Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
minerva mae's strawberry salad
"Make anything with love, and BAM! It's a beautiful meal."
__Emeril Lagasse
"Who could ever weary of moonlit nights and well-cooked rice?"
__Japanese proverb
"What I love about cooking is that after a hard day,
there is something comforting about the fact that
if you melt butter and add flour, then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing.
It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure!"
__Nora Ephron
"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."
__Elsa Schiaparelli
"Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work
in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent,
so is the ballet. "
__Julia Child
"Cooking is a creation."
__Piero Selvaggio
"'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
__William Shakespeare
"Cooking is like love.
It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
__Harriet Van Horne
Minerva Mae's Strawberry Salad
Ingredients:
1 head Bibb, Boston, or Green Leaf lettuce
1 pint fresh strawberries, quartered
2 cans mandarin oranges, drained
1 purple onion, thinly sliced
1 kiwi fruit, sliced
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup cider vinegar
3/4 cup canola oil
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon paprika
Instructions:
1) Clean lettuce and tear into pieces.
2) Put the lettuce leaves in a salad bowl and mix it with the quartered strawberries, drained mandarin oranges, sliced onion, and kiwi.
3) In a separate bowl, thoroughly wisk together the sugar, salt,
cider vinegar, canola oil, poppy seeds, dry mustard and paprika.
4) Toss dressin' with salad and serve.
and the best of intentions for whoever wants to try 'em,
but if somethin' goes wrong, don't blame the varmint.*
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