I hate having blogging problems!
Who doesn't??
Everytime I try to comment on someone's
post it freezes my computer.
I have tried emptying the cache as
someone recommended but that did
not help.
Any suggestions??
Friday, January 13, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Turkey Scrapple - It's what's for breakfast!!
Christmas Dinner - 1960
A typical holiday dinner with my grandmother, Ruby Boykin (we called her "Mother 'B'") where we could count on a delicious meal always. My family is made up of wonderful
cooks. L-R are my sister, Aunt Jo Anne (I've blogged about her before), my father, my younger brother, yours truly and then my grandmother.
Below is the recipe for "Turkey Scrapple"...
a delicious after-holiday dinner treat!
I posted this recipe in 2009.
Scrapple
Have you ever heard of scrapple? Well, I know you Easterners have, but I'm referring to turkey scrapple that is just part of our after-Thanksgiving menu. This was a concoction made by my father's mother, Ruby Opal Heath Boykin, absolutely one of THE best Texas cooks I've ever known. Mother "B" is what we called her in our adult years, "Bum "B"', in our younger years. This is how you make Scrapple - Mother "B"'s style:
•Pick the leftover turkey meat from the bones and cut into smaller than bite-size pieces and place in a Dutch oven
•Add leftover dressing (I wouldn't add the nuts, if there are any in the dressing) and add about an equal amount to the turkey
•Pour some leftover gravy so that it sort of becomes a dry mush (Isn't this sounding delicious?)
•Cook a big pot of grits and add it to the turkey mixture. I keep enough out to pour about 1/4" in the bottom of a "Pam'd" loaf pan. The point is to make the grits your binder. If there is too much dressing then the mixture will crumble after chilling.
•Pour the turkey, dressing, gravy, grits mixture into the loaf pan(s)
•Cover with foil and chill overnight or all day.
•When chilled, turn out onto a cutting board and cut into thick slices (an inch or a little more).
•Dredge in flour that has been seasoned with salt and pepper, dip in beaten egg, dredge in flour again.
•Fry in oil in a frying pan until crisp. (I love using a cast iron skillet for this)
•Serve for breakfast or a quick lunch.
I know that this probably looks like just a homemade, thought-up recipe... and it probably is because I have never found anyone who has a recipe that even slightly resembles this. But I promise you... it is fantastic with fried eggs, fried bacon, fried sausage, biscuits, toast, butter, homemade plum preserves (my grandmother's of course with two pits left in to make it tart!) or honey, milk, coffee, juice. For sure I know what we're eating for breakfast tomorrow!!
Scrapple at the ranch this past weekend.
P.S. -- Just realized that I inherited all of the milk glass in this picture!
Today I am posting to
http://allthesmallstuff-cole.blogspot.com/
Check out Cole's
Pesto Chicken Salad
Blessed with Grace by Lisa
Check out Lisa's
Baked Spaghetti
***
Check out "Northern Nesting"
for a fantastic give-away.
It's an amazing wire cloche!
http://northernnesting.blogspot.com/
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Meet Lynne of Butterfly Creek Pottery
I want to introduce you to a dear friend of mine,
Lynne Brown. I think you'll find her blog,
Butterfly Creek Pottery,
absolutely wonderful!
I met Lynne through Jan Karon (the Mitford book series)
message board. I actually flew from Mexico to North Carolina to meet Lynn as well as other Mitford fans
for a reunion of readers.
We knew we would remain life-long friends!
If you notice a similarity in our blog names...
now you who inspired me.
Lynne makes beautiful pottery and a visit
to her blog is not only for inspiration but
an opportunity to view her amazing creations!
So hop on over and be follower.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
My Vintage Thingy for Thursday - Recipes!
Ruby, my paternal grandmother,
married a man who was in the hotel business
for many years. Mother "B" was a wonderful
cook and many of her recipes were written on sheets
of hotel stationery.
I love vintage recipes.
These recipes for Chow-Chow and Cherry Pie
were two of her favorites.
My late mother wrote in a cookbook she compiled with my grandmother's recipes, "I suppose that living in Midland (Texas) at the Circle CB was the closest "Mother B" ever came to living on a farm where she had the opportuniity of "puttin' up" fruits and vegetables. I can still remember the wonderful pungent smells coming from her kitchen when "chow-chow" was being made. Hardly readable now, her recipe for "chow-chow" has been passed among family and friends and will always carry lovely memories with it."
Chow-Chow
1 gallon ripe tomatoes
1 gallon green tomatoes
1 gallon cabbage
1 dozen sweet peppers (red bell peppers)
1 dozen hot peppers (chilies), or to taste
1 dozen large onions
3/4 cup salt
6 cups sugar
2 tablespoons powdered ginger
2 tablespoons dry mustard
1 tablespoon each: turmeric, cloves, cinnamon
1/2 gallon vinegar
Chop first five ingredients into small pieces and mix. Pour salt over mixture and let stand for 2 hours. Squeeze with hands removing the vegetables from the brine. Add the rest of the ingredients and cook a few minutes until thoroughly hot - 2 to 3 minutes. Seal in sterilized jars while hot. Makes 9 quarts.
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Cherry Pie
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 tablespoons flour
5 egg yolks or 3 whole eggs (beaten)
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cup cherries (Fort Collins brand)
Melt butter in top of double boiler, add sugar, stir and then add flour. Cook until smooth; then add eggs a little at a time. Slowly add milk and blend well. Add cherries and cook a few more minutes. Serve with whipped cream.
No mention is made of a pie crust, but I imagine this is the filling and should be poured into a baked pie shell.
Today I am linking to
Vintage Thingy Thursday
at Colorado Lady
Come check it out!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Remembering my mother, Rosemary
Rosemary Elizabeth DePasquale Boykin
Mother was born to Jean and D.V. DePasquale of Dickinson, Texas on January 3, 1926.
Her mother, young and an immigrant from Italy at the age of nine, and her father, well-educated and of Sicilian descent from Texas, were parents who insisted that their children
"leave their mark".
My mother, on the right, was a good student, played the piano, was proud of being a gymnast. She went off to SMU at the age of 16.
She married my father, a WW II veteran upon her graduation from college... her father insisting there would be no wedding unless there was a college diploma!
Their courtship was only three months, but their
love lasted 62 years when their passing was but four months
apart from each other.
This is my favorite picture of my mother.
She had done an amazing job of
"leaving her mark"
by 2008.
*She was mother to four children
*She worked throughout most of her married life
at several universities, primarily at Texas A&M University.
*She traveled and lived abroad with my father in Syria, Iran and even eight years in Africa.
*She published two books pertaining to Italian history and genealogy.
*She wrote and illustrated cookbooks for fundraisers as well as for her family.
She had so many more accomplishments.
Most of all she was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
I truly miss her.
She would have been 86 years old January 3rd.
Happy Birthday, Mother!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year
from Deep South Texas
My Chocolate Lab, Simon, and I went for a walk
at our deer lease. Above are a few of the beautiful
sights we saw.
Yes, man's best friend enjoys the fog, brush, and cactus
at Las Islas Ranch as much as I do.
One morning we were fortunate to see a beautiful
deer. I'll have to remember the sight from memory as
I wasn't quick enough with my camera.
Wishing you good health and good fortune in
2012!
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