82 spot Recipes

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

fiddleheads (washed well and trimmed of brown spots), water, salt (i use kosher), olive oil or 1 tbsp butter, lemon juice, black pepper, salt

lemons, sliced, fresh mint or 1 1/2 cups basil leaves, bottled water or 6 -8 cups tap water, ice cubes, fresh mint or basil sprig

light brown sugar, vegetable oil, egg, egg white, mashed ripe banana, fat-free milk, all-purpose flour (6 oz), honey-crunch wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda, salt

grated peeled fresh horseradish, worcestershire sauce, sriracha chili sauce, grated small lemon , zest of, celery salt, kosher salt, fresh ground pepper, tomato juice, ice, vodka, lime wedge (garnish optional), pickled vegetables (garnish optional) or assorted fresh vegetable (garnish optional)

unsweetened vanilla almond breeze, divided (i used bluediamond unsweetened original almond breeze but listed the vanilla for nutritional accurac), gluten-free quick oats (bob s red mill), whole almonds, chopped, dried blueberries (or fresh depending on the season), banana, mashed (ripe , small brown spots starting to appear)

brown lentils, washed and picked over, rice, onion, sliced, olive oil, allspice, water , to boil lentils, water , to cook rice and lentils, salt and pepper

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

brewed coffee, sweetened instant chocolate drink mix, powdered coffee creamer, kahlua or 1/2 cup tia maria, cream (optional), grated chocolate

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

apples, cored, peeled, sliced, cinnamon, apple pie spice, ground coriander, lemon juice, butter, brown sugar, vanilla, raisins, walnuts, chopped

plain flour, baking powder, mixed spice, shredded vegetable suet, light muscovado sugar, currants, bramley apple, peeled and roughly chopped, lemon , zest of, full-fat milk

chicken drumsticks, olive oil, garlic cloves, crushed, sliced ginger, chili flakes, parsley, chopped, rock salt, chicken stock, asparagus, cuts & tips, french onion soup mix

brown sugar, butter, egg, vanilla, low-fat milk, flour, good-quality jam

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

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