The taste of buffalo is very similar to the taste of cow / beef.  Buffalo is one of my favorite flavors of the summer.  Unlike cows which are often raised in restrictive pens Buffalo tend to be grass fed and free range which gives them a leaner meat that has a slightly gamier taste.
Because buffalo [...]

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Basic PANCAKES: Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine egg and milk; add flour mixture, stirring smooth. Blend melted butter. Use a hot griddle, use 1/4 cup for each pancake. Cook until brown on one side; flip and brown other side.
Quick Chocolate Pancakes (without common egg replacers) Ingredients [...]

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NEW YEARS RECIPES New Years Sunshine Smoothie Ingredients (use vegan versions): 1 cup frozen or fresh strawberries 2 ripe bananas, peeled and cut into chunks 1 cup chopped fresh pineapple 1 cup soy milk [...]

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CHRISTMAS
Christmas Tree Loaf Ingredients (use vegan versions): Base: 180g(6oz)self raising flour 60g(2oz)dairy free margarine 30g(1oz) sugar 80ml(2.5 fl.oz)soy milk Filling: half apple, grated [...]

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HOLIDAYS Holiday Mashed Potatoes Ingredients (use vegan versions): 7 large potatoes 1/4 cup minced garlic 1/8 cup minced onion 1 teaspoon rosemary 3 tablespoons olive oil (the kind for high-heat) [...]

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GARLIC
Garlicy Cashew Miso-naise Ingredients (use vegan versions):     1 cup cashew pieces - ground to powder     1/4 block firm tofu - crumbled     2 tablespoons plain soymilk     1 tablespoon yellow prepared mustard [...]

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SAUCES
Deeelish Pasta Sauce      1/2 block extra firm tofu (not silken)     vegan Worcestershire sauce     soya sauce     crushed/ground tomatoes     1-2 garlic cloves, crushed     onion powder     dried [...]

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SALADS
Katie's Broccoli Salad
    1 head of broccoli florets (larger pieces cut into bite size pieces)     1/2 cup raisins     1/4 cup of red onions (best to use red onions)     Baco's or any faux bacon product (if using slices, crumble) [...]

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TOFU
General Tao's Tofu Ingredients:     1 box of firm tofu     egg substitute for 1 egg     3/4 cup cornstarch     vegetable oil for frying     3 chopped green onions [...]

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Jambalaya; I recently made this from my mom's old homemade cookbook.
Ingredients:
    1 yellow onion, diced small     1 green bell pepper, seeded and diced small     2 cloves garlic, minced (or more, i love garlic so I put lots in)     3 ribs celery, diced small [...]

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1 pound lentils
6 to 8 cups water
2 cups diced ham
1 medium onion, finely chopped
12 oz. Diet Cherry Coke
Wash and sort lentils. Cover with water. Bring to a boil and reduce. Heat to a simmer.
Add ham and onion. Simmer for 40-50 minutes. Add Diet [...]

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1 18.5-ounce devil's food cake mix (see note)
1 16-ounce bottle Coca-Cola®
2 tablespoons grated orange peel
Half 6-ounce package semisweet chocolate chips, about 1/2 cup
12 large fresh, ripe strawberries, preferably unhulled
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 16-ounce package confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons powdered chocolate [...]

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Coca Cola Cake is an "old" Recipe your Grandmother probably used to make it.  It was a popular recipe during the 20's and the 30's, when coke was at its hay day.
Coca Cola Cake:
2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups small marshmallows
1/2 cup butter or [...]

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MEDICAL LORE AND INVALIDS FOOD.
"Simple diet is best, for many dishes bring many diseases." –PLINY.
COUGH SYRUP.  MARY FELTY.
One quart of water, one handful of hops; boil these together, andstrain; put in this fluid a cup of sugar, and boil to a syrup; cut alemon into it, and bottle for [...]

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RAISED BISCUIT.  MRS. M. A. MOORHEAD.
One pint sweet milk, one half cup butter, one tablespoonful sugar, onetablespoonful yeast, a little salt, whites of two eggs beaten stiff.Make the sponge at supper time.  At bed time, work in flour to make astiff dough.  Put in warm place to rise over night.  In the morningturn [...]

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BREAD.
"The very staff of life; the comfort of the husband; the pride of thewife."
DRY YEAST.  MRS. W. H. ECKHART.
A large handful of hops put into one quart of water; cover, and letboil five minutes; strain over one pint of flour; beat until your armaches, and the batter is smooth.  [...]

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BEVERAGES.
"The cup that cheers, but not inebriates."
"Polly, put the kettle on."
COOLING DRINK FOR INVALIDS.  MRS. RETTA LUCAS.
Two teaspoonfuls arrow root wet with a little cold water, threetablespoonfuls white sugar, juice of half a lemon, and a small pieceof rind; stir quickly while you fill a quart pitcher [...]

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CANNED FRUIT AND JELLIES.
"Will't please your honor, taste of these conserves?"                                                         –Shakespeare
CANNED FRUIT IN GENERAL.  MRS. F. E. BLAKE.
For peaches, for instance, set on the stove a kettle of coldwater–just enough so the can will not tip over; into this kettle, putone-half dozen nails to keep the can from [...]

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PICKLES.
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."                                                       –MOTHER GOOSE.
FOR SIX HUNDRED PICKLES.  MRS. M. E. WRIGHT.
Make a brine of cold water and salt strong enough to bear up an egg;heat boiling hot, and pour over pickles; let stand twenty-four hours;then take out, and wipe dry.  Scald vinegar, and put [...]

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CONFECTIONS
"Sweet meats, messengers of strong prevailment in an unhardenedyouth."                                                        –SHAKESPEARE.
TO BLANCH ALMONDS.
Put them into cold water, and allow it to come to a boiling point;then remove the skins, and throw them into cold water a few moments topreserve the color.
For salted almonds, prepare as above; put into [...]

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DELICACIES.
"Custards for supper, and an endless host of other such lady-likeluxuries."                                                            –SHELLEY.
APPLE FLOAT.  MRS. M. E. WRIGHT.
To one quart apples, stewed and well mashed, put whites of three eggs(well beaten), and four heaping tablespoons of sugar; beat togetherfor fifteen minutes.  Serve with cream.
FLOAT.  FLORENCE TURNEY.
One [...]

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CHEAP COOKIES.  MRS. BELLE BLAND.
One teaspoonful of baking powder mixed in flour, two cups of whitesugar, one cup of butter, one cup of sour milk, one teaspoonful ofsoda dissolved in the milk, one cup of chopped hickory nuts.  Takeenough flour to mix very stiff, and bake in a quick oven.
COOKIES.  MRS. [...]

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CAKES.
"With weights and measures just and true,Oven of even heat,Well buttered tins and quiet nerves,Success will be complete."
In making cake, the ingredients used should be of the bestquality–the flour super-fine, and always sifted; the butter fresh andsweet, and not too much salted.  Coffee A, or granulated sugar is bestfor all cakes.  [...]

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CHEESE.
"I will make an end of my dinner;There's pippins and cheese to come."                                                         –SHAKESPEARE
HOW TO MAKE A WELSH RARE-BIT.
One-half pint of grated soft cream cheese and one-half cupful ofcream, melted together in a sauce pan; add a little salt, mustard,cayenne pepper, a teaspoonful of butter, an egg, or yolks [...]

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PIES.
"Who dare deny the truth, there's poetry in pie?"                                                         –Longfellow.There are plenty of women capable of choosing good husbands (or, ifnot good when chosen, of making them good); yet these same women maybe ignorant on the subject of making good pie.  Ingenuity, goodjudgement, and great care should be used in making all kinds [...]

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PUDDINGS
"The proof of the pudding lies in the eating."
APPLE PUDDING.  MRS. G. H. WRIGHT.
Six good-sized apples, stewed and well beaten; six eggs, beatenseparately; one pint of sweet cream; sweeten and flavor to taste.Bake with an under crust.  It can be eaten with whipped cream and isexcellent.
APPLE BATTER [...]

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SALADS AND SALAD DRESSING.
"To make a perfect salad, there should be a spendthrift for oil, amiser for vinegar, a wise man for salt, and a madcap to stir theingredients up, and mix them well together."                                                    — SPANISH PROVERB
It is said that "Any fool can make a salad," but all salads are [...]

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VEGETABLES.
"Cheerful cooks make every dish a feast."                                                          –MASSINGER.
Always have the water boiling when you put your vegetables in, andkeep it constantly boiling until they are done.  Cook each kind byitself when convenient.  All vegetables should be well seasoned.
BEETS.
Boil the beets in salted water until tender.  When cold, [...]

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MEATS.
"What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?"                                                        –SHAKESPEARE.
ACCOMPANIMENTS.  MRS. DELL DE WOLFE.
With roast beef, tomato sauce, grated horseradish, mustard, cranberrysauce, pickles.
With roast pork, apple sauce and cranberry sauce.
With roast veal, tomato sauce, mushroom sauce, onion sauce, or lemonsauce.
With roast mutton, [...]

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FOWL AND GAME.
"And then to breakfast with what appetite you have."                                                        –SHAKESPEARE.
ACCOMPANIMENTS FOR FOWLS.
With boiled fowls, bread sauce, onion sauce, lemon sauce, cranberrysauce, jellies, and cream sauce.
With roast turkey, cranberry sauce, currant jelly.
With boiled turkey, oyster sauce.
With wild ducks, cucumber sauce, currant jelly, [...]

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FISH AND OYSTERS.
"Now good digestion, wait on appetite,And health on both."                                                            –MACBETH.
ACCOMPANIMENTS OF FISH.  MRS. DELL WEBSTER DE WOLFE.
With boiled fresh mackerel, gooseberries, stewed.
With boiled blue fish, white cream sauce and lemon sauce.
With boiled shad, mushroom, parsley and egg sauce.
Lemon makes a very [...]

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The best soups are made with a blending of many flavors.  Don't beafraid of experimenting with them.  Where you make one mistake youwill be surprised to find the number of successful varieties you canproduce.  If you like a spicy flavor, try two or three cloves, orallspice, or bay leaves.  All soups are improved by a [...]

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I'm about to share with you my closely guarded recipe for Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake which is also called Pumpkin Torte, that is so easy anyone can do it, and so fast you could make it in the time it takes your neighbors drive over with their fruitcake.

Ingredients:
1 (16 oz.) can pumpkin1 (14 oz)Carnation Sweet [...]

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