Holiday Favorites

[lalbo-81]

  I've been reading, and watching shows about food around the world, it's diversity and its similarities. And with Christmas coming, I thought I'd ask what your favorite special to the holidays dish is? 

  One of mine is Whoopee pies, one of my DILs is from Pennsylvania Dutch country and she makes them for us only at Christmas. They are so goood! 

[domino-710]

I'll bite - how do you freeze raw eggs out of the yolk ?????

[imastawka]

You can freeze eggs by mixing them slightly - don't overdo the mixing - no bubbles.

With a pinch of salt  (don't forget this tidbit when using them in a recipe)

Then freeze the mix in ice cube trays.  For your recipe, one cube is one egg (or 3 tablespoons is one egg)

[lyhargr_0]

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@lalbo-81 wrote:

Fritattas can be cooked and frozen like your quiches, plus you can freeze raw eggs out of the yolk quite well. Hope that helps! 

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Not sure what fritattas are, will Google them ............. No need to freeze my  eggs, they  will keep for weeks in my fridge, not like the supermarket ones that have been around ages before the hit the shelves.

[katistrophik]

Frittata is an egg-based Italian dish similar to an omelette or crustless quiche or scrambled eggs, enriched with additional ingredients such as meats, cheeses or vegetables. The word frittata is Italian and roughly translates to "fried

[lyhargr_0]

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@katistrophik wrote:

Frittata is an egg-based Italian dish similar to an omelette or crustless quiche or scrambled eggs, enriched with additional ingredients such as meats, cheeses or vegetables. The word frittata is Italian and roughly translates to "fried

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thanks        ................ think I will stay with quiche

[springyzone]

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@lyhargr_0 wrote:

I tend to saute any ingredient I am going to add to the quiche,  I use frozen corn, so I zap  for 5 mins before I add it, I think that cooking the ingredients first, give them more flavour. This recipe are so versatile,  I  think you can add  ( almost ) and ingredient you like to it. 

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You don't know how glad I am to see someone else who does similar to what I always do now.

I've had friends who say there's no need to cook bacon or onion or zucchini or whatever before it goes in but I learnt my lesson a while back with a zucchini slice. Put in all in raw as per the recipe and it just wasn't right by the time the rest was cooked. Now I saute or zap slightly for most of the things I toss in. I do think it gives more flavour too, especially with things such as onions.

[springyzone]

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@lalbo-81 wrote:

Thank you springy! So it's pretty versatile for ingerdients then. The mushrooms will work instead of ham or bacon, for the vegetarian and non-pork family members. 

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Yes it is versatlie. Also, you can use gluten free flour successfully too for anyone who is coeliac.

[lalbo-81]

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@domino-710 wrote:

I'll bite - how do you freeze raw eggs out of the yolk ?????

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OMG! I really typed yolk, ROFL!  Momentary aphasia, lol! 

[lalbo-81]

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@imastawka wrote:

You can freeze eggs by mixing them slightly - don't overdo the mixing - no bubbles.

With a pinch of salt  (don't forget this tidbit when using them in a recipe)

Then freeze the mix in ice cube trays.  For your recipe, one cube is one egg (or 3 tablespoons is one egg)

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Right on the money, Stawka, I use old ice cube trays too. Of course, I use them to freeze lots of things, lol! Many decades ago, the first time I tried to freeze eggs, my MIL neglected to mention the " don't overbeat them" part. Let me tell you, frothy raw eggs, they spill out during the expansion from freezing and you have to chisel them off the freezer shelf, lol! 

[lalbo-81]

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@lyhargr_0 wrote:

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@katistrophik wrote:

Frittata is an egg-based Italian dish similar to an omelette or crustless quiche or scrambled eggs, enriched with additional ingredients such as meats, cheeses or vegetables. The word frittata is Italian and roughly translates to "fried

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thanks        ................ think I will stay with quiche

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Mine are more like a spicy french omelette, very puffy and lots of fillings of different kinds. I have  set of 6 inch diameter cast iron frying pans to make individual servings, I wonder, can we cook your quiche recipe in cast iron, do you know? If not, we'll try my cassoulet( I think that's what they're called) dishes. That's today's project for supper.