Went looking yesterday in the archives for some to make for Marica Cooks Wednesday. What a find! We both remembered this soup. So that’s what will be cooking Wednesday! Aha! Would you look at that. I already had a “peasant food” tag. Recipe: Creative Cooking French Peasant Soup Published on April 18, 2012 Last weekend we
without my laptop. So, sorry for the silence. Too busy before hand to schedule any repostings, and honestly too busy while traveling to do much posting even if I’d had a more convenient way to do it than the iPad. Lots of walking. Lots of photos. An old book score. And a new quick project
As many times as we’ve had this, I cannot believe I’ve never posted a photo. Some notes. If you have giant kettles, this recipe is lends it self to doubling, tripling, etc. We once made this for a soup and sandwich tailgate feeding 120. I believe we offered three different soups. So… (120/3) / 8
This is a good Springy feeling soup. I actually remember it. Recipe: Marica’s Chicken Albondigas Soup Published on March 19, 2021 Marica’s on account of the fact I did not want to make little chicken balls. I adjusted the recipe: Boiled whole chicken, skinned and deboned it and put meat in at the last to reheat
NOTE! This recipe makes two quiches. I made half the recipe, and made one addition. I added 5 ounces of cooked chopped spinach as a layer on top of the ham (before the cheese). It was great. It’s also super easy to prepare in stages. Our schedule yesterday was such that I loaded the crust
Recipe: Buffet Potato Salad Published on March 21, 2013 by Marica | Edit We’d not had this one before. And now, thankfully, we have! It accompanied Blue Cheese Burgers. BUFFET POTATO SALADServes 4 to 6 2 C cold cubed cooked potatoes4 hard-cooked eggs, diced1 C cold cooked peas (can use canned)2 small onions, dice1 bell pepper, diced½ tsp salt1 C mayonnaise
An oldie but a goodie! You are grilling out, aren’t you? Recipe: Blue Cheese Burgers Published on March 21, 2013 These were off the hook just off the grill, and were excellent next day for lunch. We used Roquefort cheese, and of course Mr. Big Food ground a choice cut of beef minutes before assembling the
This was a good one! You cannot go wrong with Claiborne. Recipe: Chicken à la King VI Published on March 29, 2016 It is Fancy Tuesday. To my mind, it would be inconceivable to print a Southern cookbook without a recipe for chicken à la king. When I was a child, it was standard party fare,
If you’re wondering what to do with that antelope you’ve got sitting in your freezer! How to make real corned venison, antelope, moose, bear, and beef Published on March 10, 2019 This won’t be ready for St. Patrick’s Day but might be a fun Spring project for the ambitious! Found in Mr. Big Food’s Big Food Manual
Perfect early spring dish! Recipe: Rutabaga and Chickpea Curry Published on March 31, 2012 Our friend Alix, to whom we gave some rutabagas, sent me the recipe for her creation, Rutabaga and Chickpea Curry. Sounds yummy. Alix often posts recipes she’s come up with on her blog, MississippiVeggie. In Alix’s own words: RUTABAGA AND CHICKPEA CURRY Time:
I just re-posted five dessert recipes from February 26, 2019. Why would I have posted these? I remembered doing something a few years ago, and thought that may have been the prompt. It wasn’t. But as the blog has picked up a few new followers, I thought I do a some explaining. In the mid-2000s,
Recipe: Chocolate Pound Cake I Published on February 26, 2019 by Marica | Edit CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE I 2 sticks butter (softened) ½ C shortening 3 C sugar 5 eggs 3 C flour ½ tsp baking powder 5 Tbsp dry unsweetened cocoa ½ tsp salt 1 C milk 2 tsp vanilla Preheat oven to 300o. Cream together butter, shortening, and
Recipe: Cottage Cheese Apple Pie Published on February 26, 2019 by Marica | Edit COTTAGE CHEESE APPLE PIE Makes 1 deep 9-inch pie ½ recipe Plain Pastry (lining a pie plate) 1 ½ C apples (sliced thin) 2 eggs ½ C cottage cheese ¾ C sugar (or less, to taste) ½ C cream 1/8 tsp salt 1 tsp grated lemon
It would have had something to do with indexing Big Food. Recipe: Simply Sensational Cheesecake and Variation Published on February 26, 2019 by Marica | Edit SIMPLY SENSATIONAL CHEESECAKE AND VARIATION Makes a 9-inch diameter cheesecake 1 ¼ C graham cracker crumbs ½ C shortening (melted) ¼ C sugar 2 8 oz packages cream cheese (softened) 14 oz can sweetened
I think I remember why I was posting these. May look into it. Recipe: New York Cheesecake Published on February 26, 2019 by Marica | Edit NEW YORK CHEESE CAKE 3 8 oz packages cream cheese (softened) 1 ½ C sugar 4 eggs 1 pint sour cream 2 Tbsp lemon juice 1 pint heavy whipping cream (not whipped) ½ tsp
The year was 2019, the month, February, and for some unknown reason I was posting a lot of cake and pie recipes. Enjoy! Recipe: Apple Tart Published on February 26, 2019 APPLE TART Serves 8 1 stick butter (softened) ½ tsp vanilla 1/3 C sugar 1 C flour CREAM CHEESE FILLING 8 oz cream cheese (softened
Mr. Big Food’s compilation of recipes is titled The Big Food Manual and Survivalist Flourishing Guide. It has tens of thousands of recipes he’s culled from his collection of old cookbooks. But in addition to the recipes, he’s also preserved a lot of information and history on food that those old cook books contained. Here’s
SAUSAGE GREENS SOUP Serves 6 1 egg, beaten2 Tbsp milk¼ C fine dry bread crumbs 1 lb bulk Italian sausage (preferably homemade)Non-stick cooking spray2 15 oz cans Great Northern beans, drained2 medium carrots, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes2 medium tomatoes, chopped½ C onion, chopped2 cloves garlic, minced1 tsp dried Italian seasoning, crumbled½ tsp
Mr. Big Food and I were the Big Winners last evening as we enjoyed yet another one of Mr. Big Food’s Football Food appetizer extraordinaire! The photo is funny. That’s a lazy Susan in the center. You can see by the two plates and maybe the wooden handled app forks, and the tablecloth, I was
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