I can tell you really know how to eat. How often do you make these baby back ribs? What do you say to a Kentucky bourbon on the rocks while you cook those ribs?
Post your favorite winter time stew or soup (Bonus points if it's easy)
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2LaneCruzer
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I cook a lot more in the Summer; but maybe once a month. I am not a Bourbon fan; beer is more my style. I do like a good Vodka like Skye or Ketel one with 7 up. I do grill steaks quite often though.
2LaneCruzer
Super Member
Here is a down home, East Texas family recipe that goes way back. They call sweet potatoes "Yams" in East Texas, in fact they have a "Yamboree" every year.
This pie is really good, better than any pumpkin pie I ever ate.
2 cups cooked, mashed yams
2 eggs
1cup sugar
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup evaporated milk
Mix all ingredients well and pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour
1 egg
1 tbsp vinegar
3 cups flour
1 - 1/3 cup shortening
5 tbsp water
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
Mix flour and shortening well, then add other ingredients.
Mix well with egg. Do not roll out. Press by hand into pie pan.
Pinch up edges well.
This pie is really good, better than any pumpkin pie I ever ate.
East Texas Yam Pie
2 cups cooked, mashed yams
2 eggs
1cup sugar
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup evaporated milk
Mix all ingredients well and pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour
FOUR PIE CRUSTS
1 egg
1 tbsp vinegar
3 cups flour
1 - 1/3 cup shortening
5 tbsp water
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
Mix flour and shortening well, then add other ingredients.
Mix well with egg. Do not roll out. Press by hand into pie pan.
Pinch up edges well.
What beer do you drink?
Grilled steak is great. I like it thin cut (half an inch), seasoned with salt and pepper, slathered with olive oil, and on to a hot grill - with sprigs of rosemary and smashed garlic cloves - 90 seconds each side to get it medium rare. Tent it with a knob of butter for 10 minutes.
Do you like short ribs? Braised short ribs in winter makes a hearty meal. What is your version?
Great stuff. Just copied it for my collection. Do you do the baking or does the wife do it?
2LaneCruzer
Super Member
She does 95% of the baking. I usually help, though, especially when we cook for the Lodge (50-60 people). We're cooking our family recipe for stuffed bell peppers today (recipe on request) but just for the family. I'll do my share of that too.
Molalla1
Elite Member
Love stuffed bell peppers . . .
2LaneCruzer
Super Member
“Stuffed Bell Peppers”
4 medium Bell Peppers
1/2 c. chopped onion4 medium Bell Peppers
1/2 c. instant rice
1/2 teaspoon each oregano & basil
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder (or to taste; more if desired)
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2/3 pound ground beef
1/3 pound sausage
1 - 15 oz. diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon Worchestershire sauce
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
Cut off tops of peppers; clean out seeds. Boil in salted water to cover for 5 minutes. Remove peppers, and let drain upside down on paper towels. Salt inside of peppers, arrange in baking pan.
In large skillet, brown and crumble ground meat, add onions and cook for 5 minutes, or until onions are tender. Stir in tomatoes, rice, worchestershire sauce, spices, pepper and water, if needed. cook covered for 15 minutes or until rice is done. Taste; add some salt if needed. Spoon mixture into peppers.
Place any left over mixture around peppers in dish. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup of cheddar. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Remove from oven, sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese; let stand for 5 minutes.
Best served with toasted garlic bread.1/2 teaspoon each oregano & basil
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder (or to taste; more if desired)
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2/3 pound ground beef
1/3 pound sausage
1 - 15 oz. diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon Worchestershire sauce
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
Cut off tops of peppers; clean out seeds. Boil in salted water to cover for 5 minutes. Remove peppers, and let drain upside down on paper towels. Salt inside of peppers, arrange in baking pan.
In large skillet, brown and crumble ground meat, add onions and cook for 5 minutes, or until onions are tender. Stir in tomatoes, rice, worchestershire sauce, spices, pepper and water, if needed. cook covered for 15 minutes or until rice is done. Taste; add some salt if needed. Spoon mixture into peppers.
Place any left over mixture around peppers in dish. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup of cheddar. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Remove from oven, sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese; let stand for 5 minutes.
2LaneCruzer
Super Member
Mine is going in the oven as soon as we hear from my daughter and grandsons...any time now!^^^^ Thank you 2Lane! I have started to "bug" the wife already . . . .