Peach Stains: are not easy to remove.  Be careful not to wipe
hands with peach-stains on a good napkin, towel or apron.  Stretch stain over a pot of hot water and apply Janelle water with a medicine-dropper. Do not allow it remain too long in contact with the fibres.  Janelle water rots even cotton and linen.  Apply oxalic-acid solution to neutralize the alkali and rinse thoroughly in hot water. Several applications may be necessary.

Tea And Coffee Stains.
Follow the same procedures as for berry stains above.

Blood and Meat-Juice.
Never put in hot water as that sets the stain.  Soak at once in
cold water.  Rub with soap and wash. A paste of raw starch mixed with cold water will remove these stains on flannel, blankets, and heavy goods. Repeat until stain disappears.

Egg-Stain:

Wash in cold water, then warm water and soap.

Mix 50-50 water, white vinegar.  Great for stubborn carpet
stains.

HAVING A PARTY?
If you're having a party, provide food with drinks.
Offer non-alcoholic substitutes such as fruit, soft drinks.

2 drinks taken within an hour by a person 100 pounds produces a
075 reading.  One drink is equal to about 1.5 oz. of whisky or 2
bottles of beer. The rate of elimination for each hour after
drinking has stopped is 015.  A 200 pound person, after 1 drink
produces a reading of .019, so you can see there is a big difference due to weight.

As a host it is your duty to make sure no one leaves your party
impaired.  Have some one drive them home.

BAR MIXES
John McClain

1 ½ oz scotch

I teaspoon syrup

A few dashes of Angostura bitters
combine with ice; shake.
Strain and add ice.

Java Cooler

1 ½ oz. gin

1 ½ teaspoon lemon juice

A few dashes of angostura bitters

Tonic water

Add the limejuice, bitters, and gin over ice.
Stir well, fill with tonic.

Apple Cocktail

½ ounce applejack

½ ounce apple cider

¼ ounce gin

¼ ounce brandy

Shake with ice cubes.  Strain into chilled cocktail glass.

Fresh Fruit Punch

8 ounces apiece of orange juice, pineapple juice, and
grapefruit juice.

1 bottle ginger ale.

Sugar to taste.

Combine the juices with the sugar.  Stir until the sugar is
dissolved and refrigerate.  Add the ginger ale plus chunks of
ice before serving.

 Article Source:  Bruce Chambers sold his printing, publishing, mail order business and retired in 1980. He came on the Internet in 2003. He researched for 1 year, and then started a free monthly Internet marketing report, plus free monthly recipes, bar mixes, tips newsletters. At present he resells from his website.  You can subscribe to either or both free newsletters by going to his web site. Please visit: http://www.cbestbuys.com/