Ice Cream Photos

Ice Cream

Ingredients

3 cups sugar

4 eggs

2 pints whole whipping cream

2-3 tablespoons vanilla

1 teaspoon salt

1 quart whole milk

Directions

Beat sugar and eggs together. Mix with whipping cream, vanilla, and salt. Pour into freezer container. Add 1 quart of whole milk or enough to bring mixture to freezer line. Freeze.

Vacation

Christmas vacation has really helped me get my project done. I have made ice cream, lutefisk, Irish bacon and cabbage soup and German potato cheese soup. My family loves all the cooking I'm doing.

Homemade Ice Cream

On Saturday my grandpa is going to teach me how to make homemade ice cream. I am very excited to learn how he makes ice cream. He makes ice cream every year for Christmas. It should be very yummy!

New Idea

I have a new idea! Im going to make a scrapbook cookbook. I will make my recipe book look old and warn out like it really was passed down form my grandparents. Im really looking forward to this! I had another idea about the expo. I think Im going to make smaller mini books to hand out or for looks. Im not totally sure yet. Im just bouncing idea around.

This picture is kind of my idea. It is what Im going to go off but spice it up.

Krumkaka Recipe

Krumkaka:

Ingredients

-6 egss

-1 cup sugar

-1 cup butter

-1 1/2 cups flour

-1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Heat krumkaka iron. add sugar and eggs and beat well. Melt butter and add to mixture then add vanilla. Place a teaspoon of batter on iron then press down until brownish. Then roll instantly.

Krumkaka Round 2

Today I made krumkaka with my family. We get together after Thanksgiving and make cookies for Christmas. I thought that it would be a perfect time to practice my krumkaka. I don't think that they turned out like before by my great grandma said that they were great. Im still not so convinced but they worked out alright. I also got a different recipe! It is my grandma's aunt krumkaka recipe.

Recording

I have just started recording for my iMovie. It is going alright. So far I only have one food done. Im not sure that I like the say it sounds so Im trying to come up with another idea on how to record.

Confessions

This morning my dad finally confessed that he didn't like the bram brack. My sister spit it out when she tried it. So I think that its a sign the bram brack was not so good.

Entree: Irish Potato Casserole

Ingredients

2 cups peeled and shredded potatoes

1/2 cup melted butter

2 eggs, beaten

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon paprika

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions

Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Mix potatoes, butter, eggs, salt, and paprika. Add into baking dish and pour milk over top. Bake for 40 minutes. Sprinkle cheese and place in oven until it melts.

Movie

I am now starting to put my movie together. I am using iMovie and adding all of my pictures with captions at the bottom explaining each step. I will also record myself talking about each step. Im very excited because I love making movies!!

Appetizer: Barm Brack

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups brewed black tea, cold

1 cup packed light brown sugar

1 1/4 cups golden raisins

1/4 cup chopped candied citron

1 1/4 cups self-rising flour

1 egg

Directions

Put the tea, sugar, raisins and peal into a bowl, cover and leave soak over night. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour an 8 inch round pan. Sift the flour into fruit mixture, add the egg and beat well. Pour into the cake pan and bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Leave in the pan for 5 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack.

Shopping

Today I went shopping to start my Irish meal.

Lefsa Photos

Lefsa

And now for my lefsa blog! To start making lefsa you need to start the night before and peal, boil, and mash your potatoes. They need to chill over night. After they have chilled then you need to rice the potatoes and mix in your flour. The best way to mix the flour and potatoes is yo use your hands. Next your a 1/3 measuring cup to form balls. After all of the balls are formed place them in the refrigerator to chill. After letting the balls chill for awhile you are ready to make lefsa. When you make lefsa you have to have special rolling pin, spatula, and rolling board. When you are ready to roll out the balls you need to add four to the rolling pin and rolling board. Then roll out the ball until nice and thin. Next take the spatula and carefully roll the dough around it. Then unroll the dough onto the skillet. Check the bottom of the lefsa for brown spots. Then use the spatula to flip over the lefsa. Set under a towel to cool. Recipe and picture to come.

Shopping List

I started making my shopping list to move on to the next meal to make. Im going to start on my Irish meal this weekend. I will finish my Norwegian meal on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Here is my shopping list:

-Black Tea

-Golden Raisins

-Chopped Candied Citron

-Irish Bacon

-Potatoes

-Diced Tomatoes with Juice

-Savoy Cabbage

-Onions

-Bananas

-Raisins

-Caraway Seeds

-Buttermilk

A Guest for Lunch

My grandma came over for lunch to try out the potato kulb. My mentor and grandma thought that it was very good!

Potato Kulb

Next we made potato kulb. This is like a dumpling with a ham surprise in the middle. First you have to boil a ham hock to cook your ham and make a broth to boil the potato kulb in. You have to peal about 5 good sized potatoes then you need to grate the potatoes. We found that it was easier to blend then with a little water. Only blend them for a couple seconds. You don't want them mushy just cut up very finely. Then you add in flower use your hands to mix it all together. Now you make them all into a ball. Grab a little bit of the potato mixture and make a little dent and place in your ham. Grab more potatoes to cover the ham and mold it into a ball. Don't do this until you have your broth boiling. Then place the balls into the pot. Be careful to not burn your hands. Let the balls boil for 25-30 minutes. Be sure not let them stick to the bottom. Recipe will come later.

Krumkaka

My Norwegian dessert is krumkaka. This is one of the three things that we made on Friday. You have to mix the batter and then let it chill. While the batter chilled we made potato klub and lefsa. We used a modern version of the krumkaka press. (Im not sure if it is really called a press.) You leave the batter in there for a while. Some people make their krumkaka light and some like it a little darker. Once you take it out you need to roll the krumkak on a pin right away. They stay rolled better when you do it right when it is hot. Krumkaka freezes very will so you can make it early and freeze it for the holidays. I don't have the recipe right not so I will update that later.

On to the Next Country

I met with my mentor today at 4 o'clock. We talked about what my project is all about and what is the next step I need to talk. We decided that we are going to get together on Friday at 10 o'clock. We are going to make Potato Klub, Lefsa, and Krumkaka. We are going to cook at Judy's house. I think this is going to be very exciting.

Meeting with my Mentor

I have a meeting with my community mentor Judy today after school. Im looking forward to talking with her and showing her what I have gotten done so far. I am also excited to see what she has to say about all my other recipes and how she can help me.

Yummy!

Enjoying a wonderful meal!

Cookin' Again

Tonight Im making my American meal for my family. My grandparents will be joining us for supper. My mom has been my recorder today. She has recorded me as I prepare and cook the food giving the directions on how to make them. Along the say she has been taking photos for my photo journal I need to have at the end of the year. So far it has been pretty interesting filming. We have had to start over a couple of time either mom and I would get the giggles, the phone would ring or my dad and brother would come in with a scary Halloween mask on. I will have some editing to do.

Garbage Platter

I don't think that I can make an American meal with out deep fat frying some food. My appetizer for this meal is a garbage platter. I filled the plate with french fries, cheese balls, mushrooms, popcorn chicken and, onion rings. It was a very tasty!

Lettuce Salad

Last night my family had lasagna and I thought that it would be a good idea to practice making salad for my project. It wasn't too hard to make it was just lettuce, cubed ham, shredded cheese, hard boiled eggs, carrots, and bacon bits. It was "build your own salad" so they got to choose what and how much they wanted on their salad.

Supper is Ready

Enjoying the meal. The best part was I didn't have to do dishes.

Fried Chicken

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

1/2 cup all-

purpose flour

1 teaspoon paprika

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

3-3 1/2 pound broiler-fryer chicken, cut up

vegetable oil

Directions

Mix flour, paprika, salt and, pepper. Coat chicken with flour mixture. Heat oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Cook chicken oil about 10 minutes or until light brown on both sides; reduce heat. Cover tightly and simmer for about 35 minutes, turning once or twice, until juices run clear. If skillet can not be covered tightly, add 1/2 tablespoons water. Remove cover during the last 5 minutes of cooking to crisp chicken.

Potato Tip

When I made potatoes I used ones from our garden and they were really small. I found it helpful to use a fork to help peal. This way you don't drop the small potato a ton of time and you wont cut your self. I didn't think of this idea until I had one potato felt to peal.

Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

These are my FAVORITE!

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

2 pounds potatoes

1/2 cups mayonnaise

8 oz. cream cheese

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon white pepper

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

paprika

Directions

In a saucepan, combine potatoes and enough water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat a boil for 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain. Mash potatoes until fluffy, gradually adding mayonnaise, cream cheese, salt, pepper, and onion powder. Spoon into casserole dish and sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until thoroughly heated.