When You're Not Eating This Weekend...

[+joefrog]

you'll be geocaching! And of course, then you'll eat again. SO, as promised to some of the cachers, here are a few of my favorite recipes for the holiday, starting with:

 

Joefrog's Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie

 

Ingredients:

 

1/3 Cup Bourbon or Whiskey

1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped

4 eggs

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1-1/4 cups light corn syrup

1-1/4 cups brown sugar

1 t. vanilla

1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted

1 10-inch unbaked pie shell

 

Instructions:

 

Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix pecans, bourbon, eggs, chocolate chips, corn syrup, brown sugar and vanilla in medium bowl. Blend thoroughly. Add melted butter and blend well. Pour filling into a 10-inch unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 F for 1 hour.

 

This recipe is perfectly safe for anyone, any age... the alcohol will cook out during baking.

[+joefrog]

Favorite Broccoli Salad

 

Trust me on this one...you'll like it!

 

Ingredients:

 

1 bunch broccoli, separated into florets

1 head cauliflower, separated into florets

8 bacon strips, fried and crumbled. (canned or imitation bacon bits can be substituted)

1/3 chopped onion

1 cup chopped seeded tomatoes

2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced

1 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing

1/3 cup sugar

2 tbls. vinegar

 

Instructions:

 

In a large bowl, combine first six ingredients.

In another bowl, combine mayo (or salad dressing), sugar and vinegar; mix until smooth.

Just before serving, pour dressing over salad and toss.

[+joefrog]

The Infamous Nieman Marcus Cookies

 

Ingredients: NOTE - Makes 112 cookies.

Recipe may be halved

 

2 cups butter

4 cups flour

2 tsp. soda

2 cups sugar

5 cups blended oatmeal (Measure oatmeal FIRST and then blend in a blender to a fine powder.)

24 oz. chocolate chips

2 cups brown sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)

4 eggs

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. vanilla

3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)

 

Instructions:

 

Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts.

Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Drop on wax paper to cool.

Lie to all your friends and tell them this recipe cost $250.

Go to The Urban Legends Page to read the legend of these cookies.

Edited November 24, 2003 by joefrog

[+joefrog]

Oreo Ice Cream Pie

 

Ingredients:

 

1 cup crushed Oreo cookie crumbs (about 12 cookies)

3 tablespoons melted butter

3 egg yolks

1 can sweetened condensed milk (Eagle Brand)

4 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup coarsely crushed Oreo cookies (about 12 cookies)

2 cups whipping cream, whipped

 

Instructions:

 

Mix 1 cup crushed Oreo crumbs with melted butter. Spread in the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan.

 

In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until light. Stir in sweetened condensed milk and vanilla. Fold in Oreo crumbs and whipped cream. Pour over the crust.

 

Freeze for 6 hours or overnight. Garnish with more Oreo cookies if desired, or serve with chocolate sauce.

[+joefrog]

Quick Spinach Dip

 

Ingredients:

 

1 10 oz. box frozen spinach

8 oz. sour cream

1 cup mayonnaise

1 pkg. Knorr Vegetable Soup Mix

1 8 oz. can water chestnuts, chopped

3 green onions, chopped

 

Instructions:

 

Thaw spinach and squeeze out water.

Mix all ingredients, cover and refrigerate 2 hours.

Serve with crackers, enjoy!

[umc]

Umm this is the General forum not the "Martha Stewart" forum.

 

All of those recipes sound great and I'm sure the leftovers would be great on the trail.

[+joefrog]

Umm this is the General forum not the "Martha Stewart" forum.

 

All of those recipes sound great and I'm sure the leftovers would be great on the trail.

Well, this is the "general" forum, and I didn't see any other place more appropriate. Thought some people might appreciate it. Was I wrong?

[umc]

Was I wrong?

No.. I just wanted to make a Martha Stewart reference.

[+Doc-Dean]

Good job!! I don't do much cooking but a few of those sound yummy!!

 

 

[Bender]

I think I gained 5 pounds just reading those recipes.

 

Bender

[Keystone]

Was I wrong?

No.. I just wanted to make a Martha Stewart reference.

Technically, the General forum is NOT for the purpose of discussing anything and everything under the sun, like recipes. Rather, the Groundspeak Forum guidelines state:

The goal of the Groundspeak Forum is to promote the activity of Geocaching and GPS Usage. It is an open forum sponsored by Groundspeak Inc. for discussing all aspects of Geocaching, Benchmark hunting, GPS Usage and Groundspeak related GPS Gaming.

So, the General forum is for discussions about those subjects which do not fall into any other category. But if the moderators deleted or closed every off-topic thread, especially around the holidays, we'd be hated even more than we already are. Well, except umc. Everyone loves umc.

 

Keystone Approver

Victim of Hiking Stick Envy

[+Divine]

Everyone loves umc.

I don't. I only adore umc.

[+joefrog]

Technically, the General forum is NOT for the purpose of discussing anything and everything under the sun, like recipes. Rather, the Groundspeak Forum guidelines state:

The goal of the Groundspeak Forum is to promote the activity of Geocaching and GPS Usage. It is an open forum sponsored by Groundspeak Inc. for discussing all aspects of Geocaching, Benchmark hunting, GPS Usage and Groundspeak related GPS Gaming.

So, the General forum is for discussions about those subjects which do not fall into any other category. But if the moderators deleted or closed every off-topic thread, especially around the holidays, we'd be hated even more than we already are. Well, except umc. Everyone loves umc.

 

Keystone Approver

Victim of Hiking Stick Envy

I have commented on that numerous times. A forum for "everything else" needs to be added. It doesn't even have to be saved to the archives, just let topics older than 30 days dissapear.

 

Check out the Scubadiving.com board for a prime example of the sort of "community" that can result.

[Fakk 2]

Here is my recipe to add to the list, and it is GC related as I took it to a Geo-Get-Together.

 

White Jello

 

Ingredients

2 packages (1 ounce each) Knox unflavored gelatin

1/2 cup water

1 can (20 ounces) crushed pineapple in heavy syrup

1/2 cup sugar

2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese

16 ounces whipped cream topping

1 jar (7 ounces) marshmallow creme

Marchiano Cherries (Spelled it wrong I think)

Crushed Walnuts

 

Instructions

In bowl, mix water and gelatin; let soften. Put pineapple and sugar in a pan. Bring to a boil and stir in gelatin. Stir and keep on low until gelatin is dissolved. In a large bowl, mix cream cheese and marshmallow creme with mixer. Add pineapple mixture, beat on low until blended. Let cool about 30 minutes. (I put in refridgerator to cool.) With spoon, blend in whipped topping. Pour into container and refrigerate. After jello sets place halved cherries and sprinkle on the crushed walnuts.

[+Cooter13]

Geocaching Stew

 

Take 2 McToys

1 TB or 2 (to taste)

1 Bobble Head

2 AA Batteries

1 GPSr

1 Log Book (Fresh is best, but you can use a soggy one)

1 writing untensil

 

Add all together in an ammo can. Place in woods for about 2 hours. While waiting, discover someone else's stew. Check to see if someone has been there. Check periodically and adjust receipe as needed.

 

Serve with a sense of adventure, family and friends.

[Team GeoHoy]

I think I gained 5 pounds just reading those recipes.

 

Bender

Me too, especially the Oreo Ice Cream Pie and the Spinach Dip.

[+Gorak]

Rather than re-post it in this thread, HERE is a markwell to a wonderful recipe that I posted last week. Given who the thread-owner is, I think it is appropriate.

[+joefrog]

Given who the thread-owner is, I think it is appropriate.

Don't make me go stone-age on your a**, Gorak!

[+Gorak]

Don't knock it until you've tried it! Although, I suppose in your case it could be considered cannabalism.

[+Team GPSaxophone]

Keystone, maybe these are the recipies for his Thanksgiving Event Cache and he'd just like to share them so those who can't attend can still enjoy the food

[+joefrog]

Keystone, maybe these are the recipies for his Thanksgiving Event Cache and he'd just like to share them so those who can't attend can still enjoy the food

Very well could be!

[+carleenp]

I'm hungry.

[+ChrisCindy]

How about a recipe for geomuggle pie?

[+joefrog]

How to Cook a Turkey After Finding a Geocache

 

Step 1: Go buy a turkey

 

Step 2: Take a drink of whiskey (scotch)

 

Step 3: Put turkey in the oven

 

Step 4: Take another 2 drinks of whiskey

 

Step 5: Set the degree at 375 ovens

 

Step 6: Take 3 more whiskeys of drink

 

Step 7: Turn oven the on

 

Step 8: Take 4 whisks of drinky

 

Step 9: Turk the bastey

 

Step 10: Whiskey another bottle of get

 

Step 11: Stick a turkey in the thermometer

 

Step 12: Glass yourself a pour of whiskey

 

Step 13: Bake the whiskey for 4 hours

 

Step 14: Take the oven out of the turkey

 

Step 15: Take the oven out of the turkey

 

Step 16: Floor the turkey up off of the pick

 

Step 17: Turk the carvey

 

Step 18: Get yourself another scottle of botch

 

Step 19: Tet the sable and pour yourself a glass of turkey

 

Step 20: Bless the saying, pass and eat out

Edited November 25, 2003 by Keystone Approver

[+joefrog]

How NOT to Cook a Turkey After Finding a Geocache

 

The turkey shot out of the oven

and rocketed into the air.

It knocked every plate off the table

and partly demolished a chair.

 

It ricocheted into a corner

and burst with a deafening boom,

then splattering all over the kitchen,

completely obscuring the room.

 

It stuck to the walls and the windows.

it totally coated the floor,

there was turkey attached to the ceiling,

where there'd never been turkey before.

 

It blanketed every appliance,

It smeared every saucer and bowl,

there wasn't a way I could stop it,

the turkey was out of control.

 

I scraped and scrubbed with displeasure,

and thought with chagrin as I mopped,

that I'd never again stuff a turkey

with popcorn that hadn't been popped.

Edited November 25, 2003 by Keystone Approver

[Keystone]

JoeFrog,

 

I have modified the titles of both your posts, so that they are on-topic.

[Tahosa and Sons]

Joe Frog - Your Turkey recipe made my week. Being a Chef I'm quite busy this week and your humor is just what me and my staff need. It will definately be posted in my kitchen tomorrow.

 

I would like to share you my recipe for sweet potatoes,

Sweet Potatoes 120 lbs.

Water 1 gal.

Brown Sugar 12 lbs.

Granulated Sugar 4 lbs.

Light Corn Syrup 1 1/2 gal.

Dark Corn Syrup 1 1/2 gal.

Maple Syrup 3 qts.

Molasses 1 cup.

Oranges (chopped) 5

Whole Cloves 1/2 cup.

Peel and dice potatoes, parboil till ala dente

Make sugar sauce and cook for 2 hours over low heat

Strain sauce over potatoes

Portion Potatoes into baking pan.

Bake at 300° for half hour.

[+sea_dragon]

 

Joefrog's Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie

 

Ingredients:

 

1/3 Cup Bourbon or Whiskey

1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped

4 eggs

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1-1/4 cups light corn syrup

1-1/4 cups brown sugar

1 t. vanilla

1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted

1 10-inch unbaked pie shell

 

Forget the pie, this sounds like a kickin' smoothie! Though, I'd double the Bourbon

[+joefrog]

JoeFrog,

 

I have modified the titles of both your posts, so that they are on-topic.

Why, thank you so much.

 

[+carleenp]

I'm hungry again. I shouldn't read this thread!

 

I'm going to cook up some marshmallow guns this weeked, courtesy of Jofrog's recipie!

[solohiker]

So does anyone have a recipe for leftover turkey?

[+Criminal]

So does anyone have a recipe for leftover turkey?

Yes, here's my recipe for leftover turkey:

 

Cook the turkey

Eat only some of the turkey

 

Yield: ~5000 servings of leftover turkey.

[+carleenp]

So does anyone have a recipe for leftover turkey?

 

Hot Turkey Sandwiches (uses left over potatos too if you have them):

 

Put cut up/shredded turkey in a sauce pan and add milk and black pepper. When heated, thicken the mixture with a flour and milk paste or a corn starch paste.

 

Take a peice of bread, put mashed potatoes on top of that and then spoon on the turkey mix.

 

Sprinkle with seasoning salt.

 

Then go caching.

[+The Weasel]

After reading this thread, I'm glad I have this!!!!

 

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearc...n=9780898156270

[+joefrog]

After reading this thread, I'm glad I have this!!!!

 

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearc...n=9780898156270

That book will be especially useful if you happen to leave the spinach dip out all night and eat some BEFORE you go caching. Happened to a co-worker of mine just the other day, when he made it for a party. He's still b*tching that I didn't specify it needed to be refrigerated.

 

Darwin in action...

[+The Weasel]

After reading this thread, I'm glad I have this!!!!

 

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearc...n=9780898156270

That book will be especially useful if you happen to leave the spinach dip out all night and eat some BEFORE you go caching. Happened to a co-worker of mine just the other day, when he made it for a party. He's still b*tching that I didn't specify it needed to be refrigerated.

 

Darwin in action...

All I know is that after dinner I hva e big date with The Ultimate Uncle John's Bathroom Reader!

[kerouac]

I guess after I eat all of this I will have to geocache just to burn off the calories. Naw I'll just get fat(er). HAHAHAHAHAH

[+joefrog]

Just had a piece of the Bourbon Chocolate pie... oh, man that's goooooood!

 

Now I gotta go caching and the day would be complete! But no... I'm stuck at work!

[+Huntnlady]

message edited on the grounds that it was stupid

Edited November 27, 2003 by Huntnlady

[escarg0t]

ONLY 112 cookies,huh? man i am salivating already...

[+stingray and butterfly]

Does anyone have ideas on what snacks they take on their searches? any special homemade trail mix? I am looking for new ideas to pack to keep the 4 hungry kids I bring with me full and not begging to stop at the corner store or McDonalds!

 

-Stingray

Edited November 26, 2003 by stingray and butterfly

[+joefrog]

Does anyone have ideas on what snacks they take on their searches?  any special homemade trail mix?  I am looking for new ideas to pack  to keep the 4 hungry kids I bring with me full and not begging to stop at the corner store or McDonalds!

 

-Stingray

 

Here's a good high-energy one that made an apperance at the local Meet & Greet. Don't expect them to last long -- they're addictive! Special thanks to MBCCannon for bringing them.

 

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg

Mix ingredients, using a teaspoon, get a small scoop, make a ball and coat with sugar. Bake at 350 for aprox 9 minutes. If using a baking stone, remove from stone as soon as you can or they take forever to cool! Enjoy!

 

(and BTW, Stingray... I'm a diver too. Check out The Diver to Diver board sometime.)

Edited November 26, 2003 by joefrog

[+JMBella]

Ya know what. I'm going to go make those dadgum cookies right now!

Should I add butter to that? Can't hurt right?

Edited November 26, 2003 by J&MBella

[+JMBella]

Cookies are in the oven. Went for the butter 'cause fat = flavor.

[+joefrog]

Cookies are in the oven. Went for the butter 'cause fat = flavor.

Butter for the peanut butter ones? Hmmmm... you can expect them to be squishy!

[+JMBella]

The're done. And oh so squishy. Which is a good thing.

 

(on topic undertones...)

These squishy peanut butter cookies will be great for taking with me geocaching!