[Peggy]

This is a copy of our last newsletter that we sent out around 2/26/07
The server had problems, and it was not found on the forum, so I am posting a copy of it, with a correction for the url.

Cajun Cooking and Recipe Snoop Newsletter
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Hi y'all!

St Patrick's Day is coming up, and we are including our most popular
today.
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You can now read today's newsletter online on our message board here:
http://www.recipesnoop.com/Board/viewtopic.php?t=9003

While you are there, check out our never ending cooking story, it's
getting really interesting!~
http://www.recipesnoop.com/Board/viewtopic.php?t=8220&start=0
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Cajun Cooking Recipes-Free recipes from around the world, funny
jokes, cooking stories, craft and gift basket making instructions
and much more:
http://www.cajuncookingrecipes.com

This is now the official newsleter for both Cajun Cooking Recipes and
Recipe Snoop! The newsletter will be sent out on Monday's for sure, and
if we have something special, we will put it out more often.

Recipe Snoop
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New Message Board
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IRISH SODA BREAD
http://www.cajuncookingrecipes.com/recipe.php?recipeid=1475

Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 to 1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Directions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Sift the flour, soda and
salt together into a deep mixing bowl. Gradually add 1 cup of buttermilk,
mixing with a large spoon until the dough is firm enough to be gathered
into a large ball. If the dough crumbles, add some more of the
buttermilk, a tablespoon at a time, until the particles adhere.

Place the dough on a lightly floured board, and pat and shape it into a
flat circular loaf about 8 inches in diameter and 1 1/2 inches thick.
Set the loaf on a floured baking sheet. With the tip of a small knife,
cut a 1/2 inch deep cross into the dough, dividing the top of the loaf
into quarters.

Bake the bread in the middle of the oven for about 45 minutes, or until
the top is golden brown. Remove from the oven and wrap in a clean cloth
and let cool on a wire rack for about 20 minutes.

View the rest of our St Patrick's Day recipes here:
http://www.cajuncookingrecipes.com/st_patrick's_day_recipes.htm
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This recipe was posted by Lucky, thanks!:
http://www.recipesnoop.com/Board/viewtopic.php?t=3427

Irish Potato Candy (March)

1/4 cup butter, softened
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 package confectioners' sugar, (16 ounces)
1 package flaked coconut, (7 ounces), (about 2 1/2 cups)
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

In a large bowl, with an electric beater on medium speed, cream
together the butter and cream cheese. Beat in the vanilla and
confectioners' sugar. With a spoon, stir in the coconut. Roll the
mixture between your hands to form small potato-shaped candies or
roll into small balls. Place the cinnamon in a shallow dish. Roll
the balls in the cinnamon, then place on a cookie sheet, cover,
and chill for about 1 hour, until firm.

Note: Make sure to use regular cream cheese, not a whipped or
reduced-fat type. And if you prefer "dirtier" potatoes, roll the
candies a second time in additional cinnamon after they've chilled
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This recipe was posted by Lucky, thanks!
http://www.recipesnoop.com/Board/viewtopic.php?t=8806

St. Patrick's Parfait

1 box instant pistachio pudding
2 cups milk
2 kiwifruit, sliced
Cool Whip
green food coloring

Prepare pudding according to package directions.

When pudding is chilled, layer pudding, kiwifruit and green-tinted Cool
Whip in clear plastic cups.

Serve with green-tinted lemonade.
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This recipe was posted by Lucky, thanks!

Irish Venison Stew
http://www.recipesnoop.com/Board/viewtopic.php?t=6442

Cut venison into chunks and marinate venison in buttermilk to clean
taste and tenderize the meat.

2 pounds of a choice meat, (Venison, Buffalo , Elk, Beef, Antleope, Lamb)
1 tablespoon juniper berries, crushed
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
3 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
1-1/2 cups dry red wine
2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups celery, cut into 1-inch diagonals
6 to 8 peeled small boiling onions
1-2 cups beef stock
salt and pepper 1/2 cup freshly hand picked shamrocks (for garnish)

Wash buttemilk off the venison. Mix the meat, juniper berries,
peppercorns and garlic. Add 1 cup of the red wine. Cover and marinate in
the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours, or overnight.

Drain off the marinade and save. Heat the olive oil in your pot and
brown the venison. Add the celery and onions. Add all the red wine and 3/
4 cup beef stock. Cover and bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 45
minutes, or until tender, adding the remaining beef stock during baking
if necessary.

Remove from the oven. Season with salt and pepper and serve. You can
garnish serving plate with shamrocks for St. Patrick's day if you
celebrate it.
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Oatmeal Bacon Pancakes
http://www.cajuncookingrecipes.com/oatmeal_bacon_pancakes.htm

4 oz Flour
1 oz Fine oatmeal
1 c Buttermilk or milk
1 ea Egg (beaten)
8 ea Strips bacon

Sift the dry ingredients, then add the egg and enough milk or buttermilk
to make a batter like thick cream. Fry the bacon rashers and drain, then
make a large pancake, pouring the batter over the entire bottom of the
pan. Cook on one side, toss over, spread with a little mustard if liked,
then add the bacon and fold over. Make the rest of the batter into
pancakes the same way. Makes 4 very large pancakes or 8 small ones.
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Cooking Tip-Baking Potatoes

Posted by texasgirl, thanks!

Another easy way to bake potatoes.. Wash good and pierce the skin. Then
put in a baggie and pop in the microwave for a few minutes..depending
on the size. It is a quick and easy way to bake them in a few minutes.
Also very good..Don't seal the baggie though ..it will explode..

For other cooking tips:
http://www.recipesnoop.com/Board/viewforum.php?f=5
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RECIPES REQUESTS OR COOKING QUESTIONS:

Looking for a recipe? Can't seem to find it? Have a cooking
question? Our members are a great group, and if they can help, they
will! Post your requests at our message board under request recipes,
or cooking questions:

http://www.recipesnoop.com/Board/index.php
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Today's Joke posted by bluemtnblue, thanks!:

The Church Gossip

Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the church's
morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business.

Several members did not approve of her activities, but feared her enough
to maintain their silence.

She made a mistake, however, when she accused Henry, a new member, of
being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the
town's only bar one afternoon...

Want to read the rest of the joke? Just go to:
http://www.recipesnoop.com/Board/viewtopic.php?t=8822

You can see the listing of all the jokes here:
http://www.recipesnoop.com/Board/viewforum.php?f=11
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We have had a lot of people asking for the link to our CLOSE CLONE
RESTAURANT RECIPES.

We have two seperate links. They can be found at:
http://www.cajuncookingrecipes.com/list.php?pagenum=0&categoryid=17
And more are at:
http://www.cajuncookingrecipes.com/restaura.htm
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**GAMES**

FUN GAMES in our forum: Cooking Word Game, Keep-One Drop One, Song
Game, Word Game, Ingredient Game, ABC'S Of Summer, Word Association,
What Year Did It Happen, and Riddles/Puzzles.
http://www.recipesnoop.com/Board/viewforum.php?f=10

CHICKEN AND EGG GAME
http://www.cajuncookingrecipes.com/chicken_and_egg_game.htm

CRAB RACE GAME
http://www.cajuncookingrecipes.com/play_crab_race_game.html
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newsletter out for years! We have a lot of our past newsletters
archived online here:
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