Fish Tacos – with Corn Meal

Fish Tacos – with Corn Meal Okay, I know. Here we are blogging about fish tacos again. Well, it’s like anything else that’s good; it’s worth revisiting. I may have hit on the “Power Taco” tonight. Like before, I cut the fish into...

Fig Preserves Again

Fig Preserves Again We did another 10 pints of figs last night. I’m getting pretty good at this. I didn’t make nearly as big a mess as I did the first night. That makes 17 pints in 2 nights, and we still have a couple of dozen left over from last year....

Fish Tacos

Fish Tacos Long ago in a small-town mission church in Arkansas a priest (who is now a bishop) told me about the CASE method: Copy And Steal Everything. The following is from the San Francisco Chronicle.  SOUTH TO NORTHSouth to North: Baja meets bayou in a fish taco...

Fig Preserves

Fig Preserves We have a fig tree in our back yard. It begins “coming in” around late June each year. A few years ago, while I was home visiting Mother, Sherry took a notion to make fig preserves. Between the Joy of Cooking and several phone calls back to...

Fish Tacos in Beer Batter

Fish Tacos in Beer Batter Our neighbor brings us fresh caught sea trout now and then. They almost melt in your mouth when cooked this way. Other times I’ve used catfish or ocean perch. Ingredients 1 lb catfish fillets or nuggets (or other fish if desired; ocean...

Memphis Style Pulled Pork

Memphis Style Pulled Pork When I moved away from Memphis, finding real BBQ became a challenge. I stopped in a little roadside BBQ and ordered a chopped smoked pork shoulder sandwich, and they didn’t have a clue what I was talking about. “You ain’t...