| Internationally loved, noodles are an economical dish for your holiday party.
Homemade Egg Noodles
The secret is in the hands. The less the cook handles the dough, the more tender the noodle. The ingredients are approximate amounts??a good cook can feel if the dough is right.
2 eggs
1 -1 c flour (more or less)
c water
Salt and pepper
Mix all ingredients only until the dough is moist and you can handle it. Divide the dough into at least 4 parts. Cover your counter top with flour and pat one part into a square. Then roll out as thin as possible. With a sharp knife, cut into thin strips and lay out to dry. When brittle store noodles in a jar until you are ready to use them.
Fried Noodles??Thai Style??Serves 41 k rice noodle
k chicken
Cooking oil
Plenty of chives or spring onions
4 t sugar
8 T fish sauce
8 T oyster sauce
4 egg
1/10 k monggo sprouts or cabbage
c chopped garlic k tofu, chopped into 1-cm cube
c water
In wok or large frying pan:
1. Heat the oil over low heat. Add garlic and sauté.
2. Add chicken and tofu and stir until the chicken is cooked.
3. Break the egg. Pour over the chicken and stir.
4. Add noodles and water. Stir until tender.
5. Add sugar, fish sauce, oyster sauce.
6. Add bean sprouts and chives. Turn off heat.
Garnish with lime wedges, ground peanuts and chilies, if desired.
Lomi Noodle Soup??Filipino Style??Serves 4-5
1 T cooking oil
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
k shrimp
10 pieces fish ball, halved
4 c water
2 pieces shrimp cubes
Chinese pechay, end leaves only, chopped
Carrots for color, chopped
2 T cornstarch
1 beaten egg
Egg noodles
Sauté in oil, garlic, onion, shrimp an fish balls together. Add water, shrim cubes and bring to boil. Ad homemade noodles. Cook until the noodles are tender. Add water if thewater decreases too much. Then add cornstarch stirring constantly. Then add petchay, carrots. Boil until carrotsare tender??3 minutes. Add beaten egg and serve.
Chicken and Noodles??American Style??Serves 6-8
1 chicken
Salt
Pepper
1 bay leaf
Water
Chicken cubes (optional)
1 package egg noodles
Wash chicken. Put in large pot, and cover with water. Add salt, pepper,and bay leaf. Cover and boil until the chicken is tender and completelycooked. Remove chicken from thepot, and separate the skin and bones from the meat. Put the meat back into the broth and bring to rolling boil. (Add chicken cubes if you want to.) Add egg noodles and cook until they are tender. Serve on plate, or add more water if you want to make soup and serve in a bowl.
Delicious Desserts for Small Ovens
by Zenaida Calusay
 LEMON SQUARES
Flour Mixture Base:
c butter or margarine, softened
c sugar
1 c flour
Calamansi Top Layer:
2 eggs
c sugar
2 T calamansi juice (substitute for lemon juice)
2 T flour
t baking powder
For frosting: Confectioner??s sugar
Procedure: Beat margarine/butter for 30 seconds or until softened. Add the c of sugar. Beat until combined. Beat in the 1 c of flour until crumbly. Press into the bottom of an ungreased 8 x 8 x 2 pan. Bake in 350 degrees for 15 - 18 min. or just till golden.
Meanwhile, combine eggs, c sugar, the 2 T flour, baking powder & calamansi juice. Beat for 2 minutes and pour over hot baked layer. Bake in 350 degrees for 20 min. Sift confectioner??s sugar on top. Cool and slice into squares.
Variations: Substitute or mix with calamansi other flavor concentrates such as
pineapple or orange.
OATMEAL DROP COOKIES
Cream Mixture: In a large bowl, mix well:
c shortening
1 c sugar
2 eggs
6 T molasses (Substitute: 3 T brown sugar dissolved
in 3 T of water or milk.)
Dry Ingredients: In another bowl, mix very well:
1 c all purpose flour
1 t baking soda
1 t salt
1 t cinnamon
Pour in the dry ingredients mixture into the cream mixture. Mix until all of the flour mixture has been moistened.
Stir in:
2 c rolled oats
c cut-up nuts
1 c raisins
Drop rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart in cookie sheet. Bake 400 degrees, 8-10 minutes (in a conventional oven or even in an ordinary household oven toaster).
NO BAKE MANGO SUPREME
This deliciously light dessert needs no baking, but you will need a freezer.
2 packs (250 ml) All Purpose Cream, whipping cream
1 can Sweetened Condensed milk
1 c crushed Graham crackers
5-6 ripe mangoes (or peaches), sliced thinly (about 1/8" thin)
Procedures:
1. Cool whipping cream and condensed milk in freezer for about 30 minutes.
2. Prepare crackers and mango slices.
3. Whip cream until stiff then add condensed milk and whip about 5 minutes more.
4. Arrange ingredients alternately in a transparent dish in this order:
- Graham crackers
- Whipped cream
- Mangoes
5. Cover with tinfoil and chill overnight in freezer or until firm.
Note: For a sweeter preparation, use 3 packs of 250 ml All Purpose Cream, 2 cans of condensed milk (double preparation).
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Dear Readers,
Haydee Chu
??When I was ten, I didn??t have many friends i school so my mom and our neighbor had the idea that herdaughter Jasper and I could be playmates. Then, our neighbors invited me to the church Christmas musical. thought that Christmas was about gifts and being happy; wondered why the musical was about Jesus.
Q: The holidays are times when I want to be with my family, but everyone is so busy that family gatherings seem to be stressful events rather that meaningful times. Any suggestions?
