[TheMom]

Thanks to all of you for your input, I have a menu set for many weeks that does not include any of the “oldies”.

I thought I would return the favor and post a few favorites.

THEMOM’S KICKASS ENCHILADA’S

Ingredients needed:

Corn tortillas
Hamburger meat
Cooking oil
Enchilada Sauce (pick your spice level)
Cheddar Cheese, grated
Lettuce, chopped
Tomato, chopped
Eggs

Fry hamburger meat, season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion power. Drain.

Fry corn tortillas in oil until crisp.

Place tortillas in an oven safe dish (I use glass pie plates), cover with hamburger meat. Pour enchilada sauce over hamburger meat (one enchilada uses about ½ to ¾ can). Cover with cheese.

Cook at 350 until cheese is melted.

Here is the secret – right before you take the enchiladas out of the oven, fry an egg. Take enchiladas out of oven, add lettuce and tomato, then place the egg on top.

To start with use one corn tortilla per person – that normally is enough.

PINTO BEANS .

Keep in mind that the garlic powder, onion powder, and jalapeño measurements can be changed to adjust to your taste. I have always eyeballed the measurements, so what you have below is not an exact science.

1 lbs Pinto Beans
12 oz pack of Salt Pork cut into cubes (Do Not buy the pre sliced)
2 Tbls Onion Powder
2 Tbls Garlic Powder
1 Tbls Pepper
1/2 Cup Jalapeños & juice

Remove rocks and imperfect beans, wash well and drain.
Place beans in water about 2” above beans.
Put all other ingredients in crock pot.
Cover and cook on high for 2 hours. Then turn to low for 8 hours.
Watch the water level, if it gets to low add more water.

I serve this with rice and corn bread.

BUTTERMILK PIE

2 Sticks melted butter (do not use margarine)
3 ¾ cups sugar
½ flour
6 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350
Mix flour and sugar real well (use a sifter is possible)
In a separate bowl mix together other ingredients
Add to flour/sugar mixture
Pour into two 9” pie crust
Bake on bottom rack of oven for 45 minutes

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Here's one more that you should keep:
Pasta Putanesca
2 tins anchovies finely chopped
two bottles of small capers
1/2 a large white onion chopped
6 oz can black olives
a dozen Roma tomatoes, seeded and shopped
Olive oil
2-3 garlic cloves chopped or two spoons of prepared garlic
parsley chopped (a little, to taste)
wine

Cook tomatoes in a skillet at low heat in olive oil and a little wine for 15 mins. Add remaining ingredients and continue cooking on low for another 15 minutes, mixing occasionally. Add wine to boost liquidity.
Pour over thin spaghetti. Serve with Chianti.

[LongElegantLegs]

Thanks! Enchiladas are one thing I have yet to master...

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Palladin]

Thanks for the buttermilk pie recipe.

I bought a buttermilk pie from a churchlady at a church bake sale a while ago and we really enjoyed it. She was about 90 years old, so it must be a good oldfashioned country recipe.

My best cookbooks are those that are made up of tried and true churchlady recipes and sold at their fundraisers.

[Dust in the Wind]

Thought you might get a kick out of this one.

Categories: Dessert
Title: DANGEROUS CHOCOLATE CAKE-IN-A-MUG

Description:
5 minutes to done, one mug, one spoon: Great cake!

Ingredients:
1 coffee mug
4 Tbsp. flour (plain, not self-rising)
4 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. cocoa
1 egg
3 Tbsp. milk
3 Tbsp. oil
Small splash of vanilla
3 Tbsp. chocolate chips, optional

Directions:
Add dry ingredients to mug, mix well with a fork.
Add egg, mix thoroughly.
Pour in milk and oil and vanilla, mix well.
Add chips, if using.
Put mug in microwave, and cook for three minutes on 1000 (high on ours)
watts.
Cake will rise over top of mug—do not be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little; tip onto a plate if desired.
Eat!
(This can serve two if you want to feel slightly more virtuous.)
And WHY is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the
world?
Because now we are all only five minutes away from
chocolate cake any
time of the day or night!!!

Number Of Servings:One

Preparation Time:5 minutes