{"id":53269,"date":"2014-12-11T00:09:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T08:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=53269"},"modified":"2014-12-11T00:09:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T08:09:31","slug":"recipes-merit-badge-expert-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/53269","title":{"rendered":"Recipes Merit Badge, Expert Level"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tThe adorable, always humorous MBA Jane is my way of honoring our<\/span> Sisterhood Merit Badge program<\/a>, now with\u00a06,129 dues-paying members who have earned an amazing number of merit badges so far\u20148,751 total! Take it away, MBA Jane!!! MJ\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wondering who I am? I\u2019m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my<\/span> former life<\/a> \u2026\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For this week\u2019s Farm Kitchen\/Recipes Expert Level Merit Badge<\/a>, I hosted a lover-ly (channeling Eliza Doolittle) dinner party for my nearest and dearest. But not just your average dinner party, with take-out or delivery pizza, oh no! Never let it be said, farmgirls, that this girl doesn\u2019t know how to party.<\/p>\n

And by “party,” I mean\u2014of course\u2014eat concoctions made from passed-down family recipes until I burst. I had been collecting the recipes for some time now, preserving them (Get it? Preserves? Like Uncle Ed\u2019s lemon preserves? HA! Just a little Farm Kitchen humor there.), gifting the results, and basically eating myself into a coma. Not really, but it was a close call the weekend I attempted perfecting Great Grandfather\u2019s caramel torte recipe. A helpful note from me to you: too much caramel does not a happy belly make.<\/p>\n

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Julaftonen by Carl Larsson 1904 via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

Anyway \u2026<\/p>\n

A dear friend of mine reminded me that not all of us really have families who A. cooked, or B. passed anything down, but I could share some of my kooky family members with you, if you’d like. I mean, let\u2019s face it, some of us have a few more than our fair share, so we\u2019ll be generous. In the words of Cary Grant in Arsenic and Old Lace<\/em>, \u201dInsanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.”<\/p>\n

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‘Christmas Comes But Once A Year’ by Charles Green via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

Gramma Barbie’s Famous Horseradish Deviled Eggs<\/strong><\/p>\n

PREP TIME: 25 MINUTES
\nCOOK TIME: 20 MINUTES
\nMAKES: 6 EGGS<\/p>\n

6\u00a0eggs
\n3\u00a0T mayonnaise
\n1\u00bd\u00a0T prepared horseradish
\n\u00bc\u00a0t black pepper
\n\u00bc\u00a0t salt<\/p>\n

1. Place eggs in a medium saucepan and cover completely with water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 10 minutes. Rinse with cold water.
\n2. Using a sharp knife, cut off the top third of one unpeeled egg. Carefully scoop out both the egg white and yolk from both sides of the shell into a medium bowl, reserving the larger portion of the shell. Repeat with all eggs.
\n3. Add remaining ingredients to eggs and mash together until smooth.
\n4. Spoon or pipe mixture into the reserved shells and decorate as desired.<\/p>\n

Aunt MJ’s Glamping Asian Chicken Slaw<\/strong><\/p>\n

PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MAKES: 4 SERVINGS
\nThis recipe can be made ahead of time and put in your cooler, or it can be assembled at your campsite.<\/p>\n

2\u00a0skinless chicken breasts, cooked and diced
\n4\u00a0cups Napa cabbage, thinly sliced
\n\u00bd\u00a0cup green onions, thinly sliced
\n3\u00a0T rice vinegar
\n2\u00a0T peanut oil
\n1\u00a0t sesame oil
\n1\u00a0T fresh ginger, peeled and minced
\n1\u00a0t sugar<\/p>\n

1. In a large bowl, combine chicken, cabbage, and onions.
\n2. Add remaining ingredients and toss to blend. Add salt and pepper to taste.
\n3. Serve as a salad or fill pita pockets.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The adorable, always humorous MBA Jane is my way of honoring our Sisterhood Merit Badge program, now with\u00a06,129 dues-paying members who have earned an amazing number of merit badges so far\u20148,751 total! Take it away, MBA Jane!!! MJ\u00a0 Wondering who … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gladsome_sisters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}