Jun 20, 2009 | Food, Seafood
Vietnamese Southern-style Catfish in a Clay Pot I haven’t tried this one yet, but I grew up on wild Tennessee River Blue Channel Catfish. We used to harvest them ourselves daily off the face of the Pickwick Dam near Savannah, TN. And I’m not so sure about...
Jun 18, 2009 | Casseroles, Food, Meat, Salad
Nikki’s Ravioli & Tortellini Salad My good friend, Nikki Merritt, served this at one of our vestry meetings. It was a hit! Thank you, Nikki. Ingredients 1 (19 oz) pkg frozen cheese tortellini1 (19 oz) pkg frozen cheese ravioli1 ½ cups canola or olive oil½...
Jun 1, 2009 | Breads & Grains, Food
Pizza Tales Well, finally I got around to it — after four days of saying I was going to make a pizza, on the fifth day, I did it. Next time, I’m going to make a smaller but thicker crust. I will NOT try to stretch a quarter of the recipe over one dinner plate. That...
May 26, 2009 | Food, Meat
Pork Roast (Continued) The roast turned out great. I put it on at 6:45 am, and didn’t look at it again until around 12:30 pm. In the meantime I decided to pick up two chickens for beer-can-chicken since I had a fire going. So about 2:00pm, I checked the roast...
May 25, 2009 | Food, grill, Meat, pork, posts, smoker, Southern
Memorial Day Pork Roast Just started a fire — 6:13 am. For a 4 pound shoulder, bone-in butt roast. I banked the fire on the opposite side away from the top vent. For more on slow-smoking on a Weber Kettle, go here. [To see how this turned out, go...
May 22, 2009 | Food, grill, posts, Poultry, smoker, Southern
Beer Can Chicken I did a beer-can chicken yesterday. Didn’t have a beer can, so I used an empty mushroom can. I added water, and half of a lime. It turned out...
