… this traditional and Yuma-licious taste bud delight has been almost lost. Like root vegetables, our grandmothers knew that this was not only tasty, but cost effective and a good way to use up leftovers and eliminate waste. Traditionally the meat in these little pies is leftover roast beef, which can still …
Well, with any luck, I’m having meat pies for a late lunch tomorrow! We and a friend are headed off on the hour-long drive to Lasyone’s for their homemade meat pies. And then we’ll have a walk ’round the town, then (hopefully) see if we can find the Kate Chopin house, then head home. Been having …
… Day was nothing but a beautiful walk with the dog and an Indian buffet. Chinese food was an option, but I couldn’t be that cliche
I wouldn’t end the post without at least the one recipe of the meal that really did make my Christmas Eve night. Chicken Pot Pie. When the rain is falling …
… long needled pine arrangement, with a red candle in the center, and a plate of cheese and crackers and meat, and a box of candy! How nice was all that? Patty, my niece, brought me a wonderful thick and gooey…moist and delicious carrot cake, and the best dip I have ever had, which was made …
… the groceries, washed the lettuce, chopped the tomatoes, diced the onions, marinated the meat, cleaned everything up, but he “made the dinner”. Bakers knead love, too. Bakers rise to the occasion. Bakers knead love, too. A baker rises to the occasion. Bakers trade info on a knead-to-know basis …
In order from left to right, we have: 1)Me mashing my sweet potato/russet potato combination. 2)The mashed potatoes after being warmed in the oven along side the cornbread dressing. 3)My mother’s cornbread dressing complete with cream of celery soup and veggie meat called Fri-chik. 4 …
… examples from the fanciest to simplest: Consommé: a clarified meat or fish broth. Bisque: puréed shellfish with cream soup. Velouté or Crème: vegetable or meat based thickened with eggs yolks, butter and cream Potage: falls somewhere in between velouté & soup texture and thickness. Soup: refers to a thick …
… I ended up baking a sheet of waxed paper into the pie. Clearly not to be trusted with newfangled shortcuts, I am sticking with homemade, in this case at least. Besides, store-bought pie crust has a vaguely gluey taste, at least to me, and I have a never-fail recipe (of course now that I’ve said …
… of Fine Cooking. I had been wanting to try this recipe for over a year and with good reason it seems. Now I will go about tweaking and experimenting to see if I can replace hazelnuts for the pecans for a more local twist. Does anyone know of a workable substitute to corn syrup in pies of this sort …
… the beginning of an extraordinary day. The aroma of pumpkin and mincemeat pies baking in the oven would soon be replaced by the wonderful bouquet of roast turkey. Then the rest of the family would start arriving. I was the youngest of six children and my two sisters were married while I was still a toddler …
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