Down Home Cooking

[HungarianGypsy]

Today is Wednesday. In my house that means American History is our History/Geography topic. We are also learning about the individual states. The best way to learn is always through hands-on experience. Since we can't travel to each state at this time, I hoped all the good Freepers could bring their states to us. What recipes do you have that are specific to your area and can rarely be found anywhere else?

[Coldwater Creek]

I learned to make the best fried chicken when I lived in So. California. I had a friend from Chattanooga and she taught me to fry chicken and told me about Krystal hamburgers.

The Chicken has stuck, but one trip to Krystal's was enough.

[greyfoxx39]

Me Too!

[don-o]

and eat the cardboard.

Possum can also be prepared that way; but on a pine plank.

[don-o]

And then there's an easy recipe for my mom's fried chicken. I don't know if I should share it here, though.

Purty please, with sugar on top. I have tried and tried. I just am a failure with fried chicken.

Begging here.

[greyfoxx39]

Frybread! (aka :Bangs) No recipie, sorry, but roll out bread dough (homemade is best) into 1/4 to 3/8 inch thich sheet, cut into rough squares, cut 2-3 parallel slashes into the middle and deep fry in oil.

It should puff to about an inch thick.

Makes a good base for Indian Tacos, or can be eaten with butter, honey, juneberry or chokecherry (or just about any kind of) jelly.

The absolute best way to eat this is the way we ate it in the CO mountains when I was a kid.....when it's snowing and blowing and you can't go anywhere, put on a large pot of pinto beans seasoned with salt pork or ham, fry up a good-sized skillet full of taters, and eat the fry bread hot with butter drippin' off it onto your chin and your clothes....MMMmmmmmm!

[tiki]

Green enchiladas, The sauce is made with chicken broth, spices and green chile, ladled over hot, fried corn tortillas and topped with cheese. You can add chicken or hamburger is you want. Sorry, I don't have a recipe, I just cook, I don't read.

[girlangler]

I'm bookmarking this thread for that GOO GOO cluster recipe. I know a BUNCH of kids that will LOVE that one.

I guess one must acquire a taste for Krystal Burgers, it's a lifelong process.

Did you ever try out the barbequed brisket recipe?

Hope I didn't type something wrong with my quick draw typos and you are too polite to tell me :)

[buffyt]

This isn't a Texas dish but we got a recipe some where for this. Put sausages into bottom of big roasting pan. On top of that put a chicken, cut into 2 or 4 pieces. On top of that put peeled potatoes, peeled carrots, sliced onion. Cover with chicken broth and bake at 350 for about 1.5 hours. Till chicken and potatoes are done. Season as you like before cooking. It is so good.

Also another chicken recipe kinda like yours
Chicken breasts skinned and deboned on top of layer of SOS - dry chip beef. We use Armour brand. Mix sour cream, golden mushroom soup, and cream of mushroom soup - or cream of chicken or celery - and put on top of chicken. Cover with a package of bacon. Bake slow till done. You can cook it really slow for a couple of hours or at 350 for an hour or so.

[greyfoxx39]

I just cook, I don't read.

LOL, sounds like a good tag line to me.

[buffyt]

We have all of my mother-in-law's great family recipe. MY family doesn't have ANY! LOL I treasure Dorothy's recipes for BBQ pork, charcoal grilled chicken, biscuits, cherry pie, homemade bread, egg nog, cookies of all kinds, tuna casserole, meatloaf. You name it, she had a recipe. And I have been scanning them and printing them out for my kids to use and pass on.

[buffyt]

Chicken Tortilla Soup! It is so Tex Mex and delicious! Most of my recipes you can kind of play around with, with the ingredients and spices.

[T Minus Four]

With a very sharp knife, split the tough skin-like muscle that surrounds each testicle. Remove the skin (you can remove the skin easily if the testicles are frozen, then peel while thawing). Slice each testicle into approximately ¼- to ½- inch-thick ovals

I'm a woman and I was cringeing reading this part, LOL! I can't wait to read it to my husband, hee hee! BTW, the next line instructs one to "...blow them with enough beer to cover them." That raised my eyebrows!

[girlangler]

Oh, and I hope you and your loved ones weren't adversely impacted by the bad weather and tornados over that way. I meant to ping or mail you with my prayers for your safety, but have so much going on right now I'm running over myself and forgetful.

I'll be fishing over in your part of the state later this month. Sometime when I have more time I'll mail you my Cajun brother-in-law's fried catfish recipe. It is unsurpassed!!!

I love these cooking threads. But they make me hungry!!!!

[texasbluebell]

From Illinois:

Chocolate Covered Cicadas.

Can't find the recipe now, but it's pretty obvious. It ran in the recipe section of the Chicago Trib back during the last big 20-year-cycle cicada influx, sometime in the late 80s. Yum...

[buffyt]

I think I just lost my apetite......

[mylife]

Armadillo Eggs

* 24 fresh, medium jalapeño peppers
* 1 pound mild pork sausage
* 2 cups Bisquick
* 1 16-ounce package shredded cheddar cheese
* 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
* 1 tablespoon garlic salt
* 1 16-ounce package Monterey Jack cheese, cubed

Preheat oven to 325°F.

Cut a slit down the side of each jalapeño. Remove and discard the seeds and as much of the pulp as possible. Trim off the stems. Set aside.

Combine the sausage, Bisquick, cheddar cheese, red pepper flakes and garlic salt in a large bowl. Mix well.

Insert one or two cubes of the Monterey Jack cheese into each jalapeño. Pinch off a portion of the sausage mixture and shape it around each jalapeño, covering it completely. Arrange the eggs evenly on a greased baking sheet, and bake for 25 minutes until lightly browned.

[colorcountry]

I read that the Goshute indians actually did gather the salt dried Mormon Crickets from the shores of the Great Salt Lake. They ate them as a crispy, salty snack - like potato chips or peanuts. Yummy!

[girlangler]

Thanks.

One of my favorite foods is Mex Tex. Any you want to share I'll certainly cherish.

Hey, we need a FreeRepublic cookbook, for all of us freepers to contribute our recipes. I know I would pay for one, considering all the good stuff I've read on only a few threads.

I belong to a couple of associations in my career field and we have raised major bucks from cookbooks compiled from members' favorite recipes. It is one of our most lucrative fundraisers.

And just imagine how many wonderful recipes we could get from all the diverse and widespread freepers.

What say, freepers, ideas?

[mylife]

Pingeroony

[yarddog]

My Mother could fix the best tasting meal. Fried pork chops, little white peas, fried Okra and a couple slices of tomato.

She knew how much I loved it and would always fix that when I visited. My Brother once told me the reason her vegetables were so good was she used a lot of grease. Whatever, they were good.