1784 goof off play Recipes

pick the rice carefully , and wash it. through two or three cold waters till it is quite clean., then (having drained off all the water through a colander) put the rice into a pot of boiling water, with a very little salt, allowing as much as a quart of water to a half a pint of rice; boil it twenty minutes of more., then pour off the water , draining the rice as dry as possible., lastly , set it on hot coals (or on the stove if you have no hot coals)with the lid off, that the steam may not condense upon it and render the rice watery., keep it dry thus for a quarter of an hour., put it into a deep dish , and loosen and toss it up from the bottom with two forks, 1 in each hand, so that the grains may appear to stand alone.

extra-virgin olive oil, red onion (about 8 oz.), peeled and slivered lengthwise, haricots verts or other green beans, rinsed, ends trimmed, and any strings pulled off (see notes), baby carrots (1/2 in. wide at top), tops trimmed off , and scrubbed, or baby-cut carrots, shelled fresh peas (from 1 lb. in shell ), meyer or regular lemon juice, plain yogurt, dijon mustard, fine sea or regular salt, fresh-ground black pepper, mache (4 oz.), rinsed and crisped

water, white flour, salt, cream of tartar, unsweetened, fruit-flavored soft drink mix (such as kool-aid), vegetable oil

confectioners sugar, unsalted butter, softened, grated fresh lemon zest, egg yolk, all-purpose flour, salt, strawberry jam, heated and strained, apricot jam, heated and strained

flour, salt, kool-aid (you decide the flavour!), cream of tartar, boiling water, oil

cold water, vegetable oil (i use crisco oil), same flavor kool-aid unsweetened flavored drink mix, flour, salt, cream of tartar

flour, plus more, salt, alum (a preservative usually found with the spices at the grocery), boiling water, salad oil

butter, softened, dark brown sugar (8oz), sugar (7 oz), peanut butter (11 7/8 oz), baking powder, baking soda, salt, eggs, vanilla, flour (11 1/4 oz), chopped dry roasted salted peanuts (6 1/4 oz), peanut butter chips (8 oz) or 1 1/3 cups chocolate chips (8 oz)

shrimp, peeled tails off (i used large and rough chopped), scallops , rouch chopped (i used bay, the small ), crabmeat , 1 can if you can tsp get fresh just pick through to make sure there are no shells, onion, chopped, celery, chopped, carrot, chopped, diced potato, fine chopped skins off, mushroom, chopped, frozen peas, half-and-half, chicken broth, butter, all-purpose flour, sherry wine, grated monterey jack cheese, country biscuits (i used pillsbury, or you can make your own, no cooked), butter (to brush on the biscuits)

chicken stock, kaffir lime leaves , bruise slightly with back of a knife, fish sauce, lemongrass, stalks tops & bottoms cut off, & smash with the side of knife, galangal, peeled and minced, rotisserie chicken , meat pulled off the bone, and pulled into strips, rice noodles , cooked according to package, and drained, tomatoes, diced, carrots, shredded, scallions, cut into 1/4 inch rings, thai basil , leaves picked, discard stems (garnish), fresh cilantro , leaves picked, discard stems (garnish), bean sprouts, rinsed (garnish ), lime wedges (garnish ), fresh jalapenos, cut into thin rings (garnish ), hoisin sauce (garnish ), sriracha garlic and red chile paste (garnish)

lean ground beef, onions, chopped, chile powder, mild to medium-hot , like ancho or pasilla, grind yellow cornmeal, whole milk, eggs, beaten, salt, ground cumin, stewed tomatoes, drained and chopped, ears fresh corn off the cob , 2 cups frozen corn, or 1 can drained whole kernel corn, pitted ripe black olives, drained and coarsely chopped or halved, cheddar or combination /monterey jack, shredded, olive oil

flour, salt, cream of tartar, water, cooking oil (vegetable, safflower, etc.), extract (vanilla, orange, lemon, and mint all make the play dough smell lovely. do not use cinnamon, ) (optional)

margarine, light corn syrup, salt, vanilla extract, powdered sugar (more or less )