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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Red Velvet Cake 4th of July and America

Well hello to all my foodie friends out there in web land I hope all is going well for you all .  If you live in the USA I say Happy Fourth of July.  This holiday is special to me because it reminds me of our freedoms that we still have in this country.  My mom and dad both fought in WW11 behind enemy lines I know for a fact my mom was in Germany.  She got injured and was sent home right before the war ended. She was in the Wac at age 16, her dad signed her up.  I have never known a women stronger in my life and that fought so hard for our rights even after I was grown.  She raised six kids and lived with a man that believed men were superior to women and that we were the weaker sex.  The only thing weaker on me is my strength! However in sports I saw Billy Jean King kick butt with her tennis skills.  Even before our dad died in 1979 she lived in Tulsa and instead of sitting around eatting bon bons she fought for the rights of women vets and was picked by the Governors of Okahoma and when she moved to SC to be the liaison for women veterans.  She fight for any vet who had a problem with the VA trying to take a benefit away from them when she knew what their rights were.  Boy if she believed in something she wouldn't let anything get in her way.  When I lived in WV she'd fly in and off we'd go to DC and meet with the congressmen and senators to discuss what she thought should be done.  I was with her when she went to DC and we met with a women general to discuss the Women's Momorial I saw the plans before it became a reality.  Talk about the greatest generation.  She was one of them and then I think about my generation and how we are not fighting for our rights and our grand childrens rights.  My mom believed in this country, she believed in its people, all of them.  She said its hard to make change but change can be made if you fight hard enough for it.  She'd say always to me, you pay attention to what our government is doing or what other foreign goverments are doing.  You need to write your representives and tell them what is what or one day this country will be taken over without firing a shot.  Are we close to that point now?  Some people would agree with me and some wouldn't.  I still believe in this country with all our problems.  I believe, what a wonderful word which means To regard (something) as true or real, to have an opinion, which we still may express to a degree am just wondering do we still have the right to believe?.  Are we affraid to really say what we believe or write it down.  Freedom is another word which means: The condition of being politically free.  Freedom is what our forefathers fought for.  We are still the greatest nation on this earth if we were't then why do we still have people running to our shores and wanting to be an American in the greatest country on earth.  I just want to say a great big thank you to all who have fought and died for me and my country and which I am happy to call myself an AMERICAN.   I want to say a special Thank you to my mother, Jeanne Varney Newby for everything she did for this counrty and her fellow Americans.  Happy trails to you until we meet again. https://www.facebook.com/CookingwithMadjon

Red Velvet Cake

2 1/2 cups all purpose Flour, sifted
1 3/4 cups Sugar
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
1 1/2 cups Oil
1 cup Buttermilk, at room temperature
2 large eggs, beaten
2 tbsp Red Food Coloring or reduced Beet Juice
1 tsp. Vinegar
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 tsp Almond extract

Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, salt, and cocoa.  Then add oil, buttermilk and blend well.  The add the beaten eggs.  Ad food coloring and blend well.  Add your vinegar and extracts.  Pe- heat your oven to 350 degrees and grease 3 cake pans and bake for about 30 minutes or until done.  Remove from oven and let rest for about 10 minutes then place on a wire rack to cool.  Icing time.

Cream Cheese Icing:

1 Cup Butter softened
1 pound Cream Cheese softened
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Almond Extract
5 Cups Confectionary Sugar, sifted

Cream your butter an cream cheese until light and creamy.  Add your extracts.  Slowly beat in your sifted sugar and beat until creamy an smooth.  Ice cake when completely cool.  Bona Y'all.



Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Salad Greens With Cranberry and Orange Slices & Lemon Salad Dressing

Well hello to all my foodie friends out there in Web Land I hope your summer is working out for you.  Well I've been busy with Catering and I had a fund raiser last Friday at the Wilcox and our theme was Hunger Games and I made dishes with alot of berries and wild game like Bacon wrapped Quail with a Blueberry Sauce and Feta Cheese on top.  Then with that i made some Creamed Parsnips with Leeks.  A Cranberry Walnut Zucchini Breakfast Bread and some Strawberry Oatmeal Cookies.  Everyone loved the foods I had selected.  They didn't want to try the Parsnips but after a couple of them ate them then everyone was talking about how good they were and they just had to try them.  Then I filmed with the Women Of Wood side and had a blast.  They made some Rosemary Baked Salmon, Carrots and Grapes, Lemon Rice, Oyster Stew, Herb Beer Bread, and Baked Alaska.  Did you know that the Baked Alaska recipe came from like the 1887 and a chef made it up because of the USA buying Alaska from Russia. I worked with Rita, Gail and our host was Suzanne.  Nice ladies and their group does fund raisers around the Aiken area and they also have about five cook books that they have made over the last five years.  There are some good recipes in those books.  Sorry you can't buy the books as yet but they are thinking about selling them for charity.  Any who a good time was had by all.  Today am going to give you one of the Salads I did on my TV show "Cooking With MadJon and Friends."  I'd like for yo to go and like my fan page on FB https://www.facebook.com/CookingwithMadjon and also go view some of the TV shows at http://www.aikenstandard.com/ ASTV 95.

Cranberry Orange Salad With Lemon Dressing

Dressing:

1/2 Cup Lemon Juice
1/2 Cup Oil
1 tsp Seasoned Salt
1 tsp Onion Powder
2 TBSP Sugar

Mix all ingredient's till well blended.

5 Cups Salad Greens
1 Orange Slices, peeled
1/2 Cup Dried Cranberry's
1/2 Cup Walnuts, chopped

Place all ingredients into a large bowl and pour salad dressing over the salad right before serving.  Serves eight.

Well I hope you give this recipe a try and email with any questions or recipes that you would like to share at madjon51@aol.com.  Happy trails to you and yours and please enjoy the summer.  MadJon.