Egg Rolls Fry Them Bake Them Anyway Just Make Them

Hello to all my foodie Friends out there in web land I hope all is well.  I don't know about you all but I'm tried of this COLD.   You know we had the first Ice Storm hit us a few weeks ago and it knocked out our electricity for about 4 days here where I live and in other parts of Aiken it was almost two weeks before they got power.  We were lucky to have friends help us out they own a generator so we were able to stay warm.  My hubby the first night thought he could handle the cold and the next morning he decided to come and join me at our friends house.  I took a ride though Aiken and though the Graniteville area and it all looked just like a war zone. However we fared pretty good but I don't know how I stood not having power when I was a kid in Tennessee area, that's where my dad was from, the organically Hillbilly is what my mom called them.  Mountain people, barefoot and all in those times. I call that rustic living. We even had to use a out house and I hated the spiders joining in on the fun.  We used a pump to get the water into the house so we could wash dishes.  We had a watermelon patch across the highway where we'd crawl under the french and puck us up a Mellon to eat.  We would thump it and look to see if the stem looked ready to pick.  They were so good to eat.  We thought we were getting away with something boy, but the farmer knew our daddy and he told him to let us go and pick ever how many watermelons we wanted from his patch. We loved living there daddy bought my older sisters a horse to ride and he bought us a pony and they'd lead us around on the pony for rides.  Loved it.  Brenda is one of the older sisters and she was out to break the horse daddy brought them.  She was in the field out there with daddy and she was afraid to get on that horse, he was so BIG and she looked so little standing beside him.  Any who he told her that if she didn't face her fears and get on that horse that she'd be looking for a weeping branch for him to use on her.  So Brenda was more afraid of a weeping then the horse.  So she gets on top of him and the horse starts off with her on top and giving her a heck of a ride.  She was holding on for dear life.  Then all of a sudden that horse took it in his head to stop, point his legs up in the air and exhaled and my sister, saddle and all flew right off the front of that horse.  My daddy was laughing so hard with Brenda still sitting there on top the saddle in the dirt and white as a ghost and the horse was still running.  So when daddy caught the horse he put Brenda back on the saddle and the horse but before he did that he said a few things to the horse in its ear and then bit the horses ear as hard as he could.  The horse finally settled down after a few more rides.  Any who we there at that location for a while and left onto more travels across these here United States.  I have more stories to tell.  Later you all.  Right now am going to send you out a great Egg Roll recipe.  A hint with egg rolls, please make sure that you drain and dry your veggies and shrimp because it will help keep them crisp which is the best way to eat egg rolls.  You can bake egg rolls however you need to spray them with oil and keep turning them in a hot oven.  If you fry your Egg Rolls make sure your oil is about 350 degrees and that you brown them evenly on both sides.

Shrimp Egg Rolls

Bean Tread Rice Noodles                               1 roll from package, soaked in hot water Egg                                                                     1 beaten Egg Roll Wraps                                                1 package Onion                                                                 1 chopped Garlic fresh                                                         1 TBSP Salt and Pepper                                                  to taste Green Onions                                                      1 Bunch Cleaned and chopped Carrots                                                                1 package shredded Cabbage                                                              1 Angle hair package Mini Shrimp Cooked                                          12 oz. drained and dried Onion and Garlic Powder                                  2 tsp. each Ground Ginger                                                    1 tsp. Bean Spouts                                                       1 package

DIRECTIONS

Soak the bean tread noodles until soft and dry them with paper towels really well.  Then cut them in slices and place in a large bowl.  To that you add the cabbage, slaw or bean spouts, carrots, onions and garlic.  Then add all your spices.  Then your salt and pepper and remember you need salt for flavor.  Place some filling in each wrap, roll 1 edge, turn in sides, and seal ends with the egg and roll and seal.  Fry in hot oil for about 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.

I hope you give this recipe a try and let me know what you think of it at madjon51@aol.com.  You may go watch the Cooking With MadJon show at aikenstandard.tv and come like my fan page on Face Book.  Happy trails to you until we meet again.  Bona Y'all.