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----- Original Message -----
From: Vida
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 7:03 PM
Subject: Green bean soup
Hi Phaedrus,
I am looking for a recipe for a green bean soup my mother used to make when I was a kid.
When the soup was done she would drop whole eggs in it and it also had rosemary in it.
When she served it, each of us got a whole poached like egg in our bowl. I have searched
everywhere and can't find it. My Mother was Slovak Hungarian, but I don't know if the recipe
was from her nationality. I remember the broth had sour cream mixed in it. Sure would like
to find the recipe.
Thanks Much,
Vida
Hello Vida,
There is a Slovak green bean soup recipe below, but I cannot find one with poached eggs in it.
Phaed
Green Bean Soup With Sour Cream
(Slovak Recipe)
1 lb. green beans, cooked (or #2 can)
3 to 4 med. potatoes, diced
2 tbsp. vinegar
1 clove garlic
1 c. sour cream
Salt and pepper
2 tbsp. flour
1/4 c. water
Cook potatoes in salted water. When half done, add beans, vinegar, pepper and garlic.
(Spear garlic on toothpick for easy finding.) Simmer until potatoes are done. Thicken
with paste of flour and water. Remove from heat. Remove garlic and slowly stir in sour
cream. (Do not cook.) Season. Serves 6. Serve with dark rye bread
----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:02 PM
Subject: ISO: Jade Red Chicken Recipe
>The restaurant is Chino Bandido in AZ. It serves Chinese- Mexican food.
>I checked their menu, both Jade Red Chicken and Pollo Diablo are listed. On
>the DDD, Guy's Show on Food Network she demonstrated the Jade Red Chicken.
>But, she posted the Pollo Diablo recipe on the site. How she cooked the
>chicken is the same for both recipes, but the sauce is different. All I
>know she used tomato sauce or ketchup and sugar, with some other things to
>make the Jade Red Sauce. If anyone watched and knows how to make the sauce
>let me know. Thanks This was shown yesterday Jan 11, 2009 at 3:00 pm.
>Thanks for your help!!!!
>
> Barbara
Hello Barbara,
Sorry, no success with this popular dish.
Phaed
Dear Uncle Phaedrus,
This is in response to Barbara’s request of January 12, 2009 in which she was looking for the recipe for
Jade Red Chicken as seen on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives with Guy. The featured restaurant was Chino Bandido.
I recorded the recipe and my husband and I watched it over and over until we had every detail possible we could glean.
Here is what we came up with.
Hope this helps Barbara.
Kathy
Jade Red Chicken
Sauce
The ingredients for the sauce portion were not specific in the video. I believe these are very close, however.
On the show, this sauce was cooked in a wok.
1/2 cup peanut oil
1/8 cup sesame oil
1/8 cup chili oil (sate)
1 cup ketchup
1/4 cup chopped garlic
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped green onions
Pour oils into wok. Add ketchup and garlic. Stir well. Add sugar and stir until blended. Let this boil gently.
Add green onions. Let sauce reduce by at least half.
Chicken
The ingredients for the chicken portion were not specific in the recipe. The amounts are my best guess.
On the show, the chicken was deep fried in a wok. My husband and I used a large pot, which doesn’t splatter as much.
Oil for deep frying
2 or 3 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts, cut into bite size chunks
2 egg whites
1 tsp. garlic salt
1 tsp. ground black pepper
1/2 to 1 cup cornstarch for dredging chicken
Bring oil close to temperature for frying. Beat egg whites until frothy. Add garlic salt and pepper.
Add chicken pieces and coat thoroughly. Drain, and then add chicken to the cornstarch. Shake off the excess.
Add chicken to oil one piece at a time so they do not stick together. Deep fry until golden brown.
Remove chicken from oil and drain a bit, and then toss with the sauce.
----- Original Message -----
From: Debby
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:19 PM
Subject: RE-KUL Cake Recipe
Hi there. I'm Debby from Delaware. I recently bought an old cake pan from the 1940s from the
Salvation Army from the Re-Kul Company. On the bottom there is an address where you can send
a self addressed envelope to get the recipe for the sponge cake that is baked in the pan.
I didn't try to send for the recipe because I figured it was a lost cause. Do you happen to
have the recipe. I surfed the web and could only find info on the pan. Any help you can give
me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
P.S. This is a WONDERFUL website. Thanks for all your hard work! ! ! ! ! ! !
Hello Debby,
Sorry, I had no success with this. I'll post it and maybe a reader can help.
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: Giles
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 6:38 PM
Subject: Veal Oregano
In the late 1970's or early 1980's a recipe for Veal Oregano appeared in the Williams-Sonoma
mail order catalog.
Elements:
Veal cubes
Flour
Butter
Mushrooms
Chicken stock
Oregano, dried
White wine
Onion?
Heavy Cream
I can't locate the catalog with the recipe and the folks at W-S tell me that they don't archive
this stuff. Perhaps they mean that they don't retrieve it easily and they don't do it for a casual
call in request.
I would be grateful if you could see what you can find.
Thank you,
Giles
Hello Giles,
Sorry, I cannot find a veal oregano recipe that has any connection to Williams-Sonoma or that has
the ingredients that you list. I'll post the request in the hopes that a reader can help.
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: Carol
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 6:23 PM
Subject: jelly roll using karo syrup, not sugar
I have a customer who states that during WWII, they use to use Karo syrup instead of sugar
to make jelly rolls, so they wouldn't use up their food ration stamps for sugar. Do this recipe
sound familiar to you, or any of your readers?
Thank you!
Carol
Hello Carol,
Well, it sounds reasonable that they would reduce the liquids and use syrup to save sugar.
However, I can't find a recipe like that. Sorry.
Phaed
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