Mom's Recipes March '99

Well, it's the month of St. Patrick's Day, so I figure that any of Mom's recipes I drudge up up should have some Irish tie-in.

Well, the Irish raise and eat a lot of lamb, and you can't mention the country without potatoes coming to mind, so here goes:

Mom's Lamb Chops (with mustard and parmesan cheese):
They're pretty simple to make, and really tasty...

Ingredients:

• Lamb Chops. Try to get them nice, small, and not too fatty
• Dijon Mustard
• Grated parmesan cheese
• A tablespoon or so of butter

Directions:

1. Pour a pile of parmesan cheese into a shallow bowl or wax paper;
2. Trim excess fat off of lamb chops;
3. Melt butter at a medium high heat in a frying pan;
4. Brown the lamb chops in the frying pan;
5. Take lamb chops out of the frying pan;
6. Using a basting brush, "paint" the lamb chops with mustard lightly on one side and its edges;
7. Drag this side of chops through the parmesan cheese;
8. Place the lamb chops on a meat rack in a broiler pan;
9. Bake at 450° F for about 5 min. or until chops are brown;
10. Take the meat pan out out, and turn the chops over with tongs;
11. Coat other side of the chops with mustard and cheese as above,
12. Put meat rack back in oven for 5 min. or until meat is cooked to taste.

Ingredients:

• 1 Spud

Directions:

1. Scrub Spud
2. Poke Spud with a fork a couple of times
3. Wrap Spud in aluminum foil
4. Bake in oven at 425° F for 50 minutes or until tender
   (None of those nasty microwave potatoes here!)

Quoting Mom: "Here is my politically and socially incorrect (unless you don't breathe on anyone) potato topping. Measurements are approximate."

Ingredients:

• 1 cup low fat cottage cheese
• Salt and pepper
• a small amount of onion
• 1 Tbsp. chives
• 2 small garlic cloves
• (If desired, minced green pepper or grated radish -- GO WILD.)

Directions:

1. Finely chop the onion, until you have 2 tablespoon's worth;
2. Finely mince the garlic cloves;
3. (optional) mince the green pepper, or grate the radish;
4. In a bowl, place the cup of cottage cheese;
5. mix in finely chopped onion;
6. mix in chives;
7. mix in garlic;
8. mix in salt and pepper, to taste;
9. (optional) add in green pepper or radish -- GO WILD; and
10. spoon mix on baked potatoes