2834 the rock punch 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

coro (approx. 2 qrt ) water, handful (approx. 3oz) dried goat meat , pounded on a rock, handful (approx. 5oz) dried tomatoes, handful (approx. 5oz) dried okra , pounded on a rock, teacup (approx . 5 fl oz) vegetable oil, spoonful (approx .1 tsp) salt

white grape juice (any brand ), ginger ale (i use canada dry diet , you can tsp tell it s diet), raspberries (optional), blackberry (optional), strawberry, cut in half with the green stem still attached (optional), blueberries (optional)

fat-free half-and-half, vanilla yogurt, passion fruit frozen tropical punch concentrate (i use welch s), frozen sliced strawberries in syrup, thawed, almond extract, strawberry slices, orange slice, if desired

garbanzo beans, plain yogurt, grated fresh ginger, chili powder, ground cumin, ground coriander seed, rock salt, ground black pepper, salt to taste, potato - peeled, boiled and mashed, wheat crackers, green chutney, sweet and sour chutney, red onion, minced, chopped fresh cilantro, crushed potato chips

cocktail sauce, ketchup, tangerines, juiced, grains of paradise, minced or pureed ginger, lemon, juiced, ground coriander, rogue spruce gin, shrimp cocktails, drained, cooked shrimp (rock shrimp or bay shrimp), cucumbers, seeded and cut into small dice, green onions, chopped

whole main lobster or 2 rock lobster tails, thawed, whole dungeness crab or 2 red rock crabs, avocados, sour cream, mayo, grey poupon mustard, coarse ground, cucumber, peeled, seeded and finely diced, handful of fresh chopped chives, a few sprigs of freshly chopped dill - to taste, lemon juiced, a few twists of coarsely ground black pepper

unsalted butter, divided, chopped flat-leaf parsley, chopped green onions, fennel bulb, chopped, chopped fresh chervil or tarragon, chopped celery leaves, watercress or baby spinach leaves, fine dry breadcrumbs, anise-flavored liqueur, salt, pepper, hot sauce, rock salt, dozen fresh oysters on the half shell, rock salt, garnish: lemon wedges

splenda-sweetened red fruit punch, chilled (hawaiian punch or hi-cup is great!), frozen lemonade concentrate, slightly thawed, white grape juice, lemon, sliced

frozen lemonade, frozen lemonade, frozen limeade concentrate, rum, sugar, water

peppermint candies (see description), orange juice, triple sec, vodka, amaretto (see recipe description for alternatives), southern comfort, gin, grenadine

juicy juice punch (any flavor juicy juice works), diet lemon-lime soda, water

brown sugar , packed, butter or 1/4 cup margarine, grated orange rind, grated lemon rind, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, apple cider, apple brandy (or more, if you prefer !), cinnamon stick

frozen orange juice concentrate, sodapop 7-up, white grape juice, pineapple juice, oranges (to garnish )

angel food cake mix, kool-aid, mix (tropical punch, pink lemonade, black cherry or your favorite flavor unsweetened soft drink mix), powdered sugar, water, grenadine or 1 tbsp maraschino cherry juice or 1/4 tsp kool-aid unsweetened flavored drink mix, white baking chocolate curls (to garnish )

baking potatoes , like russets, from idaho, peeled, sliced, into 12 pieces about 1/2-inch thick, punched out with round cookie cutter, smallish purple baking potatoes from idaho, peeled, sliced, into 12 pieces about 1/2-inch thick , punched out with oval cookie cutter, tiny red new potatoes from idaho, left whole, olive oil, for light coating, extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, capers, picked thyme leaves, garlic, crushed, salt and freshly cracked black pepper, vine-ripened yellow tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, fresh garlic, salt, red pear tomatoes, halved, yellow grape tomatoes, halved, mixed red and yellow currant tomatoes or small cherry tomatoes, basil chiffonade, soft fresh goat cheese, basil oil*, for garnish, basil sprigs, for garnish

cookies (polish bows) - chruscik, egg yolks, tb sour cream, tb rum, ts vanilla, confectioners sugar, flour (sifted), ts baking powder, ts salt, tb sugar, oil for deep frying, beat the egg yolks with the sugar until well combined. add sour cream, rum and vanilla and mix until smooth. sift the flour, baking powder and salt and add it to egg yolk mixture, a little at a time. on a heavily floured surface knead the dough vigorously, punching and squeezing as much flour into it as it will take until the dough is no longer sticky (1/2 hour). separate dough into several portions and roll very thin. turn the dough and loosen often when rolling. the dough should look like parchment paper that you can see through. cut dough into strips approx. 1 1/2 inches wide, 4 inches long. make slit closer to 1 end and bring the longer end through the slit. heat oil to 375 degrees and fry quickly (only a few seconds) until golden not brown. turn only once. drain on paper towels. dust with confectioners sugar. makes 8 dozen.