My mother learned this recipe from her Dad (Nick Flora) - and it makes a wonderful dessert, and very sinful French Toast for breakfast... It's your basic pound cake except that the pound of fat is half butter and half sour cream. Ingredients  1 cup soft butter (do not use margarine)  2 3/4 cups sugar  6 eggs  1/2 tsp salt  3 cups flour  1/4 tsp baking soda  1 cup sour cream  1 tsp flavoring (1/2 almond, 1/2 vanilla)  Instructions  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar t...

These are my two favorite marinades - for grilling steak and/or salmon. Steak Marinade  This is a basic Teriyaki sauce. The oils and wine in it help tenderize the meat. I like to use shoulder cuts; personally I prefer a London broil cut because it is thicker. Ingredients  1 cup soy sauce  1/8 cup vinegar (rice vinegar is preferred)  1/4 cup brown sugar  1 cup white/rice wine  2 tablespoons lemon juice  1/4 cup fresh chopped garlic  1/4 cup peanut/canola oil  1 tablespoon sesame oil  ...

These are the instructions we used to create a Dumpling Party at VYO Camp back in the mid-to-late 1990s. If you want slightly more authentic recipes (although these all taste quite good), check out Five Spice Cafe. Game Plan  Start the water boiling on the stove Blanch the cabbage Prepare the fillings Prepare dipping sauces Set up filling stations Set up the wok Conduct a trial run Make, cook, and eat dumplings Ingredients  1 head of Chinese/Napa cabbage  bunch of scallions  1 pound of gr...

I never thought I would have to post this recipe, but too many of my friends have called at all sorts of odd hours asking for it. Yeah, this is the basic stuff that is used as a dip with Shrimp Cocktail. The big question is whether or not my friends will take advantage of this recipe, or will they still call me at all hours... Ingredients  1 cup Ketchup  1 tablespoon Horse Radish  1 teaspoon Lemon Juice  Instructions  Squirt the ketchup into a bowl. Add a heaping tablespoon of horse radis...

Who knows if Grandma Canning really invented the recipe. She moved here from Ireland when she was just a girl and had this reputation for making "spaghetti" out of rice and ketchup. In any case, she introduced this wonderful appetizer to our family. It is much better than her recipe for spaghetti. Ingredients  1 can of shrimp parts  8oz of whipped cream cheese  1 teaspoon milk  Parsley for color  1 tablespoon of horse radish  Dusting of garlic powder  Scallions for flavoring  Whole Whea...

My grandfather (Nick Flora) baked pies and egg bread. He also made pasta by hand - meaning he mixed the dough, rolled it out on the dining room table, sliced it with a paring knife, and let it air dry before turning it in dinner. As kids, we were told it was spaghetti, but as an adult, I think it was really fettuccini. He share this recipe for his favorite bread with me verbally on April 1, 1995. Ingredients 5 eggs (4 in bread, 1 on top) 6 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup melted butter 2 Ta...