100 hit the spot Recipes

butter (melted ), light brown sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, bananas (very ripe with brown spots), whole wheat flour, chia seeds, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutella (chocolate hazelnut spread)

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

all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, salt, egg, buttermilk, melted butter or margarine, ripe bananas (3/4 to 1 lb. total), peeled and thinly sliced

yukon gold potatoes , scrubbed, with any brown spots or eyes removed, eggs, beaten, matzo meal, chopped fresh chives, chopped fresh parsley, chopped fresh thyme leaves, chopped fresh rosemary leaves, coarse kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, vegetable oil for frying, sliced smoked salmon , cut into 20 to 25 slices (optional), sour cream, sliced red onion and/or 2-in. lengths of chive, capers

extra-virgin olive oil, leek, white parts only, chopped, yellow onion, chopped, garlic cloves, chopped, platter of marinated fish, ripe red tomatoes, peeled and chopped , or 6 good-quality canned roma tomatoes, fish stock, white wine, bay leaf, thyme, pepper, fine sea salt, spot prawns or other west coast shrimp, heads and tails intact, live if possible, cooked alaskan snow crab legs, thawed if frozen and cut into 2-in . pieces; or 1/2 lb. cooked dungeness crab, cracked, california mussels, california squid (calamari), tubes and tentacles separated, tubes cut into 1/2-in. rings, rouille

cranberries, washed (be sure to remove all soft ones and those with spots), water, honey , to each cup of strained pulp, lemon juice , to each 4 cups of strained pulp

soft lettuce leaves (such as bibb, green leaf or iceberg), halibut fillet (about 3 oz, skin and bones removed, rinsed, drained, and patted dry ), clams , purged and shells scrubbed, mussels , scrubbed and debearded just before cooking, alaskan spot prawns , cut down the back with scissors and vein extracted, new potatoes (about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, cut in half), ear of corn (husk removed and broken or cut into thirds ), snow peas , strings removed, yellow squash or 1 small zucchini, ends removed and cut into 1/2-inch rounds, garlic clove, minced, fresh rosemary sprigs or fresh thyme sprigs or tarragon, sprigs, clam juice , fish stock or 1/4 cup chicken stock

bananas (yellow with a few black spots, don tsp have to be totally black), white sugar (or 1/4 cup splenda blend for baking), vanilla extract, egg, whole wheat flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, chocolate chips (semi-sweet), walnuts

fresh whole spot fish, cleaned, yukon gold baking potato, peeled and boiled, chopped freshly cooked bacon, chopped yellow onion, cider vinegar, freshly ground black pepper

chocolate creme filled sandwich cookies (recommended : oreo or newman-o s), good quality bittersweet chocolate, chopped (or 1/4 cup chips), soft unsalted butter, marshmallows, whole milk, creme de menthe, creme de cacao blanc, heavy cream, few spots or drops green food coloring, optional, loose-bottomed 10-inch fluted tart pan, 2 inches deep

cakes, cooled, cardboard cake rounds, recipe chocolate ganache, recipe vanilla buttercream , colored red, black licorice rounds, coin size (for the spots), white wafer candies (for the eyes), candy coated chocolate pieces (for the eyes), red licorice whip (for the mouth and antennae)

swordfish , dark spots trimmed, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes, kosher salt, all-purpose flour , for dredging, extra-virgin olive oil, garlic, thinly sliced, onion, sliced, red pepper flakes, dry white wine, manila clams (about 24), scrubbed, shrimp, peeled and deveined, calamari , tentacles separated, bodies sliced into rings, unsalted butter, chopped fresh parsley, white wine vinegar or fresh lemon juice, grilled or toasted crusty bread , for serving

espresso powder, ripe bananas (but not too ripe- just a few spots), mashed well, whole-berry cranberry sauce, vanilla, canola oil, brown sugar, cocoa powder , sifted, spelt flour, whole wheat pastry flour, salt, baking powder

dark brown sugar, lightly packed, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground ginger, salt, eggs, vanilla extract, necked butternut squash , yields 3 cups butternut squash glop, evaporated milk, zest of 1 large orange rind, banana with sugar spots, heavy whipping cream, sugar

foam cake savvy, eggs separate more easily when cold but whip up better when at room temperature. separate the eggs as soon as you take them from the refrigerator , then let the whites sit out in a bowl for about 30 minutes to come to room temperature before beating them., if a recipe calls for whisking the eggs or egg whites over hot water, do not let the bottom of the bowl touch the water or the eggs will cook., be sure to use a spotlessly clean bowl and aters or whisk for ating egg whites. any spot of grease or fat (including egg yolk) will prevent the whites from expanding to their full volume., lift the beaters or whisk from the whites and turn them upright to determine if they have formed soft or stiff peaks. soft peaks will gently fall over onto themselves, while stiff, dry peaks will stand straight up., overbeating eggs will cause them to clump and look somewhat chalky, and the cake will not rise as successfully., before baking the cake , gently run a kitchen knife or small rubber spatula through the batter to deflate any large air bubbles., a foam cake is done when the top is golden and the cake springs back when gently pressed with a fingertip.

cake flour, baking powder, salt, unsalted butter, at room temperature, sugar, eggs, pure vanilla extract, grated zest of 1 lemon, milk, apricot preserves--melted, strained and cooled, water, unflavored gelatin