4 old tea room Recipes

uncooked pasta rings or elbow or little shells or ditalini, etc - the smaller the pasta, the better, fresh crab meat (i prefer to use the refrigerated crab - or pick my own crab meat off the legs - over the shelved canned crab...it gives such a great fresh flavor that can tsp be matched by shelved or imitation crab meat), fresh medium shrimp, chopped coarsely, chopped green onions, whites and some of the greens, diced celery (i prefer to peel the outer stalks of the celery first, using a potato peeler - try it sometime...the celery is tender and crispy without all the stringy-ness!), mayonnaise, dried dill weed, two of old bay seasoning, juice of 1 lemon, salt and pepper to your taste (if even needed - taste it first)

vanilla wafer crumbs, butter or margarine, melted, vanilla wafers, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, separated, lemon juice, sugar

lean boneless sirloin (trimmed of fat and gristle) or 2 lbs bottom round steaks, in 1 piece (trimmed of fat and gristle), salt, fresh ground pepper, butter, onion, thinly sliced, flour, mustard powder (or 1 tbsp prepared dijon style mustard), dry white wine, tomato paste (optional), minced onion, mushroom, thinly sliced, dry white wine, sour cream, warmed