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Hi folks, before I start chasing around I hope someone can help me. Cheese cake baking and those cracks that form. I know there is a way to reduce or eliminate them. Standard recipe using a farmer's cheese (made my own from buttermilk and it is excellent). Standard Ukrainian taste with lemon...

My apologies to all, after much concern about what I had written and a restless night I realized that I was the one who was hurting, for something unknown and not named about this time of year. It took some sharing from some kind people to center me. Thank you. No comment necessary.

Hi, Mrs. Doubtfire here, aka David. Two weeks ago my life was settled perhaps into a rut. Today I am living at my daughter's to help with many things including two grandchildren ages 8 and 10. Now, I get breakfast, see the children off on the bus or take them or both, clean, wash clothes, rake...

What happened to turnips? As a kid I would pull them out of the garden and eat them on the spot until I learned that I had better hide in the bushes while I had my snack. Gave mother fits eventhough I assured her that I licked them clean before eating.:smile: True story. Here is a delightful...

Friend in Chicago introduced me to this one and I really like it. Chicago is the origin of Sweet Baby Ray after all. Easy Slow Cook Pork Chops with Sweet Baby Ray BQQ Sauce This is a more or less recipe – amounts depending on taste! Ingredients: 6-8 boneless pork chops and a bit of oil for...

This is a bit offbeat but is there someone out there in this wide world who can talk to me about Ukrainian Welcome Bread, perhaps also known as Friendship or Hospitality Bread. The bread that is part of the customary welcoming with bread and salt. I'm slightly familiar with Ukainian...

Celebrations and festivals of all peoples and religions are a great way to learn new recipes and history. Here is a link to Purim, March 20 – 23 I believe. Enjoy! http://www.chabad.org/holidays/purim/default_cdo/jewish/Purim.htm

My High School class (and me along with them) seem to be getting older - say around 69. One of my class mates sent this little test - interesting. She and I both scored just a bit faster than snales. :ohmy: :ermm: Give it a try and let me know how you do! Here's the link...

Health issues require that I find some good recipes for bananas - all suggestions appreciated! Click here for conformation, Thanks http://www.bentbay.dk/Bananas_htm.htm

Before my daughter left at 3:00am today for her intensive care shift at the hospital she set out some "bottom round steaks" for me to fix for supper, which needs to be about 4:30pm. So I have about six hours to learn how to cook them, marinade and all if that is indicated. :ermm: HELP! I have...

I'm going to do a key lime pie and cheese cake throwdown. Goodweed and SixSix210 put me in mind of it. Winter needs some sunshine! I'm going to use Goodweed's key lime pie recipe and SixSix210's cheese cake recipe plus one other. Goodweed's and SixSix's recipes can be found on the pancake...

I was just checking out one of my favorite stops - goeasteurope.guide@about.com where this link was posted - http://cafechocolada.blogspot.com/2008/02/peaches-breskvice.html Awsome, I'm not a baker but I bake at it and this one will definitely be practiced for a show-off cookie. Check it...

Pancake Throw Down without Bobby Flay. David Cottrell is your humble cook, chief judge and bottle washer. I told Goodweed of the North and CharlieD that I would do a throw down of their pancake recipes, one against the other and provide feedback. Just as I suspected would happen, they are both...

If you like some serious music here is a 5 minute 37 second YouTube of an awesome piano duo playing "Ride of the Cossacks". Take a short break if you can - they are awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x9WwQvwEF8 I also have a small collection of super younger tallent sponsored by Apogee if...

Ok all home cooks, I need a meat grinder - hand crank, not fancy to regrind purchased ground meat and perhaps to grind some from "scratch". A lady of Ukrainian heritage told me that she can't make the "creamy" peroshies her mother made and the same old thing, mother is sadly gone, etc...

For my next upcoming trip to daughter's to watch the grandkids. I'll be there three or four days and need menu suggestions.:ermm: One night I'm going with Roxy's Taco Pie - what goes with? One night I'm going with cabbage rolls - same question. Please make it basic because I don't have hours...

My clock says that it's turning January 7 in about twenty minutes. With that I would like to wish all the Orthodox Christians a very Blessed Christmas.

I've been a way for a few days fighting the flu - first with my granddaughter and then me, but I'm back and worrying about posting this but I must. It's about food when all of it was stolen by the communist thugs from the farmers in Ukraine. This is the 75th anniversary of the Artifical Fammine...

Today I was searching YouTube for things to add as links in Books by Volunteers who serve Ukraine Orphans - you know things about Ukraine. I folund this clip about some university students in Ukraine doing some cooking. I about split my sides laughing. Have a look. Ukrainian students are...

Hope you check this one out - for everyone who likes to travel the world in their kitchen! A Taste of Lithuanian Cooking, A Collection of Recipes by Raimonda Braddock, a delightful Lithuanian-American I met at the November 2007 International Festival in Columbus Ohio. She shares her story in...

Most Excellent Norwegian Salmon Soup (Laksesuppe) Recipe is from a first generation Norwegian-American, found at the International Festival in Columbus, Ohio, November 3 & 4, 2007. I had a cup both days; with a piece of dark bread naturally. Easy and good. Enjoy, David C 1-1/2 cups of cubed...

A good friend and former classmate sent this to me. I haven't made it yet but she hasn't let me down yet!:chef: Thought you might like to try this recipe for Tgiving. It's easy and good. Pumpkin Crisp Prepare the following mixture and pour into the bottom of a 13 X 9 pan that's lined with...

Dutch ovens I know from nothing - but to try some of the most excellent ideas here I need one. Help me, I don't even know the right questions - something for top of stove and oven? How to select for decent quality - don't want to invest a gazillion dollars. Is cast iron a good bet? Hope to have...

Is there such a thing as vegetarian pepperoni that would hold up in a soup? I read a recipe the other day of borsch (beet soup) made vegeterian style but using a vegetarian pepperoni. I though it might be worth including in the little collection I have in Books by Volunteers who serve Ukraine...

Hi Y'all, I just found and tried a most excellent Ukrainian Honey Cake with my eight year old grandson Chef Talon. He was very proud of the results. Question, I have heard of a Ukrainian Honey Cake, or Torte really that uses a sour cream filling. Anyone know of such a filling? Please let me...