Food column

[PinkGirl]

I don't eat as poorly as you might think, but I do have a sweet tooth.
It's genetic - if something is too sweet, we just drink more cold milk with
it. Anyway..........I do cook healthy meals most of the time, but they are
"ordinary" meals.....chicken, beef, broccoli, carrots, salad (ice burg lettuce or romaine), fresh veggies from the garden (tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, herbs, yellow beans)

I have two questions: What is a plantain? What is green lime soup? Third question: I don't know what you're supposed to do with an avocado. I'm not
even sure what they look like but I know I can buy them at our one grocery store. I think they are green and bumpy.

[Vi Schorpp]

I'm interested in the Ritz cracker stuffing with Thanksgiving around the corner. My family loves my stuffing, but I'm always on the look-out for other variations. And thanks in advance.

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

CRACKER STUFFING -- for 20+ pp

6L Ritz boxes (Total 24 sleeves) hand crushed in large
bowl
Add 3-4 qts milk and stir w/crushed cracker pieces
8L white onions -- peeled, sliced and sliced again several
times
Saute in butter -- let cool and chop
2 boxes mushrooms -- washed, sliced and sliced again
Saute in butter
12 broiled hot/spicy sausages -- cooked and cut up in
small pieces
Stir EVERYTHING together w/excess butter from saute
pan -- go for it...

Add to taste: Lawry's Seasoned Salt
Ground black pepper
Garlic powder
Onion powder
8 egg yolks -- well beaten
8 egg whites -- well beaten
1 stick melted butter (cooled)

Fill 2L casseroles (I use disposable) -- 3"+ high
Cook at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Cool, seal and refrigerate.
Reheat next day (after flavors have melded) at 350
degrees for 45 minutes.

Scoop some cooked stuffing into turkey and cook w/turkey -- for *inside* stuffing (different texture).
I prepare *outside* stuffing.

Serve in pretty bowl, w/large spoon...

1 yr I used Doxee Clams (drained) instead of turkey sausage. Every one loved it, until they heard *clams*...

The original prize winning recipe was for CLAM DIP:
Crushed Ritz crackers
Grated onion (which I chose to sautee but you
needn't)
Seasonings to taste as above
Doxee Clams (drained)
Heat in casserole at 350 degree oven
Serve w/crackers of your choice (Ritz, Wheat Thins,
whatever)
GUESTS TYPICALLY FORGO THE CRACKERS AND ASK FOR A PLATE AND FORK. (Very popular favorite often requested of me.)

So much to be THANKFUL for...

With love,
Andi

[Carolyns]

Hi Andi,

Am I reading the clam dip recipe correctly? Crackers, onions and clams? Is that it or did I miss something. I want to make it.

Carolyn