Cha'kwaina's Creations

RECIPES


My mother and I used to do this twice a year, Thanksgiving and Christmas, in an old hand grinder. We clamped it to the table and one of us would feed the cranberries in and the other would turn it.

I now make this all year long. If you leave the pecans off, it is great on turkey and chicken sandwiches. It goes over well at most potlucks, too.

1 bag cranberries
1 large box gelatin (any flavor)
1 whole orange
2 cups boiling water
1/2 to 1 cup sugar
nice Pecan halves

Puree cranberries and entire orange(peeling and all) in blender. Stir gelatin and sugar into boiling water until dissolved. Stir in pureed fruits. Pour in to a square pan or casserole. Chill just until set. Remove from fridge and gently place one whole Pecan half in center of each serving sized square. (Do not cut the squares until firmly set.)


FRY BREAD

Self-Rising Flour
Canned Milk
Vegetable Oil
Several Strips Bacon

Pour enough vegetable oil in a pan to float the dough pieces when added. As it is heating up, lay the bacon in it to fry slowly and render the fat to flavor the vegetable oil.

Remove the bacon when done.

Mix the flour and canned milk in a bowl. You want the dough to be malleable and not sticky.

Pinch off balls of dough and form into dics in your hands. Some women make a hole in the middle of the dough, some like it thick some like it thin.

Place in the hot oil and fry, turning at least once.