Summer Saute

Use whatever fresh veggies that sounds good and are freshly available.  I ate this the first time
with summer squash, red pepper, cauliflower, and onion.

Slice, cut into  small trees ( if broccoli) slice on a diagonel with carrots (1/8-3/8s thick),
cut into strips red pepper.
I used small romanesque  zucchini, yellow patty pan types and yellow crookneck, very small
tender stuff, about 2 or 3 carrots, a red pepper and a large white onion.
Place in a hot not stick pan, and when veggies are getting hot pour a 1/4 of a cup of chicken broth
in the pan. I used a light sprinkling of Johnnys with garlic, salt and pepper, and stirred. When the broth started disappearing I added some more and about 2 tbsp of salted butter or margerine. Stir until
veggies are  cooked tender but still firm, the onion will be transparent. Sprinkle I tsp of Simply Asia
"swee ginger garlic" over them, stir and serve hot.

Citrus Corn Ensalda

purple cabbage
green cabbage
5-6 green onions
pickeled  jalopena's ( I preferr Deli brand nacho style
cilantro
sweet cherry tomatos
frozen corn or fresh from cob corn
red pepper
orange juice or orange juice concentrate
seasoned rice vinegar

Sliver and chop equal amounts of red and green cabbage
slice small green onions using green and white parts
about a large palm full of jalopeno slices
two large handfulls of cilantro chop and dice
use a serrated knife and slice cherry tomatos into about 5 or 6 slices and then chop again
clean, sliver and chop red pepper
use about 1/2 to 2/3's frozen corn
Use 1/2 cup orange juice with 2 heaping tbspns of sugar stirred into it.
use 1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar. ( unseasoned is very bland)
* you can use frozen concentrate oj about 1/3 cup without the sugar.

Prepare and let set while you fix your table and meal.

Very citrusy and fresh.

Pork Tacos

2 lbs boneless country pork ribs
1 lg can of tomato sauce
Dijohn mustartd
Real Bacon Bit
Baby Rays barbeque sauce
sea salt
medium red onion
mcKormicks pork rub
crock pot

salt pork ribs
sprinkley on rub and rub it in.
Turn to the other side and repeat.

Into your crock pot-
pour tomato sauce
Use about 3 generous squeezes of Dijohn mustard
Add about 3 tablespsoons of bacon bits.
Add 3 generous ssqueezes of Baby Rays
Chop /dice onion into the crock pot.
Stir until well blended

Cut your porkinto aobut 1.5" cubes and drop into the crock pot.
Stir just unil well coated.
Cook 6 hours on high.

Can sit for a few on warm cycle.
Dip pork out into manageble piles on chopping board and mash with a open
pronged meat fork when ready to serve.

I used both flour and corn tortillas. The family chose corn. These are Don Panchos
very yellow "corny" brand tortillas.
Served with sour cream, hot salsa, and citrus corn ensalada.
Chop

Date Fruit Cake

Stone enough dates to make 4 cups, keeping them as whole as possible.
Add to the dates, 1 lb of walnut meats in large sized pieces.
In another bowl sift together, three times, 1 cup flour, 1/2 tsp of salt and tsp of baking powder.
Mix this together with the date/nut mixture.
Add 1 cup of granulated sugar and mix again.
Separate the whites from the yolks of four eggs.
Beat the whites of 4 eggs  until stiff and dry.
In another bowl beat the yolks until light colored and thick. Mix even the yolks into the cake mixture..
Then lightly fold in the whites of eggs throughout the mixture adding 1 tbspn of vanilla/
Line 2 .brick loaf pans or (we used a cast iron skillet)with buttered brown paper. Add cake mixture.
Bake one hour in moderate oven.
You can also add candied cherries or pineapple ( but we never did).
We made this cake ahead and stored it for a 4 days to a week in cool room. It builds in flavor. But it was /really hard  to resist cutting it and munching.
Slice in long narrow slices.
It was my absolute favorite. Mom made it for Christmas or New Years.

Grandma Ina"s Fudge

3 cups sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 sq chocolate or 6 tbs cocca if you desire black fudge. For white fudge just leave it out.
Mix dry ingredients well.
add 1 cup of milk.
Stir till boiling then heat to soft ball stage.
Add 1 tsp butter, 1/2 tsp vanilla and nuts.
Wait until mixture is luke warm and then beat.
Mom and Dad lived in Oklahoma. This was there cardplaying, cheap, have on hand snack.
They and lots of pecans and not walnuts so pecans were the nut of choice. It is good and very
pecan buttery.

Persimmon Cookies

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
1 cup persimmon pulp
1 tsp soda
Cream shortening and sugar, add slightly beaten egg and mix well together.
In a different bowl combine
2 cups of flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp all spice
1 tsp salt
1 cup nuts
1 cup raisins
stir well until evenly blended.
Stir into the pulp shortening mixture.
Make drop cookies somewhat mashed down.
Bake 25 minutes at 375 degrees.

persimmon cake

1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 tsp baking pwder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup persimmon pulp
1 tbs butter
1/2 cup walnuts

Sift dry ingrediants together.  Stir everything together. Put into a 300 degree oven fro 1 hour in a small square
pan. can be doubled.

This was my moms recipee and soooo good. Coffee drinkers love it.