Karin Bartsch's Journals

To open this chapter, I post a recipe of KAHLUA , published once by Susan Brunson from Snohomish, WA.     And I say: "Cheers!"

Boil 4 cups sugar, 10,5 cups of water and a vanilla bean (slit lengthwise) for 30 minutes. Dissolve coffee ( 6 tablespoons freeze-dried or 3 tablespoos Instant) in 1/2 cup boiling water; add to mix. Cool, add fifth of Vodka or Rum and let stand in covered jar. Remove bean.     If you want a drink right away, add 2 oz. vanilla extract instead of the bean.

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Now we are talking health

For the following "Immune Builder" you need your mixer, also for the next recipe. Don't store some for the next day. It needs to be made fresh every day.

A handful of diced parsley                                                                                       one garlic clove                                                                                                        5 medium carrots without greens                                                                             3 stalks celery

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"Vegetable Express"

2 lettuce leaves                                                                                                        1 small wedge cabbage                                                                                            4 carrots without greens                                                                                          3 broccoli floweretts                                                                                                1/2 apple - seeded

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Detoxification and rejuvenation

affords fasting one meal a week, one day a month, and fasting 3 days in a row.    To get your much needed liquids you can dilute good fruit juices with clean water and you mix the items in each following line in your mixer with water each day - one line per day for the week (equal parts or vary the proportions):

carrot, beet, celery                                                                                                   carrot, apple, celery                                                                                                  carrot, cucumber, spinach, parsley, garlic                                                                carrot, beet, ginger, garlic                                                                                        apple, strawberry, mango                                                                                        apple, banana                                                                                                           orange, carrot

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When you will read some or all of my recipes, you will think that some of those might be not so healthy according to all the latest rantings concerning fats and cholesterol. But think again. My husband overcame two kinds of cancer by strengthening his Immune System rather than enduring the harshest of treatments by eating the foods I cooked - good old fashioned nutrition. Besides his normal aging, he is as strong as he ever was. 

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When we lived in Florence, AZ, I had to bring it to almost every Potluck Dinner because our fellow campers were expecting it. I usually don't measure any ingredients, but it is easier for you when I give you the portions. At first the ingredients:

4 thin slices of Bacon  - minced                                                            4 tbsp. Brown Sugar                                                                             1 can of Sauerkraut ( 14,5 OZ or 411 gr) - well drained                            1 cup Water                                                                                       1 tbsp. Minced Garlic or 1 clove fresh Garlic                                           1/2 of a medium sized Apple - minced                                                  

Fry the Bacon in a medium -sized pot until crunchy. Add the Brown Sugar, stir it for a while and add the other ingredients. Stir and cover with a lid and let it cook on Low for an hour or more, depending on your preferences. Check it frequently, stir and add some water if necessary, so it would not burn. Buy enough cans, I think you will find that you need more next time. Multiply all ingredients according to the numbers of cans you need. For a potluck dinner I took at least 4 cans, depending on the number of participants. I hope you really like it.                                                                                                                                                           

Are you familiar with the Fruit Cake Mix (preserved dried fruit) you can buy at Walmart or other Grocery Stores? I like to use those when I bake the following cake. But you can use up whatever you have on fruit, like dried cranberries, green and red preserved cherries, dried pineapple etc. Here is the recipe with the ingredients I use:

1 cup coursely chopped nuts of any kind or mixed                                   1/2 cup raisins (Golden or dark)                                                           2 cups "Fruit Cake Mix" (Sunripe Fruit Products, Inc.,Plant City,FL 33563)     1/2 cup dried pineapple                                                                      1/2 cup RUM                                                                                     ----------------------------------------------------------------

2 cup All Purpose Flour                                                                        1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder                                                                3/4 cup granulated sugar                                                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------

1/2 cup unsalted butter                                                                       1 teaspoon Vanille                                                                              3 eggs -beaten                                                                                  ----------------------------------------------------------------

Combine the nuts, fruits and the RUM in a bowl, cover, and let stand for about 12 hours, stirring it several times.

In a large bowl, combine the flower, sugar and baking powder. Add the fruit mixture and stir with your hands to coat evenly.

Heat the butter in the microwave for 30 seconds and add to the beaten eggs and Vanille. Fold this mixture into the batter with a rubber spatula. Spoon the batter into the prepared  loaf pan - 8x4x3 - (greased and lined with parchment paper). You had the oven preheated to 350 degr.F., and the cake will be ready in one hour or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove and peel off the parchment paper. Let the cake cool completely on a wire rack.

For this recipe you need only 3 ingredients:                                                                 

Bologna of any kind                                                                                                    Miracle Whip                                                                                                               Relish or Pickled Cucumbers

The sausage is cut up in mini strips, as small as possible, of about 1/2 inch length and the Pickled Cucumbers have to be minced also. I used Relish and I think the taste of it enhances the already spiced-up mayo taste of the Miracle Whip and is less work. You mix these 3 ingredients together - the amounts are up to you - you simply have to taste it in between or have to concider your diet plans.                                                         

I always make home-made bread ( per bread machine), but you can take any bread of your liking and spread the Fleischsalat generously on the slices. It is finger-licking good!

Do you want the easiest and fastest method, without having your fingertips bleeding?       Here it is:                                                                                                                  

4 white potatoes                                                                                                         4 large eggs                                                                                                               1,5 tsp. salt                                                                                                                1,5 tsp. onion powder                                                                                                 1 tbsp. flour                                                                                                               olive oil                                                                                                              

Wash the potatoes and make sure that no bad spots are left by cutting those out. Leave the skin on! That makes the meal more healthy and tasty. Put your Mixer on the table and proceed as follows:                                                                                               Put the contents of one egg into the mixer, take one potato and cut it into small pieces right into the mixer.Start the mixer on "Grate" for a couple of seconds, then go to "Blend" until the potatoes are ground. Empty the mixer content into a medium sized bowl. Do the same with the other eggs and potatoes. Put the salt and onion powder into the mush and mix it, then add the flower and mix it very good.

Heat up the pans on the stove and then add the olive oil. ( Note: if you add the olive oil before heating up the pans, the benefits of the oil will be destroyed). Take one dinner spoonful at a time of that dough into the pan and flatten slightly. Put the flames on medium heat and let it brown - the more oil you have in the pan, the more crispier the pancakes turn out. Flip them over to brown the other side, repeat, if you have to, until there are dark golden brown. They have to be eaten right away, while you are still baking because the crispness diminishes when you store them. The cook eats last.

If you think that 4 potatoes is too much, think again, the heavenly smell of the pancakes will draw all persons of your household to the table and probably the next door neighbors. That happened to me in our RV Resort, every camper passing by got one, and on that day there were exceptionally high number of persons just strolling by, asking: "What are you cooking??" By the way, the recipe given makes 32 pancakes. You don't need any other item to make it a meal, a fresh cup of coffee, maybe, and some fruit. If your diet plan allows it, you can put sugar on it. Enjoy!! The leftovers can be eaten cold.

Since I never measure anything, it would be very hard for me to give you the exact amounts of ingredients. Please, don't be shy when it comes to the spices. You simply taste it in between and decide for yourself how much to take of each. Make the mixture extra spicy because the potatoes will absorb much of it.

         The salad will be best to make when you cook the unpeeled potatoes the day you will use them and peel them when they are still warm. You slice the potatoes and add them to the mixture of the ingredients below and mix thoroughly with your well washed hands, in order not to break up the slices.                                                                    

Cooked potatoes - peeled and sliced                                                                           -----------------------------------

Miracle Whip                                                                                                              Mustard from the bottle                                                                                              Green Onions - sliced                                                                                                 Pickled cucumbers - any type you like - diced                                                              Apples, peeled, cored and diced                                                                                 Seasoned salt                                                                                                             Celery salt                                                                                                                  Pepper                                                                                                                      Fresh parsley - or dried                                                                                             

If you like cooked eggs, you can garnish the dish with quarters of hard boiled eggs.         Another possibility is garnishing with anchovis - or both of those together!  Hhhhmmm!!

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