We had a pie party tody. Well, I am not a great fun for pie but it's nice to have a party. So with the help of some recipe books from the library I found one that interests me --- the ice cream pie.

 

I took several photos of the process that I am making the pie also several photos from the pie party.

 

This is an east european dish. One thing good about library... Everytime we choose a theme of a party like traditional america, Chinese, east european... One of the reference librarian will go out and pull some cooking books right away and people can copy the recipe and make it. It's fun and really good.

 

Since I know nothing about east european cooking I have to look that up in the books. It's so different than what I used to do and the ingredients are so different too. So I found one that I can probably make with not too much trouble --- victory rice.

 

Here is the recipe. 1 can of chicken broth (2 cups), 1 cup uncooked long-grain white rice---cook them together for 10 minutes. Then you will need an 8-inch-square baking dish, heavily butter bottom and sides, then sprinkle bread crumbs over bottom of baking dish. Then put the rice into it, even the top. Take a cup of green pas (frozen ones are fine), even them on top the rice. Then you can buy about 1 lb of smoked ham at the Deli and slice them into strips, put them on the top of the pas.  season with salt and ground black pepper. Beat four eggs, pour them over the top of the ham. Then lasst thing is the mild Cheddar cheese. Sprinkle them on top of the eggs. Bake uncovered, 50 minutes in the oven at 300 F. Until the top is lightly browned.

 

Here are some pictures. And also some things my colleagues cooked or bought.