Corned Beef Reuben Sandwich

 Hello, Darlings

 

Born and raised in the North, I have always loved Corned Beef Reuben sandwiches.  Since moving South we would  seldom visit the restaurants that serve them. Not that the sandwiches weren't good, because they were great. However, with our daily routines and the location of the restaurants, we just didn't go.

 Luckily, while looking at some Betty Crocker online recipes I found  this gem, which I am  sharing with you. 

 

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Corned Beef Reuben

Ingredients

• 8 (1/2-thick) slices rye bread
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup thousand island dressing
• 1 pound corned beef, divided into four servings
• 2 cups sauerkraut
• 4 slices Swiss cheese

Instructions

1. Spread butter on one side of each slice of bread. Spread dressing on other side of bread.
2. Toast rye bread in skillet.
3. Place corned beef, 1/2 cup sauerkraut, and 1 slice of Swiss cheese on each slice of bread.
4. Cover with remaining 4 slices of bread, butter side up.
5. Place 2 sandwiches on in skillet.
6. Toast rye bread in skillet as you would grill cheese.
7. Cook to desired brownness.
8. Repeat with remaining sandwiches.

 

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 Enjoy, and have a good  rest of your day.

 

Chow, Darlings

 

Deeper Fryer Cornish Hen

 Hello, Darlings

It’s been awhile since my last post. Since then, we have moved and the new house still looks like we just moved into it. At ages 74, we are doing well but this move has exhausted us. Although all of the boxes were labeled for which room they were to be placed, to my displeasure, many of them ended up in areas that now have us hunting for them.

Anyway, exhaustion aside, we will get the house in order soon. I am looking forward to setting up my hydroponic systems and growing my own lettuce, tomatoes and herbs. I miss the baby eggplants.

Below is little Cornish hen recipe just for you. If you have never done it, this is a deep fryer Cornish hen recipe and not a oven roasted one. I came up with this recipe, because I was hunger, tired and too impatience to oven roast it, so I quartered it instead, then battered it with flour and seasonings, like I would with a regular chicken. All the while I was wondering if this method of cooking a Cornish hen was ever done before, and believe it or not, after a little research, I never found a recipe for deep fried Cornish hen What I found was that many cooks use a little cooking oil and oven fried the hen like one would oven fry a regular chicken, and called it deep fried Cornish hen or game hen. That was not what I was looking, so below is my newly created deep fryer Cornish hen recipe.

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Deeper Fryer Cornish Hen

Ingredients

• 1 Cornish hen, washed, pat dry and quartered
• 3 cups of flour
• Salt and pepper
• Cayenne pepper
• 4 tablespoons Za'atar seasoning
• Cooking oil for the deep fryer

Directions

1. Add enough cooking oil to the deep fryer cover each quarter of the hen, then pre-heat the oil  to 375^o degrees
2. As stated above wash, pat dry and quarter the Cornish hen
3. Season it will salt, pepper, cayenne pepper
4. Add the quartered parts to a baggie that has been seasoned with the Za'atar seasoning  
5. Shake well to cover the hen’s parts
6. Carefully add each quartered  part into the hot deep fryer oil for 30 seconds
7. Remove the hen’s parts and shake them to remove the excess oil
8. Carefully add the hen to floured baggie again and shake to cover with additional flour, for a crispier crust.
9. Add hen to deep fryer again and fry for 15 minutes, or skin is golden brown and blood flows from the parts

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Yum, yum! Taste like fried chicken to me. As always, you can use you own seasonings,

Enjoy!

Chow, Darlings

 

P.S. I noticed that I entitled the recipe "Deeper Fryer Cornish Hen", instead of "Deeper Fryer Cornish Hen"; however, I decided to leave the title unchanged because "no one is perfect".

 

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 Hello, Darlings,

 UPDATE: JUNE 8, 2025

Family came through, we should be moving soon. While O have made my entertainment site private, LA CRÉATION DE MOI, Just Another Anti-Rip-Off Website, Widescreen Network News and A Catholic's Life, Anew are still open for public viewing. Seven Ninety Seven,  "Home Of The Bargain Queen is open because packed all my recipes and recipes book, and my most used ones are posted here. Although I am known for not attending church as I should, I am a good Catholic with an aversion to sin and sinners,  A Catholic's Life, Anew will always be open.

UPDATE: MAY 25, 2025

 When I wrote the previous post below, I started some come confusion. We wanted the help of family members during our move due to our advance ages and physical ailments. To correct the mistaken idea that we are alone and without help, I want to state that what we cannot do ourselves, we will have the help of professional movers. This move is just a little harder on us physically and the extra hands of family would be helpful.

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Because I have badly injured my left ankle, plantar fascia and Achilles tendon muscles on New Year ’s Day, I have not been able to work in my container garden outside, many of the plants out there have died. Now, we have to move to a new resident, and there is only the two of us to do the work, which meaning things will be made harder because I can only stand and move about on my foot for a short period of times. Depending on the activity, I use foot braces, my cane and crutches or wheelchair to get about.

I share this information, because until we are resettled in a new resident, there will no new post.

Until next time,

Chow, Darlings

Recipes, recipes ...

 Hello, Darlings

I knows it has been months since my last post. However, things came up, like my spraining my ankle on New York while pulling my foot loose from the bed sheets (Yeah, I know, dumb way to do it. But who knew it was possible.), and dealing with problems created by bad neighbors.

Anyway, enough of them, this morning i have two new recipes that I labored over and truly hope that will enjoy. Sorry no photos at this time. I will add them on a later date. 

The first recipe I entitled, "Evelyn’s Quick and Easy Creamy Avocado Dressing". I absolutely love Avocado Dressing, but I never liked the store bought varieties, which left me  with with no other choice than to create my own. It has a little kick because of the hot sauce and fresh ground black pepper, those ingredients makes the dressing all the more enjoyable.

I also added a link for propagating Avocado seeds.

Evelyn’s Quick and Easy Creamy Avocado Dressing

Ingredients

• 1 large avocado or 2 medium avocados
• 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 1/8 tsp. hot pepper sauce
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 small garlic clove
• 1 tbsp. fresh dill or 1 tsp dried dill
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1 cup water
• Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

1.      Cut avocado skin lengthwise around
2.      Remove seed, either discard or save for plant as a house plant. Click link.
3.      Scoop out avocado meat
4.      Put all ingredients is a high speed blender or food processor
5.      Pulse repeatedly or use turbo speed until well blended.
6.      Store in 4 to 8 ounce Mason jars for up to five days, or freeze up to five months.

 

Note: To use as a dip use less water, about ½ cup to start.

Download the recipe here.

 This second recipe I call, "Evelyn’s Delicious Big Boss Air Fryer Chicken Legs". I am sure it can be adjusted for other types of air fryers. Anyway, I adapted my recipe to an over bake recipe and sane 30 minutes in cook time. You know me; the quicker, the better. The oven baked recipe was a simple basic recipe, i add my personal touches with additional spices and herbs, which made Sunday dinner delightful. 

There is one important step in making this recipe the best that it can be, and is, it will be more enjoyable when prep and refrigerated early in the morning or the night before. This allows all the ingredients permeate into the chicken legs fora more bountiful flavor.

Evelyn’s Delicious Big Boss Air Fryer Chicken Legs

*For best results prep and refrigerated in the morning or overnight*

Ingredients

• 4-6 chicken legs
• 2 tsp paprika
• 1.5 tsp kosher salt
• 1 tsp dried onion minced
• 1 tbsp. fresh garlic minced
• 1 tsp rosemary, dried and spun through a chopped
• 1 tsp dried parsley flakes
• ½ tsp fresh ground black pepper
• ½ tsp ground mustard
• 1 tbsp. garlic infused olive oil

Instructions

1. Rinse and pat chicken legs dry with a paper towel, leave skins to keep meat of legs moist.
2. Place chicken legs in a large Ziploc bag and add olive oil. Close bag and shake to coat chicken well with the oil.
3. Add seasonings to bag and shake to get chicken well.
4. Refrigerate in the morning or overnight
5. Spray air fryer with non-stick cooking spray.
6. Heat air fryer to 400 degrees.
7. Place chicken legs lower rack of air fryer for 20 minutes, turning halfway through. Add an additional 10 minutes for large chicken legs.
8. Serving and enjoy with your favorite ontrays.

Download the recipe here.

Well, that's it for now. Grab a recipe, enjoy, and stay safe.

Chow, Darlings.