Cooking Stories

I've had this recipe for a while now and am looking forward to trying it out once I get a crop of cinnamon basil growing (after the frost is gone).

Here we go.
1 1/2 cups cinnamon basil leaves
2 1/4 cups cold water
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 1/2 cups sugar
One 3-ounce pouch liquid pectin.

Finely chop the basil and place in a saucepan with 2 1/4 cups cold water. Bring to full boil, cover, remove from the heat and allow the mixture to steep for 15 minutes. Pour the mixture into a jelly bag or fine strainer and let it drip. There should be about 1 3/4 cups of basil "tea."
Put the basil tea into a large saucepan along with the lemon juice and sugar. Cook the mixture over high heat, stirring constantly until the mixture comes to a full rolling boil (a boil that can't be stirred down). Boil for 1 minute, the remove from the heat. Stir in the pectin and ladle the liquid jelly into the sterilized half-pint jars. Wipe the rims of the jars clean and seal with proper lids. Turn the jars upside down for 30 minutes to seal the lids, the turn them right side up and allow the jelly to set and cool.

Its already pretty well known that I'm a massive fan of basil and cinnamon basil is among my most favorite types. It has a complex and fascinating aroma and a lovely, unique flavor in the mouth. I would imagine cinnamon basil jelly is absolutely fantastic. With some luck, I won't have to imagine forever. But ain't no basil growing now until the frost goes away! I'll get my crop going in a couple of months.

I just whipped up an easy and freakin' delicious breakfast. So good that I wanted to share it.

Eggs
Carnitas
Cheese
Salsa
Salt and pepper to taste.

Scramble up the eggs, add the carnitas when the eggs start to firm up, add a little shredded cheese."

This is actually decently healthy and tastes excellent so long as you get them fresh from the oven.

zucchini sticks, as many as you want to eat
flour, enough to dredge the sticks through
2 eggs
milk
bread crumbs, herbed or not
parmesan cheese

Preheat the oven to 350 and grease or spray a sheet pan large enough to hold all the sticks without touching
Mix the bread crumbs and cheese together and then mix the eggs and milk together seperately
Line up some shallow bowls and put the flour in the first, the eggs in the middle and the bread crumb and cheese mixture last
Process a handful at a time, making sure to cover each stick completely in flour before a quick dip through the egg and milk mixture and then into the bread crumbs
Arrange the completed sticks on the sheet pan and bake for 20-24 minutes

Serve with whatever dip you like, we used some ranch dressing that was good. These come out of the over with a crust on them that is really pretty good but they do not stay good for all that long. In an hour, they'll be nasty.

I think they can if they look and function like the Eva Solo timer. Simple is elegant is practical is useful.

Just was alerted to Wikipes which is Wiki for recipes, a community site to gather recipes together.

A great concept and should get some legs very, very quickly!

Here is a very good visual recipe for Creme Brulee (a personal favorite desert of mine), Creme Brulee for Engineers.

Tried this new Apple Pancakes Recipe this morning and liked it enough to pass along.

Easy and quite good, I'd recommend using Granny Smith or Golden Delicious apples as they hold up pretty well during the cooking process.