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Bridget the pork chops sound really good, I will give that a go when next we have chops.

Bridget re the fund raising. How about printing off the recipe each person wants and asking for a small donation. (1 euro?)

This is what I am going to cook tonight for our main meal. Will let you know the result

Ingredients

* 3 eggs, lightly beaten
* 3 tablespoons milk
* 1 1/2 cups Italian seasoned bread crumbs
* 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
* 2 tablespoons dried parsley
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 4 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
* 4 pork chops

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. In a small bowl, beat together the eggs and milk. In a separate small bowl, mix the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and parsley.
3. Heat the olive oil in a large, oven-proof skillet over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, and cook until lightly browned. Remove garlic, reserving for other uses.
4. Dip each pork chop into the egg mixture, then into the bread crumb mixture, coating evenly. Place coated pork chops in the skillet, and brown abut 5 minutes on each side.
5. Place the skillet and pork chops in the preheated oven, and cook 25 minutes, or to an internal temperature of 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

This can be cooked on the hob if you do not have a skillet

Just for fun, have also posted on my Poems and Sayings post

If hunger makes you irritable, better eat and be pleasant.
Sefer Hasidim

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
Orson Welles

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.
Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

My favorite animal is steak.
Fran Lebowitz

Food is the most primitive form of comfort.
Sheila Graham

Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.
P. J. O'Rourke

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
G. K. Chesterton

You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.
Julia Child

The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.
Michel de Montaigne

He who comes first, eats first. [Familiar as: First come first served.]
Eike von Repkow

Never eat more than you can lift.
Miss Piggy

Next week I have just been informed. I have a lot of expats coming to my house for coffee and to read the recipes. Now this could be an opportunity to raise some more money for the original purpose of this thread. What are your views please, including suggestions re raising funds.
Thanks

I had completely forgotten how delicious most of these recipes sound .Also I am going to copy them all and make a book of my own with a notice inside to say who sent them all.

Any objections from anyone?

I am going to try one of the fish dishes today for our lunch and will try to add some new recipes as well.

I am still looking out for some nibble type recipes for the next film viewing, please.

Last night we had our fortnightly film showing. This started about three months ago and I usually put out some cheese & biscuits, biscuits, nibbles etc for the end of the film. The first time we did this 3 people came, last night we had 12 people plus my OH . We had decided not to put out the same things and I bought choc ices and popcorn which you cook in the microwave.
It was great fun. Our next meeting is in two weeks so suggestions for the interval nibbles would be welcome.

Glad you have found it again Bridget

AnninGlos

you will know what I mean when I say thank you, meant to put a thanks on the previous message

Oh so delighted to see that this is back. A friend in the UK has said she will look at this and see if she can print it a a book form for me and then I/we could see if we can raise some funds for the original intention. However if not please do not be concerned because I have already given a fairly decent gift to the funds.

More recipes to follow very soon.

Bridget. This one???

Tried and Tested and Delicious.... If you lik Almond flavouring and Amaretti biscuits and raspberries this one is for you

6oz soft margarine, 4 ozs golden caster sugar, 3 oz ground almonds, 5 oz SR flour, 3 eggs. Beat these all well together. Grease and line an 8" spring form cake tin. Oven at 160o C. Crush 5ozs Amaretti biscuits. buy small tuub raspberries (250g).

Put half cake mix into tin, spread evenly, top with half of crushed biscuits then put about half raspberries on top. Cover with rest of cake mix, then a layer of the remaining crushed biscuits, and the raspberries. Cook for approx 50-60 mins depends on cooker, ready when skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool in tin, Then can be served with more raspberries and cream or icecream..............Delicious OK with foreign raspberries but definitely better with English ones when in season

and another easy cookie recipe

Chocolate Wheels
What you need:

* 6 oz plain flour
* Pinch of salt
* 3 oz margarine
* 1½ oz caster sugar
* A few drops of vanilla essence
* 1 egg, beaten
* 2 oz chocolate

What you do:

Preheat the oven to 200oC, gas mark 6. Grease 2 baking sheets.

Sieve the flour and salt together into a bowl. Rub in the margarine, using your finger-tips, until you have a fine breadcrumb mixture. Stir in the sugar and mix to a dough with the egg and essence.

Roll out the dough onto a floured surface. Cut out cookies with a 5 cm cutter.

Place on the baking sheets and cook for about 10 minutes until golden. Allow to cool on a wire rack.

Melt the chocolate in the microwave or over a pan of boiling water. Take the bowl off the pan - or out of the microwave - before dipping the biscuit half-way into the chocolate. Leave to set before eating.

A great and easy little recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookies
What you need:

* 6 oz butter
* 4 oz caster sugar
* 8 oz self-raising flour
* 4 oz chocolate chips

What you do:

Preheat the oven to 180oC, gas mark 4. Grease 2 baking sheets.

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Using an electric whisk is quickest.

Sieve the flour into the bowl and fold it in, using a metal spoon to ‘cut’, lift and fold the mixture.

Fold in the chocolate chips.

Roll the dough into small balls and place on the greased baking sheets. Flatten them slightly and leave room between for them to spread out.

Cook for about 15 minutes until lightly browned. Leave to cool and firm up on a cooling rack.

Uzzi was asking about recipes so I nudged it up Bridget. all threads are still live, in that they can all be added to.

I can see that this thread which I started some time ago seems to have become visible again. Is it still live and if not would anyone like to start adding recipes again. I love cooking, my figure shows that!).
If it is to become alive again I will add some recipes this week.
Bye for now

Bridget

Thankyou Ann

And boost this one up also

Nudge for Muffy

Or was it this one Muffy?