April 16, 2020 Page 5A More pantry (hopefully) meals ince we’re all still sup- Here’s a dessert recipe. posed to be sheltering Kyle’s Guess what folks? Paula Deen Sin place, I thought I’d Kitchen did not invent this recipe, share some more recipes KYLE COOKE which has been around since with ingredients that might at least 1930 after boxed cake already be in your pantry. mixes first became available Here are two from my Scarlette’s Chicken in the 1920s. friend and former cowork- It was revived in the er, Scarlette Benzkofer. How Spaghetti 1970s, and then again by about that name? She always 1 can Cream of Mushroom Paula Deen around 2004. had to have a special email soup address at work because no 1 can Cream of Chicken Gooey Butter Cake soup one could get it right. Bottom Layer 1 can Rotel original She’s also a very good 1 box yellow cake mix cook and I had the plea- 1½ cans chicken broth (14 1 egg sure of eating her cooking on oz) 1 stick melted butter many occasions. 1 can mushrooms (option- Several times I ate cold al) Mix and press into a light- fried pork chops for break- 12-oz. pkg spaghetti noo- ly greased 9x13” pan. fast at work. She’d stop by my dles desk and say, “I brought you 1 rotisserie chicken, Top Layer some lunch,” but she knew I shredded 1 box powdered sugar (3½ wouldn’t be able to wait. Or 1½ cups cheddar, grated to four cups) bother to go upstairs to the 1½ cups Velveeta, grated 1 stick melted butter kitchen to warm them up in 1 block cream cheese Reporter/Kyle Cooke the microwave. Mix first 5 ingredients 2 eggs Not this year She was pretty famous in a pan over medium heat. 1 teaspoon vanilla Except for back-yard gatherings of families sheltering-in-place, these were about the only around the office for this Add shredded chicken. Cook Easter eggs to be found in Rockdale this spring. Large, public hunts were not held due to Chicken Spaghetti recipe and spaghetti noodles according Beat together and pour the COVID-19 Social Distancing order. That meant no hunt at Fair Park. The annual free she made it often because so to package directions. Drain over first layer. Bake at 350 events, sponsored by the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce, traditionally drew hundreds of many people requested it. and put back in pan. Add for 40 to 50 minutes. Start children, parents and others to the park. And I can attest to the fact cheese to noodles, stir until checking at 40 minutes and that it is seriously delicious. melted, then pour soup mix- don’t over bake. It’s supposed I’ve even eaten it cold straight ture over the noodles and to be a little gooey in the from the fridge, but I’m a pig mix. If it seems too thick add middle. While cooling dust Bad movies are good for the soul so... the other half can of broth. with powered sugar. have a confession. I love wore as it locked down the terrible movies, and this OUTLAW town–100. Percentage of Ishelter-in-place, stay-at- INLAW time the vet drove through Fundraiser winners announced home or safer-at-home order CHRISTINE town in her truck listening By MARIE BAKKEN mon and salt. In a separate we have going on has giv- GRANADOS to music to keep her head on Reporter correspondent MILANO NEWS bowl, mix together sugar, en me the perfect excuse to straight–50 percent. egg, oil, vanilla and honey. indulge. I was drawn to this mov- the great television thes- e have a little treats, and they are all so Add flour mixture gradually And if I’m being honest, ie because of an eloquent bit of news this scrumptious. I don’t ever until well blended. Then stir these bad movies are also pians Tiffani Thiessen of review on Rotten Toma- “Saved by the Bell” and Wweek, as the local remember the honey cakes in the chopped nuts if using helping keep me sane. toes that stated, “This film Texas Blaze RTX held its not being at family func- them. Spread into greased Normally, movies help French Stewart from “3rd feels like garbage some- Rock from the Sun.” gun fundraiser and has tions. 9x12 pan and bake for 20 relax. I’m talking about mov- one put in a candy wrapper announced its winners. The The teenage cheerleader There are two recom- minutes. ies like “Ishtar,” “The Post- and stashed in the vending 10 winners were as follows: Kelly Kapowski from “Saved mendations I have if you Once you take cake out man,” “Battlefield Earth,” machine.” David Goeltz, Tiffani Scott, by the Bell” has grown up make these yummy treats. of oven to cool, begin the “Showgirls,” “After Earth,” The 2016 movie titled Cathy Rinaldi, Ken White, The first is, bake them in a glaze. Mix together in small “Attack of the Killer Toma- and the extra-terrestrial “Pandemic” drew me in Phil Concan, Cody Loehr, good, broke-in metal pan. bowl with fork the pow- toes,” “Green Lantern,” and Harold from “3rd Rock” because it has zombies, Traci Ricketson, Eric White, My mom’s special honey dered sugar, mayo and my list can go on and on. received no transmissions which is my all time favorite Armando Martinez and Jess cake pan just makes them water. Mix until dissolved I enjoy watching actors from the Big Giant Head genre. I can’t get enough of Miller. Congratulations to taste better. The second is, and smooth and pour glaze like Tom Cruise (a favorite throughout the pandemic. In the ever-expanding canon of the winners. enjoy them over coffee with over honey cakes in pan. or mine) deliver lines like, the series, they’re both doc- survivalist undead cinema. RECIPE—This week, tors with the CDC, who help friends. Let cool completely and cut “I mean to beat you to death It was the best of the lot. since there are not a lot of One of the many things and drink your blood from a save the world. Watching the actress Rachel into squares before serving. things to report, I want to that has come to light for Be sure to store leftovers in boot” without laughing. This 2007 pandemic show Nichols trying to find sur- continue to share my moth- me during this unprece- refrigerator. But these are not normal shouldn’t be confused with vivors in New York City er Kay’s love of baking and dented times is that I STAY SAFE—M y times. Right now, pandem- the other movie titled Pan- during the worldwide pan- her great recipes with her miss our friends. I plan to prayers include that every- ic movies are “my jam” to demic II that was made in demic was frightening, spo- Honey Cakes. 2009 starring Kristi Cul- include more coffee dates one is continuing to stay quote a 1990s, so-bad-it’s- radically gory, tension-filled She has passed her love and “mom squad” dinners good movie “House Party.” bert as a veterinarian, who and ridiculous. It had all of the culinary arts to me safe and healthy during has an aversion to gloves to my calendar once things this extended time of phys- Much like the fluffy, silly and the makings of a bad mov- and my children, and we get better. high-spirited movies calmed when she’s examining large ie that’s good for the soul. now want to share what we ical distancing and at home me in the past, today, the animals, who she claims are Whereas, a movie like the can with the readers. Each education. Stay strong and depictions of social collapse, carrying a viral disease. 2011 thriller “Contagion” recipe I share brings back Honey Cakes remember we are all in this martial law and apocalypse The innocence and igno- hits a little too close to home memories of my childhood, 2 c. flour together and will come out that skimp on scientific fact rance of the time made me for me to enjoy. I couldn’t sit and these Honey Cakes are 1 tsp. baking soda better on the other side of deliver a catharsis for me. feel superior because of what through the Steven Soder- no different. 1 tsp. ground cinnamon it. Watching all my COVID-19 I’ve learned thanks to this bergh directed film, because When I was in elemen- 1/4 tsp. salt Do your part to stay anxieties play out on-screen COVID craziness. It also it followed the spread of a tary school, I remember 1 c. sugar home, stay safe, stay well in the 2007, 2009 and 2016 made me forget how much I virus. This virus was trans- my mom making these 1 egg and stay kind. Wash your movies titled “Pandemic” still don’t know. mitted when sick humans only as special treats. She 3/4 c. vegetable oil hands and cover your nose helped me to maintain a My relief comes in the touched surfaces that oth- would make them during 1 tsp. vanilla extract and mouth with some type sense of order in the world. numerous laughable ers touched and then caught Christmas time, making 1/4 c. honey (I like to use of mask if you must go out. In the 2007 “Pandemic” moments of these films. In the virus and was complete sure they were stacked just local honey when can) The more we adhere to the Hallmark television mini-se- this 2009 classic, there were with frantic attempts by right on her glass platters.