Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
spaghetti squash pancakes
"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
Spaghetti Squash Pancakes
Ingredients:
6 cups spaghetti cooked squash
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
4 tablespoons butter
salt and pepper to taste
sour cream and apple sauce for sides
Instructions for cookin' squash:
1) Preheat oven to 375�.
2) Pierce the whole shell several times with a large fork
and place in a bakin' dish.
3) Cook for about 1 hour or 'til flesh is tender.
4) Once the squash is cooked, let it cool for ten to twenty minutes,
then cut it in half and remove the seeds.
5) Pull a fork lengthwise through the flesh to separate it
into long strands.
Instructions for pancakes:
1) Add the flour and the cheese to the strands of the cooked
spaghetti squash. Mix thoroughly.
2) Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat and place 1/4 cup squash mixture in the prepared skillet.
3) With a fork, press to form an evenly thick cake.
4) Repeat to fill skillet.
5) Cook cakes 'til the bottoms are lightly browned,
turnin' to brown the opposite sides.
6) Continue until you've used all the squash mixture
***Keep finished cakes warm in oven set to lowest temperature.
Use additional butter as needed for cookin' cakes.
7) Salt and pepper cakes to taste and serve with a choice of
sour cream or apple sauce.
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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