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Church cookbooks are the best. My sister went to a yard sale of a lady that worked for a cookbook publisher. I am the owner of 10 old church cookbooks from all areas of the country.
We still do, only now I am the cook.
My hushpuppy recipe. In bowl with leftover corn meal, 2 eggs beaten, add more corn meal, chopped onions and milk or buttermilk if you have it. You want mixture to not be runny. Dip by spoonfuls into hot grease after frying fish. I have a small round spoon I use. Ok to add a splash of beer if handy.
Keep it simple and always use 2 eggs no matter how few you are making.
My 2 things I miss from my mother and have never had since she passed. A sweet potatoe ball that was a marshmallow wrapped in sweet potatoe and then coated in crushed corn flake crumbs. I believe they were then baked. Was a common after school snack in fall and winter.
Other was here blackberry jam. Blackberries, sugar, and water. Cooked until just the right consistency on top of stove. No sur gel. I would ask how do you know when it's ready. Her answer was you just know. Never had any jam that came close to tasting like hers did.
She passed in 2014 at age of 98.
My family still does fish fries occasionally, just not as often as my grandparents did. I’ll have to try your hush puppy recipe. And since I’ve been 21 I’ve always had beer handy at our fish frys.
BLACKBERRY JAM/JELLY!!! My mom made this when I was younger. I still have a few jars that I have hidden. Also, she makes pepper jelly that is still amazing.
I have tried so called homemade blackberry at various places, none like mama made it.
My internship supervisor at Arizona State used to make cactus jelly - it was awesome.
Jalopeno pepper jelly with cream cheese on Ritz crackers is amazing.
As a mom, it's awesome when my kids call me to ask how I make something so they can try to cook it. It's the best feeling in the world.
Growing up we were so poor the best we ever got was Cube Steak with mashed potatoes and English peas.
We thought we were eating good when we got that and Mom always fixed it perfect.
That exact meal was staple for our struggling family as well. Boxed mashed potatoes, not real.
My grandma, a native born Italian, when she got older, used time saving devices like that. She would make pizza crust out of those biscuits that came in cylinders. Just take it all out and roll it flat into a nice crust. When she got even older, we found her using Ragu spaghetti sauce. She was the best. Used to go out in the yard, pick some peaches, put them in pancake batter and make me some flapjacks before school. Yean, I was pretty darn spoiled.
Understand the struggling family thing.
Spam was usually one of the meats of choice at our household growing up.....except on Sundays.
We always had a roast or chicken or somesuch on that day.
Granny’s nanner puddin. So many things from mom and granny but simple though it is my very first thought was moms grilled cheese. It’s witchcraft how insanely consistent they are. The perfect buttery crisp…. Stop laughing at me a perfect grilled cheese is a thing of beauty.
Indeed it is!!!!
😂 You did make me laugh, but I absolutely agree! I love a well made grilled cheese!
My wife butters the bread. I put the butter in the pan and then put the sandwich in. Of course mine is better.