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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Pumpkin Layer Cheesecake - Kim Spera Bamburak


Pumpkin Layer Cheesecake


Prep:10 minutes. Bake 40 minutes

  • 2 pkg. (8oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • Dash EACH gound cloves and nutmeg
  • 1 ready-to-use graham cracker crust (6 oz. or 9 inch)

MIX cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; mix until blended.

STIR pumpkin and spices into 1 cup of the batter; pour remaining plain batter into crust. Top with pumpkin batter.

BAKE at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until center is almost set.

Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Makes 8 servings.

Pumpkin Dip - Kim Spera Bamburak


Pumpkin Dip


  • 2 cups confectionery sugar 
  • 1 can (15 or 16 oz) pumpkin
  • 1 pkg (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened 
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger or pumpkin pie spice




Mix ingredients together till smooth. Use one small pumpkin, cut off the top and clean out.

Use markers to decorate pumpkin. Pour dip into pumpkin and serve with ginger snap cookies

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Jellied Pigs Feet - Ernestine Pioshonka

From: Bless This Food
Sunday School Mothers'Guild
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Perth Amboy, N. J.
1977


Jellied Pigs Feet
Ernestine Pioshonka

2 pigs feet
2 pigs knuckles
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 small onion
1 Tbsp. mixed spices
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. vinegar

     Have pigs feet cracked. Wash them in salted water; put in large pot. Cover with cold water.
Bring to a boil for 5 minutes. Take all scum off. Add all ingredients. Simmer about 3 to 4 hours,
until tender.  When meat is tender, strain the broth to a large bowl.  Take meat off the bones
and add to the broth.  Cool overnight.  Before serving, remove the lard from the top. 
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Hobo Breakfast from Bill Szemcsak, Sr. - Submitted by Barbara Davis


This was just one of the great meals Dad used to make and to this day I love it and so does anyone I make it for.


Another great camping memory.  Thanks and much love Dad...


The following can be divided in half to serve less people.  
Aprox. Serving to 4-6 people
  • 1 lb. bacon
  • 12 eggs
  • 1 lg. onion
  • 4-5 potatoes
  • Butter
  • Ketchup and/or hot sauce(optional)



Dice bacon and cook to just before crispy.  
Remove from pan and add thinly sliced potatoes to the bacon fat, when the potatoes start to soften add the diced onions, cook together till potatoes and onions (not burnt) are soft.
Remove and place on paper towels with the cooked bacon for a few minutes (just to get some of the bacon fat out).  
Wipe out frying pan leaving a thin layer of the bacon fat, re-add the bacon, potatoes and onions and warm.
Scramble eggs, get the frying pan hot and add the scrambled eggs to the pan with the bacon, potatoes and onions.  Add salt and or pepper if desired.
Cook on medium heat till eggs are done.  
Place on plates, add ketchup or hot sauce. 



Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Buffalo Chicken Wing Soup - Diana Lynn Fasano


  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 3 stalks celery (or 1 cup) chopped
  • 2 to 3 cup cooked shredded chicken
  • 1-1/4 cups chicken broth
  • 2-1/2 cups 2 percent low-fat milk
  • 6 ounces Velveeta cheese, cubed
  • 1/4 cup Buffalo wing sauce

Make a roux with the flour and butter. In a bowl, melt the butter on high for 45 seconds. Whisk in flour and set aside.
Chop the onion, celery and carrots and place into Crock-Pot with the cooked chicken. Pour in chicken broth, milk and Velveeta cheese cubes, Sir in the flour and butter mixture, then add hot sauce. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Stuffing - by Barbara (Szemcsak) Davis



 I use a
  • sunflower raisin bread (about a loaf),
  • add 4 eggs, 
  • chop or dice the cook liver from the turkey (or chicken),
  • 1 lg. onion diced and sautee, 
  • 6-8 celery sticks diced, 
  • poultry seasoning,



Mix all together. I don't stuff the turkey anymore but bake the raw stuffing in a corning ware pan. I spread butter (you could use Pam spray)on the sides and bottom of the pan and bake till done. Sometimes I also add real cranberries to the stuffing mix as well.