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Meat Loaf

Admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:01:00 GMT

3 lbs. ground beef
2 eggs
1 onion, finely chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons parsley
1/2 cup soaked bread (about 3 slices)
1 clove garlic, finely chopped

Blend ingredients thoroughly. Shape into loaf on a shallow baking pan. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 1 hour.

Stuffed Chicken

Admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:22:41 GMT

Serves 6 to 8:

5 - 7 lbs fowl for cooking
1 lb. chopped lamb
1/2 cup uncooked rice
1 1/2 tablespoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup pine nuts

Prepare fowl for cooking. Combine the rest of the ingredients in the order given and stuff the stomach cavity, neck and between the skin and sew. In a large kettle with boiling water and a teaspoon salt, and chicken and cook gently for abut 2 hours. Take out of water and place in a roasting pan and brown in a 400 degrees oven. The water from the chicken makes excellent stock for soup.

Stuffed Breast of Lamb

Admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:03:29 GMT

Serves 4:

1 Breast of Lamb (1 1/2 to 2 lbs)
1/2/ lb. ground lamb
1/4 cup rice, washed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Skin the breast of lamb, cutting off the fat. Make pockets for stuffing. Combine the ground lamb meat, rice, salt and pepper. Stuff in pockets until 3/4 full. Sew opening. Place in boiling water, cover and cook until meat is tender. Remove from water and place under broiler and brown on both sides.

Cornish Game Hens - Christmas Dinner Recipe

Joe! — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:22:46 GMT

2 Cornish hens, split in half
3 cups rice, cooked
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/4 cup parsley
Oil for frying
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 cup water

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Coat the hens with a mixture of the flour, the salt, and 1 teaspoon of paprika. Fry them in moderately hot oil about 1 inch deep. Turn to brown well. Remove the hens. Drain off all but 2 tablespoons of the drippings. Add the mushrooms and stir in the water as this simmers, after 1 minute, add the hot rice and the parsley. Add the remaining teaspoon of paprika and toss the rice mixture slightly. Put the rice mixture in a baking dish and place the hens on top. Heat in the oven for 10 minutes.