Gosford Park - Mystery Meat Pies
½ lb ground turkey
½ bag casbah gyros mix
½ cup water
2 pkgs. Pre-made piecrusts
Combine Turkey , water, & mix in food processor. Fry until cooked through. Roll out piecrusts thin. Using a round cookie or biscuit cutter, cut dough into circles. Place circles over a dumpling press, spoon 1 tsp. Of meat mixture into center, then press together. Bake in a 375-degree oven for 20 minutes. Serve with Riaza sauce.
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Hobbit Holes
1 C Mesa or Regular Flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp parsley.
Combine ingredients in a mixing bowl. Add:
1 lb ricotta cheese
2 eggs
10 cloves of garlic-minced
2 tsp prepared pesto
Mix thoroughly. Heat oil in a large frying pan to 375 degrees. Drop 1 tbsp sized dollops of batter mix into hot oil and fry until golden brown on all sides. Drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve warm.
Moulin Rouge! - Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
*Winner of best Appetizer!
Combine 2 bottles Tropicana Twister Kiwi/ White Grape drink with 1 liter ginger ale and enough Midori Melon liqueur to make one silly enough to enjoy watching the movie!
A Beautiful Mind - Code Crackers
Fruit Dip:
Combine –
8 oz Cream Cheese
3 Tbs. Honey
3 Tbs. Apple Juice
½ Cup chopped Apples
½ Cup chopped Seedless Grapes
½ Cup chopped Pecans
Serve on assorted crackers.
In the Bedroom - In the Breadroom
Combine and let sit 5 minutes:
2 ¼ tsp. Yeast
¼ Cup warm milk
Mixing on a low speed, or by hand add:
1 Cup all-purpose flour
3 Large Eggs – slightly beaten
3 Tbs. Sugar
2 Tbs. Milk
1 tsp. Salt
Gradually stir in:
1 ¾ Cup Flour
Mix until all ingredients are well blended. Kneed for 7 – 15 minutes until the dough is more elastic. Resist the temptation to add more flour – the dough seems stickier than it is.
Add:
1 ½ sticks of butter, softened
Vigorously kneed the dough until the butter is well incorporated. Place in a buttered bowl, cover in plastic and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume – about 1 ½ hours. Punch down, knead briefly, and refrigerate, covered, for 4 – 12 hours. Punch it down and re-shape it. Butter muffin or brioche pan. Divide the dough, equally, into 10 parts and roll into balls. Using the edge of your hand, section (but do not divide) each ball into two parts, one twice the size of the other. Set each ball into it’s own cup, the larger section on the bottom, smaller on top. Push the top section down so that it is deeply nestled in the bottom and forms a sort of “head.”
Bundle 4 or 5 toothpicks together, wrap them in tinfoil, and grease them with Crisco. Insert one bundle, horizontally, through each “head” of the brioches.
Whisk together and brush over the dough:
1 egg
pinch of salt
Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour. Dip a sharp knife in cold water and cut four ½ inch deep incisions around crease where the top joins the base. This will help the dough rise more evenly. Bake at 375 until deep golden brown – about 20 minutes.
After baking, remove the toothpick bundles. Insert a softened Port Wine Cheese into the hole (we found a cake decorating tube worked wonderfully!) When all that is completed, you should end up with a lot of little rolls that look like people that have been shot through the head. How about that for a lot of work for a little joke?
Amelie - French Twists
1 pkg. puff pastry sheets
Marscapone Cheese
Sundried Tomatoes
Artichoke Hearts
Grated Fontina Cheese
In a small food processor, mince artichokes. Put into medium size bowl. Mince sundried tomatoes and add to artichokes. Add cheeses and mix thoroughly. Roll out puff pastry sheet and spread mix over ¾ of sheet. Roll Jelly Roll style and seal with fingers. Cut roll into slices 1/4 inch thick. Place on foil baking sheet and bake at 375 for approximately 4 minutes per side.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - Chocolate Frogs
Beat on medium speed:
2 sticks butter, softened
2/3 Cup sugar
Add and beat until well combined:
1 large egg
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1 ½ tsp vanilla
Stir in until well blended and smooth:
2 1/3 cup Flour
Divide the dough in half and place between 2 sheets of parchment paper. Roll to a ¼ thickness. And refrigerate until well chilled – approximately 20 minutes. Take out and cut frog shapes out with cookie cutter. Place on non-stick baking sheet and bake at 350 for 6-9 minutes, until edges are golden brown. Remove and let cool.
Double boil or microwave ½ bag each of white and chocolate chips. Stir continually until well blended. Spread chocolates over cookies and chill.
Black Hawk Down - Hot Somalies
20 Jalapenos
16 oz Cream Cheese
3 eggs
Flour
Paprika
Halve Jalapenos, cutting off the stems and cleaning out the seeds. Fill with Cream cheese. Cover each Jalapeno boat in egg and dredge in mixture of flour & paprika. Deep fry until golden brown. Serve with Duck Sauce.
Notables
Size does matter – Shattering all previous records, the telecast runs 4 hours and 23 minutes.
And speaking of new records – Anne makes it through her first Oscars telecast from
beginning to end. She even showed up 4 hours early!
“The Year of the Negro” – (As Stacey facetiously referred to this year) Halle Berry becomes the first African American to win Best Actress in the Academy’s 74 year history. Denzel Washington becomes the second African American to win Best Actor since Sidney Portier’s win 34 years ago.
Best Acceptance Speech – Halle Berry easily wins this for her utter shock at winning, taking two minutes to compose herself, then threatening the producers not to cut her off as her speech was 74 years in coming.
Best Moment – After being a notorious Oscar no-show, including the years he won awards, Woody Allen attends his first Oscars to show his support for his beloved New York City .
Running Gag – Laughs! Thanks to the “What do movies mean to you?” montage, Woody Allen’s quipping, and Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson’s presentation for Best Costumes, we were all left giggling incessantly.
The Pool:
And the Oscar Cup goes to… Gianna – 15
And how the rest of us fared…
Jami – 13
Andy – 12
Stacey, Tracy, Tom, Jolie – 11
Sean, Susan, Schelle’y – 10
Sam, Shelia, Aashi, Jimmy, Marc – 9
John, Carol, Mary, Danica, Jodi – 8
Dave, Craig, Anne, Kristin – 7
Vauna, Dorman – 6
Joe, Paul – 5
Deb, John - 4
