Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Cooking With Madjon aikenstandard.tv: Mother's Day Remembering "I Wish You Enough" Nicol...
Cooking With Madjon aikenstandard.tv: Mother's Day Remembering "I Wish You Enough" Nicol...: MadJon's Asparagus Soup 2-3 pounds of Asparagus 1 large onion chopped 1 stick butter 1 teas. dried thyme 1 T. onion powder ...
Mother's Day Remembering "I Wish You Enough" Nicole Daedone Shared Asparagus Soup
MadJon's Asparagus Soup
2-3 pounds of Asparagus
1 large onion chopped
1 stick butter
1 teas. dried thyme
1 T. onion powder
3 T. corn starch
2 containers chicken stock, 32 oz.
2 cups half and half
1 T. lemon juice
Salt and Pepper to taste
2 Bay Leafs
Parmesan Cheese
4-5 gloves garlic chopped
Clean and cut up asparagus, melt butter and add to pan asparagus with
onions and garlic, cook till onions
are clear, blend in a blender with corn starch. Pour chicken broth, spices
into a pan with lemon juice and then pour asparagus mixture into broth and stir
like crazy, man, hehe a little humor there! OK bring to a boil and simmer for
about 30 min's. to blend spices then add the half and half. Serve with grated
Parmesan and croûtons. I made this up for a show last spring and everyone at
the cafe and crew loves it! See ya and I will be forwarding more in the next
couple of days and Happy Trail to you and yours, Eileen Hutson, madjon.
At an airport I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together. They had announced her plane's departure and standing near the door, she said to... her daughter, "I love you, I wish you enough."
She said, "Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom."
She said, "Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom."
They kissed good-bye and she left.
She walked over toward the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his
privacy, but she welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?" "
Yes, I have," I replied. Saying that brought back memories I had of expressing my love and appreciation for all my Mom had done for me.
Recognizing that her days were limited, I took the time to tell her face to face how much she meant to me.
So I knew what this woman was experiencing.
"Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?" I asked.
"I am old and she lives much too far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is, her next trip back will be for my funeral, " she said.
"When you were saying good-bye I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?" She began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone."
She paused for a moment and looking up as if trying to remember it in detail, she smiled even more. "When we said 'I wish you enough,' we were
wanting the other person to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them," she continued and then turning toward me she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.
"I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Good-bye.."
She walked over toward the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his
privacy, but she welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?" "
Yes, I have," I replied. Saying that brought back memories I had of expressing my love and appreciation for all my Mom had done for me.
Recognizing that her days were limited, I took the time to tell her face to face how much she meant to me.
So I knew what this woman was experiencing.
"Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?" I asked.
"I am old and she lives much too far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is, her next trip back will be for my funeral, " she said.
"When you were saying good-bye I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?" She began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone."
She paused for a moment and looking up as if trying to remember it in detail, she smiled even more. "When we said 'I wish you enough,' we were
wanting the other person to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them," she continued and then turning toward me she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.
"I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Good-bye.."
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Cooking With Madjon aikenstandard.tv: "The Flying Foodie" Chef Belinda Article " MadJon'...
Cooking With Madjon aikenstandard.tv: "The Flying Foodie" Chef Belinda Article " MadJon'...: Hello to all my foodie friends out there in Web land hope all is well and am on my way to Bridge and leaving you a article to read from my f...
"The Flying Foodie" Chef Belinda Article " MadJon's Chicken & Dumplings
Hello to all my foodie friends out there in Web land hope all is well and am on my way to Bridge and leaving you a article to read from my friend Chef Belinda and her Flying Foodie Blog.
I hope you enjoy this article from my friend Chef Belinda and also visit her blog at flyingfoodie.blogspot.com. Happy Trails to you until we meet again.
I hope you enjoy this article from my friend Chef Belinda and also visit her blog at flyingfoodie.blogspot.com. Happy Trails to you until we meet again.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Comfort Food - A Little Bit of Heaven
If you ask anyone from around the world what “comfort food” means to them, you are likely to get as many different answers as the people you ask. But there is no denying one thing – it is usually something they grew up eating that makes them feel good, warm and safe on the inside. At no time during the year is comfort food more welcomed and cherished than winter. As we snuggle in front of the television or huddle around the fireplace, we naturally crave these foods; and the more we can get of them the better.
A survey of several friends, family members, colleagues, and even some strangers yielded some interesting results. Overall, responses ranged from popcorn to sweets to macaroni and cheese. As we tabulated all the results, a pattern seemed to emerge. The majority of respondants agreed that their favorite comfort foods were soups, chili and chicken and dumplings.
So I decided to set out in search of a place where some of these “comfort foods” could be found locally. And much to my surprise I found Madjon’s Bakery and Cafe in the most unlikely location of the Riverfront Antique Mall in North Augusta. Madjon’s owner, Eileen Hutson, specializes in making foods “like Mama used to make.” She has customers who return regularly for her potato soup, chicken salad, Johnny Hoosier cake and yes, chicken and dumplings. Says Hutson “I enjoy making people happy through food.” Hutson, who makes everything herself at her café, has developed a line of “comfort food” products consisting of Meme’s Pasta Gravy™, Madjon’s Salsa™ and Madison’s Cake Syrup™. Look for these products soon in a supermarket near you.
Madjon’s Chicken and Dumplings
Broth:
48 oz. Chicken broth (salt & pepper to taste)
2 Boneless chicken breasts
1 Tbs. parsley flakes
2 Bay Leaves
1 Onion Chopped
2 Carrots cut
2 Celery stalks chopped
3 Chicken Bouillon Cubes
1 ½ Tbs. Onion Powder
2 Small Potatoes cut
1 can evaporated cream
Optional: Add frozen whole kernel corn or English peas, 1 pkg.
Dumplings:
2 ½ cups plain flour
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 egg
1 cup sweet milk
Preparation:
Pour chicken broth into pan – add chicken & add all other ingredients except cream. Simmer for about 30 minutes or until chicken is tender. Add canned cream. If a creamier sauce is preferred, add a little more cream to the broth.
Soften butter. Mix flour and salt. Using a pastry cutter, cut butter into flour mixture. Add in egg and stir. Then add milk. Mix and pour onto floured surface and roll dough out like a pie crust. Cut into squares. Loosen under the dough with a knife dusted with flour. Drop squares into broth slowly, one at a time. Let simmer and stir lightly. If stirred too vigorously, dough will break apart. Simmer for about 20 minutes. Adjust seasoning.
A survey of several friends, family members, colleagues, and even some strangers yielded some interesting results. Overall, responses ranged from popcorn to sweets to macaroni and cheese. As we tabulated all the results, a pattern seemed to emerge. The majority of respondants agreed that their favorite comfort foods were soups, chili and chicken and dumplings.
So I decided to set out in search of a place where some of these “comfort foods” could be found locally. And much to my surprise I found Madjon’s Bakery and Cafe in the most unlikely location of the Riverfront Antique Mall in North Augusta. Madjon’s owner, Eileen Hutson, specializes in making foods “like Mama used to make.” She has customers who return regularly for her potato soup, chicken salad, Johnny Hoosier cake and yes, chicken and dumplings. Says Hutson “I enjoy making people happy through food.” Hutson, who makes everything herself at her café, has developed a line of “comfort food” products consisting of Meme’s Pasta Gravy™, Madjon’s Salsa™ and Madison’s Cake Syrup™. Look for these products soon in a supermarket near you.
Madjon’s Chicken and Dumplings
Broth:
48 oz. Chicken broth (salt & pepper to taste)
2 Boneless chicken breasts
1 Tbs. parsley flakes
2 Bay Leaves
1 Onion Chopped
2 Carrots cut
2 Celery stalks chopped
3 Chicken Bouillon Cubes
1 ½ Tbs. Onion Powder
2 Small Potatoes cut
1 can evaporated cream
Optional: Add frozen whole kernel corn or English peas, 1 pkg.
Dumplings:
2 ½ cups plain flour
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 egg
1 cup sweet milk
Preparation:
Pour chicken broth into pan – add chicken & add all other ingredients except cream. Simmer for about 30 minutes or until chicken is tender. Add canned cream. If a creamier sauce is preferred, add a little more cream to the broth.
Soften butter. Mix flour and salt. Using a pastry cutter, cut butter into flour mixture. Add in egg and stir. Then add milk. Mix and pour onto floured surface and roll dough out like a pie crust. Cut into squares. Loosen under the dough with a knife dusted with flour. Drop squares into broth slowly, one at a time. Let simmer and stir lightly. If stirred too vigorously, dough will break apart. Simmer for about 20 minutes. Adjust seasoning.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Our Bridge Cupcake Chicken Pot Pies
Hello foodies out there I hope all is well. I know I've been away from posting Blog's for a while but I've been busy with catering and family matters. I was hoping to join our son's in D.C. over the spring break but he is busy with our grandkids and having fun with them. My grand's are helping out with the United Nations Foundation for spring break so they are busy learning how the world works and hopefully they are learning how to get along with other nations as well. My grand daughter's been working with Girl Up on spring break. Am looking forward to them being home again. Any way I've been busy making Cookies for a catering job and I will finish that up tomorrow. I found the cutest little snack bags with Home Made Just For You on them. Any who I'll end up turning out around 450 cookies. Am making, Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, Peanut Butter, and Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies. The dish am telling you how to make tonight was from a bridge luncheon I attended. It's really a easy dish to make and it takes like maybe forty-five minutes to mix and cook.
So here goes with making this easy and tasty dish.
Mini Chicken Pot Pies
2 cans Biscuits, I used the flaky ones
Grease two muffin Pans and pre- heat your oven to 375 degrees.
Roll out each biscuit and place it into the muffin pan.
Mix:
3 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 can Cream of celery soup
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/2 to 3/4 can milk
1 bag frozen mixed Vegetables with out Okra, please.
2 tsp. Onion Powder
1/2 tsp Sage
Top pies with some shredded cheddar cheese.
Mix all together and spoon into muffin dough's and bake for about 10 to 15 minutes or until the top is bubbles and the cheese is melted. Make sure the bottoms of the pies are nice and brown. Cool about ten minutes before eating.
Enjoy this dish and if you have any questions about this recipe please leave a comment or write me at madjon51@aol.com. Come like my fan page on Face Book, " Cooking With MadJon & Friends." Happy Trails to you until we meet again. MadJon.
So here goes with making this easy and tasty dish.
Mini Chicken Pot Pies
2 cans Biscuits, I used the flaky ones
Grease two muffin Pans and pre- heat your oven to 375 degrees.
Roll out each biscuit and place it into the muffin pan.
Mix:
3 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 can Cream of celery soup
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/2 to 3/4 can milk
1 bag frozen mixed Vegetables with out Okra, please.
2 tsp. Onion Powder
1/2 tsp Sage
Top pies with some shredded cheddar cheese.
Mix all together and spoon into muffin dough's and bake for about 10 to 15 minutes or until the top is bubbles and the cheese is melted. Make sure the bottoms of the pies are nice and brown. Cool about ten minutes before eating.
Enjoy this dish and if you have any questions about this recipe please leave a comment or write me at madjon51@aol.com. Come like my fan page on Face Book, " Cooking With MadJon & Friends." Happy Trails to you until we meet again. MadJon.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Cooking With Madjon aikenstandard.tv: Some Texas Old Folks Stories and Texas Chicken Tor...
Cooking With Madjon aikenstandard.tv: Some Texas Old Folks Stories and Texas Chicken Tor...: Well hello to all you foodies out there in web land, I hope all is well. Yes, am still in the great state of Texas. However we should be h...
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Cooking With Madjon aikenstandard.tv: Happy Easter With Deviled Eggs Bacon & Shrimp
Cooking With Madjon aikenstandard.tv: Happy Easter With Deviled Eggs Bacon & Shrimp: Hello to all my foodies out there and am hoping today finds you well and happy. Today we are going to give you a recipe on Deviled Eggs wit...
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