Posted on 05/25/2016 4:18:08 PM PDT by Jamestown1630
Last week I got to thinking about Sloppy Joe sandwiches, which I hadn't had in ages but loved when I was a kid. We decided to try making it from scratch, and settled on Chef John's recipe. It came out really good - I think I might add some jalapeno next time - but it doesn't really taste like the Sloppy Joe made from the canned sauce. I'm not sure what to do to it, to make it more like the childhood favorite (except buy a can of sauce ;-) and I'm wondering if anyone else has made it. Here's is Chef John's recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/219635/chef-johns-sloppy-joes/
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I happened to be browsing archive.org for old cookbooks, and found Rufus Estes' cookbook 'Good Things to Eat, as Suggested by Rufus'. Estes, born a slave, was one of the first famous African American chefs, and the first to write and publish a cookbook. The recipes are sometimes kind of sketchy, as they are in all of these old cookbooks, but the instructions are adequate to figure out the dish. Cherry Season is coming on, and I was intrigued by his recipe for pickled cherries:
"CHERRY PICKLES
Stem, but do not pit, large ripe cherries. Put into a jar and cover with a sirup made from two cups of sugar, two cups of vinegar and a rounding teaspoon each of ground cloves and cinnamon cooked together five minutes.
Let stand two days, pour off the vinegar, reheat and pour over the cherries, then seal."
I searched for more modern recipes and was surprised that most are pretty much exactly as Rufus made them; but here is a recipe that pits the cherries, and adds lemon and star anise:
http://janesadventuresindinner.com/2014/09/celebratingtheharvest-pickled-cherries.html
You can read or download the Rufus Estes book at Archive.org (lots of great antique cookbooks there):
https://archive.org/details/goodthingstoeata00esterich
or purchase a newer edition hard copy at Amazon or Dover Publications:
http://www.amazon.com/Good-Things-Eat-Suggested-Rufus/dp/0965433315
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486437647.html
-JT
PICKLE PLATE APPY
Pickled asparagus, red peppers, red onions, golden raisins, button mushrooms, shallot
halves, spindly farmstand carrots, curried cauliflower, each pickle infused with its
own herbs and spices.....not a single cucumber in sight.
Thank you! I have a similar recipe which is for Ice Pickles. I had some for supper earlier.
Here’s a recipe someone came up with for a Sloppy Joe Seasoning Mix:
http://www.21stcenturysimpleliving.com/?p=2339
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