Recipe: Chicken Pot Pie I
A Big Food Favorite Recipe: Key Lime Pie I
Recipe: Pear Custard Pie
Pear Custard Pie is a modification of the recipe below. Substitute one 15.5 oz can pear halves + one 7 oz can fruit cocktail (drained) for apples Slice pear halves into quarters I had to bake this 20 minutes longer, and at 335, for the custard to set. So keep an eye on it!
Recipe: Oven Meal of Chicken, Rice, Tomato Cups and Apple Pie
‘Tis the season for Oven Meals– whole meals baked together in the oven freeing the cook and his able bodied assistant to clean the kitchen, watch television, or just sit and chat. Me. Big Food made 1/3 of the recipe, and made the tomato dish as a casserole rather than in cups. And he did
The Saturday after Thanksgiving
What a beautiful morning! Warmish & sunny. Whiffs of leftover fireplace smoke in a slight breeze. Later on, one of the neighbors had a burn pile going. Fall. Breakfast. Fried leftover mashed potatoes with onions, and a fried egg. Chatted with the Thanksgiving Orphan about one of his favorite authors, Will Durant. Pie Brunch was
Pie
I’ve just been informed that the pumpkin pie is not done. Ten more minutes or so. And then the crust for the cherry cheese pie will go into the oven. Have I mentioned Pie Brunch™? This is a truly excellent idea thunk up by some smart friends of ours. As you know, copious amounts of
Recipe: Beef Steak Pie
BEEF STEAK PIE 1 lb chuck or round steak, cut into bite-sized chunks 1 ½ tsp Creole seasoning 2 Tbsp lard (or shortening, if you’re a wimp) 1 Tbsp flour (or more, to thicken gravy), mixed with an equal amount of cold water 1 Tbsp onion, chopped fine ½ C spicy vegetable juice (like V-8)
Recipe: Pecan Pie X
Good Evening! I am making a exception to my new rule which states that I will not try to post things which may cause me to throw my trusty old iComputer into the wood chipper (jk, we don’t have a wood chipper). Today Mr. Big Food entered into The Big Food Manual and Survivalist Flourishing
Recipe: Key Lime Pie I
KEY LIME PIE I 9 inch baked pie shell 1 can sweetened condensed milk Green food coloring 6 Tbsp sugar 4 eggs, separated ½ C lime juice ½ tsp cream of tartar Preheat oven to 350o. Mix condensed milk, egg yolks, and lime juice well. Beat 1 egg white and fold into lime mixture. Add
2nd Breakfast
In case you haven’t noticed, here on The Shire, The Farm, we like to eat. Some years ago, Daughter C painted some of the kitchen walls with chalkboard paint. Genius. It makes for a nice mix of old & new. (Just to the left of Bilbo’s door you can see the Morton Salt Girl’s umbrella.
(Pi Day) Recipe: Old Fashioned Texas Style Chicken Pot Pie
OLD FASHIONED TEXAS STYLE CHICKEN POT PIE CHICKEN 5-6 lb hen Water (to cover hen) 1 medium onion, quartered 1 stalk celery with a few leaves 1 bay leaf Salt, to taste 1 tsp peppercorns Simmer chicken, covered, in water to cover with all other ingredients, about 1 ½ hours or until tender. Remove chicken
(Pi Day) Recipe: Butterscotch Cream Pie
“I’ve tried a bunch of cream pie recipes and this one is my favorite, in all these variations.” Mr. Big Food. Recipe for CREAM PIE VARIATIONS– including Butterscotch Cream below the fold. CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE 1 large can evaporated milk 2 eggs, separated 1 C sugar plus additional 2 Tbsp 4 Tbsp flour ¼ tsp
(Pi Day) Recipe: Cottage Cheese Apple Pie
In honor of π day, I give you pie. Cottage cheese apple pie about to go into the oven Same, just removed from the oven COTTAGE CHEESE APPLE PIE Makes 1 deep 9-inch pie 1 1/2 C apples, peeled, cored, sliced thin 2 eggs 1/2 C cottage cheese 3/4 C sugar 1/2 C heavy cream 1/8
Recipe: Chicken Pie I
CHICKEN PIE I 1 chicken, cooked, meat de-boned, 1 ½ C chicken stock reserved 4 hard-boiled eggs, sliced 1 can condensed cream of celery soup 1 C canned tiny peas, drained 1 stick butter, melted Pepper to taste 1 C self-rising flour 1 C milk Preheat oven to 350°. Place chicken meat and egg slices
Recipe: Vanilla Cream Pie
Pie. Not the prettiest photo, and the crust fell. But it’s a danged good pie!VANILLA CREAM PIEOne pie crust, baked and cooledlarge can evaporated milk2 egg yolks1 C sugar4 Tbsp flour1/4 tsp salt2 tsp vanillaCombine flour, sugar, and salt in a saucepan, blending well. Stir in egg yolks, vanilla, and milk, mixing well. Cook over
Recipe: Cottage Cheese Apple Pie
About to go in the oven Just removed from the oven I must say, this is one excellent pie. Trust me, I just had a slice. COTTAGE CHEESE APPLE PIEMakes 1 deep 9-inch pie1 1/2 C apples, peeled, cored, sliced thin2 eggs1/2 C cottage cheese3/4 C sugar1/2 C heavy cream1/8 tsp salt1/2 tsp cinnamon1/4 tsp
Recipe: Butterscoth Cream Pie
Recipes–>Big Food–>Desserts–>Pies and Pie Fillings–>Cream (non-fruit) Pies–>and even when I got here I had to think about it. “I’ve tried a bunch of cream pie recipes and this one is my favorite, in all these variations.” Mr. Big Food. Recipe for CREAM PIE VARIATIONS below the fold. CHOCOLATE 1 large can evaporated milk 2 eggs,
Eli and Tony were beginning to “duke it out” (yeah, right)
while we were eating crazy good Diner chicken pot pie for supper– the last supper we’ll serve on Christmas dishes until Christmas season, 2012 (Good Lord willing & the creek don’t rise). It’s baked in a 9″x13″ pan with only a top crust of flour, butter, cheese & ice water. It was delicious. The recipe
Pie: Pt. 3
The turkey, gravy, dressing “like my mother made,” and unseen mashed potatoes Cranberries, green bean casserole, and PIE. The winner is Pumpkin Custard Pie. To be fair, the vote was 2-1. Our dinner guest, The Bart Man, cast his vote for Perfect Pumpkin Pie because it was a perfect pumpkin pie. And that is was.