These are large drop biscuits which could be eaten with butter and jam or with sausage gravy for a classic Southern breakfast. This is an adaptation of a recipe in the Richmond Times-Dispatch sized for 2 servings. The original used a 50/50 blend of all-purpose flour and cake flour to get a very low protein Read More …
This recipe has been in Carol’s family for so long that our copy of it is written in Carol’s mother’s handwriting. Per Southern Living magazine, it was first publicized in 1953 shortly after Mamie Eisenhower became first lady. If German’s sweet chocolate cannot be found, you can substitute milk chocolate chips. 4-1/2 cups sugar 2 Read More …
I was looking around for a simple dessert to make in a time-share apartment kitchen and I spotted a recipe for apples baked in puff pastry. I simplified it a bit and it turned out very well with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Makes 8 servings and takes about an hour. 2 sheets puff Read More …
I found some old meatloaf in the freezer and decided to serve it with a mushroom gravy and mashed potatoes. This is the gravy I made, which was a modification of the Easy Poultry Gravy that I have been making to go with the Thanksgiving turkey. This will make about 3 cups of gravy. 4 Read More …
One of the current rages on the internet is a mashup between the smashburger and the taco, so I made one for lunch yesterday. This is all about technique. Here is what you do for each serving: Form a 4 oz. ball of ground beef. (I seasoned it with a tsp. or so of teriyaki Read More …
When I used to go to Houston on business trips, one of my favorite meals was the Cajun sausage boudin with a wedge salad at Pappadeaux’s. Since boudin is hard to find in Richmond, when I visited Nick last week we made a large batch of boudin which we shared. We followed a recipe in Read More …
I frequently make Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake as a dessert for large groups. I recently saw on YouTube a recipe for “Texas Sheetcake for Two” on Whippoorwill Holler and decided to make it for Carol and myself. (As they confess in the actual video, this is really more of sheetcake for four.) It can be Read More …
Curried rice is an old-fashioned American side dish. I most recently made it to accompany Mishkaki-Style Steak with Kachumber – Sous-Vide . It was tasty and mild. The next time I may increase the amount of curry powder. We usually cook rice in a rice cooker which has a measuring cup which is about ¾ Read More …
When I was a child, my mother had a large vegetable garden, and we grew and ate some vegetables that I was not fond of, such as beets and the tops (or greens) of the beets. Carol recently made a vegetable dish for herself and had leftover about a pound of greens from the beets. Read More …
Shrimp creole is a classic New Orleans dish, particularly popular during Lent. We made this batch for Ash Wednesday dinner for 2 people, based on a recipe in Cooking up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. This is a good weekday dish since it is done in less than Read More …