Grandma Hystad's Recipes, Food Information, Drinks

CONTENTS
CHOP SUEY
GRANDMA'S SPAGHETTI AND MEAT BALLS
VEGAN RECIPE
RHUBARB PIE
MUFFINS
FREECYLE NETWORK
LIGHTSIDE
CLEANING GREEN
WATER
DRINKS

CHOP SUEY
2 cups Elbow macaroni.
1/2 pound hamburger.
1 (10 oz) can stewed tomatoes.
Cook macaroni as directed on package.
While it is cooking, brown and drain the hamburger.
Drain macaroni.
Mix macaroni, hamburger and stewed tomatoes in large pot and heat through. Serve.

GRANDMA'S SPAGHETTI AND MEAT BALLS.
½ cup………………….(125 ml)……………………onions
2 tablespoons (30 ml)…………………….margarine
1 pound…………….(500 g)……………………ground beef
2 cups…………………(500 ml)…………………tomato sauce.
2/3 cup………………(160 ml)…………………sliced mushrooms.
4 cups…………………(1000 ml)………………can tomatoes.
½ cup………………….(125 ml)…………………chopped parsley.
1 ½ teaspoon. (7.5ml)……………………oregano or sage
1 teaspoon………(5 ml)………………………salt
¼ teaspoon………(1.25 ml)………………thyme
1 bay leaf
1 cup………………….(500 ml)…………………water
2 cloves garlic.

In a large skillet, cook onion in hot oil until tender. Add
Meat and garlic, brown lightly. Add remaining ingredients.
Simmer uncovered 1 ½-2 hours or until sauce is nice and thick.
Stir occasionally. Remove Bay leaf. Serve hot over spaghetti.
Top with Parmesan cheese.
YIELD: 6 servings.
Time: 2 ½ hours.

VAGAN RECIPE
Sweet Potato And Apple Delight
4 cups medium sweet potatoes peeled and finely chopped.
2 green apples, cored, thinly sliced.
½ cup raisins.
1 teaspoon cinnamon.
1 cup apple juice.
½ cup bread crumbs.
½ cup walnuts.
Preheat oven to 375F in a large casserole dish, mix together all the ingredients.
Bake uncovered for 45-50 minutes. Makes 4-6 servings

RHUBARB PIE
6-8 stalks rhubarb.
Flour.
1 cup sugar.
Powdered sugar.
Cut rhubarb into small pieces, removing strings.
Flour rhubarb until quite white.
Line a pie-plate with pastry.
Fill shell with rhubarb and add water.
Add top crust and follow general rules.
When cooked sprinkle with powdered sugar.

MUFFINS

2 cups flour.
3 teaspoons baking-powder.
2 tablespoons sugar.
1 ¾ cup milk.
2 eggs.
1 ½ tablespoon butter melted.
Mix according to muffin or Cake Method.

VARIATIONS.
BLUE BERRY MUFFINS.
Add 1/3 cup sugar.
4 teaspoons of fat.
½ cup blueberries.
Mix the same as for plain muffins. For blueberry muffins use
A little milk, since the juice of the berries adds moisture.

THE FREECYLE NETWORK

Do you have stuff you no longer have use for and want to get rid
of? If you haven't got time for garage sales, or eBay-you need
to check out "The Freecyle Network".

Founded in 2003, the network has more then 1.7 million members
in 3,100 Communities in over 50 countries. The only rules around
what can be exchanged, or offered free is that it be legal, for any age group. There is a good chance of a listing from your city. For details click on:
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LIGHTSIDE
Wives will outsmart you every time. I told my wife "50 years ago we had a cheap suite, no car, a black and white TV, but I got to sleep every night with a hot 23 year old gal. Now I have a million dollar home, a $80,000.00 car, plasma screen TV, but I am sleeping with a 65 year old woman".

My wife is a very reasonable woman. She told me to go out and find a 23 year old hot gal and she would make sure that I once again would be living in a cheap suite, no car, sleep on a sofa bed, and watch the news on a 10 inch black and white TV.

CLEANING GREEN
Chemical-based cleaners are harmful for the environment.

For most surfaces vegetable-based all-purpose soap does the Job. Use vinegar and water for a natural way to clean most surfaces. Mix one part vinegar, 2 parts water for a cleaner that can be used for hardwood and regular floors. Great for washing windows too. Just put in a spray bottle, which makes it easier when cleaning. Always check a small area of flooring to make sure there is no chance of damage.

If scouring is required, baking soda and washing soda are great.
In my archives at http://www.cbestbuys, you can find a full page of cleaning tips, which covers most cleaning problems you may have.

WATER
A variety of emergency situations, from floods to earthquakes to toxic spills, could contaminate the local water supply and leave you without access to water. As a result, it's important to know how to safely store and treat water of uncertain purity during an emergency.

The best way to treat water is often a combination of methods, as boiling and disinfection will kill most microorganisms but only distillation will remove other contaminants. Boiling is the safest method of treating water. Keep water at a boil for 10 minutes for maximum effectiveness.

Disinfection with regular household liquid bleach can also kill microorganisms. Use only liquid bleach that contains 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite as the active ingredient. DO NOT USE scented bleaches, colour-safe bleaches or bleaches with added cleaners.

Add one to two drops of bleach per litre of clear water. Stir and let stand for 30 minutes. If the water does not have a slight bleach odour, repeat the dosage and let stand another 15 minutes.
Distillation involves boiling water and then collecting the vapour that condenses back to water.

RESPONSIBLE DRINKING
If you have teenagers, or in fact any adult, impress on them the
risks of driving while intoxicated. Statistics demonstrate drunk
drivers cause many fatal road accidents.

It should be known that like any other drug, addiction is a
potential hazard. Excess of alcohol will affect organs such as the brain, heart, and liver.

DRINKS

Hoots Mon.
1 jigger Scotch Whiskey.
½ jigger Lillet.
½ jigger Sweet Vermouth.
Stir with ice and strain.

MOSCOW KICK
3 jiggers Vodka
Ginger Beer
1 slice lime
Serve over ice in glass, or copper mug.

SEAMEN'S DELIGHT
2 oz (60 ML) brown rum
3 oz (95 ML) orange juice
Squirt of grenadine syrup
Soda, Half slice orange, Cherry, Ice cubes
In a tall glass filled with ice cubes, pour the rum, the juice and
the grenadine syrup.
Fill with soda.
Garnish with a half slice of orange and a cherry.

NON- ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
ORGEAT FIZZ
1 ½ ounces orgeat syrup
½ ounce limejuice
Club Soda
Shake orgeat and lime juice with ice cubes. Strain into fizz
Glass. Add ice cubes. Add soda to glass. Serve with straws.

ICED COFFEE
There are just as many ways of making coffee, as there are different brands. Here are some general rules.

For good results measure water and coffee.
2 tablespoons coffee to each 1 cup
Make coffee just before serving
Make coffee double strength and pour the hot coffee over ice in a tall glass. As the ice melts, it will dilute the coffee. Top the glass with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

PINEAPPLE SMOOTHIE
1 can (14 oz/398 ML) sliced pineapple in juice
2 cups (500 ML) plain yogurt
1/2-cup (125 ML) skim milk powder
1/2 cup (125 ML) ice cubes
In blender, pineapple and juice, yogurt, skim milk powder, honey, and ice until smooth

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