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- From uuneo!sugar!taronga!arielle Sun Nov 07 00:09:30 CST 1993
- Article: 6559 of rec.food.recipes
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Path: uuneo!sugar!taronga!arielle
- From: hall@hpn.trw.com (Laura Hall)
- Subject: Strawberry-Lemonade Punch & Shrimp Creole
- Message-ID: <9311060056.AA08562@nixon.hpn.TRW.COM>
- Followup-To: poster
- Sender: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Reply-To: hall@hpn.trw.com (Laura Hall)
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 93 16:56:19 PST
- Approved: arielle@taronga.com
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- Here are recipes for two requests:
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- 1. Request for Christmas Punch from Tammy Blandis
-
- I have made this punch several times for parties, and
- people always ask for the recipe. I originally got it
- from the July, '91 issue of Southern Living magazine.
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- Strawberry-Lemonade Punch
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- 1 (6 oz.) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed and
- undiluted
- 1 (6 oz.) can frozen limeade concentrate, thawed and
- undiluted
- 1 (6 oz.) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
- and undiluted
- 2 (10 oz.) pkgs. frozen sliced strawberries, thawed
- 3 cups cold water
- 1 (2 liter) bottle ginger ale, chilled
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- Combine the first 5 ingredients; add the ginger ale, and
- stir gently.
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- Makes 1 gallon, serves about 12.
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- NOTE: I like to float a frozen ring of prepared lemonade
- with whole strawberries in the punch bowl.
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- 2. Request for Shrimp Creole from Jeff Miller.
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- I grew up in New Orleans and have been preparing this
- for years. Sometimes I reduce the amount of cayenne
- pepper, if I am serving it to guests.
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- Shrimp Creole
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- 1/4 cup butter or other fat
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 large bell pepper, chopped
- 3-4 large cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 bunch green onion, chopped
- 1/2 bunch celery, chopped
- 1 (16 oz.) can stewed tomatoes
- 2 lbs. raw shrimp w/o heads (3 1/2 lbs. w/ heads)
- 1-2 cups shrimp stock
- Combine for seasoning: 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. gnd. cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp. gnd. white pepper
- 1/2 tsp. gnd. black pepper
- 1/2 tsp. dried basil
- 1/4 tsp. dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp. sugar
- 1 bay leaf
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- Shrimp Stock:
- Peel the shrimp and throw shells in a 2 qt. saucepan.
- Add vegetable scraps to saucepan. Add just enough water
- to cover the shells and simmer while you chop the vegetables
- and mix the seasonings together. It should cook about 30 min.
- Strain the stock a couple of times when done and set aside.
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- In a 4 qt. heavy pot, melt the butter over med. high heat.
- Whisk in the flour and stir constantly until the mixture is
- a true brown, not just golden.
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- Remove from the heat and add the vegetables. A lot of steam
- will be released so be careful. Stir well, then add the
- seasonings. Then add the tomatoes and 1 cup of stock. Stir
- well. Add more stock if too thick, it should be thick enough
- to serve on a plate over rice. It will get thicker as it
- cooks, so start out on the thin side.
-
- Return to heat and simmer, uncovered for 1 or 2 hours. Add
- stock from time to time to maintain a good consistency.
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- 15 min. before serving. Turn off the heat and add the shrimp.
- Stir and cover. Let it sit about 10 min. just until the
- shrimp are plump and pink.
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- Serve over rice. Makes about 6 servings.
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