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 Christmas Recipes fromMaureen's Kitchen Sweedish Meatballs 2lbs. ground beef 2 packages Sweedish meatball mix (Tempo Brand used in this recipe) 2 cans of Campbell Soup Brand Cheddar Cheese Soup (condensed) Empty the contents of both cans of cheddar cheese soup into a crock pot. Fill both empty cans with water and add to the soup and stir. Turn on the crock pot to the "high" setting. Stir occasionally while meatballs are being made. Preheat oven to the temperature on the package. Follow the directions on the sweedish meatball mix package. Tempo packages are designed for a one pound of ground beef per package ratio. Make each package/lb. of ground beef seperately. Make your meatballs and place them in a roasting pan. Makes approximately 38-40 meatballs or more depending on the size you make them. When cooked, remove the meatballs from the roasting pan and add them into the soup. Let simmer in crockpot until ready to serve. Serve on hoagie rolls cut open lengthwise. Great for holiday parties! Simple Deviled Eggs 1 doz eggs Mayonaise Sweet relish Paprika Hard boil the eggs, let cool in the refrigerator. Peel the eggs, then slice each egg lengthwise in half. Remove the yolks and place in mixing bowl. To the yolks add sweet relish and mayonaise to taste and mix together. Fill each half of the eggs with the yolk mixture. Sprinkle lightly with paprika then place the eggs on a serving dish. Keep them refrigerated until ready to serve. Enjoy! Pork Pie (Tourtiere) A Traditional French Canadian Christmas Favorite Pie Crust Mix 1 1/2 lbs Ground Pork (for each pie) ground Cinnamon ground Cloves Salt You can make your pie crusts from scratch, or use a pie crust mix or a ready made pie crust. You will need a top and bottom crust for each pie. Place the ground pork in a pot, cover with water and boil until cooked. Add salt, ground cinnamon and ground cloves to taste,(easy does it). Stir frequently to break up the pork into a relatively small grainy texture. When fully cooked, drain liquid from the meat in a colander. Reserve a small amount of the liquid for the pie. Place bottom crust in your pie pan then add all of the cooked pork. Sprinkle or spoon-on a small amount of the reserved liquid to keep the pie moist when cooking or your pie will turn out to be somewhat dry. Place top crust on your pie, and brush the pie with milk to give it a golden color when baking. Place the pie in a 400 degree oven and bake for approximately 30 minutes or until the pie crust turns golden brown. Serve the pie hot as a main dish. Tourtiere is normally served with pickled beets, cucumber pickles and spanish olives for condiments. Note there are many local variations to this recipe. Some like to add diced or mashed potatoes to the meat. Others like to add ground beef to the ground pork in a ratio of 3/4 pork to 1/4 ground beef (this tends to result in a pie which is less fatty.) I have also heard of people who add crumbled burned toast to the meat mixture after the meat is cooked and drained. Some people like to eat the pie along with mustard. Joyeux Noel!
Brainwashed A father is in church with three of his young children, including his five year old daughter. As was customary, he sat in the very front row so that the children could properly witness the service. During this particular service, the minister was performing the baptism of a tiny infant. The little five year old girl was taken by the whole procedure of pouring water over the infant's head. submitted by Jackie Galloway The Plus Sign Little Tommy was doing very poorly in math. His parents had tried everything: tutors, flash cards, special learning centers -- in short, everything they could think of. Finally in a last ditch effort, they took Tommy down and enrolled him in the local Catholic school. After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was amazed. She called him down to dinner and to her shock, the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a word and in no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for sometime, day after day while the mother tried to understand what made all the difference. Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly laid it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. With great trepidation, his mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold back her curiosity. She went to his room and said, "Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?" Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, "No." "Well then," she replied, "was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms? WHAT was it?" Little Tommy looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that guy on the wall nailed to the big plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around." submitted by Jackie. Galloway |
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