Kitchen
Korner
By Kathy
Amelia
We are in the busiest month of the season and the kitchen
is abuzz with activities and aromas. We will be turning over our
kitchen to the
Men's Club on February 15 for their Hot Dog Lunch and all the proceeds
will go
to the Men's Club.
On February 18, our yearly Kitchen Party celebrates the
existence of the Village Cafe for over 30 years. This will be an
evening of
good food and good music from Nick Gillette and his band, along with
some kudos
to some of the familiar faces in the kitchen. We will have our Italian
Festa
Lunch on February 29 with Sausage and Peppers, Meatball Subs, Antipasto
Salad,
Mary Jane Dow's Italian Wedding Soup, and my "Amore Cake" that is far
from sugar free! Enjoy this exciting time at our Cafe and in our
Village.
Below, is the recipe of the French Toast Casserole that
was at my Sunday Brunch - Write it down this time Barbara!!!!
FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE: Makes
8 servings
1 cup
packed brown sugar
1/2 cup
butter
2
Tablespoons
light-colored corn syrup
1 pound
loaf sliced
cinnamon swirl bread (can have raisins too)
8 eggs,
lightly beatened
3 cups
Half and Half or
light cream
2 tsps.
vanilla
1/2 tsp.
salt
1
Tablespoon orange
liqueur (optional)
In a medium saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter and
corn syrup; cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a
boil. Boil
for one minute. Pour into a 3 quart rectangular baking dish.
Arrange bread slices on top of brown sugar mixture. In a
large bowl, whisk together eggs, half-and-half, vanilla and salt; pour
over
bread slices. Cover and chill for 4-24 hours.
Preheat
oven to 350
degree. Let baking dish stand at room temp. while oven preheats.
Bake for 40-45 minutes or until top is brown and puffed
and a knife inserted near center comes out clean. Let stand 15 minutes
before
serving. If desired, drizzle with orange liqueur.
CELEBRATIONS
February Birthdays
2-1 Barbara Cote,
Luanne Scholten
2-2 Robert King,
Carol Morse, Anne O’Brien, Jim St. Martin
2-3 Dean Corrie,
Pamela Godin, Lajeanne Miller, William Russell
2-4 Robert Doughty
2-6 Janet Dennis,
Elsie Post
2-7 John Hearn,
Richard Heywood, Marion Soper
2-8 Duree Kocis
2-9 Ricky Pfeifer,
Marion Walker
2-10 Mickey Drda, Peter Papazain,
Al Petterson
2-11 George McLean
2-12 Betty Hetherly, Kendall
Larsen, Carol Morse,
Linda Rezendes
2-13 Shirley Aspinwall, Albert
Caterina, Sheila
Epley, Bill Kollet
2-14 Elizabeth Barrett, Albert
Bucharelli,
Dorothy Caterina, Thomas Gelson, Gary Masterman
Marie Peterson
2-15 Joan Kaar, David Schafer
2-16 Donald Kelly, Donna St.
Martin
2-17 Chuck Onofrey
2-18 Ronald Purdy
2-19 Eileen Onofrey, Marie Webster
2-20 Ron Johnson
2-21 Felix Angco, Louis Bozic
2-23 Sharon Webster, Ross
Guastella
2-24 William Bailey
2-25 Sally Cox, Rick Long, Bill
Neve
2-26 Douglas Corns, Marie Moreau,
Hazel Vallant,
Ruth Wade
2-27 Leo Curley, Bill Garvin,
Leslie Haynie,
Patricia Neill, Michelina Quattrone
2-28 June Boss, Joseph Dennis,
Clayton Greeley
2-29 Tatiana Merunka-Pavlo
February
Anniversaries
2-1 Kevin &
Linda Luby
2-3 Bob & Phil
Stephen
2-4 Martin &
Gail Noble
2-7 John &
Joanne Tracey
2-10 Duree & Audrey Kocis
2-13 Gene & Joann Heimrich
2-14 Lee & Donna Alexander,
Douglas &
Janice Collins, Bill & Cecilia Harrison
Avery & Patricia Howard, John & Julia Schroeder
2-24 Matt & Kathie Page
2-27 John & Mary Reeves
2-28 Manuel & Linda Rezendes