1978 grandma violet Recipes

flour, baking powder, salt, egg, oil, buttermilk, baking soda

consider pansies , violets, johnny-jump-ups, nasturtiums, and marigolds. all are edible with interesting flavors. use flowers that have not been sprayed with pesticides (some available at gourmet shops and whole foods markets), shaved cheese hard cheeses such as parmesan or pecorino romano take on an attractive lacy look when shaved paper thin and placed upon an open-faced sandwich, rolled cheese cut cheese into 1/4 squares. put 1 tsp of olive oil on your hands and roll cheese squares into balls. then roll in cumin, curry, or finely chopped herbs, piped herbed mayonnaise or creme fraiche use an icing flower tip and place a fresh or thawed frozen pea atop the piping, layer it place a small spinach leaf, with stem , atop an open-faced sandwich. place a thin slice of hard-boiled egg on top of that and sprinkle with either nutmeg and sea salt, pickled ginger and a dot of wasabi, or a combination of crushed herbs, chopped egg & asparagus finely chop hardboiled eggs, using only half as many whites as yolks, and press onto an open-faced sandwich with a mayonnaise based filling. upon this, lay a short piece of asparagus, citrus , herbs & spices cut small triangles of fresh lemon or orange, removing peel. sprinkle lemon triangles with fresh basil or parsley and orange triangles with cinnamon or curry, grilled vegetables grill red and green peppers, zucchini, or pearl onions. cut peppers into strips, zucchini into squares, and leave pearl onions whole, use a very small cookie cutter to cut hearts from thin slices of pickled beets. or, cut small hearts from bread, dip in melted butter, and sprinkle heavily with curry before toasting in a 350 degree oven, herb or nut dip cut filled tea sandwiches into triangles and butter the long cut side. press this buttered side into crushed s or very finely chopped nuts

salmon, drained and flaked, eggs, beaten, onion, diced, ground black pepper, vegetable oil

celery - large stalks washed, trimmed , and cut into 3 sections, cream cheese at room temperature, chopped pimento-stuffed green olives, garlic, finely minced, salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste

wheat square cereal (such as wheat chex), corn square cereal (such as corn chex), rice square cereal (such as rice chex), toasted oat cereal rings (such as cheerios), cheese-flavored crackers (such as cheez-it), pretzels, mixed nuts, butter, garlic powder, worcestershire sauce

chicken livers, rinsed and trimmed, eggs, onions, water, cubes chicken bouillon, vegetable oil, salt and pepper to taste

beets, white sugar, white vinegar, pickling salt, lemon juice, drops oil of cloves

sour cream, baking soda, all-purpose flour, white sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, salt, butter, egg, raisins (optional)

warm water, active dry yeast, salt, vegetable oil, white sugar, bread flour

oil for deep frying, refrigerated buttermilk biscuit dough, sugar

white sugar, butter, softened, bananas, mashed, eggs, all-purpose flour, baking soda, sour milk, salt, vanilla extract

all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground dried ginger, ground cinnamon, egg, vanilla extract, molasses, water

all-purpose flour, active dry yeast, white sugar, salt, baking powder, warm milk, water

water (110-115 degrees ), dry yeast or 5 tsp, butter, melted (about 35 seconds microwave on defrost), granulated sugar, salt, all-purpose flour, eggs, butter, melted (see instructions above)

red wine, red grapes, ruby port, whole grain mustard, dijon mustard

grey goose orange, crem de violette, st. germain, champagne, orange bitters, lavender bitter