Recipes

RevJP · Moderator Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 6845 Location: USA

I make this dish often Mojo. The garlic is not strong as when garlic roasts it becomes sweet.

pastor2022 · Moderator Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 693

Easy Casserole

1 lb ground beef (turkey, chicken can be substituted)
1 med onion chopped
2 stalks celery chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons wors sauce (I only use Lea & Perrins)
1 cup white rice (can substitute brown rice)
2 tbs olive oil
1 can Rotel tomatoes (I use the regular, can use mild)
1 can diced tomatoes (do not drain)
Salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups water
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

In a large skillet brown ground meat, onion, celery and garlic in oil until ground meat is done (no pink left) and onion and celery is translucent. Drain. Into the mixture add remaining ingredients and stir. Cover and place into 375 degree oven for 1 hour or until rice is done. Brown rice will take about 15-20 minutes longer. Check at 30 minutes to see if you need to add more water. After rice is done, sprinkle cheese on top and cover again and let stand for 5-10 minutes.

I serve this with a salad and French bread. It's very easy and good. Enjoy.

lone-traveler · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:05 am Post subject:

Yum!

I was thinking of stuffing it into peppers or rolling it n cabbage..
Then I can freeze em and pop them in the microwave when we're on the road for a delicious dinner..

we have a dorm size fridge in the truck..the freezer can hold up to 10 hungry man size frozen dinners.
I keep frozen fruit and in the morning add some to my cereal.
This morning we're running pretty hard, so I had a slimfast. I like the strawberries and cream.
We're in Georgia today heading to SC and then down to fort lauderdale, then home..
Can't wait to get home..LOL..
lot's of items on the menu to try..AWESOME!

Hugs
Lone

Ana · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:14 am Post subject:

That garlic garlic chicken sounds wonderful. Prior to reading the recipe I didn't know what a white sauce was (I'm not really a conventional cooker), but it's basically gravy with butter and milk in it, the way you make it in that recipe.

Here's a link for how to make a basic white sauce.

admin · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject:

I learned how to make French crepes a couple days ago. The recipe is posted here:
http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2008/02/how-to-make-french-crepes/

I also added my smart a** comments through it.

Ana · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject:

lone-traveler · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject:

knuckle · Young Wolf Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 501

Hi All-----------

been a while since I have had any of these hillbilly favorites but thought you folks might like to jot these recipes down.

Wild Possum Surprise

Ingredients:
1 Still breathing, corn-fed Possum
3 Ripe but firm tomatoes
1 Large white or yellow onion
1/2 pound large mushrooms
2 large green peppers
1 package meat marinade
1/2 cup soy sauce
12 skewers (sticks are okay in Arkansas)

Preparation:
The possum must be alive so that you can scare it, giving you the "wild" taste from all the adrenaline it produces. It is best to hit it over the head with a large object in a humane manner(this is the surprise part cause the possum ain't expectin it). Boil the possum for 3 minutes to loosen the fur then skin and gut it.
De-limb (chop the little knubby legs off) the possum and cut the meat into 1/2 inch square chunks. Marinate overnight in a mixture of meat marinade and soy sauce. Kentucky residents who have no fridge can use an ice chest and may use radiator coolant instead of soy sauce.
Thread the meat and veggies onto your skewer/stick in alternating sequences to distribute the delicious flavor evenly. Cook over a barbecue, pit, 50 gallon drum or any other fire till you get the desired result. For added flavor, you can cook it over burning tires.

Possum and Taters

Ingredients:
1 young, fat possum
8 sweet potatoes
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon sugar
salt

Directions: First, catch a possum. This in itself is excellent entertainment on a moonlight night. Skin the possum and remove the head and feet. Be sure to wash it thoroughly. Freeze overnight either outside or in a refrigerator.
When ready to cook, peel the potatoes and boil them tender in lightly salted water along with the butter and sugar. At the same time, stew the possum tender in a tightly covered pan with a little water. Arrange the taters around the possum, strip with bacon, sprinkle with thyme or marjoram, or pepper, and brown in the oven. Baste often with the drippings.

Possum Pot Pie

Ingredients:
1 cup glazed huckleberries
3 shots gin or moonshine
1 possum
---if roadkill: make jambalaya
---if caught: proceed with recipe
1 pie crust
sliced carrots & cabbage to taste

Directions:
Cover a pan (or any implement you can put in a fire) with the bottom of your pie crust, and place the possum in it. Add the huckleberries and carrots, and shred the cabbage over it. Close up the pie and bake until the neighbors' dogs come sniffing around to see what the wonderful smell is, or until the fire department arrives (whichever comes first). Remove pie from fire/oven, slice, and enjoy.

Possum Creole

Ingredients:
1 slightly injured possum
1 cup mayonnaise
8 cups pig fat
2 cups buttermilk
2 fresh green peppers

Directions: Slice green peppers and mix ingredients in a large bowl(exclude possum). Cut possum into chunks or thin strips. Mix possum chunks into bowl. Transfer contents of bowl into a casserole dish and bake under 350 degrees for two hours. Remove from oven, let sit for half an hour, and serve. ENJOY!!

For those of you folks in Texas and Florida Possum on the half shell (armadillo) can be substituted in all these dinner favorites

much love-------------knuckle

pastor2022 · Moderator Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 693

I can say from past experience that these recipes are excellent and easy to prepare. You can also substitue coon, armadillo, and nutria rat if you so desire. The only thing you would need as a side dish would be corn bread and maybe some greens. Yummy!

Ana · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject:

I make this one differently every time I make it, but it's always well-received. Plus it's easy and you can add pretty much whatever you want. Feel free to toy with the spices also - I try different things all the time (nonya is a great spice blend if you can get your hands on any).

Tomato Soup (only better):

2 cans Tomato Soup
2 cans water
1 can milk
ground beef
frozen and or fresh veggies
onion and or leeks and or garlic
barley and or rice and or cubed potatoes
salt and or pepper and or garlic powder

Measurements are all approximate and "to taste." Want more soup? Add more liquid and or tomato soup. Want creamier or thinner soup? Toy with the proportions of milk vs water, or try adding some shredded cheese. You could probably get away with putting pasta noodles in, like those little letters or shells if you wanted to.

Brown the ground beef and drain the grease away, then add all ingredients together (whisking the soup with the water and milk first is a good idea) and boil until the rice/barley/potatoes are cooked.

Tip: You can cook some onion with the ground beef - I hear the beef is actually healthier this way. I wish I remembered where that info came from so I could validate it, but the onions gain a nicer flavour this way, so I do it regardless.

lone-traveler · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:41 am Post subject:

I tried this yesterday..if you like bread pudding.

I had a couple slices of cinnamon raisin bread so I took an egg and some milk and beat them together with a little maple syrup. Took the bread and broke it up in pieces and soaked it in the egg mixture.
popped it in the microwave for 2 minutes and topped with some cool whip.
It was a single serving.

knuckle · Young Wolf Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 501

Hi Lone---------

do you have one of those plastic pressure cookers for the micro-wave?They are great for rice and pasta.

much love---------knuckle

lone-traveler · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject:

huh, I didn't know there was such a thing. I'll have to look into that knuckle thanks.
hugs
lone

PrysdieHeer! · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject:

Never ate Boere Kos (Boer Food) Before?

Start with something not to complicated:
VetKoek! (Ffet Cook) - (Fat Cake)
We eat it like the Americans eat Hamburgers

lone-traveler · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject:

Thanks Prys die Heer!,
sounds easy enough..almost like a buscuit or a pancake.
Do you top it with anything like butter or jam?

hugs
lone