Unearthing and re-creating the "company food" of yesteryear! I'll cook it, my husband will eat it, and you'll rest easy in the knowledge that your next backyard party or church potluck will be a success!
If it says Libby Libby Libby on the label label label , then you can rest assured that it's richer in NATURAL corn cream!"
You may think today's recipe is the epitome of laziness on my part, but after all, I did have to gash the hot dogs, and stuff them with triangles of American cheese, which I had to make myself because it's only sold in squares. Plus a new issue of Vanity Fair just came so I've been so very busy.
If you're tempted to try it on your own, here's how to do it:
In baking dish, stir 2 tbsp. prepared mustard into 2 #303 cans Libby's Cream Style Corn. Add 8 wieners, gashed and stuffed with sharp cheese. Dot corn with butter and bake in mod. oven 20 min.
I actually thought this would go worse than it did, since Dr. Husband was really hungry and I assured him I would make a healthy nutritious lunch for him...
Our Rating:Three Screaming Husbands!
(all
dishes are rated from one to five Screaming Husbands. One Screaming
Husband equals a happy home where all problems are solved during
cocktail hour. Five Screaming Husbands signals the beginning of divorce
proceedings.)
I wasn’t going to bother with St. Patrick’s Day - seeing as
how I’m on Spring Break, and Dr. Husband is visiting his family, and last year's St. Patrick's Day offering was fairly successful so why mess with a good thing – but a post from Yinzerella shamed me into action (I follow her with
regularity, as you all should be).
I’m not sure who “Virginia” is, or why she’s so averse to
flavor of any kind, but here’s her recipe for St. Paddy’s Day shrimp. You know how flamingos are pink because of all the shrimp they eat? This is kind of like that, only you're imparting the color of the spinach into the shrimp (which wasn't entirely successful here. Maybe shrimp are more color resistant these days? I blame Monsanto).
As I write, there's a little over an hour left of St. Patrick's Day, but if you're still standing and need something to do, here's the recipe:
Peel and devein shrimp, leaving tails intact; sprinkle lightly with lemon juice and set aside. Carefully wash and devein spinach; tear leaves into bits. Place in
large saucepan with 2 cup water. Place shrimps on top of spinach leaves.
Bring water to boil; cook slowly 3-4 minutes or until spinach is wilted
and shrimp are cooked through. Take care not to overcook lest shrimp
become tough. Shrimp will turn pale green as they absorb color from the spinach. Remove shrimp from saucepan and refrigerate for later use.
Drain spinach and purée in blender or food processor; measure 2 1/2
cups cooked puréed spinach and place in mixing bowl; fold in dairy sour
cream and cream cheese; mix thoroughly. Lightly oil 6-cup ring mold; spoon spinach-cheese mixture into mold. Cover and refrigerate until firm, about 3 hours.
Unmold spinach-cream mixture onto plate; arrange shrimp on mold in
decorative manner; fill center of mold with lemon wedges arranged in
sunburst fashion.
Full disclosure, I halved the amounts of the spinach-cream mixture, and it was plenty. Plenty of flavorless nuthin'. Almost any addition would make this not half bad - a packet of ranch dressing mix, horseradish, minced onion, pepper jelly - in fact, almost anything that actually possessed flavor, which spinach, cream cheese, and sour cream do not. Do you agree, panel?
Our Rating:Three Screaming Husbands!
(all
dishes are rated from one to five Screaming Husbands. One Screaming
Husband equals a happy home where all problems are solved during
cocktail hour. Five Screaming Husbands signals the beginning of divorce
proceedings.)
Oh, so there's a snow day today, if you haven't heard. I was going to post something today anyway, but thought I'd take the opportunity of free time to branch out into other mealtimes. If I were to really set my mind to the task, I'd likely calculate that Dr. Husband has made far more breakfasts than I have - perhaps with good reason.
Also - thanks, America, for all the new Facebook likes this week. Keep 'em coming! (And subscribe to our Youtube Channel while you're at it)
In case you're having trouble reading the recipe from the ad above, here you go. (I omitted the olives, not by choice - they've all been used up in martinis and I can't get to the store because of the aforementioned snow.)
Blend 1 can Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup with 1/2 cup milk, 1 cup drained, flaked tuna (7-oz. can) and 1/4 cup sliced stuffed olives. Heat thoroughly. Pour over 4 crisp waffles. Presto, a quick 'n easy dinner for 4.
DINNER FOR FOUR my foot. It barely fed two of us and we didn't even like it that much!
I mean - it was okay. Reminds me of the creamed codfish that my grandmother used to make, served over her own homemade bread.
Here's Dr. Husband's reaction, not as bad as I feared -
Our Rating:One Screaming Husband!
(all
dishes are rated from one to five Screaming Husbands. One Screaming
Husband equals a happy home where all problems are solved during
cocktail hour. Five Screaming Husbands signals the beginning of divorce
proceedings.)
