Cooking With Madjon: Deviled Eggs Happy Easter Peter Cotton Tail

Cooking With Madjon: Deviled Eggs Happy Easter Peter Cotton Tail: Well, hello again to all my foodie friends out there in Web Land.  It's that time of year again to talk about Deviled Eggs, the wonderfu...

Deviled Eggs Happy Easter Peter Cotton Tail

Well, hello again to all my foodie friends out there in Web Land.  It's that time of year again to talk about Deviled Eggs, the wonderful holiday of Easter,  and new season called Springtime.  We all know why we celebrate the Easter Holiday as Christan's with the resurrection of Christ, the forgiveness of our sins, with his raising from the dead after three days.  The life everlasting.  However Easter in Roman times B. C. was celebrated for Eastre, "the goddess of springtime." So they would hold festivals to celebrate the revival of plants and the changing to warmer weather.  The Romans also dyed eggs and decorated them as part of the celebration of springtime.  They believed the Easter Bunny or "Easter Hare" would lay eggs in the grass and so they would have Egg Hunts.  The Romans believed that "all life comes from an egg"  Christan's believe " eggs to be "the seed of life"  Now does anyone remember the Peter Cottontail song written in 1950 by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins.  It was sang by Gene Autry.  I love that song and it remains one of the top Easter Songs to this day.  You can find it on the net, LOL, you can find anything on the net!  I remember as a child on Easter Holiday as one of the days we attended church.  My mom would make our dresses and we'd have new shoes, gloves and a Easter Bonnet.  I love dressing up and she always made her Deviled Eggs with Ham, Potatoes Salad, and Banana Pudding.  Foods at holiday times always bring back memories for me good and bad ones.  Any who Deviled Eggs have been around for centuries and are made with so many different recipes.  I like them with Bacon, horseradish sometimes.  What I love about eggs is you can boil them, poach them, fry them, and salad them.  Now this brings us to our Deviled Eggs recipes, one of many.  Hope you give this a try.  Older eggs work better. Happy Easter, Y'all.

Deviled Eggs

1 Dozen Eggs Boiled, cut in half and yolks remained
Mayo, 2/3 to 3/4 cups
Dijon Mustard, 1 TBSP
Sweet Pickle Relish,  2 Tbsp
Salt and Pepper to taste
Onion Powder,  1 tsp.

Take the egg yolks and mix them with the mayo, mustard, relish, onion powder and salt with pepper.  Fill the half shell egg whites with the filling.  Serve chilled.

Thanks for joining me for this Easter trip.  Please watch my videos on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FgfUV_HXJIE
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St Paddy's Day Irish Beer Beef or Lamb Stew Wedding Expro

Happy St Paddy's Day to all my friends out there in Web Land and hope your St Paddy's Day is great next Sunday.  Today is a beautiful day outside I went to the flea market and bought two Olive Trees to plant and some Vegetables for dinner tonight and ordered a  dish so I can make a Spanish dish here at home with fish fish, shrimp and mussels.  Yum Yum we made it on the show last week and I'd like to have the dish to bake it in.  Tonight am making a Pork Loin's over Spanish Rice with some White Beans and sweet bread.  Yum Yum, I smell it all cooking in the kitchen, a smell that my house has to learn to live with.  I've had a busy weekend with going to the Wedding Ex pro in Aiken for a few hours and talking with the vendors and of coarse me tasting all the Delicious foods that the caterers had to serve for weddings.  Let me tell you the foods are worth buying the tickets not to mention you get to see what the brides are going to be wearing for the season.  I had so much fun eating and tasting and meeting new people in the business world around here.  I don't get out much to see the business's other then food related.  I also learned more about what they call Wedding Boot Camp's, scary! They told me at boot camp one of the things they do is to make sure that the bride fits into her wedding dress, I think I'd buy it a little bigger and close to the wedding date have it altered and that part was interesting.  They had everything you could think of to help you with your wedding all under one roof.  Any who I read in the paper today that Post-50 divorces redefine golden years.  So I hope that this trend does not keep going up for us older couples.  So i do hope the younger couples have the luck of the Irish with them when they walk down the isle.  My father was still saying to me as we were walking down the isle are you sure you want to go though with this, we could just have a great big party!  He was a real mess however we have been married for 43 years and it hasn't always been a bed of roses and it will still take work to stay together.  I've changed and his changed and we are still learning about each other.  Its a give and a take.  I asked a lady not to long ago what does it take to be married as long as you and she said, you have to give ninety-nine percent.  Well I'll say, the only big thing my hubby and I seem to have a real problem on is money, he never likes to let me have my say so on that.  Am still fighting it!.  Oh and he forgets about gifts!  Read the Book, Men are from Mars and women are from Venus.  It's so true!  Women think this is how you fix this problem and a man will have a totally different way to fix the problem. Any who, I wish each and every married couple the best of luck in this life and the only thing that is truly important is to love and be loved and know that you are loved.  Here is some good luck Irish Stew for you. Happy trails to you until we meet again.  Go like my fan page on face book, Cooking With MadJona nd Friends, watch the www.aikenstandard ASTV 95.

Beer Irish Stew Beef or Lamb

Beef Stew Meat                                    3 to 5 pounds

Oil                                                                   enough to sear the stew meat Flour                                                                ¾ cup, dust the meat with the flour Onion                                                                1 large onion, diced Garlic                                                                9 cloves, minced Beef Broth                                                         6 cups Dark Beer                                                         1 Irish Beer, your choice Salt and Pepper                                                 to taste Bay Leaves                                                        3 each Beef Bouillons  Cube                                          3 each Onion and Garlic Powder                                   2 tsp each Thyme                                                                dried, 2 tsp Rosemary                                                           dried 2 tsp Parsley                                                               dried 1 TBSP Worcestershire Sauce                                        1 TBSP Tomatoes Paste                                                   ½ of a small can Potatoes                                                              4 each, peeled and diced Carrots Hearts                                                    1 ½ cups Peas                                                                   Green peas frozen 1 ½ cups Bacon                                                                1 pound cooked crisp       Directions:   Dust the stew meat with salt, pepper, onion and garlic powders.  Then mix the flour with the stew meat.  Heat the oil in the bottom of the pan and sear meat until it is browned.  You can dry the meat before you add the spices and flour to help make it browns better.  Remove the meat and set aside.  Now Brown the onions and garlic and cook them until they brown.  Now add the meat and bouillon back into the pan.  Now add the beef broth, stir, and add the spices, bay leaves, salt and pepper, Worcestershire sauce,  tomatoes  paste, stir.  Then add the beer and all the vegetables.  Brown the bacon to crisp and mix into the stew.  Cook for about 2 and a half hours on the cook top or in the oven at 350 degrees.  Cook until the meat is tender with a fork..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooking With Madjon: Irish Sour Cream Whiskey Caraway Almond Cake

Cooking With Madjon: Irish Sour Cream Whiskey Caraway Almond Cake: Hello to all you foodies out there in web land its MadJon again and to night we are going to be sending out a recipe that a friend showed me...

Irish Sour Cream Whiskey Caraway Almond Cake

Hello to all you foodies out there in web land its MadJon again and to night we are going to be sending out a recipe that a friend showed me but I changed it up some.  I made it on the St Paddy's Day shoot.  She says that you are to use a brand called Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey, however I just used an Irish Whiskey I had at my home.  This cake was very tasty with my brand.  Any who this was a nice and easy cake to make.  The Irish cakes are usually earthy confections and made with heavy spices like nutmeg and ginger with almonds and candied fruits.   I loved the flavor of the Caraway seeds mixed into this cake.  It gave it a Licorice taste that you look for in a Irish Cake.  I do hope you give this cake a try.  Email me at madjon51@aol.com if you have any questions and come like my fan page on face book at Cooking With MadJon and Friends.  I've had a busy February and starting of March with catering and our granddaughter has been sick with Mono for a month now.  She has compilations from it and not enough rest.  She has been trying to go to school and we have had her in the ER and Doctors office's almost seems like twice a week. I thought if you just rest up and eat you'd be OK but it gives your other illnesses sometimes and she is getting them plus she got sick from the medicines that they gave her and her body is healing from that as well.  Its been a mess and someone has to be with her at all times.  So we are praying that she is about over this Mono thing!  Last week I co-hosted with Talkback live on ASTV 95 with Ed and had some fun there.  However it is stressful on live TV verses being edited.  The show is new to ASTV and you can watch it on the web www.aikenstandard.TV 95 and its live everyday but Wednesday's at noon to one.  Nice shows and you can twitter them on the air as well.  You can also twitter me @madjon51 so let me know what you are up too.  Here is the recipe for the cake and I wish you a very nice St. Paddy's Day from one half Irishman to you.  Happy trail to you until we meet again.  MadJon, Happy Cooking!

Yellow Cake Mix                                       1 packet ]Vanilla pudding                                          1 Box Oil                                                                 ½ Cup Vanilla                                                         1 tsp Water                                                           1/3 cup Lemon Zest                                                  1 Lemon Irish   Whiskey                                             ¼ cup Slivered Almonds, toasted                            1 cup Sour Cream                                                   1 cup Eggs                                                               4 Eggs, beaten Caraway Seeds                                              1 TBSP

Glaze: Confectioner’s Sugar          1 ½ cups, sifted Lemon Juice, fresh              2 TBSP Milk                                        1 TBSP Irish   Whiskey                       1 TBSP

 

Directions

Mix the cake mix with the pudding.  Beat in the oil, vanilla, zest, eggs, sour cream, seeds, whiskey, and water.  Blend in the roasted almonds.  Bake in a pre-heat oven at 325 degrees, in a greased Bundt pan for about 40 to 45 minutes or until done.  Let rest in pan for about 20 minutes before removing cake from the pan.  Cool and mix the glaze to pour on top.  Take the sugar and beat with juice, milk, and whiskey.  Pour over the cake and top with some extra Almonds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooking With Madjon: St Paddy's Day Shoot Abigail Corn Bread Salad

Cooking With Madjon: St Paddy's Day Shoot Abigail Corn Bread Salad: Hello to all my foodies friends out in web land hope all is well.  Tonight we are going to be introducing you to a new kind of Salad made wi...

St Paddy's Day Shoot Abigail Corn Bread Salad

Hello to all my foodies friends out in web land hope all is well.  Tonight we are going to be introducing you to a new kind of Salad made with baked corn bread as part of the mix.  We cooked this as part of the St Paddy's Day show which it was nice to have a true Irish girl join me along this trip.  Her name is Abby as I call her and she is the cutest second grader I've ever had the pleasure to have on my show.  She talked about how her mom Susie loves to celebrated her special day with friends with Corn Beef ,Cabbage, and beer.  I asked Abby how was it she could get out of school for the day to come help Me Me cook and she says, she just called the office and told them I was sick.  Then I asked her if she told anybody that she was going to be cooking on the show and she says, Yes I told a couple people I wouldn't be here tomorrow.  I just laughed and I hope the school understands that it was a learning experience.  Her granny, Big Bird was suppose to join in on the fun but she was sick that day.  Abby and I went it alone and to my surprise she knew alot about cooking Irish foods and was a great help.  She talked about how she found her pot of gold at the end of the rainbow will her leprechaun in her room.  I wish all of us can meet a leprechaun at the end of the rainbow someday.  In the meantime I know we can at least enjoy their foods.  We also made Irish Soda Bread, Irish Beer Stew, and a Caraway Brundt Cake with Irish Whiskey.  We also added some caraway seeds to the Soda Bread we made.  It was all very tasty indeed.  I hope I have time before St Paddy's Day to put up some more recipes for you to try.  I really liked the Stew we made.  Any who here is the recipe of the Corn Bread Salad.

Corn Bread Salad:

Cooked Corn Bread                           1 box of jiffy cook according to directions Ranch Salad Dressing Packet            1 packet Sour Cream                                         16 ozs Buttermilk                                             1.5 cups Yellow Cheese, shredded                    1 packet Corn, whole canned                             1 can drained Black Beans canned                             1 can drained Red Bell Pepper                                    1 diced Green Onions                                         3 diced Cucumber                                              1 peeled, diced Tomatoes                                              2 diced Lemon juice                                           2 TBSP Salt and Pepper                                    to taste Hot Peppers                                          diced seeds removed Cilantro                                                  ¼ bunch, chopped, optional Bacon, cooked                                      ½ pound, cooked crisp

Directions:

 

Cook the corn bread according to box directions.  Blend the sour cream, ranch dressing packet, buttermilk and cornbread together and set aside.  Cook the bacon and cool.  Mix the corn and black beans in an oblong pan with the tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, cilantro, peppers, and bell peppers.  Salt, pepper to taste, add lemon juice.  Now layer the bacon on top of the vegetables.  Then top that with the cheese.  Then top the vegetables with the corn bread and chill.  Serve cold.  Enjoy y’all.

 Well I hope you give this recipe a try and email at madjon51@aol.com with any questions or recipes that I may try.  Watch the cooking show at www.aikenstandrad.com.  Come like my fan page at,'Cooking With MadJon and Friends" on that thing called face book.  Happy Trails to you until we meet again.  Twitter me @madjon51.