WHITE SWEET DIPPING SAUCE

2 Cups Mayonnaise
11/2 Teaspoons Salt
2 Teaspoons Black Pepper, fresh ground is best
6 Tablespoons White Vinegar
6 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
4 Tablespoons Sugar
Mix all together. Ref. Good on about anything. Can be used on grilled or baked chicken. Can also use as a dipping sauce or can be used as a dressing for broccoli or for coleslaw. Can also use Miracle Whip instead of the mayo. Just work with this and adjust to your taste.

PINEAPPLE TEXAS TOAST

1 Loaf of Texas Toast
1 Egg
1 8oz. Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 Can Crushed Pineapple, drained
1 Small Cool Whip or 1 can Redi Whip
Marchanio Cherries
Butter or Marg.

In a bowl put in the drained pineapple and then add the 1/2 block of cream cheese. Add some cool whip to this and mix gently. Take a piece of the texas toast and put  some of the pineapple mixture on it. Put the other piece of bread on top. In a small bowl beat the egg and add 1/2 teaspoon sugar and beat again. Take the sandwich and dip one side in the egg mixture. Next do the other side. Take the butter or marg. and put in a skillet and melt. Lay the sandwich down in the butter. Take out and put on a clean plate. Melt some more butter and then take the sandwich and put the other side in the butter. Grill. Flip and grill the other side. Take out and put on plate. Cut in half. Put some pancake syrup on top of sandwich with some cool whip and a cherry. Very good.

BANANA BREAD FRENCH TOAST

1 Loaf of Banana Bread
1 Egg
1/2 Teaspoon Sugar
Butter
Chocolate Syrup
Cool Whip
Cream Cheese, softened
Pancake Syrup

Make a loaf of banana bread or buy a loaf and slice off 2 pieces of it like for texas toast. But the egg in a bowl with 1/2 teaspoon sugar. Mix good. Take and spread some cream cheese on the bread. Put the other slice of bread over the cream cheese. Dip the sandwich in the egg mixture. Melt the butter in a skillet. Put the sandwich in the butter. Grill in the butter on both sides of the bread. Cut in half. Put some syrup and butter on top of it and can also use some choc. syrup drizzled on top of it. Put some cool whip on top.

TEXAS GRILLED PEANUT BUTTER AND BANANA SAND.

Butter or Marg.
2 Slices Texas Style Bread
1 Large Banana, sliced
2 Tablespoons Peanut Butter or more to your taste

Take the peanut butter and spread over one slice of the bread. Add the sliced bananas all over the peanut butter. Top with the other slice of bread. In a skillet take and melt the butter. Lay the sandwich in the butter. Take out and put on a plate. Melt some more butter and put the other side of the sandwich down in it. Turn heat down and grill like a grilled cheese. Flip over and grill the other side. Did you know this was one of Elvis' favorite foods. These are so good. Can even drizzle some choc. syrup on top of it when finished grilling.

LET GOD WATER THE GARDEN

A few years back we had a garden that was so big it took us two days just to hoe it out. It was a bottom where the river had been over it and you could not find a rock to even drive a stake in the ground. Talk about raising corn everyone begged for our corn and greasy beans. We had worked so hard and no rain in sight and our corn and beans was drying up. We decided to get some water hoses and connect them and try watering the garden.
How many hoses I am talking about maybe 10 of them each fifty foot long. So here we went and got them all hooked up for the next day to try to water it in the early morning.
My dad, being a preacher kept saying why not let God water the garden. I said daddy there is no rain in sight and we have got to get it watered. Why not ask him. Oh yea of little faith. I told him we would just let him do the asking as I really did not believe it would happen as it was just to hot.
We all went to bed that night and no rain and it still hot. But,............
all at once it started pouring the rain, I mean like it was going to flood. We could not believe this. It rained most of all that night. It cooled the air off and have you ever smelled anything more better that a good rain. We slept like babies. The next morning we all got up. So my dad had to rub it in. What did I tell you just ask God for rain. He is big enough to do this for you. I told you, that you would not need all of those water hoses. So we had to reroll them all back up. We went down to the garden and marred up in the dirt it was so wet. There were puddles everywhere. It took it a week to dry up. Our corn and beans made it thanks to God and daddys faith. My dad is gone now but I still remember every time it comes spring and we have a garden about how God watered our garden for us.  

SOMETHING NEW ABOUT MAKING DUMPLINGS

After making my son-in-law a kettle of dumplings enough to feed a homecoming, lol. I thought I would post what I had seen on a cooking show about making dumplings.
 I have made them for years but guess it is never to late to learn something new.
 After you get the dumplings cut out with a pizza cutter and start to put them in the kettle, have a bowl of flour beside them and put them in the flour and then swirl around with your hand and then take them out and put in the kettle one by one. The chef said that they would not stick together. I tried this and it seems to work.
 I always try to make more than I  should really and sometimes they want to stick together. Always have
 plenty of broth so you will not crowd the dumplings. If they get to thick when you re-warm them up take some out of the kettle and put in a smaller kettle and add some water to them and then re-warm. Watch and don't let them burn on the bottom.
People don't realize how long it takes to make a big kettle of dumplings for a homecoming. So when at one eat them all and don't throw any away. Most times it takes at least 2 hours or longer. My aunt is our noted dumpling maker for our homecoming and she mades one of the big canners full most times. So it takes her around 4 hours to make them.
I learned the hard way to never put your chicken in your dumplings until they are all made and you have turned them off. Gently stir it in the kettle.
Then put the chicken in. If putting it in while cooking it will go to shreds most of the time.
Also have a tube of yellow food coloring on hand to make them look like you killed a fresh chicken. lol. Just take a toothpick and get a little on it and swirl around in the chicken broth. If using the liquid use around 3 drops. Don't use to much or it sure will look fake and don't be like me be in a hurry and get out the red food coloring like I did  for a church homecoming and have you a big kettle of bright red dumplings. They have never let me live this down. All my time wasted and no big pot of dumplings. lol.
My hubby ask me how do I get them so yellow so I just had to tell him my secret. He sure knew I didn't have any fresh chickens. He could not believe I used food coloring in them. More power to all of us cooks.
 I have a new nickname for my son-in-law, Little Dumpling. lol.

GROUND BEEF AND CHEESY NOODLES

1Lb. Ground Chuck
1 Medium Green Pepper, cut in strips
1 Beef Bouillon Cube
2 Tablespoons Water
1 Teaspoon Sugar
16oz. Tomatoes, diced and undrained
1 Cup Onion, chopped
11/2 Teaspoon Garlic Powder or to your taste

1/2 Teaspoon Soy Sauce
1 Tablespoon Corn Starch
8oz. Egg Noodles
6 oz. Cheddar Cheese, shredded

Boil the water for the noodles. Cook them as you prepare the meat mixture. Brown the ground beef and onion. Drain off the fat. Add in the diced tomatoes, green peppers, garlic powder and bouillon cube. Simmer a few minutes. In a bowl, mix together the water, soy sauce, sugar and corn starch. Add liquid mixture to the skillet. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Drain cooked noodles and place in a large serving bowl. Mix in cheddar cheese. Serve the meat mixture over the cheesy noodles.