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December 2012 |
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by Sue Orsen The Victoria Gazette When Karel was nine years old, she was already cooking for Christmas, and not just with her Easy Bake Oven. "I was always asking to cook and help in the kitchen," said today's young 60-year old author of Karel's Kitchen - Treasured Recipes Since 1924. After five decades of feeding family and friends, not just because of her love for the homemaker role, but because of a passion for cooking and entertaining, Karel gave in to the urging of her daughters and compiled favorite recipes into a cookbook. Karel's Kitchen was recently published by Morris Press Cookbooks in time for her 60th birthday and a huge company party this past October. They're hot off the press and available for purchase at Fresh Seasons Market in Victoria as well as through Karel herself. Some of the recipes were staples of her grandmothers. Some were common in the kitchen of her mother. Some are her own discoveries. All 305 of them are favorites of Karel Oddo. As she says, "What is so fantastic is that all my recipes are delicious, not just one or two that you find in most cookbooks today. My book is truly a book of treasured recipes." As one reads through Karel's Kitchen, it is immediately apparent that her favorite recipes are rather easy and most likely delicious. They are not those of a gourmet cook, but of a wife and mother who enjoys feeding and satisfying her husband and children. The common ingredients for her Vanilla Caramels or Lemon Bars, for example, or her Chicken Quick or Party Potatoes, would probably be found in most home kitchens. As Karel says, "My recipes are simple, wholesome, easy, and truly great recipes." And, of course, since her food tastes good, and is good, Karel also serves the same fare to her personal friends and her husband's corporate friends. As the years went by, she came to cook and bake favorite recipes for her grandchildren. No matter who Karel served, and serves, it seems they become the royalty in her life. Thus, it is only fitting that one of her favorite recipes is entitled "Chicken Royal." It's on page 42.
CHICKEN ROYAL 2 split chicken breasts 3 oz. cream cheese 1/2 cup chopped chives 6 slices bacon 1 cup fresh mushrooms 3 T. butter 3 oz. white wine 6 cups cooked rice Pound breasts thin. Mix cheese and chives. Place 1 tablespoon cheese mix on each breast and roll up. Wrap each breast with bacon. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Saute mushrooms in butter. Add wine. Serve on plate with rice and top with the mushroom sauce.
Childhood Memories Karel was born in 1952 in Grand Blanc, Michigan, the middle of three children of Mary (Kleinschrodt) and Norman "Reg" Miller. She has an older brother and a younger brother. Grand Blanc is located north of Ann Arbor. Mr. Miller was the Superintendent of GM Buick in Flint, Michigan. Mrs. Miller was a homemaker who went into real estate after the kids left home. When Karel was a little girl she played with a little cast iron kitchen and a stove with casserole pans. But she quickly graduated to the big kitchen. "I remember I was nine years old when I made my brother his first birthday cake," she said. "I made him a banana cake."
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