Minecraft Rubber Tree

I had to have spent 2 hours trying to research if my rubber trees would grow in Tekkit. I wanted to post this in case anyone else was having the same problems I am.

This is a Rubber Tree. Rubber Trees are trees which have dark logs and light leaves. They are hard to find, but are more common in Swamp biomes. These trees are easy to spot with their unique "spike" on their leaf design. Their trunks are special because they resin deposits that may be right-clicked on with a treetap to obtain Sticky Resin.

This is a Jungle Rubber Tree. The sapling will grow into a Jungle Rubber Tree found naturally only in jungle biomes. Although Jungle Rubber Trees do not produce Sticky Resin, they can be turned into Rubber by putting logs into an Extractor. Crafting the logs produces Sticks instead of planks.  To grow, the sapling must be in the center of a 3x3 dirt or grass patch and 11 block of cleared space above them. It may take over 1 hour (real time) to grow. Bone meal can not be used on this kind of sapling

Pad Thai

Stir fry with Pad Thai sauce served with rice, miso soup, and peach tea.

Grilled Cheese

Grilled cheese sandwich on 10 grain bread, golden butternut squash soup, and greek salad.

Yellow Cake

1 C. SPLENDA® Sugar Blend
3 C. cake flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
3/4 C. butter, softened
1 1/4 C. buttermilk, divided
4 egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350* F. Lightly grease and flour 2 eight-inch cake pans. Set aside. Place SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking, flour, baking powder and baking soda together in a medium bowl. Stir until well blended.   Cut butter into chunks. Add to flour mixture. Mix at medium speed until mixture is crumbly in appearance (about one minute).   Pour 1/4 cup buttermilk into the flour mixture. Mix at low speed until blended.  Blend remaining buttermilk, egg yolks, and vanilla together in a small bowl. Add 1/2 of the mixture to the flour mixture. Mix at medium high speed until well blended (about 30-45 seconds). Scrape sides of bowl. Add remaining milk mixture. Mix until well blended. Scrape sides of bowl and mix again if necessary, to remove any lumps.  Spoon batter into prepared pans.   Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Because this uses half the sugar of a regular cake, it is better for diabetics.

Leftover Lamb

Cut lamb into bite size chunks, grill under broiler.  Serve on top of rice pilaf with a side of hummus, and a few pita pockets with oil and za'atar.

Bread with Egg

1 1/4 C. warm milk (microwave 1 minute)
1/4 C. vegetable oil
1 Tb. active dry yeast (1 packet)
1 Tb. honey
1 tsp. salt (do not omit)
1 egg
4-5 cups flour

In stand mixer  combine first 6 ingredients together over medium speed.  Add the flour 1/2 C. at a time, making sure each is combined before you add the next.  Dough is ready when it pulls into a ball around the hook and makes a slapping noise against side of bowl.  Turn out dough by hand, being sure there are no sticky spots.  Wash mixing bowl.  Add extra oil to the bowl, add dough, give it a few turns to be sure it got a coating. Cover with CLEAN kitchen towel, and let rest until doubled in size. (about 1 hour) Punch dough down into a shape, place on/in pan, cover with towel, and let rise again for 30 minutes. This is a good time to preheat the oven to 325*.  Brush loaf with egg white and water, cut small slash on top of bread with very sharp non-serrated knife for steam to escape, or your bread may split along the side (when not using a bread pan).  Bake bread. Different sizes require different times. Bread is done with it is golden in color, and when you tap it, it sounds a little hollow.

Leg of Lamb

I got a whole leg of lamb for the holidays, but it was too much for just two people.  My stroke of inspiration was rewarded with three dinner ideas!  I split the leg of lamb diagonally to debone it.  I then cut it in half and tied each up like a little roast.  The bone was then cracked to expose the marrow and boiled down into stock.  The roast was studded with garlic cloves, then seasoned with black pepper, real rosemary, and kosher salt.  Bake at 400* until meat thermometer reads 135*, remove from oven and let rest while you bake the bread.  Meat will come up to 150* which is about perfect.