Miscellaneous:

Brandied Fruit:

Never let the contents of the jar get below 1½ cups.
Every 2 weeks you may add 1 cup of sugar and I can of canned fruit in this order:
1 can sliced (halved) Maraschino cherries (place a little liquid in now and then) 1 can sliced pineapple Tidbits drained, 1 can sliced peaches (use #2 cans)
Original recipe.. (Starter)
Store in warm place 4 weeks before using 1 cup each of each fruit:  Maraschino cherries, pineapple tidbits, sliced peaches, 3 cups of sugar, 1 cup of apricot  Brandy.
Wonderful on vanilla ice cream!

Desert Rose- Tucson AZ

Emeril's Essence Creole Seasoning:

2 1/2 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried thyme
Combine all ingredients thoroughly. 
Yield: 2/3 cup
Sprinkle on Chicken, Steaks, chops, roasts....it really "kicks things up a notch"!
This is not a family recipe, this is from my favorite TV Chef, Emeril Lagasse.

Tinker PA

Scalloped Pineapple: (To accompany meats - not a dessert)

1 cup sugar 
l stick butter or margarine, soft 
l/2 cup milk
2 eggs
5 slices white bread, cubed 
1 -  20 oz can crushed pineapple or pineapple tidbits  (do not drain)
Cream sugar and butter; add remaining ingredients. 
Bake in 8 x 8 dish at 350°F for one hour, uncovered.
Great to take to a potluck if you double the recipe.

FinnBiscuit

Microwave Applesauce:

Peel, core and quarter tart apples, like Macintosh.  Put in large, microwave safe container and zap on high until you can mush them up with an old fashioned potato masher.  This may take 5 to 10 minutes on high setting.  Add sugar or sweetener to taste while hot.  Chill thoroughly before serving.

Lizzy-OH

Banana Pineapple Muffins:

Cream together...1/2 cup margarine, 3/4 cup white sugar and 1 egg.  Add 1 tsp. vanilla. 
1 cup mashed bananas, 1/2 cup drained pineapple bits, combine and add to above mixture.
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt, combine and add to above.
Grease and flour muffin tin.  Fill cups about 1/2 full.  Bake for 25 min. in 375° oven, or until golden brown. 
Makes 18.

IssyAB-Canada

Kevin's Boston Brown Bread: 

This is a super fast, easy brown bread.  It looks involved because I chatter.  Read it through and you'll see what I mean.

You need a good-sized mixing bowl.  I make a double recipe.   This is better if taken from the baking container and wrapped while still warm in aluminum foil and allowed to ripen for at least one day.

Set oven to 350 ° and prepare 1 lb. coffee cans and/or soup cans, which have been greased with your favorite product.  Oil isn't good, as the baked product doesn't slide out as well as it would if you use butter or Crisco or some solid vegetable shortening.

Next Step:

1 cup boiling water which you now pour over.....
1 ¼ cups diced dates or dried fruit if you prefer, though the color brown comes from the browned melted butter and dark dried fruit.
1 cup chopped pecans
2 Tbsp's. melted butter
1 ¼ tsp. baking soda

While the above is soaking in the boiling water for a few minutes prepare....
2 cups flour, sifted
1 tsp. pure vanilla
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten

Add the second group of ingredients to the boiled water mixture and mix.  I use a wire whisk, it goes as fast as a mixer and less clean up.   Be sure not to fill the cans more than  2/3, as it rises nicely.   Bake for 45 mins.  It depends on the size container and how much mixture is in the baking mold, but testing after 45 mins will tell the tale.

DonnaMO
 
 

FinnBiscuit's Beep-tail Meatballs:
(  In more sophisticated crowds they are called Cocktail Meatballs )

2 lbs. ground round 
1/3 cup dried parsley flakes 
2 Tbsp. soy sauce 
1/2 t garlic powder 
2 Tbsp. instant minced onion
1 cup corn flake crumbs
2 eggs slightly beaten
1/4 tsp.  pepper
1/3 cup ketchup

Mix all ingredients well and form into tiny meatballs quarter sized (or smaller if desired). 
Place in single layer in 9 x 13 baking pan.

In a sauce pan, blend the following ingredients:

1 - 16 oz. can of jellied cranberry sauce 
1 - 12 oz bottle chili sauce
2 Tbsp.  brown sugar - packed
1  Tbsp.  lemon juice

Cook over medium heat, stirring until cranberry sauce is melted and blended with other ingredients.  Pour over the meatballs and bake in 350° F. Oven for 30 minutes.  To serve, place on heated platter and insert toothpicks if using as hors 'doeuvres.

Note:  You should get about 60 meatballs, depending on the size you make them.

Finn Biscuit