The Santa Cruz chow hall isn’t quite hell’s kitchen but close- so most of us try to come up with creative ‘food choices’ as it were. And ever since I found a dead fly in my salad, I’ve been extra motivated to create! What’s that saying about necessity being the father (or mother) or invention?
I was lucky enough to score some knock-off Bisquick from the kitchen (my secret how that happened) and with that I’ve made chicken pot pie, cakes and pancakes as a start. I’ve also made a dough, seasoned it and folded in ham and cheese for a homemade Hot Pocket- that one was a hit. (I can hardly write that without singing the little jingle from the commercial!)
I’m next going to attempt strawberry cheesecake pancakes using strawberry soda mixed with Bisquick for the batter and my cheesecake filling recipe previously posted. That will be this weekend’s project.
Food works wells for entrepreneurial efforts in here too. There were a couple of girls going around and selling home-made tamales the other day. They got together and made 50 or so chicken tamales, wrapped them individually in plastic and sold them for a dollar a piece. Did a booming business! I’m not sure exactly how they were made but it looked like the outside had crushed chips made into a cornmeal and then mixed with water. Very clever- and really good.
Here’s the ingredients for my pot pie recipe (I use the word ‘recipe’ loosely my mom says!):
Mix together water, coffee creamer, cream cheese, the chicken flavor packet from a ramen, carrots, peas and chicken. Mix a dough w/Bisquick and whatever seasonings available and drop on top of the chicken mixture. Microwave (remember I have no access to an oven or stove!) until done. Best of all- no flies were harmed in the making of this recipe!