Alex's Pickles

 2 pounds cucumbers sliced 

4 jalepenos sliced

3 tablespoons course salt 

2 cups cider vinegar

1 3/4 cups of light brown sugar

1 tablespoon dried mustard

3/4 teaspoon celery seed

3/4 teaspoon ground turmeric

In a bowl toss cucumbers, jalepenos and salt together and let it set in fridge for 2 hours.

In a sauce pan over medium heat cook vinegar, brown sugar, mustard. Celery seed and tumeric, stirring to dissolve sugar.

Rinse and drain cucumber mixture and pack in jars.   Pour vinegar mixture over.  Place in fridge for 3 weeks.  Ready after 2 days.  Mix often.

Bo's pickles

 1 1/3 cups sugar

2 tablespoons salt

1 cup white vinegar

6 cups  peeled and sliced cucumbers

Sugar, salt and vinegar, cook until sugar melts.   Pack jars with cucumbers.  Pour liquid over the cucumbers.  Sit in refrigerator for 2 days mixing often. Ready to eat.  Will keep 2 weeks in the refrigerator. 

Alabama White Sauce

2 cups mayonnaise 

1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 

2 tablespoons lemon juice

2 teaspoons black pepper

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (I didn't use this much.  You adjust to your heat comfort)

1 to 2 teaspoons horseradish (I used horseradish sauce and I used 1 teaspoon.  You adjust to your tolerance)

Mix together and let sit in fridge over night.

I love this with pork loin

Shrimp Scampi

 1 box angel hair pasta prepared according to directions on box

1 pound shrimp peeled and deveined

4 tablespoons butter

2 shallots or 1/4 cup onions finely diced

4 tablespoons olive oil

2 cloves garlic minced

Pinch of red pepper flakes (optional)

1/4 cup fresh parsley chopped or 1 Tablespoons dried

Juice of 1 lemon

1/4 to 1/2 cup dry white wine

Salt and pepper to taste

Melt butter. Add olive oil.  Add shallots/onions and sautee on low until soft.  Add garlic and Sautee for a minute.  Add rest of ingredients and stir for about a minute.   Add shrimp and stir until pink.  Serve over pasta.  Top with shaved parmesean (optional)

Caramel Sauce

 1 stick butter

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/4 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla 

Melt butter. Add brown sugar.  Add milk. Bring to boil and boil gently for 2 minutes while stirring.  Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.  Let cool and serve.

Perfect Poundcake for Me

This makes a smaller pound cake which is perfect for the two of us.  This is a Paula Deen recipe. 

2 sticks of butter softened

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup sour cream

3 large eggs

1 1/2 cups plain flour

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Cream softened butter and sugar together.  Add vanilla.  Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each one.  Sift flour and soda together in a separate bowl.  Add about a third of flour mixture at a time and mix well each time.  Mix in sour cream. Pour into a bunt pan that has been sprayed with PAM for baking. Cook for 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.