58 better than the best Recipes

water (or 1 cup and 1/3 cup flat beer for better flavor), olive oil, sugar, honey, salt, cornmeal, flour, baking powder, garlic powder, onion powder, yeast

finding gold is really easy. i always go on saturday morning ., best spots to find gold is scraping the moss off rocks by the river or cleaning out crevasses in bedrock along the river shore. i scrap moss as it acts like the carpet in a sluice box and traps the gold that is washed down the river during the winter. i have had pans with hundreds for pieces, just amazing to see., i designed customs tools for scraping and getting the fine dust and matter off the rocks. well i am an inventor., nothing is better than sitting down against a rock at lunch time , having a great sandwich, ice cold water, the river is flowing by, the sounds of the water, birds on the wing, lizards scooting over the rocks, and there is gold in the bag., by bag i mean , i scrap the moss or clean crevasses, put the material in a special pail, place the pail under the surface and stir to get the dirt to float out., then i put this material in my pan , swish it around, work a little of the sand out and then tilt it back and let the water roll over the sand. bang! glitter all over. now most people sit there and pan out all the sand, get down to the black sand (iron), pan out the iron, and then put the gold in bottle. total waste of time., panning is strictly recreational. i have a limited time at the river and ever minute counts. i carry my 6 mil 12 x 12 inch zip lock bags. once i see there is color in the sand, it is dumped into the bag and i go get more material. this way i can collect the most material for the 5 hours i have to pan. this is a very cool way to get gold and developed by me., once i get home , i put the material onto cookie sheets and dry it in the oven. once dry and cool, i use a special magnet and remove the iron particles. once the iron is removed, i put the sand through different size brass screens to separate the larger particles so when i pan i am not trying to move large and small particles., sunday morning i sit in my recliner , a light over my shoulder and put a tbsp of material in the green pan in the pics. watching a dvd i start panning the material, suck up the gold and put in a bottle. i do this starting with the biggest particles, love seeing the biggest pieces of gold., i work all the sand i can on sunday and if i am down to really fine particles of sand, it is put in quart containers for another day. there are so many of these containers still not panned. 1 might say there is gold in the garage., if there is a river known to have been a producer of gold close to you, go out and give it a try. i have taught many kids to pan; 1 went and found a nugget as big as my nail on my finger. it was huge! rotten kid wouldn tsp give to me for teaching him. oh, its all right, i will find my own some day. what was cool was after teaching the kids they would go back and pan on their own and find gold. how cool is that, hope you enjoyed finding gold for fun. jj - thegoldminer

skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, condensed cream of chicken soup, egg, seasoning salt to taste, all-purpose flour, cornstarch, garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper to taste, oil for frying

egg, separated and room temperature, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, milk, vanilla, butter, melted and cooled, white chocolate chips

bread , torn up into small pieces (any type, dry works better than fresh, fruit s nice, i like malted best), milk (use as much or as little to taste, any type works, i use soya but you can use normal or flavoured et), sugar or 1 tbsp splenda substitute, maple syrup (optional, if using , omit the sugar or splenda), cinnamon (optional) or 1 tsp ginger (optional) or 1 tsp mixed spice, etc (optional), raisins (optional) or 1 tbsp sultanas (optional) or 1 tbsp dried fruit, etc (optional), sugar (optional)

canned pumpkin, sugar (turbinado is the best), canola oil, eggs, flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon (use cinnamomum cassia for best results), ground nutmeg (fresh ground is better , but not necessary)

here are the basics of making an excellent cheese fondue , the proper way (or at least the lindysez way)., use good cheese , i use half emmental swiss and gruyere, grate them up and toss them with some salt and a good amount of pepper. let them sit out at room temp so they melt better . cut your bread (good french bread, but not sourdough) into bite sized pieces making sure to have crust on each piece. let those sit out for a while too so they aren tsp too soft., cheese that you use , you are going to use 1 3/4 cups of a dry white wine, such as a fume blanc, a california sauv blanc (don tsp use a new zealand 1 as most are too grassy) or a pouilly-fume. when you are ready to make the fondue, rub the pot with a clove of garlic (we like garlic, so we leave the clove in, but you don tsp need to); then place over a medium heat and add the wine. when the wine comes to a simmer, start slowly adding the cheese, sprinkling in a handful at a time, allowing each addition to melt (my dad said you always have to stir in the same direction, in a figure 8 motion, it works. if you stir in a circle you will end up with a big glop of cheese in the middle of a pot of wine, the figure 8 is key); keep adding until you have a nice thick sauce, then add a splash of kirsch and a pinch of nutmeg. put over a burner to keep it bubbling, and stir often when you dip your bread., a lb of cheese is enough for 4 people; or more if you are serving other things. and the amounts are guesstimates. i almost always grate too much cheese, so only add as much as you need to get the right consistency ; when you dip a piece of bread into the fondue, you want a nice coating of cheese and for the bread to absorb the wine. that s what it s all about, cheese, wine and bread. so use the best you can of each ingredient. and any left over cheese makes for a mighty good ham and cheese omelet.

shortening (crisco recommended ), butter or 1/2 cup margarine ( tastes better), vanilla (real is best), sugar, milk

diced medium green tomatoes (the lighter in color the better), minced garlic (fresh is best !), olive oil, heavy cream (adjust for how thick or thin you want the sauce), leaves fresh basil , chiffonade, prosciutto , ham-chiffonade (more or less to taste), black pepper, parmesan cheese, farfalle pasta , cooked al-dente

steak (or left over beef cut up, even better, a hot just of the frypan), ketchup, bread (soft white always works best), butter, dairylee cheese

italian sausage (sweet or mild, casing removed ), onion , diced into coin-sized pieces, san marzano tomatoes (crushed ), san marzano tomatoes (diced ), garlic (minced , i add more sometimes xd), pesto sauce (coarse chopped is best , not the kind that looks like a paste.), fresh mushrooms, sliced, olive oil, red pepper flakes (optional), vodka (optional, but recommended ), pasta (cooked ), parmesan cheese

baked and cooled 9 inch pie shell (my butter pie crust kittencal s no-fail buttery flaky pie pastry/crust works great!), sugar, cornstarch, cold water, freshly-squeezed lemon juice (if you like an extreme lemon taste then add in a couple more tbsp lemon juice), egg yolks, lemon extract, drops yellow food coloring (optional but looks better !), vinegar, butter, cornstarch, cold water, boiling water, egg whites, sugar, vanilla, salt

blueberries (frozen work well) or 1 cup boysenberries (frozen work well) or 1 cup blackberry (frozen work well), milk, butter, melted, eggs, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, sugar, ground nutmeg, salt, sugar, cinnamon

your favorite ground meat , deer, moose, elk, ground steak, and if you must, ground hamburger (drained), diced onion, red, yellow , vidalia (in season the best), red bell peppers or 1 green pepper, diced, tomato juice (better ) or 12 -16 oz v 8 vegetable juice (better), diced tomatoes (better ) or 12 -16 oz diced tomatoes and green chilies (better), pork and beans (the better the brand, the better it is), red kidney beans, sea salt or 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt, better or 1 1/2 tsp salt, prepared minced garlic (in jar or fresh crushed ), chili powder, crushed red pepper flakes (to taste or leave out ), shredded pizza cheese or 1 cup taco blend cheese or 1 cup cheddar cheese, cornmeal mix, creamed corn (yea i know but it comes out good in the end), real vitamin d milk (none of that sissy fat free stuff, why start now right), sugar (add more..don tsp ! ), good oil (not olive it burns to quick), liquid smoke (in meat while cooking(= not optional=(), water, flour

ground meat (any grount meat will do), raw potatoes, cut in cubes, celery, oil, minced fresh garlic clove (you can use powder but fresh is better ), minced fresh onion, chili powder, salt (or to tast), gravy mix (i used best yet ( homestyle turkey 3/4oz), milk, water, breadcrumbs or 1 cup crouton

elbow macaroni , undercooked in boiling,salted water &,drained, butter, flour, dry mustard (colman s), cayenne pepper, cheddar cheese soup, melted butter, salt, milk (skim is okay, higher fat is better), heavy cream, grated medium cheddar, grated colby cheese, plain breadcrumbs , very coarsely grated from a stale loaf of crusty white bread (good country bread is best but if you use store bought crumbs, make sure they are roughly grated, no)

shelled and deveined prawns , the smaller the better, mayonnaise - the best you can buy/make, tomato ketchup, head iceberg lettuce (or romaine/cos if preferred), shredded finely, salt & pepper (ground white pepper is best), tabasco sauce to taste (only 1 drop if you re being authentic!)

cooked brown rice (i like brown , it holds up better in this casserole) or 2 cups white rice (i like brown, it holds up better in this casserole), cream-style cottage cheese, green bell pepper, seeded and chopped, ground beef, onion, chopped, fresh minced garlic, seasoning salt and black pepper, grated parmesan cheese, tomato sauce (hunt s is best), sugar, dried parsley, dried oregano, shredded mozzarella cheese (or any cheese blend)