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
Not So Irish Stew
My mother recently gave us her old Mirror-matic pressure cooker, and we've had fun seeing what it will do. She still had the old 1970's instruction and recipe booklet, and that's where we got the idea for this recipe. We adapted it from their Irish Stew. We didn't...
Caribbean Chicken
I stumbled across this one on Food TV, and it looks like a winner. I'm thinking of doing these on the grill. Ingredients * 1 habanero, seeded and chopped * 1/4 cup soy sauce * 1/4 cup honey * 1/4 cup brown sugar * 2 tablespoon sugar * 2 teaspoons fennel seed * 2...
Seafood Bisque
I threw this together because I couldn't think of anything else to do. I debated "red?" or "white?" And "white" won out. This is as much an Alfredo as it is a bisque. I got the base for the recipe off a can of Tony Chachere's Instant White Gravy, and he called it a...
Here I Stand: Pacts with the Devil and Haiti
The Rev’d James W. Nutter January 14, 2010 From today’s Houston Chronicle: “Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson says Haiti has been ‘cursed’ because of what he calls a ‘pact with the devil’ in its history.” Well, I couldn’t quite believe that such words were said,...
Macaroni & Cheese with Lobster
This recipe was adapted from The Best Casserole Cookbook Ever by Beatrice Ojakangas. Use freshly steamed lobster meat or frozen, cooked lobster meat that has been thoroughly defrosted. A total of 3 1/2 pounds of live lobster ought to yield enough for this recipe, or...
Winterizing
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Banana-Coconut Pie
Ingredients For crust: 2 1/4 cups dried dates pitted and soaked in water for an hour if too dry 1 1/2 cups almonds 2 cups walnuts For filling: 2 coconuts 8 small, ripe bananas 2 tablespoons raw honey or agave nectar 1 cup pitted dates 6 to 8 strawberries Directions...
Cheesy Mexican Corn Bake
JR brought this over on Christmas Day (2009), and it was suberb. He sent me the link to the Betty Crocker site where he got the recipe. Ingredients 2 bags (12 oz each) Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™ Niblets® frozen corn1/2 cup butter or margarine1 cup chopped red...
Slingshot Around the Moon
My first attempt at painting with acrylics (on 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" card stock) I did this on January 4, 2010.
Grill Medley
I fired up the Weber tonight and added some hickory chunks. I banked the fire on two sides, placed an aluminum drip pan in the center, and prepared a vegetable medley for the grill. Ingredients purple onion, peeled and sliced 3/8 inch thick 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms,...