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John Mannion
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1-800-671-8280 Cell: 803-417-2940
(Memories of Jack’s Recipes)
Original Recipes from Dottie and Jack Frediani
Shared by Kate Frediani-Gorman
Cremation Products Inc.
800-837-0701
SHRIMP AND BLACK BEAN SALAD
1 pound cooked, shelled shrimp
1 15-ounce can black beans, drained
½ cup thinly sliced celery
1 small green pepper, cut in strips
2/3 cup mild picante sauce
1/3 cup thinly sliced red onion
2 Tbsp chopped cilantro
2 Tbsp oil
2 Tbsp honey
1 tsp lime peel, 2 tsp juice
Lettuce leaves
Cherry tomato halves
Combine shrimp, beans, green pepper, celery
and onion in large bowl. Combine remaining in-
gredients except tomatoes and lettuce; mix well.
Pour over shrimp mixture; toss lightly to coat.
Cover and chill 2-24 hours, tossing now and then.
Spoon onto lettuce lined plates, garnish with to-
matoes. Serve with additional picante sauce.
TEXAS STYLE GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE
Eat Dessert First…this is the best chocolate cake ever!
½ cup buttermilk
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups flour
2 cups granulated sugar
1 package German sweet chocolate
3 Tbsp cocoa
3 cubes butter
1 cup water
2 eggs
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix buttermilk
and baking soda and set aside. Sift together flour
and sugar.
In a saucepan, melt together and bring to a boil
chocolate, cocoa, butter and water. Add 2 eggs,
and then the flour sugar mixture and lastly the
buttermilk and soda mixture. Let batter stand for
5 minutes while you grease and flour an oblong
cake pan. Bake for 20 mins at 400 degrees.
While cake is baking: in the same saucepan, melt
together:
1 cube butter
3 Tbsp milk
½ package of German sweet chocolate
2 tsp cocoa
Bring to a boil and remove from heat; add 1
package of powdered sugar and beat until creamy.
Pour over the hot cake and enjoy!
Memoires des
choix des Jacque
Good Eating!
Louisiana and Mississippi Funeral Directors
Associations hold Joint Convention
neral Home, Saltillo; Northern District Governor – Troy
Smith, Brantley Funeral Home, Olive Branch; Central
District Governor – James Waggoner, Oliver Funeral
Home, Winona; Central District Governor – Rusty Wal-
ton, Milling Funeral Home, Union; Southern District
Governor – Brett Moore, Moore Funeral Home, Hat-
tiesburg; Southern District Governor – Bruce Lynd, Heri-
tage Funeral Home, Moss Point.
LFDA Announces 2017 Scholarship Recipients
LFDA scholarship recipients were honored during the con-
vention.The GeraldM. Robbins, Sr. Scholarship is awarded to
Louisiana residents attending accredited colleges of Mortuary
Science who show high academic achievement as well as com-
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munity involvement. The
2017 recipients are: Kevin
Piper of Baton Rouge, LA,
who is studying Mortuary
Science at Commonwealth In-
stitute of Funeral Service and is
currently employed at Seale
Funeral Home in Denham
Springs, LA, and will com-
plete his degree in Decem-
ber 2017. Tylor Quebe-
deaux, Church Point, LA, is
studying Mortuary Science
at Commonwealth Institute of
Funeral Service and is current-
ly employed at Melancon
Funeral Home in Carencro,
LA, and will complete his de-
gree in June 2017.
The 2018 LFDA and
MFDA Joint Convention
will be held June 2-5, 2018,
at the Golden Nugget, Bi-
loxi, MS.