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Mac and cheese final

      Heres how to cook baked macarini and cheese.

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
6 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
dash ground cayenne pepper
2 cups milk
8 ounces shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
6 eggs, separated

What to do.

Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain and set aside. Melt butter over medium heat in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Blend in flour, salt and peppers; stir well.Gradually add milk, stirring constantly. Continue cooking and stirring until thickened; remove from heat and add cheese, stirring until cheese is melted. Beat egg yolks until light; quickly stir into cheese sauce. Mix macaroni with cheese sauce. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff; fold into macaroni mixture. Transfer mixture to a large (3-quart) casserole. Bake at 475° for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 400° and bake 25 minutes longer.

What to eat it with.

Fried Chicken

Ingredients:

flour
pepper
salt
Accent®
dried Onions
dried Red Chilli Peppers
chicken Pieces (not frozen)
large bowl
large eggs
frying oil (vegetable or corn oil is fine, however some like lard)

What to do

Fill your frying pan with about 40% oil and heat to a high temperature.
Take chicken and wash thoroughly in a large bowl.
Take your pepper, Accent®, salt, dried onions and season your chicken.
Add Red peppers liberally.
Now add eggs to mixture. Usually 1 egg for every 6 pieces of chicken.
Use your hands to make sure the eggs cover every part of the chicken pieces. (If it looks like your seasoning is not completely covering your chicken, re-season, but go light on the salt.)
Next cover the chicken pieces with flour.
When the oil is very hot, put the chicken in and let fry for about 7 - 10 minutes on each side, depending on the amount of chicken in the skillet and the size of the skillet.

My Family's Dakota Bread

    1 pinch of active dry yeast

    1/2 a cup of warm water

    2 tablespoons of sunflower oil

    1 egg

    1/2 cup of cottage cheese

    1/4 of a cup of honey

    1 teaspoon of salt

    2-3 cups of bread flour

    1/2 cup of whole wheat flour 

    1/4 of a cup of wheat germ

    1/4 of a cup of rye flour

    1/4 of a cup of rolled/flattened oats

    1 egg white

    This is the recipe of the delicious Dakota Bread. It is a family favorite and we all savor it when my mother bakes it in the oven. This bread comes from the area of North and South Dakota as the name tells. When immigration started, all the Czechoslovakians, Norwegians, and Scandinavian people came to the Dakotas. They came there because  they were originally farmers and South and North Dakota had very fertile land. It was the perfect farming land. So, when these different people came, they started marrying each other. They then mixed cultures and mixed foods. My mom and dad both grew up and met in South Dakota. This recipe comes from my mom's side because she is 1/2 Czechoslovakian 1/4 German and 1/4 Norwegian.

Cultureal Food story and recipe final

   The food I’m bringing in is called angenets. Basically they are knots of dough. Here's how you make them: 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of sugar, 6 eggs, 1 tsp of vanilla, 4 to 5 cups of baking powder. It is cook at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. After they cool it is optional to make a glaze, here is how to make it: milk and confectioners sugar. You can add sprinkles to it if you want.

   Now for the story... The cookies have been in my family since my great grandma made them when she was a bout 20 (she's 93 now). First it was my great grandma, the my grandma, now it's my mom. The recipe has changed a little bit due to the advances in technology but other then a few minor changes the recipe is the same. 98% of my family likes them except for the 2% that is my 2 younger cousins.

   My personal favorite is my great grandma's 7 layer bars but that is another cookies for another time. My uncle’s store sells about 100-200 cookies a month so if you like cookies you can always expect some at the store. Any way cookies are a great thing to do with a family member so if you like to bake ask any one to help you out and make these or what ever else you like to make. Cookies can also be a great gift so if your stuck with out enough time or money make a batch of cookies so no one feels left out.

Food Festival Final

   This Friday Huguenot will be having a cultural food festival. That means that a lot of kids will be bringing in foods from their cultures. So since I'm Puerto Rican I will be bringing in Rice and Beans. I will be making the Rice and Beans with my Grandma. My grandma has been making all types of foods and deserts since she was 5 years old. I've been cooking with my grandma since I was 5 years old too.

 

    This food has been in my family since my mom was born which was 39 years ago. That is how long my grandma has been cooking Rice and Beans. But Rice and Beans have been around before my granda. My Great Grandma Gloria has been cooking since before my grandma was born which was 63 years ago. And long before that. Rice and Beans have been in my family for so long it just keeps going. This is the recipe my grandma and I will be using to make our Rice and Beans. My family has been using this recipe for such along time but I think my grandma makes it the best. When my whole family is done eating they all say these are the best Rice and Beans I've ever had. I'm also Italian but no one in my family can cook Italian food. My grandma on my dad's side used to cook but she moved to Florida. So that is why I chose to make a food from my Puerto Rican side of my cultures.

2 c. long grain white rice
1 cans Goya brand pink beans
1 tbsp. Goya brand So Frito
1 tsp. Goya brand seasoning
1 whole onion
1 sm. piece ham (2 oz.)
4 c. water
1 sm. can tomato paste
1 tbsp. Crisco shortening

Chocolate

  Chocolate  a food fit for a god..... The Mayans did actually think of it to be a food from the gods. They used it in drinks, sacrifice, and money. Today many people still crave this amazing blend of sugar and a little part of nature. Though as time has progressed people have made changes to it...... Adding peanut butter, caramel and other extras. This has destroyed in many ways the once pure delicacy of the past into a mix of different tastes. Although it has brought together many cultures to love and crave it's flavors of wonder and awe. So in a way chocolate is creating a sticky bond among the nations.