RIVER CITY DINER
Greetings!
What a blessing to have been raised in Memphis by a country cook who knew what she was doing. Good cooking was just a way of life in our household and among our extended family. My mother prepared the best fried chicken in Tipton County (We grew up in Memphis, but our reunions were in Tipton County.) according to my aunts, uncles, cousins, and great aunts & uncles; I have no reason to doubt their words of praise. I saw at every family reunion whose chicken was the first to go. And my mother wasn’t the only good cook in our house.
My daddy was a master at the grill and could throw together a variety of tasty snacks inside as well. He specialized in oyster stew & Bleu Cheese Dressing; and sitting down with Daddy as we built snacks of smoked oysters, cheeses, crackers, olives, and anything else he could scrape together was a banquet in itself.
The blog entries below come from recipes we enjoy around our household; from recipes I’ve yet to try; from recipes given me by friends and family, and things I’ve read about on line or in real print. Yes, I do still subscribe to magazines that come in the mail. Also there are posts about cooking equipment, techniques, sources for more information, etc. I hope you find something of interest. By all means, feel free to write
Crock Pot "BBQ"
A work mate of Sherry's gave her this recipe, and I thought it looked promising. Haven't tried this yet, and I probably will not put beef in mine. Thanks to Hanh Nguyen for this. Ingredients 1 1/2 lbs beef cubed stew meat (beef roast) 1 1/2 lbs lean cubed pork...
A Walk in the Park
We are lucky to have a city park and a public elementary school right down the street from our end of the culdesac. The dog loves to take a walk around the park and school grounds, and today, for the first time we toured the on-campus Urban Harvest Garden. The...
Southern Style Biscuits
My grandmother used to make about 2 dozen of these every morning. She made enough so there would be leftovers for the dogs. I'd stand on the back porch and throw biscuits to Toby and Bullet; they'd catch them in midair and practically swallow them whole. Ingredients ...
Links
These are links to sites having to do with food and cooking. I've set up another page for links to things having nothing to do with cooking. aluminum foil faq Thanks to Reynolds amazing ribs asparagus recipes - California Asparagus Commission beer can...
Girls at Work
These are some of our students at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church. They are SO much fun. Note the mural in the background. We have some fabulous artists at Palmer. Here are links to two of them who did the mural. Jackie Campbell and Katee Esser. (Kelley Bourgeois is...
Seafood and Guacamole Enchiladas
I make up a seafood salad from mock crab meat. It's great for sandwiches or in a tortilla wrap. I served Sherry a wrap, and she suggested I heat it up next time. So I decided to try this combination. Ingredients 2 cups seafood salad 2 cups guacamole colby-jack cheese,...
Seafood Salad
In always liked the seafood sandwiches served by Subway, so I tried to emulate their recipe. Ingredients 1 lb. mock seafood, flake style 4 ounces cream cheese, softened 3 green onions, minced 1 tomato, finely chopped 1/2 cup mayonnaise 14 ounce can black olives,...
Trinidadian Style Chicken Stew
Saw this interesting looking dish on Roger Mooking's "Everyday Exotic" program on the Cooking Channel. It's made my To-Do list. He also also featured Plantain Gratin and a Pickled Topping recipes that look worth checking out.
BBQ Sauce ala Emeril
Looking for a recipe for BBQ pizza, I ran across one used by Emeril Lagasse. This isn't exactly the way Emeril did it, but it's close. We did this up tonight with some slow smoked pulled pork I did on the grill on the Fourth, and it was excellent. The sauce turned out...
Onion Sauce for Pasta
Had some extra onions on hand so I decided to see if I could find a recipe for an onion sauce to go over pasta. It's on the stove right now. Note: Not finished yet, but the long slow cooking really reduces the volume of onions. I started with 6 cups and it looks like...