BBQ Sauce Root Beer Ribs

BBQ Sauce Root Beer Ribs During the summer I was on stage doing a cooking demonstration at the Fusion Fest. I met lots of cooks and chefs and it was great meeting and hearing about their new adventures. It was good fun tasting all the unique foods that were offered from around the world at this Fusion Festival.  All the different countries delicacy’s kept me in a food nirvana for most of the day. The festival participant’s spirits were high and it was a well-run cultural Pow-Wow. When I ever enter a major food festival I will introduce one of my favourite condiments like...

Knotty Pine style Nanaimo Bars

Knotty Pine style Nanaimo Bars. I have been asked for this recipe several times and only had the recipe in a large commercial batch. After a few ingredient adjustments and tweaking here it is. You will need; 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar 1 large egg 1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs 1 cup sweetened flaked dried coconut 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 tbs milk 1 tbs real vanilla 3 ounces 85 % unsweetened chocolate, chopped. Preparation; In a 2 quart thick bottom pot over low heat, melt 6 tbs butter; let...

Supreme Green Bean Salad!

Supreme Green Bean Salad! Beans beans the miracle fruit, the more you eat the better you feel. Fresh picked beans are a most excellent supply of many healthy nutrients and taste. Great ruffage and especially nice lightly steamed with just simple salt pepper and butter. Adding some pani pan squash or maybe some okra makes an excellent side dish. A splash of amaretto liqueur with toasted almonds makes a great bean almandine side dish with halibut or sole.  For a spicy bean dish try a Garlic Peanut wok fried Sichuan style stir fried with some chili garlic and nuts. Pickled...

Bread and Butter Pickles.

Bread and Butter Pickles. The season for small pickling cucumbers are ready for old family recipes. This year I will be doing extra canning duties because of the current situation. Time to make as many condiments and side entrées ease the food costs having to buy and because you can prepare using such good ingredients. This retro Rockton’s Fair Cook Book is just chock full of Blue Ribbon winning recipes. Later I will be posting the ones I have tried and found to be rewarding for the effort like this most excellent Bread and Butter Pickles recipe. I learned to love a...

The Knotty Pine Banana Cake

The Knotty Pine Banana Cake I have made this Banana cake recipe many times. It was one of the Jill Jacques originals and also was modified over the years! This cake is the more authentic one if you use just shortening  but using half shortening half unsalted butter is a more 70/80’s. All dry ingredients are done by weight and wet by fluid oz. Banana Cake Loaf ingredients are; Shortening 18 oz. White sugar 36 oz Real vanilla extract 1 tsp Eggs 16.2 oz. [9medium] Banana’s 32 oz Fresh flour 51.3 oz. Baking powder 1.2 oz Baking soda 1 oz salt .06 oz Buttermilk 3 cups. Method;...