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this is something else that i seen on a posting from F.L.O.P.. i thought it was pretty neat and i'm gonna see if maybe i can scrounge up the money to get kelly at least 2 cookbooks. she keeps telling me of all the things that the inmates are 'cooking' up in the pods. the one thing that floored me was the cheesecake! LOL hell, i've never even tried to make a cheesecake at home!
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in the thread where the mention of jailhouse cooking, one of the women posted a cookbook thru amazon. i clicked to follow the link and there were a few listed. prices range from a little under $5 up to about $25 for the few that i saw.
i posted a big Thank You and said that i was going to see about scrounging up the money to send at least a couple to kelly. out of the blue the lady who posted the link jumped in and asked me for kelly's address as she wanted to send one of the books to her. she said that she had amazon prime so that it would be just the price of the book cause she gets free shipping. talk about being surprised. when i pm'd her kelly's address i let her know that if she gave me her address in return i would reimburse her the cost of the book as soon as i could. she said thanks but flatly refused the offer. she said she wanted to do it as a couple of people had sent her imprisoned son a couple of things and this was her way to pay it forward. she ordered and is sending 2 books. talk about being shocked and floored!!! when kelly called last night and i told her about the books she was just as shocked as i was and over the moon happy. i could hear the tears in her voice as she told me to be sure and give the woman a BIG Thank You from her!
i know deep in my heart that there are some really, really good, kind and generous people out there. but still in all? it's rather shocking when they pop up like that. this woman got a heartfelt and grateful Thank You from me.
and yes when i can i will pay it forward some how!!!!
Sounds like the old prison break recipe (it is called different things in different parts of the US, in Alabama we called it a burrito, in Ohio, I think they call it a prison break or brick, I've heard other terms for it).
At any rate, the base ingredients for this is a crunched up bag of cheese curls (the crunchy kind, not the puffs, though I've made it with crushed Lance cheese crackers before) and a crushed pack of Ramen. The chip bag is used. You slowly add hot water just enough to moisten the ingredients (you aren't making a soup, after all). In time, the noodles will soften and the cheese curls help the brick keep its shape. One it is firm, slide it out of the bag and top with squeeze cheese, crushed chips, or whatever else you have available.
Now, you can add other ingredients to the mix before you add the water, or after.
But that is the most common prison meal made by inmates. Actually, I just found one such recipe online. I actually want to make one now.
http://www.grouprecipes.com/34148/jailhouse-loaf.html