Copycat Shoney’s Country Fried Steak (DiceFood.com)

January 8, 2009 | By glarr00 In Secret Recipes |

Copycat Shoney’s Country Fried Steak
3 cups water 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 4 (4 ounce) cube steaks, trimmed, flattened 1 1/2 tablespoons ground beef, lean 1/4 cup flour 2 cups chicken broth 2 cups milk 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 teaspoon salt Pour water into a medium bowl. Sift flour, salt, and pepper together in medium bowl. Dip steaks in water, then in […]

3 cups water
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
4 (4 ounce) cube steaks, trimmed, flattened
1 1/2 tablespoons ground beef, lean
1/4 cup flour
2 cups chicken broth
2 cups milk
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt

Pour water into a medium bowl. Sift flour, salt, and pepper together in medium bowl. Dip steaks in water, then in dry mixture. Repeat.

Lay coated steaks on wax paper and freeze for about 3 hours.

Deep fry steaks in 350 degrees F oil for 8-10 minutes. Drain on paper towels.

Brown ground beef in skillet. Stir in flour, then remaining ingredients. Bring to boil, then simmer until thick. Pour gravy over steaks.

Serves: 2

Source: www.recipesecrets.net

Me and Goji - DIY Breakfast Cereal

Filed under: Breakfast, Grains, Nuts/seeds, Fruit, New Products, America, Vegetarian/Vegan, Artisan Foods, Organic

If I was ever going to envision the perfect cereal website, it would probably come pretty close to Me and Goji. In a clear, easy-to understand manner, the site allows users to design their own cereals, using a wide-ranging collection of flakes, nuts, fruits, and flavors. As customers add and subtract from their “bowl,” the sidebar keeps track of the price and nutritional info of their concoction. Information about the origins and composition of ingredients is available at the click of a mouse, as are recommendations and advice. Having designed the perfect cereal, customers can name it, save the recipe, and order capsules of it. Delivery is quick and easy, and the saved recipe makes re-ordering a snap.

For my cereal, I used Goji’s artisanal cereal, a robust mix of grains that stood up nicely to milk. Keeping it simple, I added dried goji berries, cashews, and coconut, which resulted in a delicately-flavored cereal with a nicely varied texture. I also tried Me and Goji’s seasonal blend, a mix of their “flaxed and flaked” cereal with goji berries, cranberries, apple, golden raisins, pumpkin seeds, and cinnamon. While their mix was much more interesting than mine, I found the massive quantity of dried fruit to be a little too chewy for my tastes, and the flaxed and flaked cereal quickly grew soggy. In future experiments, I will probably go with other cereal bases, as I’m a big fan of sturdy flakes.

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Frugal Food, Dinner, Recipes, Pork, Trends, America, Comfort Food, Retro cookery, Meat

When it comes to food, I rarely turn down a dare. Whether the food in question is haggis or headcheese, tongue tacos or tortoise soup, I’m usually up for a challenge. Even so, there is one food that I have studiously avoided for my entire life.

Spam.

It’s not that I’m opposed to processed meat. I’ve eaten more than my fair share of scrapple, pate, pon hoss, sausage, blood pudding, and other ground goodies. However, there’s something about Spam that always turned me off. Maybe it was the 1950’s-style ads on the old-fashioned can, or maybe it’s the fact that the meat was just a little too pink. Regardless, I could never bring myself to give it a try.

Recently, however, amid reports of the growing popularity of the canned meat, I felt like the time had come to give it a try. After all, with some of America’s top chefs using Spam in their cooking, my detachment started to seem a little provincial. Besides, the ingredients (pork shoulder, ham, water, sugar, salt, sodium nitrite, and potato starch) are a lot more natural than I might have thought, and the price is certainly attractive.

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