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lemondroppr · Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 1416

OOOOO! Mac and cheese!!! I LOVE mac and cheese! Share your recipe Bloom??? I've never thought about making it in the crock pot!

I'm heating up some left over chicken and dumplings (the big, puffy bread type). Years ago, I ate some "dumplings" that were more like a fat (thickness) but flat noodle. Anyone make that type???? It was good.

Lukky · Site Admin Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 2422

Hey Blooming... Its 2pm Sunday here and I love macaroni cheese..,,,, funny thing is I used to just about puke at the thought of it when I was a kid!! hated it....was our staple diet as well...LOL

Hey Lemon I have never been able to cook dumplings.... An English friend I have here tried to teach me but mine never turned out like hers.... I love them tho..... Yummy
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lemondroppr · Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 1416

Can you get a biscuit mix like "Bisquick" (Betty Crocker) there Lukky? That's all I do is make up a batch of that and then drop globs of the batter into any simmering liquid. Cook for 10 mins. then cover and cook for another 10 mins. Works fine for dumplings.

Lukky · Site Admin Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 2422

I'll have to have a look next time I go to the Supermarket Lemon (which actually needs to be real soon as the pantry truly is looking real bare!!!)..... My kids just love them as well.....Geeeeeeeeez they would be so excited if I ventured out of my comfort zone of cooking and actually served them up dumplings!!! Be like Christmas for them... think my meals actually bore them half to death...lol ....They never say anything cause I can have a fiery temper if they so much as mutter a word of ungratefulness in regards to food....lol (ohhhhhhh only words by the way)
They always say thanks Mum that was great!! but I am sure they are smiling behind my back at each other...lol dont blame them really,,, I look at the meals as well and thing shucks that looks kinda boring!! Laughing

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WindSong · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:31 am Post subject:

Someone is always hanging around Blooming! And there's a big bag of mixed nuts on this AG board LOL Laughing

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BloomingintheSON · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 345

Lemon, if you are really serious, here is the recipe. I was so surprised others liked mac and cheese, too.

Melt together 1/2 stick of real butter and 1 1/2 cups of cheddar cheese. Add salt and pepper and a 1/2 tsp of powdered mustard (I used some mustard sauce.) Stir in a can of cheddar cheese soup (I used celery soup). Pour into a crock pot with drained macaroni noodles. Cook on slow heat for 2 1/2 hours. Add more shredded cheddar cheese (a handful or so) and continue cooking for 1/2 hour more.

Easy preparation. I expected the macaroni to be soggy. It wasn't.

I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get the name of the Southern cooking lady. Sorry. She is an inspiration to me. She was a single mother with two young sons and she started cooking in a restaurant -- and when her sons got older, they helped her run a catering business. She did so well that they asked her to "teach" cooking on TV. Now she does the TV show from her own kitchen and makes OODLES of money. Recently, she remarried and her husband - a fisherman -- helps her. He often appears on the show and he idolizes her -- and she him. They warm my heart.

There is hope for us, girls!! Good men ARE out there.

Thanks, all, for the laughs. I needed them -- and the strength of one of you with pneumonia and pleursy. What an inspiration you all are to me. (My sense of humor is still surpressed -- but listening to all of you. I think it will return)
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WindSong · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:29 am Post subject:

The dudette with pneumonia and pleurisy says that you should stick with us Blooming if you want to get your sense of humor back. She understands what you are saying because the one with the P&P she went through that not being able to find humor for a long time post NP aftermath. But as you will find out here she got it back in waves and waves and tidlewaves LMAO So stick with us here when you can and you'll have no choice but to find some humor. Because the nuts on this board will make you laugh all the time at every moment. I think the others will agree!!!!

Oh, and the P&P lady LOVESSSSSS some Mac and Cheese and she will try your recipe too! Laughing

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Lukky · Site Admin Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 2422

Hey Lemon what happened to that recipe site you posted here.... I saw it just before I logged out and come back to find it and its gone girlfriend....or am I in the wrong thread??

Tammy girl with pneumonia and Pleurisy... if you can still retain your sence of humour at the mo then any of us can... Dont worry Bloom ,,, you just keep coming here and we'll teach ya how to laugh again.... these Guys are a hoot a minute... ya cant help but get it back and I am gonna try that maccaroni cheese as well soon as I get to the supermarket and buy the ingredients....
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lemondroppr · Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 1416

Paula, Bloom? She's on the cooking channel, on cable here.

Thanks for the recipe! I'll give that a try soon. It sounds good Smile

Oh Lukky

After I posted that URL for German dumplings, I thought about it and deleted it. I'll put it back up, but these dumplings go best with a beef/pork dish or soup. I don't think they'd be good with chicken ....... but hey, maybe they would.

Here's a url for one type: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Semmelknoedel-Bread-Dumplings/Detail.aspx When I helped to make them, we didn't put in the parsley or onions, but they would be good that way. Also, when they say large ball, we formed the mixture into about 3 inch balls. These dumplings are heavy, very different from the drop-biscuit (dough) type.

Lukky · Site Admin Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 2422

Thanks Lemon.... I am gonna go take a look now. Kids are back today and I am cooking a beef casserole tonight so I might just try to make some and hopefully they turn out!!! I'll let ya know k...
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lemondroppr · Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 1416

Nummmmm! I'll be right there Smile

Yes, the German dumplings would go good with a beef dish. Probably the most important thing is don't add too much liquid when you make up the ingredients. You want to be able to make a firm ball from it (but not so dry that they'd fall apart either).

Cookie2 · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1403

I'm sorry blooming....I checked out early last night Embarassed

didnt see you Embarassed

Glad you decided to join the rest of the nuts here Laughing

See I told you you dont need to be lonley....this group here goes all night at times Laughing

I on the other hand need my beauty sleep Razz

so I dont join in too much....it comforts me tho to know if I cant sleep I COULD join in Laughing

Hey Lemon...I use the bisquick way of making my dumplings too......yum yum! I make a really good turkey and dumplings soup(from scratch of course) As for Paula Dean...I LOVE her but she uses a lot of high fat ingredients...she did a lasagna once that I tried...that sucker had EVERY single kind of cheese imaginable in it...even cream cheese...it was wonderfull...but expensive and fattening Laughing

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lemondroppr · Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 1416

LOL, my lasagna isn't for anyone on a low-fat diet either. I put in mozzerella, cheddar and cottage cheese. And loads of it. It's a good thing it only gets made a couple of times a year.