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Italian Inn Fried Chicken Livers and Onions

1 lb chicken livers
1 c flour
3/4 t salt & 3/4 t pepper
1 large yellow onion, sliced
1⁄4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

Coat chicken livers in salt, pepper, and flour mix. Add oil to skillet and get it hot. Add liver and onions and fry until browned and crisp, then add Worcestershire sauce.

Serve with sweet potato fries, yogurt, fresh tomato salsa, pasta.

Adapted from http://www.food.com/recipe/italian-inn-fried-chicken-livers-and-onions-236634?ftab=reviews#activity-feed

Irish Potato Pie

6-8 potatoes, peeled

6 bacon strips

3-4 leeks

salt

pepper

one cup grated Cheddar cheese

Cook the potatoes in boiling water until tender. Drain. In skillet, fry bacon until crisp and drain on paper towels. Trim leeks so that you have the white part and a small amount of green. Wash well, and slice thin. Add leeks to pan, and sauté over medium heat until soft. Slice the boiled potatoes, and arrange half in the bottom of a pie plate. Season with salt and pepper. Layer with bacon, leeks and one half of the cheese. Cover with remaining with remaining potatoes and season again. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes until top is browned and cheese is melted. Makes 6 servings.

Potato Salad

16
1/4 c
1/4 c
3/4 c
1/2 c
6
1/2 c
1 T
small new red potatos
mayonnaise
mustard
finely chopped celery
pickles
finely chopped hard-boiled eggs
pickle juice
dill weed
Boil the potatoes until they are just a little soft. Chop into small cubles. Mix everything (There should be enough mayonnaise to only ligthly coat the potatos). Refrigerate.

Amy’s Curry Sweet Potatos

3
1/2
1/4 cup
1 and 1/2 Tbs.
1/4 tsp.
large sweet potatoes
large sweet onion, diced
butter, melted
curry powder
salt
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into one inch cubes. Put vegatables in a large bowl. Pour butter over them and dump the salt and curry powder on top. Mix well. Make a large “envelope” of heavy weight aluminum foil and close the mixture in it. Roast the vegatables until tender.

Amy’s Candied Yams

4
1 can
1/3 c
1/3 c
1/2 t
1/2 t
1/4 c
1 cup
medium to large yams (orange-fleshed sweet potatoes)
pineapple chunks
dark brown sugar
maple syrup (immitation okay)
lemon extract
powdered ginger
butter, melted
small marshmallows
Bake yams until done; then peel and cut them into half inch slices. Mix the sweet potato, juice from the can of pineapple chunks, 1/4 cup of the (shreded) pineapple chunks, brown sugar, maple syrup, lemon extract, and powdered ginger. Use the remaining pineapple for something else.Dribble melted butter on top. Cover with small marshmallows (optional). Bake in 8″ square grass dish until warm and bubbly.

Dad’s Twice-baked Potatoes

potatoes
salt
pepper
horseradish
butter
sour cream
egg whites
Bake potatoes until done. Cut in half lengthwise and scoop potatoes out, reserving both insides and skins. Add to the insides, salt, pepper, horseradish, butter, and sour cream to taste. Whip egg whites (one egg white to three potatoes) until fluffy and fold into potato mixture.Refill skins with potato miture and top with cheese. Bake until warm through and browned.