Friday, December 30, 2022

Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 30th December 2022, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Easy listening music and chat, Friday 30th December 2022, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome!

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres!

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Note: Songs for the years end and the new year especially welcome!

A Song to Say "Thank You", Year End Video 2022, Thomann

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Postmodern Jukebox ft. Rayvon Owen & Olivia Kuper Harris

ABBA - Happy New Year

Dionne Warwick I Say A Little Prayer

Moon River - Andy Williams

Norah Jones - Will you still love me tomorrow

Les Misérables Cast - Do You Hear The People Sing?

Take Me Home, Country Roads - The Petersens

Memory (Reprise), Cats the Musical

Auld Lang Syne - New Year's Eve song - cover by Emily Linge

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Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Words & Brush Recipe Corner: Chicken Chili

Chicken Chili

By Dave Beaulieu, August 11th, 2018

https://www.noreciperequired.com/recipe/chicken-chili

Seem like everywhere I dip a spoon these days, I’m scooping up turkey chili. It’s everywhere. And I’m not complaining about that. It’s also tasty. BUT…the other day I wondered “Why not chicken chili?” The noble chicken deservers it’s spot on the chili mantle. And Chicken Chili has such wonder alliteration. As soon as I said it to my kids, they went running around the house screaming “chicken chili”. So, I made some. It was very yummy. And so I share with you.

Prep Time 60 minutes, Cook Time 300 minutes, Total Time 360 minutes

Recipe Overview and Keys to Success

To make the best chicken chili, just make sure to do the following

You’ve got to get a rich layering of flavors to make a good chili. That doesn’t take too much work, but it does take a fair number of ingredients and a lot of time. I like to set aside 6 – 8 hours to allow it to simmer.
With all the ingredients, don’t forget the humble salt and pepper. Both are needed to make everything else shine.
Toast the spices and the tomato paste a bit before adding the tomato sauce
Be creative. It’s hard to go wrong with chili. If you have an idea…go for it! I’ll often add things like maple syrup, coffee, beer…to change up the flavors a bit. Below is a “base” recipe.

Ingredients for Chicken Chili

2 lbs ground chicken
1 small can tomato paste
2 16 ounce cans of crushed tomato
1 16 ounce cans white beans
1 16 ounce can black beans
1 16 ounce can of pinto beans
2 - 3 tablespoons cumin
2 - 3 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons oregano
1 12 ounce beer
2 large diced onion
2 diced red bell pepper
2 cups-ish diced celery
3 – 5 grated carrots
1 – 2 green chili peppers like poblano
1 quart chicken stock
8 finely chopped garlic cloves
Olive oil
Salt and pepper

Directions for Chicken Chili

Heat a large pot over med-high heat and coat the bottom in olive oil
Add the ground chicken, and season with salt and pepper
Toss the chicken, stirring until fully cooked through
Chicken will tend to clump up into large pieces. Really try to break up the meat using a wooden spoon.
Remove the cooked chicken from the pot, and hold in a bowl
There is probably not a lot of fat in the pot, if there is, drain all but a few tablespoons that you’ll need for cooking the vegetables. If needed, add oil to coat the bottom of the pan.
Add the onion, peppers, celery, carrot, and garlic, and season with salt and pepper
Cook over medium heat for about 15 – 20 minutes, string occasionally, until the onion is translucent
Add the spices, and toast for about 1 minute; stirring to ensure they don’t burn
Add the tomato paste, and cook for 3 - 4 minutes, until the tomato paste turns a rusty color
Add the chicken meat back to the pot, along with the crushed tomatoes
Add enough chicken stock & beer to make the chili fairly loose, and stir-able, like a thin stew
Bring the chili to a simmer, cover and cook for 3 - 4 hours (at least).
Open the cans of beans and rinse off the packing liquid, leaving the cleaned beans
Add the beans to the chili, and continue to cook for at least another hour – 2 is better
Taste the chili, and adjust the salt and pepper as needed
If the chili is too thick, add some additional chicken stock to thin it; or alternatively, if too thin, continue to simmer until the chili reaches the desired thickness.
Serve and enjoy!

For more Directions watch the video:

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Friday, December 23, 2022

Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 23rd December 2022, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Easy listening music and chat, Friday 23rd December 2022, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome!

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Note: Christmas, Hannukah & festive songs especially welcome!

"White Christmas"

A Christmas Twist - Si Cranstoun

Elvis Presley, Martina McBride - Blue Christmas

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

André Rieu performing Silent Night

Nat King Cole - All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

Frosty The Snowman - The Petersens

Twelve Days of Christmas - Haley Westenra, Russel Watson, Aled Jones

Maoz Tzur / Rock of Ages - Traditional Hanukkah Song (Hebrew & English)

The Maccabeats - Candles on the Sill - Hanukkah

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Words & Brush Recipe Corner: FRIED APPLE FRITTERS

Pascale's Kitchen: FRIED APPLE FRITTERS

Fried apple fritters, known as frittelle in Italian. To make the fritters, you dip slices of apple in tempura batter, then place them in oil to fry them. They are best eaten while they’re still hot.

By PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN, Jerusalem Post, December 17, 2022

https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/article-724987

Fried apple fritters (photo credit: PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN)

FRIED APPLE FRITTERS

Makes 15 pieces.

Ingredients

2-3 apples (can also use pears, bananas or other fruit)
Juice from 1 lemon
140 gr. (1 cup) white flour, sifted
2 large eggs
Pinch of salt
80 gr. (1/3 cup) sugar
200 gr. (1 cup) milk or water
5 gr. (½ packet) baking powder

Topping:

½ cup sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon cinnamon

For deep-frying:

Oil

Directions:

Peel the apples and cut out the cores.

Slice apples into 1-cm.-thick rings.

Transfer the apple rings to a bowl, then pour lemon juice on top of them and let sit for 1 hour.

In a separate bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients together.

Let the bowl rest for 30 minutes.

Drain the apple rings, then dip them in the egg mixture.

Pour oil into a pan for deep-frying and heat.

Fry the apple slices in the hot oil until they turn golden brown.

Remove the apple pieces and place them on paper towels.

Dip the apple pieces in the cinnamon mixture, or sprinkle the cinnamon mixture on top of them, and serve immediately. Alternatively, you can serve with sour cream.

Level of difficulty: Easy Time: 90 minutes, including time to let batter rise Status: Vegetarian / Parve (or dairy if using milk)

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