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----- Original Message -----
From: Nazz
To: phaedrus
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 1:51 PM
Subject: recipie
could you please send me a recipie for a blooming onion thank you
Hi,
Here's the original Outback Steakhouse copycat recipe.
Phaed
Outback Steakhouse Bloomin' Onion
Ingredients and Directions:
Batter
1/3 C. Cornstarch
1 1/2 C. Flour
2 tsp. Garlic -- minced
2 tsp. Paprika
1 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Pepper
Beer
4 Vidalia or Texas Sweet Onion
Start with 1 cup of beer and add more until you get the batter
to the consistancy that you desire.
Seasoned Flour
2 C. Flour
4 tsp. Paprika
2 tsp. Garlic powder
1/2 tsp. Pepper
1/2 Ceyenne pepper
Combine and mix well.
Creamy Chili Sauce
1 pint Mayonnaise ** ?? I think that is 2 cups **
1 pint Sour cream
1/2 C. Tomato chili sauce
1/2 tsp. Cayenne pepper
Combine and mix well.
Mix cornstarch, flour, and seasonings until well blended. Add beer, mix
well. Cut about 3/4" off top of onion and peel. Cut into onion 12 to 16
verticle wedges but do not cut through bottom root end. Remove about 1"
of petals from center of onion. You may want to seperate the onion petals
slightly, do not do this too much, you will destroy the onion. Dip onion
in seasoned flour remove excess by shaking. Separate petals to coat
thoroughly with batter. Dip in batter. Dip in flour mixture again.
Gently place in fryer basket and deep-fry at 375 to 400 1 1/2
minutes.
Turn over, and fry an additional 1 1/2 minutes. Drain on paper
towels.
Place onion upright in shallow bowl and remove center core with
cicular cutter or apple corer. Serve hot with Creamy Chili Sauce.
----- Original Message -----
From: Roberta
To: phaedrus
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 7:47 PM
Subject: looking for a candy recipe
I just found your web site and wonder if you remember a candy lipstick
which was sold in most candy stores up until the 60's . It probably
started in the 40's or sooner. Once in awhile you can find a new version
but is nothing like the old. Thank you!
Hi Roberta,
Gosh, I really don't remember anything about candy lipstick. For novelty candies
I was more into chocolate cigarettes and Lik-M-Ade and Pixie Stix.
It sounds like the sort of commercial candy that is very difficult to make at home.
This site has something like that for sale:
https://www.memorylanecandy.com/lstkPgtf.htm
And these sites have lots of old-time candies:
https://www.sweetnostalgia.com/oldtimfav.html
https://www.candydirect.com/cgi-bin/sc.pl?ip=N51705goto
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: Erica
To: phaedrus
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 2:23 PM
Subject: crockpot
> Phaed,
> I'm trying to find information about the history of the crockpot. Can you
> help?
> Thanks,
> Erica
Hi Erica,
This was not easy to find. Remember that "Crockpot" is a registered brand
name of the Rival Company for their particular "slow cooker". The
particulars of their slow cooker is that it heats from around the sides of
the cooker as well as the bottom, and it has a crockery inside. There are
other types of "slow cookers." Some heat from just the bottom, and some have
insides that are not made of crockery. That said, you can find the history
of the Rival "crockpot", which started as a bean cooker, at:
https://www.crock-pot.com/aboutm.html
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: Guy
To: phaedrus
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 1:29 PM
Subject: Golden Marjoram
I was looking for some sweet marjoram to plant and found the above.
It smelled good when crushed between my fingers.Can it be used
interchangeably in cooking.Thanks as always for your help.
Thanks,
Guy
Hi Guy,
Golden Marjoram can be used exactly the same as regular marjoram. It's just not quite as strong flavored.
Phaed
----- Original Message -----
From: KH
To: phaedrus
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 12:05 AM
Subject: Mystery: MONIX surname
> Greetings,
>
> I saw your web page and found it interesting (I happen
> to have an ancestor who was enumerated in Sparta,
> Edgecombe, NC...the "Old Sparta" answer helped me also
> :)
>
> Well here is my question. This is a tough one. I've
> been trying to trace the surname MONIX for a while and
> I get stuck at 1910 in Washington Co., MS, with the
> spelling "Municks". This is indeed my family but when
> I try to go back further, nothing. I have tried census
> indexes, soundex for almost every possible spelling,
> ancestry.com, message boards...I am at my wit's end.
> The only clue I have (George MONIX was born in Union
> town, Perry Co., AL in 1868) leads to nowhere. I don't
> expect you to do any genealogy for me, but what I
> really want to know is where the heck this surname
> came from in the first place. Us Afro-american Monix's
> seem to be the only folks in the entire USA with this
> name!
>
> Thanks,
> KH
Hi KH,
I did a bit of researching on the surnames "Monix" and "Municks", and I
found that both of those exact spellings of surnames originally came from
Prussia, which is now part of Germany. There were a couple of hits on
"Municks" in the Netherlands, but these were probably Prussians who had
moved to Holland, rather than native Dutch families.
Now, there are a multitude of similar names that originated in England:
Monox, Munnoxe, Manix, Monoux, Monnox, Munnox, Monax, Monock. In Ireland:
Mannix, and in Scotland: Monnock.
There were Prussian settlers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia,
and Georgia in the 1700's. Also, the Dutch (and possibly Prussians living in
Holland and sailing under the Dutch flag.) were responsible for bringing
many, many Afro-American ancestors to this country in the 1700s and early
1800s.
If you want to explore these possible connections further, I suggest you
start at the Latter-Day Saints website, which is where I found these surname listings. It's at:
https://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Good luck!
Phaed
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