Amy's Pie Crust

5 cups flour
1 cup liquid- 1egg + 2 Tbsp lemon juice + fill rest with water
1 pkg Crisco
1 tsp salt

Fudge

by Audrey

3 cups brown sugar

1 1/2 cups milk or 1 cup milk + 1/2 cup cream

1/4 cup corn syrup

4 Tbsp butter

2 tsp vanilla

Nuts as desired or 2 squares chocolate

Method

cook first 4 ingredients till soft ball stage (20 minutes)

Remove from fire, add butter, do not stir

Leave for 10-15 minutes

when lukewarm add vanilla and beat until it loses its shiny appearance

Lemon Mace cookies

By Audrey?

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp mace (

2 eggs

2/3 cup  salad oil

3/4 cup white sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp lemon rind (can Omit)

2 tsp lemon juice

bake 400 F for 8 minutes on ungreased pan

mace replacement

http://frugalliving.about.com/od/makeyourowningredients/r/Mace-Substitute.htm

Substitute the mace called for in your recipe with an equal amount of nutmeg. Since mace is the membrane that surrounds nutmeg, the flavor will be similar.

You can also use allspice, cinnamon, ginger or pumpkin pie spice. Replace measure for measure.

Rhubarb custard pie

2 cups chopped rhubarb

1 cup sugar

1 Tbsp flour

2 separated eggs

1 tsp melted butter

3 Tbsp sugar - to be added to beaten eggs for Meringue

Pour boiling water over rhubarb and let it stand 5 minutes, pour off

Put rhubarb in pie crust

Mix sugar, flour, egg yolks and butter + 3 Tbsp water together and pour over Rhubarb

do not use top crust

Bake until rhubarb is tender

350 F

Honey Butter Tarts

1/2 cup butter

2/3 cup liquid honey

2/3 cup brown sugar

1 cup raisins

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp salt

2 eggs slightly beaten

1- Line  tart tins-chill while making filling

2- melt butter, add all ingredients except eggs

     Blend thoroughly. Allow to cool. Add eggs.

3- Spoon filling into tarts

4- Bake 10-20 minutes 450 F

Potato chip roast

Nowadays Amy puts eggplant instead of green pepper and its a favourite

One large onion chopped

1/2 green pepper chopped

1 tin choplets or other vege-meat product like gluten or Tenderbits

1 tin mushrooms

Fry above together

1 tin 10 oz mushroom soup and juice from choplets

1 pkg potato chips (6-8 oz - 200 g) crushed

Mix above with fried ingredients

Bake covered at 350 for 30-40 minutes

Remove cover and bake an additional 10 minutes.

September 5, 2025

grew some Trombocino Squash this year. long Zucchini type, the flesh is firmer

makes an excellent Chip Roast vegetable. Zucchini would seem to be too mushy.

Another rice cooker trial

Rice Cooker with ingredients before cooking

Ingredients

1/3 cup pearl barley 1-3 

1/3 cup long grain rice 1-2

1/3 cup Soya protein 1-2

1/3 cup red lentils 1-3 

1 Tbsp red quinoa 1-2

1 Tbsp dry mung beans 1-3

1/2 Tbsp Garlic scapes dry

Rinsed dry ingredients as needed, added water based on ratios above, added 1 Tbsp extra water

Put in Rice cooker and set to cook

here it is once cooked

The soya protein splattered all over- maybe reduce the amount used or remove