Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
green bean chowder
"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
Green Bean Chowder
Ingredients:
1 (9 ounce) package frozen French-style green beans
1 cup chopped carrot
1 cup chopped, peeled potato
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 teaspoon dried savory, crushed
1/4 teaspoon dried dillweed
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cups water
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
Instructions:
1) Partially thaw beans, chop and set aside.
2) In a 3-quart saucepan, combine carrot, potato, green bell pepper, savory, dillweed, salt and pepper.
3) Stir in water, bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer
for 10 minutes.
4) Add beans and continue cookin' for five to ten minutes,
or 'til vegetables are tender.
5) Blend sour cream and flour together in a medium-sized bowl.
6) Add 1 cup of the hot vegetable mixture to the sour cream mixture
and blend, then pour the combination back in the saucepan.
7) Stir in milk and heat 'til slightly thickened. Do not boil!
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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