Country/Trailer Park/Childhood Recipe Swap

[Becky2844]

Hi there, come on in! Just set your stuff over there and come on into the kitchen.... I've got some sweet rolls from this morning and I was just getting ready to make a fresh pot of coffee. Go ahead and pull out a chair....Now,I hear your grandmother used to make hot tamales, is that right? I know mine did but I want to hear yours. And refresh my memory about Ambrosia Salad. I know it involves those little marshmallows and fruitcocktail.....Here's a recipe I came up with that you might like. It's fast and easy.


Dirty Rice

1 lb. ground sausage (hot or mild)
1 box Uncle Ben's Wild Rice (Original or 5min.)
2 cans dark red kidney beans

Start your rice first because it might take the longest. Let your skillet be heating (about 3/4 between low & medium.)
I always use Tennessee Pride sausgage because I'm biased, but the seasoning IS good & it makes so little grease I don't have to drain it. And I cut the ends off & freeze them till I've got enough to make gravy some lazy morning. Anyway, break up & cook the sausage.
Partially drain one of the cans of beans but leave the other one as is. I've found that using all the juice from both cans makes it too wet.
When sausage is done add the beans & just stir occasionaly till heated through. It's ready when some of the beans start to split.
Now add the rice to the beans & sausage & stir it up.

Cornbread goes good with it.

[charmstr]

What size can of beans? I haven't bought kidney beans in 30 years or more, but I remember my mother always getting them in rather large cans and two of those seems out of proportion, so I'm assuming smaller?

This sounds really simple and pretty tasty. It's a pity that I'm the only one here who would eat it. My wife won't touch the sausage (shut up) and my last live-at-home offspring doesn't like the Uncle Ben's wild and white rice mix. I think I'll try making it in a couple weeks when the boy is back at college.

[charmstr]

Oh, yeah, the exchange...

Monkey Bread

I have no idea where this recipe came from originally... probably off the back of biscuit package, but we've been making it for over 20 years.

4 cans buttermilk biscuits
chopped walnuts (or pecans if you prefer)
raisins
1 cup granulated sugar
12 tsp cinnamon
1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar (light or dark, your preference)



Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease Bundt pan
Cut each biscuit into four pieces
Mix granulated sugar and cinnamon in a bag or bowl
Coat biscuit pieces in cinnamon-sugar mixture
Place a layer of biscuit pieces in bottom of pan
Add a layer of raisins and nuts
Continue to layer biscuit pieces with raisins and nut until it's all in the pan
Melt butter in a small pan, add brown sugar and boil for 1 minute
Pour resulting syrup over the bread
Bake for 35 minutes and then let rest for at least 10 minutes before eating


It's delicious and it's a fun family activity.

[salinqmind]

Fried Corn

8 ears of uncooked corn
6 TB. of butter
salt and pepper

Cut the raw corn from the cobs, and scrape them. Heat the kernels and their milk in the butter over low heat for 5 minutes until tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. Goes down a treat, it does!

[zoid]

Ingredients:
1 - can Campbell's cream of mushroom soup
1 ½ cup mayonnaise
1 ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese.
1 - 16 oz. Can sliced mushrooms, drained
4 cups cooked diced chicken (get one of those big roasted ones from the grocery store and strip the meat off it)
2 cups chopped broccoli (frozen works fine)
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground pepper
2 - 2.8 oz cans FRENCH'S French Fried Onions

Get a big ass bowl and mix everything EXCEPT the onions.
Dump it in a large glass baking dish and bake at 325 for 45 min.
Pull the dish out and crumble the onions all over the top.
Put it back in the oven for 15 min.
Pull it out and let it rest 15 min on the counter.

Dive in with some crusty bread.

NOTE: This is nothing but fat and salt – tastes great but will kill you.

[Becky2844]

What size can of beans? I haven't bought kidney beans in 30 years or more, but I remember my mother always getting them in rather large cans and two of those seems out of proportion, so I'm assuming smaller?

This sounds really simple and pretty tasty. It's a pity that I'm the only one here who would eat it. My wife won't touch the sausage (shut up) and my last live-at-home offspring doesn't like the Uncle Ben's wild and white rice mix. I think I'll try making it in a couple weeks when the boy is back at college.

Glad you want to give it a try. I just looked at a can & it says 15.5oz. Good luck with it!

[Becky2844]

Oh, yeah, the exchange...

Monkey Bread

I have no idea where this recipe came from originally... probably off the back of biscuit package, but we've been making it for over 20 years.

4 cans buttermilk biscuits
chopped walnuts (or pecans if you prefer)
raisins
1 cup granulated sugar
12 tsp cinnamon
1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar (light or dark, your preference)



Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease Bundt pan
Cut each biscuit into four pieces
Mix granulated sugar and cinnamon in a bag or bowl
Coat biscuit pieces in cinnamon-sugar mixture
Place a layer of biscuit pieces in bottom of pan
Add a layer of raisins and nuts
Continue to layer biscuit pieces with raisins and nut until it's all in the pan
Melt butter in a small pan, add brown sugar and boil for 1 minute
Pour resulting syrup over the bread
Bake for 35 minutes and then let rest for at least 10 minutes before eating


It's delicious and it's a fun family activity.

Now THAT'S some sweet rolls. I'm going to try it.

[Becky2844]

Fried Corn

8 ears of uncooked corn
6 TB. of butter
salt and pepper

Cut the raw corn from the cobs, and scrape them. Heat the kernels and their milk in the butter over low heat for 5 minutes until tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. Goes down a treat, it does!

I love fried corn. Mama served it at my wedding reception (the 1st one lol). Thnx for the recipe.

[Becky2844]

Ingredients:
1 - can Campbell's cream of mushroom soup
1 ½ cup mayonnaise
1 ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese.
1 - 16 oz. Can sliced mushrooms, drained
4 cups cooked diced chicken (get one of those big roasted ones from the grocery store and strip the meat off it)
2 cups chopped broccoli (frozen works fine)
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground pepper
2 - 2.8 oz cans FRENCH'S French Fried Onions

Get a big ass bowl and mix everything EXCEPT the onions.
Dump it in a large glass baking dish and bake at 325 for 45 min.
Pull the dish out and crumble the onions all over the top.
Put it back in the oven for 15 min.
Pull it out and let it rest 15 min on the counter.

Dive in with some crusty bread.

NOTE: This is nothing but fat and salt – tastes great but will kill you.

I've just been sitting around waiting to die anyway. I've got a broccoli casserole but it's not as "stout" as this one. The chicken makes it a whole meal instead of just a side dish. Thnx!

[Becky2844]

Fried Corn

8 ears of uncooked corn
6 TB. of butter
salt and pepper

Cut the raw corn from the cobs, and scrape them. Heat the kernels and their milk in the butter over low heat for 5 minutes until tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. Goes down a treat, it does!

I meant to add: I make Fake Fried Corn now. 2 cans whole kernel & 2 cans creamed. I use butter, too, but have been thinking about using bacon grease. Thnx!

[ShelliBean]

I've shared this before, but it's too good to pass up.

Make either some boil in bag rice or egg noodles. Dump them in a casserole dish. Pour one can undrained Rotel tomatoes over that. Throw some cheese on it. I like cheddar but it doesn't really matter what kind. Now put a can of chicken a la king over that. Sprinkle with some Tony Cachere's and put in the microwave long enough to heat the whole thing and sort of melt the cheese.

Drink approx 2 liters of water per bite.

[Lynn Bodoni]

I've been quite disappointed in Pillsbury Grands canned biscuits. Just saying.

[expectopatronum]

cheese dip

1 block velveeta cheese
1 can rotel tomatoes
1 bag tortilla chips

place velveeta and rotel in microwave safe bowl, microwave for a minute or so. open bag of chips. eat.

[charmstr]

I've been quite disappointed in Pillsbury Grands canned biscuits. Just saying.

The Grands are better than Pillsbury's smaller canned biscuits, but neither is that great. They used to sell a variety of Grands that had some cornmeal in them and those were pretty darn good. They had a unique taste and texture. I haven't seen them for years though and assume that they were discontinued.

Oh, and if it was my Monkey Bread recipe that made you think of this, the recipe calls for the smaller biscuits. They sell them in four-packs these days, which is handy.

[Ellen Cherry]

What size can of beans? I haven't bought kidney beans in 30 years or more, but I remember my mother always getting them in rather large cans and two of those seems out of proportion, so I'm assuming smaller?

This sounds really simple and pretty tasty. It's a pity that I'm the only one here who would eat it. My wife won't touch the sausage (shut up) and my last live-at-home offspring doesn't like the Uncle Ben's wild and white rice mix. I think I'll try making it in a couple weeks when the boy is back at college.

Try red beans instead of kidney beans. I also use red bean in chili.

[charmstr]

I've shared this before, but it's too good to pass up.

Make either some boil in bag rice or egg noodles. Dump them in a casserole dish. Pour one can undrained Rotel tomatoes over that. Throw some cheese on it. I like cheddar but it doesn't really matter what kind. Now put a can of chicken a la king over that. Sprinkle with some Tony Cachere's and put in the microwave long enough to heat the whole thing and sort of melt the cheese.

Drink approx 2 liters of water per bite.

I'm intrigued by this recipe, especially once I looked up Tony Cachere and found out it was a cajun spice mix! Maybe I should pick some up. It would probably go well with Becky's dirty rice dish too.

[charmstr]

Try red beans instead of kidney beans. I also use red bean in chili.

Thanks Ellen. That's a good idea and probably even more "authentic," though that shouldn't mean too much when you're doing trailer park recipes. I usually use pinto beans in my red chili and cannellini beans (also known as "Alubias" if my bilingual bag of dry beans is to be believed) in my white chicken chili.

I like beans.

[Athena]

Bacon Spaghetti:

Dice up a pound of raw bacon (doesn't have to be tiny - just bite-sized pieces.) Fry in a big skillet. Add 2 15 oz cans of diced tomatoes. Salt & pepper if you want to be fancy.

Grate a pound or so of cheddar.

Cook 1/2 pound of spaghetti.

Put half the cooked spaghetti in a 8x8 baking dish. Cover with half the tomato/bacon mix, and half the cheese. Repeat with remaining ingredients.

Spray a piece of tin foil with nonstick spray, cover dish. Put in 350 oven for 20 minutes. Take off the tinfoil, cook another 10 min or so until top is melty & good.

Yum!

[Lacunae Matata]

I meant to add: I make Fake Fried Corn now. 2 cans whole kernel & 2 cans creamed. I use butter, too, but have been thinking about using bacon grease. Thnx!

Even easier: I buy the frozen creamed corn now. And fried corn has to get just the tiniest bit scorched on the bottom to taste exactly right - not blackened, just lightly "tanned."

My contributions:

Earthquake Cookies

1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon water

Mix cake mix, eggs, shortening, and water in medium size bowl; mix with a spoon. Chill for 1 hour.
Shape dough into balls, roll in powdered sugar. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees F for 8-10 minutes; or until brown.

Boiled Peanuts

Green (raw) peanuts in the shell
Approximately 1/4 cup salt per pound of peanuts

Wash peanuts, and place in lidded pot. Add enough water to cover by 2 inches. Add salt, cover, boil for a long time, i.e. 3-4 hours. (Can be made in a pressure cooker - much faster, or in the crock pot. I've never actually written down the timing or quantities, so please pardon my approximations.)

Serve with sweet tea, cola, or beer. Preferably on a screened porch or out-of-doors. Can also be spiced up with cayenne, crab boil, jalapenos, etc. in the brine.

[apollonia]

cheese dip

1 block velveeta cheese
1 can rotel tomatoes
1 bag tortilla chips

place velveeta and rotel in microwave safe bowl, microwave for a minute or so. open bag of chips. eat.

This is the world's best cheesy dip recipe. Ever.

Does anyone have a recipe for those little hot dogs in the grape jelly cocktail sauce with the little toothpicks, the kind that you get at church suppers and barbeques?

[Lacunae Matata]

This is the world's best cheesy dip recipe. Ever.

Does anyone have a recipe for those little hot dogs in the grape jelly cocktail sauce with the little toothpicks, the kind that you get at church suppers and barbeques?

One jar grape jelly, one jar cocktail sauce: Heat on stovetop or in crock pot. Add cocktail franks. Heat. Serve. (Honestly, it's that easy.)

[Johnny L.A.]

Dad's favourite.

SPAM® Salad Sandwiches

Run a can of SPAM® through a meat grinder. Add Miracle Whip® and sweet pickle relish. Chill. Serve on soft white bread.

[apollonia]

One jar grape jelly, one jar cocktail sauce: Heat on stovetop or in crock pot. Add cocktail franks. Heat. Serve. (Honestly, it's that easy.)

I should have known. Grape jelly weenies are coming to my next party with me.

Dirt Cake.

1 package Oreos
1 small tub whipped cream/Cool Whip/whatever
1 package chocolate instant pudding
Gummy worms

Crush up the Oreos into "dirt." Take a big pan. Put a nice thick layer of Oreo dirt at the bottom. Mix up the pudding, then mix it together with the whipped cream. Put a nice thick layer of the pudding in the pan, then put another layer of Oreo dirt. Lather, rinse, repeat, until you have enough dirt cake to serve your guests. Garnish with gummy worms, fake flowers, etc. Chill, serve, enjoy.

[Becky2844]

I've shared this before, but it's too good to pass up.

Make either some boil in bag rice or egg noodles. Dump them in a casserole dish. Pour one can undrained Rotel tomatoes over that. Throw some cheese on it. I like cheddar but it doesn't really matter what kind. Now put a can of chicken a la king over that. Sprinkle with some Tony Cachere's and put in the microwave long enough to heat the whole thing and sort of melt the cheese.

Drink approx 2 liters of water per bite.

wow! my sons could "eat this with a spoon." (that's a good thing)

[Son of a Rich]

No Mess Hot Egg Sandwich

Crack an egg into a baggie, add cheese, salt and pepper. Goosh it up, and lay it in the microwave such that it doesn't run out. Zap it until it starts puffing up. Flip over and repeat. Place on bread and eat.

[Becky2844]

Bacon Spaghetti:

Dice up a pound of raw bacon (doesn't have to be tiny - just bite-sized pieces.) Fry in a big skillet. Add 2 15 oz cans of diced tomatoes. Salt & pepper if you want to be fancy.

Grate a pound or so of cheddar.

Cook 1/2 pound of spaghetti.

Put half the cooked spaghetti in a 8x8 baking dish. Cover with half the tomato/bacon mix, and half the cheese. Repeat with remaining ingredients.

Spray a piece of tin foil with nonstick spray, cover dish. Put in 350 oven for 20 minutes. Take off the tinfoil, cook another 10 min or so until top is melty & good.

Yum!

This sounds like serious dinner. thnx

[Becky2844]

Even easier: I buy the frozen creamed corn now. And fried corn has to get just the tiniest bit scorched on the bottom to taste exactly right - not blackened, just lightly "tanned."

My contributions:

Earthquake Cookies

1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon water

Mix cake mix, eggs, shortening, and water in medium size bowl; mix with a spoon. Chill for 1 hour.
Shape dough into balls, roll in powdered sugar. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees F for 8-10 minutes; or until brown.

Boiled Peanuts

Green (raw) peanuts in the shell
Approximately 1/4 cup salt per pound of peanuts

Wash peanuts, and place in lidded pot. Add enough water to cover by 2 inches. Add salt, cover, boil for a long time, i.e. 3-4 hours. (Can be made in a pressure cooker - much faster, or in the crock pot. I've never actually written down the timing or quantities, so please pardon my approximations.)

Serve with sweet tea, cola, or beer. Preferably on a screened porch or out-of-doors. Can also be spiced up with cayenne, crab boil, jalapenos, etc. in the brine.

You are so right about the scorching. It's the little touches like that that makes stuff GOOD.

[Becky2844]

I'm from East TN but live in the FL panhandle now which, oddly enough, has a Cajun influence. I brought the kidney beans & sausage recipe down with me and then added the rice to "be a little Cajun." You all are right---the red beans would be more authentic, and down here Tony Chachere's rules.

[Zeldar]

My guess is that all of y'all posting to this thread would love the stuff described in White Trash Cooking (http://www.amazon.com/White-Cooking-Jargon-Ernest-Mickler/dp/0898151899) which has some of the same sort of recipes y'all are describing. The one I remember causing my mouth to water is very similar to (if not the same as) 2- Handed Kitchen Sink Tomato Sandwich. (http://www.food.com/recipe/2-Handed-Kitchen-Sink-Tomato-Sandwich-77497)

[zoid]

1 (20 oz) can crushed pineapple, undrained
1 (20 oz) can cherry pie filling
1 box yellow cake mix
2 sticks of butter or margarine, each cut into 12 slices


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (325 for glass baking dish). Have a 9 by 13-inch baking pan ready.

Dump undrained pineapple baking dish or pan and spread it out evenly.
Dump globs of cherry pie filling evenly on top of the pineapple.
Dump the cake mix evenly over the cherry and pineapple layers.
Cut butter into slices with a butter knife and place slices evenly over cake mix.

Bake for one hour. Use heavy oven mitts to remove the dump cake from oven or let your older helper do it. To serve, scoop cake out with a large spoon like a cobbler, and dump it on a nice plate. A scoop of vanilla ice cream is delicious with dump cake. Serve warm or cold.

[Becky2844]

My guess is that all of y'all posting to this thread would love the stuff described in White Trash Cooking (http://www.amazon.com/White-Cooking-Jargon-Ernest-Mickler/dp/0898151899) which has some of the same sort of recipes y'all are describing. The one I remember causing my mouth to water is very similar to (if not the same as) 2- Handed Kitchen Sink Tomato Sandwich. (http://www.food.com/recipe/2-Handed-Kitchen-Sink-Tomato-Sandwich-77497)

I want it! But now I want all the other ones, too.....

[Taomist]

oh dear lord my mouth is watering.

I so am going to try these! The no-mess egg sandwich thing is quite interesting, and I can't wait to try it!

My favorite from growing up was strawberry-rhubarb cake pie, but I am not finding a recipe that seems to fit it. The neighbor had rhubarb plants and we had strawberries, so we'd get together and make half a dozen of these when the seasons were going. It was cake-pie, and not cake OR pie; while the center was typically pie-ey, the bottom layer was almost a sponge cake that soaked up all the juice. SO GOOOD!!

Ok now my mouth really IS watering.

[chaoticbear]

Oh, yeah, the exchange...

Monkey Bread

I have no idea where this recipe came from originally... probably off the back of biscuit package, but we've been making it for over 20 years.

4 cans buttermilk biscuits
chopped walnuts (or pecans if you prefer)
raisins
1 cup granulated sugar
12 tsp cinnamon
1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar (light or dark, your preference)



Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease Bundt pan
Cut each biscuit into four pieces
Mix granulated sugar and cinnamon in a bag or bowl
Coat biscuit pieces in cinnamon-sugar mixture
Place a layer of biscuit pieces in bottom of pan
Add a layer of raisins and nuts
Continue to layer biscuit pieces with raisins and nut until it's all in the pan
Melt butter in a small pan, add brown sugar and boil for 1 minute
Pour resulting syrup over the bread
Bake for 35 minutes and then let rest for at least 10 minutes before eating


It's delicious and it's a fun family activity.


12 tsp of cinnamon?! I'll go broke! ;)

[Biggirl]

Am I the first to mention Ambrosia?

Can of mandarin oranges
Can of fruit cocktail
Container of Cool Whip
Package of Baker's Angel Coconut flakes
Package of mini marshmellows.

Drain the cans of fruit. Mix everything but the Cool Whip. Fold in Cool Whip. Put some maraschino cherries on top if you like.

[Johnny L.A.]

Here's a recipe I came up with that you might like. It's fast and easy.

FWIW, and not keeping in the spirit of this thread, here's the recipe I use for dirty rice (http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/147/Dirty-Rice). Only I leave out the gizzards. I don't care for them. I use more livers instead.

[elbows]

Tony Cachere's

I have no idea what this is.

Or what canned biscuits might be. Are they cooked? To be cooked?

[Lacunae Matata]

Try red beans instead of kidney beans. I also use red bean in chili.

:confused:
I thought red beans and kidney beans were the same? What type of bean do you mean?

[SnakesCatLady]

I have no idea what this is.

Or what canned biscuits might be. Are they cooked? To be cooked?

Tony's is a Cajun spice mix.

Canned biscuits are found in the section of the grocery store usually near the butter and/or yogurt and the cookie dough packages. They are uncooked biscuit dough; open the can, slap on a cookie sheet and bake.


I'll second the recommendation of White Trash Cooking - tucked away in between the funny stories and directions for how to cook a possum are some pretty good country recipes.

Here's my favorite - got this from a lady in Hawai'i:

1 package imitation crab meat, chopped
1 cup mayo (can use light or lowfat)
1 cup sour cream (can use light or lowfat)
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 bottle bacon bits
1 package dry ranch dressing mix
1 can water chestnuts, drained and chopped
1 package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained well
1 package flour tortillas

Mix all ingredients except tortillas. Spread on tortillas about a quarter inch thick. Roll tortillas jelly roll style and slice into half inch thick rounds. (Putting filled tortillas in the freezer for a bit makes them easier to slice withour distorting)

Top with fresh ground pepper.

Once filled and rolled, these can be wrapped in cling wrap and frozen until needed.

[charmstr]

12 tsp of cinnamon?! I'll go broke! ;)

There is a lot left over when you're done, so you could use less as long as you keep the proportions about the same. We used to use the leftover cinnamon sugar to make cinnamon toast. These days I use it on my morning oatmeal. Damned cholesterol.

[chaoticbear]

Wait, 12 tsp is for real? Thats... ::math:: 1/4 cup! I thought it was a typo of 1/2 tsp. Which would be lower than I'd imagine for 1 cup of sugar, so I guess that makes sense. I guess I'm just not used to seeing that large of a number of teaspoons in a recipe.

My contribution:

Salmon Patties (or croquettes, if you must. Mama called 'em "patties". )

1-2 cans salmon
1-2 eggs
Enough crushed saltines to hold the mixture together
Pepper (if you're feeling fancy)
Parmesan cheese (if you're feeling really fancy)

MIx together, and cook until golden brown in a skillet with enough oil to coat the bottom.

One from a friend's mom she made when we were teenagers, she called them "porcupines".

A quantity of meatloaf-ish recipe that you enjoy (ground beef/eggs/breadcrumbs or crackers, seasonings), add some dry white rice (perhaps 20-25% of the total volume of the beef?). Mix together, roll into 3/4"-1" balls and put in an oven-safe bowl (well, she used a bowl. I don't see why any large pan wouldn't work.) Mix enough cans of tomato soup according to directions on can to cover the pile, and bake until meat is done.

That's the worst description of a recipe in the world, but it tastes delicious.

[Flutterby]

One from a friend's mom she made when we were teenagers, she called them "porcupines".

A quantity of meatloaf-ish recipe that you enjoy (ground beef/eggs/breadcrumbs or crackers, seasonings), add some dry white rice (perhaps 20-25% of the total volume of the beef?). Mix together, roll into 3/4"-1" balls and put in an oven-safe bowl (well, she used a bowl. I don't see why any large pan wouldn't work.) Mix enough cans of tomato soup according to directions on can to cover the pile, and bake until meat is done.

That's the worst description of a recipe in the world, but it tastes delicious.

I make these all the time (in fact, I'm making some tomorrow night!) except my recipe is 50/50 ground pork and beef, onions, rice (I use pearl and often cook it ahead of time to make sure it won't be crunchy, but if you use minute rice you don't have to worry ;)), seasonings, worchestershire sauce, roll into massive meatballs (I guess 1-1.5") and set in a deep baking pan. Mix large can of plain tomato sauce with some worchestershire sauce and pour over the meatballs, bake at 350 for about 45 minutes or until done.

Childhood recipes.. Goulash!

Brown about a lb of hamburger, add a can of peas (drained) and a can of tomato soup. Heat through, serve with rice, noodles, or by itself.

Sweet and sour meatballs

Roll ground beef into meatballs (we never really added anything, just the meat). Boil water, drop all the meatballs into boiling water and cook for half an hour until done (you can fry them, but they maintain their shape this way). Drain meatballs and pour over it a sauce made of approx* 1 cup ketchup, 1/4 cup vinegar, 1/4 cup brown sugar and a pinch of dried mustard to taste. Stir and heat until sauce bubbles, serve over rice.

One more, from my Dad. Egg noodles.

Cook a handful of spaghetti noodles, once cooked drain and return to the pot, crack an egg into the pot with the noodles. Put pot back on burner and stir until the egg is cooked. Serve with ketchup.

Another version of dump cake I've seen (and eaten!) uses pumpkin pie filling and spice cake mix. Mmmm.

*I do it by sight now and taste it to see if I want more of something or another, this is just a starting point.

[Lynn Bodoni]

cheese dip

1 block velveeta cheese
1 can rotel tomatoes
1 bag tortilla chips

place velveeta and rotel in microwave safe bowl, microwave for a minute or so. open bag of chips. eat. This is also very good with warm flour tortillas. Tortilla chips are a heck of a lot easier, though.

[salinqmind]

There's always the walking taco, or Frito pie. Open a bag of Fritos so they are contained in the wrapper, pour over warmed up chili, and I guess grated cheese, chopped onions, sour cream...

[elbows]

There's always the walking taco, or Frito pie. Open a bag of Fritos so they are contained in the wrapper, pour over warmed up chili, and I guess grated cheese, chopped onions, sour cream...

Okay, I want to understand this, but I'm confused. You create this in the Frito wrapper? You pour the chips over chili? Or chili over chips? Same for the cheese, what gets sprinkled on what? Why is it made in the wrapper? What makes it a pie (and not a god awful mess in a Frito's bag?)?

Need more info, please.

[pulykamell]

Okay, I want to understand this, but I'm confused. You create this in the Frito wrapper? You pour the chips over chili? Or chili over chips? Same for the cheese, what gets sprinkled on what? Why is it made in the wrapper? What makes it a pie (and not a god awful mess in a Frito's bag?)?

Need more info, please.

Here's a visual (http://eatwithjoe.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/frito_pie.jpg).

[elbows]

Ok then. It is a godawful mess in a Frito's bag.:eek: Thanks for clearing that up!

[limegreen]

My version of the cheese dip:
Jar of Cheez Whiz
can of condensed cream of onion soup
jar of salsa

Mix together and heat until blended. Keep warm in crockpot or such like. Open bag of chips.

How about the classic SOS, or more elegantly, Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast?

Hard boil and peel enough eggs for each diner to have one or two, depending on preference.
Toast two pieces of bread for each diner.
In skillet, melt half a stick of butter, then stir in 3 - 4 tbl. of flour slowly, letting it get absorbed in the butter juice. Stir slowly, letting it brown a bit, then add salt, garlic, anything that hits your fancy. Add milk a splosh at a time, stirring to incorporate before adding any more. Too much milk at a time gives you lumps. Keep adding milk and cooking -- it will thicken into a roux (white gravy). Add a couple of packages of Buddig beef , cut up into bite-size pieces. Slice eggs onto toast on plate, pour gravy over top.

As my mother learned to cook without measuring anything, that's the way I learned too. Makes it hard to communicate how to make something from scratch.

[Ellen Cherry]

:confused:
I thought red beans and kidney beans were the same? What type of bean do you mean?

Kidney beans are a different type of bean than red beans. Look in the canned beans at the grocery; you should find them. They are smaller and more tender than kidney beans. (Also Cannellini Beans are white kidney beans.)

[howye]

cheese dip

1 block velveeta cheese
1 can rotel tomatoes
1 bag tortilla chips

place velveeta and rotel in microwave safe bowl, microwave for a minute or so. open bag of chips. eat.

Can't believe no one mentioned this, or maybe I missed it on scrolling through, but if you don't care how long you live crumble up and brown up some sausage and mix in. Really doesn't matter what kind, your heart is going to stop soon enough anyways.

Frito Pie - Mom always made the fancy version. In a casserole dish layer fritos, Wolf brand chili, onions, and cheese. Two or three layers is good. Then bake till cheese is all bubbly.

It's hard to figure out why I need cholesterol medication.

[elbows]

I adore the idea of Mom's who cook with Frito's! I could never have imagined such a thing!

[rackety]

The most repugnant substance I actually like:

Queso Pegamento

1 16 oz. ingot of Velveeta
1 16 oz. jar Best Foods or Hellman's mayonnaise
1 Small can diced green chiles or jalapenos (not pickled)
2 Tbs. dehydrated diced onion
1 tsp. chili powder
1/2 cup salsa (or 1 small can Herdez salsa casera)

Melt it all together over very low heat or in a double boiler. Serve with chips or in a warn, soft flour tortilla with scrambled eggs.

Most people actually like this until they find out what's in it.

[Becky2844]

Am I the first to mention Ambrosia?

Can of mandarin oranges
Can of fruit cocktail
Container of Cool Whip
Package of Baker's Angel Coconut flakes
Package of mini marshmellows.

Drain the cans of fruit. Mix everything but the Cool Whip. Fold in Cool Whip. Put some maraschino cherries on top if you like.

That's it! the Cool Whip! thnx

[chaoticbear]

Oh! Another one from my childhood:

My folks called it "Touchdown Casserole", and I have no idea why.


Shredded cooked chicken
Can or two of Ro-Tel
Can of cream of mushroom soup
Can of cream of chicken soup
Shredded cheese
Nacho cheese Doritos
Ranch Doritos

Optional: sour cream, black olives, jalapenos, green onions, garlic powder, etc


Mix the first 4 ingredients together, layer with the Doritos in a casserole, top with cheese and bake until bubbly. Put optional ingredients where ever you want in that process.

No idea on proportions, but I remember it being horrifically delicious.

[Becky2844]

:confused:
I thought red beans and kidney beans were the same? What type of bean do you mean?

I'm thinking they might be talking about red chili beans.

[Becky2844]

Here's a visual (http://eatwithjoe.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/frito_pie.jpg).

oooooo! Visual aids! :D Up home these were called Petro's, a new-fangled thANG (lol) brought in for the World's Fair in Knoxville. They added sliced black olives. We have it a lot now, gooood.

[sitchensis]

Lazy Chicken Enchiladas

A few of the bigger cans of chicken

A few cans of Cream of Chicken

A few cans of green chilies

Layer it all with shredded pepper jack cheese and tortillas (no need to roll up anything in the tortillas, just layer)

Slather on a bunch of the green enchilada sauce, bake and serve

[Ellen Cherry]

Visual aid:

Red beans (http://www.goodguide.com/products/292097-great-value-red-beans)

[Lacunae Matata]

Okay, I've done a little more reading, and discovered that "red" beans may sometimes be the same as "kidney," but not always. Still a little confused, but basically one is just a bit smaller and more tender than the other. I've had both, and thought that one was just a miniature version of the other...

Back to the subject, though:

One of my stepdad's favorites - the classic Fried Bologna Sandwich (and I still have to sing the Oscar Mayer song to spell both the product and the company name right!) On white bread, of course, with cheap yellow mustard.

And any casserole involving tater tots + Cream of Something soup.

(Oddly enough, I definitely grew up country/trailer park/"po' white trash," and we ate almost none of this food when I was a kid. My father fished and hunted a good bit, and we almost always had a bit of livestock and a good-sized garden, plus fruit trees and a plethora of wild produce - blackberries and muscadines and such. A great deal of our food would be considered pretty darned "gourmet" today: Fresh, organic seasonal fruit and vegetables, fresh seafood, quail, frog's legs, fresh eggs, homemade sausages and jellies and preserves, honey and pecans from my grandparents' farm, and so forth. I thought we ate that stuff because we were too poor to buy Hamburger Helper and store-bought soups!)

[Dr. Girlfriend]

cheese dip

1 block velveeta cheese
1 can rotel tomatoes
1 bag tortilla chips

place velveeta and rotel in microwave safe bowl, microwave for a minute or so. open bag of chips. eat.

I add a can of Hormel Chili when I make this. Normally I wouldn't touch Hormel chili or Velveeta with a ten-foot pole but when you put them together the end result is something too wonderful to describe!

[Johnny L.A.]

There's always the walking taco, or Frito pie. Open a bag of Fritos so they are contained in the wrapper, pour over warmed up chili, and I guess grated cheese, chopped onions, sour cream...

They had these at the snack window in high school (no sour cream though). They were called pepper-bellies.

[PalJuicy]

Sangwiches
1 lb. chipped chopped ham, one small Velveeta loaf (cubed), one bottle Heinz Chili Sauce.
Mix together and scoop onto 12 white hamburger buns.
Wrap in tin foil, heat at 350 degrees, 15-17 minutes.

[Snickers]

One jar grape jelly, one jar cocktail sauce: Heat on stovetop or in crock pot. Add cocktail franks. Heat. Serve. (Honestly, it's that easy.)

A former home-ec teacher I know used a jar of mustard in place of the cocktail sauce (maybe dijon mustard? I don't remember). Was much good. And you'd never guess the sauce was grape jelly and mustard.

[Snickers]

You can make charmstr's cinnamon monkey bread into a savory version too, if you'd like. Like so (when I made this a while back, I pretty much winged it. Hence all the approximations and equivocations below):

Biscuits inna can - I used Pillsbury, but not the Grands. Maybe 2 cans of the 8-biscuit variety?
Butter - say 1/2 stick? Maybe 6 tbsp?
Minced garlic - as much as you'd like; I think I used 3ish cloves

Grease a bundt pan and cut the biscuits into fourths. Melt the butter and toss the minced garlic in the butter to flavor it. Roll the biscuits in the butter, then layer in the pan. When you've got a layer about inch, inch-and-a-half deep, pour a little of the butter/garlic over it. Keep on going until the bundt pan is about half full. Bake at 350 for 20ish minutes until it's done. (It's done when the biscuits have risen to the top of the pan and are golden and delicious looking.)

You can then turn out the monkey bread onto a plate, or just pull 'em from the pan. You can also sub garlic powder (as my mom did when she made this), but real garlic is better. Some herbs (rosemary, or maybe thyme) would also be good, but that might be too fancy.

[rebeccasrevenge]

I can't hard boil an egg without messing it up.Can I come over to your house?:(

[rebeccasrevenge]

Lazy Chicken Enchiladas

A few of the bigger cans of chicken

A few cans of Cream of Chicken

A few cans of green chilies

Layer it all with shredded pepper jack cheese and tortillas (no need to roll up anything in the tortillas, just layer)

Slather on a bunch of the green enchilada sauce, bake and serve
I actually think I may be able to pull this one off!:confused:

[RoniaBorkason]

Sausage rice -
1 pound pork sausage (for flavor)
diced celery
diced carrot
2-3 cups white rice
Cook the sausage, drain it, then combine everything and cook the rice.

Mmmm, poor food!

My mom got to be a much better cook when we had more money, she used spices and everything!

[Becky2844]

Okay, I've done a little more reading, and discovered that "red" beans may sometimes be the same as "kidney," but not always. Still a little confused, but basically one is just a bit smaller and more tender than the other. I've had both, and thought that one was just a miniature version of the other...

Back to the subject, though:

One of my stepdad's favorites - the classic Fried Bologna Sandwich (and I still have to sing the Oscar Mayer song to spell both the product and the company name right!) On white bread, of course, with cheap yellow mustard.

And any casserole involving tater tots + Cream of Something soup.

(Oddly enough, I definitely grew up country/trailer park/"po' white trash," and we ate almost none of this food when I was a kid. My father fished and hunted a good bit, and we almost always had a bit of livestock and a good-sized garden, plus fruit trees and a plethora of wild produce - blackberries and muscadines and such. A great deal of our food would be considered pretty darned "gourmet" today: Fresh, organic seasonal fruit and vegetables, fresh seafood, quail, frog's legs, fresh eggs, homemade sausages and jellies and preserves, honey and pecans from my grandparents' farm, and so forth. I thought we ate that stuff because we were too poor to buy Hamburger Helper and store-bought soups!)

I love this! Do you remember damsons? It wasn't until a few years ago that I realized my step-dad had practiced organic farming; he never used a pesticide. And we had our own cattle & pigs slaughtered (grandmother would just whip the chickens around over her head 'til their necks snapped.) Some days we were like, "Ho hum. What should we have for supper---steaks or ham?" I didn't appreciate what we had but wish I had another "home-grown" Black Angus T-bone now. (And some years Daddy would take a first bite of beef & it it wasn't tender enough he'd say, "This isn't my cow.")

[Becky2844]

You can make charmstr's cinnamon monkey bread into a savory version too, if you'd like. Like so (when I made this a while back, I pretty much winged it. Hence all the approximations and equivocations below):

Biscuits inna can - I used Pillsbury, but not the Grands. Maybe 2 cans of the 8-biscuit variety?
Butter - say 1/2 stick? Maybe 6 tbsp?
Minced garlic - as much as you'd like; I think I used 3ish cloves

Grease a bundt pan and cut the biscuits into fourths. Melt the butter and toss the minced garlic in the butter to flavor it. Roll the biscuits in the butter, then layer in the pan. When you've got a layer about inch, inch-and-a-half deep, pour a little of the butter/garlic over it. Keep on going until the bundt pan is about half full. Bake at 350 for 20ish minutes until it's done. (It's done when the biscuits have risen to the top of the pan and are golden and delicious looking.)

You can then turn out the monkey bread onto a plate, or just pull 'em from the pan. You can also sub garlic powder (as my mom did when she made this), but real garlic is better. Some herbs (rosemary, or maybe thyme) would also be good, but that might be too fancy.

Reading these recipes, I'm going to have to get another Bundt pan (was victim to the move) and try to remember Momma's Rum Cake. It was so stout I'd eat it & pretend I was drunk.

[Annie-Xmas]

Sludge: Heat can of soup, any kind, until it boils. Pour into bowl. Stir in instant mashed potato flakes, any flavor, until it looks sludgey. Add butter, cheese, etc. if desired. Eat.

[Becky2844]

I used to make this for my husband to take to pot-lucks at work.


1-2-3 Sausage Balls

1 lb ground sausage (mild)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
3 cups Bisquick

Cook the sausage & drain if you have to. Pour into good-sized bowl & add cheese immediately so it will melt; stir up.
Gradually add the Bisquick, mixing it up
Shape into balls about golf-ball size & place on ungreased cookie sheet, about 2" apart.
Bake at 350 degrees (can't find a little "o" key lol) for about 15 minutes or until golden brown


My gf tried this & said she didn't really care for it.
Turned out she hadn't cooked the sausage first.
ewwww

[lost in cyberspace]

The BEST Dip

Package of cream cheese
Can of chili
2 or so cups of grated cheese
tortilla chips

Spread cream cheese in 9 x 13 (or so) dish
Add the can of chili to make the second layer
Add grated cheese to make top layer
Bake in microwave until hot & bubbling and serve with tortilla chips

I make this whenever I need to take a dish anywhere and its always a big hit

[Silver Fire]

cheese dip

1 block velveeta cheese
1 can rotel tomatoes
1 bag tortilla chips

place velveeta and rotel in microwave safe bowl, microwave for a minute or so. open bag of chips. eat.
This plus one pound of ground pork sausage.

[Yllaria]

I have no idea what this is.

Or what canned biscuits might be. Are they cooked? To be cooked?

You might not use the word can because the tube they come in is mostly made of cardboard. Only the ends are metal. They're pre-mixed and pre-formed and need to be cooked. It's what the Pillsbury doughboy is made out of.

. . . 1 16 oz. ingot of Velveeta
. . .

I love that description!

A former home-ec teacher I know used a jar of mustard in place of the cocktail sauce (maybe dijon mustard? I don't remember). Was much good. And you'd never guess the sauce was grape jelly and mustard.

I've also seen BBQ sauce used with the grape jelly.

You can make charmstr's cinnamon monkey bread into a savory version too, . . .

Biscuits inna can - I used Pillsbury, but not the Grands. Maybe 2 cans of the 8-biscuit variety?
Butter - say 1/2 stick? Maybe 6 tbsp?
Minced garlic - as much as you'd like; I think I used 3ish cloves

Grease a bundt pan . . .

This can also be made with frozen bread dough, but it takes a little longer. You need to defrost the dough, then cut it into chunks, dip the chunks in the butter/garlic (you can add basil, oregano, and/or other herbs, too), and layer in the bundt pan as described above, then let the dough rise before cooking. I think two loaves worth would fill our bundt to overflowing, but it's been awhile. Bake per directions on the dough package, but expect it to probably need more time.
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Would a recipe for a liqueur called Alchemist's Fire fit in here? It's simple.

[Becky2844]

You might not use the word can because the tube they come in is mostly made of cardboard. Only the ends are metal. They're pre-mixed and pre-formed and need to be cooked. It's what the Pillsbury doughboy is made out of.



I love that description!



I've also seen BBQ sauce used with the grape jelly.



This can also be made with frozen bread dough, but it takes a little longer. You need to defrost the dough, then cut it into chunks, dip the chunks in the butter/garlic (you can add basil, oregano, and/or other herbs, too), and layer in the bundt pan as described above, then let the dough rise before cooking. I think two loaves worth would fill our bundt to overflowing, but it's been awhile. Bake per directions on the dough package, but expect it to probably need more time.
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Would a recipe for a liqueur called Alchemist's Fire fit in here? It's simple.

....turning from my spot at the bar.......Yep

[purplehorseshoe]

Wait, 12 tsp is for real? Thats... ::math:: 1/4 cup! I thought it was a typo of 1/2 tsp. Which would be lower than I'd imagine for 1 cup of sugar, so I guess that makes sense. I guess I'm just not used to seeing that large of a number of teaspoons in a recipe.

My contribution:

Salmon Patties (or croquettes, if you must. Mama called 'em "patties". )

1-2 cans salmon
1-2 eggs
Enough crushed saltines to hold the mixture together
Pepper (if you're feeling fancy)
Parmesan cheese (if you're feeling really fancy)

MIx together, and cook until golden brown in a skillet with enough oil to coat the bottom...

I make something similar, except I use leftover mashed potatoes as the binder. For extra trailer-trash flair: using instant taters out of a box.

[Lacunae Matata]

I love this! Do you remember damsons? It wasn't until a few years ago that I realized my step-dad had practiced organic farming; he never used a pesticide. And we had our own cattle & pigs slaughtered (grandmother would just whip the chickens around over her head 'til their necks snapped.) Some days we were like, "Ho hum. What should we have for supper---steaks or ham?" I didn't appreciate what we had but wish I had another "home-grown" Black Angus T-bone now. (And some years Daddy would take a first bite of beef & it it wasn't tender enough he'd say, "This isn't my cow.")

I don't think I recall damsons - maybe it's just too hot in very southeastern Georgia for them to grow well or to have much of a harvesting season? I think the local wild plums were different - chickasaw plums, maybe?

We had a nice neighbor who'd always share a few jars of homemade mayhaw jelly, and Granny made persimmon jellies. Scuppernongs were great for jelly, wine, and "just plain eating," and were readily available right down the road from the house - growing wild, at just the right level for a kid to pick.

[expectopatronum]

Can't believe no one mentioned this, or maybe I missed it on scrolling through, but if you don't care how long you live crumble up and brown up some sausage and mix in. Really doesn't matter what kind, your heart is going to stop soon enough anyways.

Frito Pie - Mom always made the fancy version. In a casserole dish layer fritos, Wolf brand chili, onions, and cheese. Two or three layers is good. Then bake till cheese is all bubbly.

It's hard to figure out why I need cholesterol medication.


mom always made the cheese dip the way i described it so i never thought to add sausage or chili like so many are suggesting. sounds yummy though. i haven't actually eaten this dip in years but i may have to sometime soon.

i may also have to try to make frito pie like your mom! mmm.

[Becky2844]

This isn't really a recipe; maybe it's a Tip:

Fake Fried Ham

1-2 packages of center slice ham steaks (I like Smithfield, & if you can get Low Sodium, even better)

Trim off all the fat & cut into pieces. I've always used a cast iron skillet but if you don't have one I bet the others would do.
Heat pan on Medium Low & place in pieces--no bacon grease or oil. Soon the ham will start making it's own "water." Turn now & then.
After awhile the water cooks away so start adding just a little water at time, as the ham "dries." Turn often.
There should start being a red-eye gravy forming & as the ham heats it starts turning a deep reddish brown--like a glaze---that looks & tastes delicious.

[Becky2844]

I don't think I recall damsons - maybe it's just too hot in very southeastern Georgia for them to grow well or to have much of a harvesting season? I think the local wild plums were different - chickasaw plums, maybe?

We had a nice neighbor who'd always share a few jars of homemade mayhaw jelly, and Granny made persimmon jellies. Scuppernongs were great for jelly, wine, and "just plain eating," and were readily available right down the road from the house - growing wild, at just the right level for a kid to pick.

Come to think of it, we were in Virginia when we got the damsons so you're probably right.

[salinqmind]

Today I read the top ten favorite deep-fried things sold at state fairs, and they are deep-frying, I don't know how, Frito Pies in Texas. Hope they take it out of the bag first.

[Walkabout]

You can make charmstr's cinnamon monkey bread into a savory version too, if you'd like. Like so (when I made this a while back, I pretty much winged it. Hence all the approximations and equivocations below):

Biscuits inna can - I used Pillsbury, but not the Grands. Maybe 2 cans of the 8-biscuit variety?
Butter - say 1/2 stick? Maybe 6 tbsp?
Minced garlic - as much as you'd like; I think I used 3ish cloves

Grease a bundt pan and cut the biscuits into fourths. Melt the butter and toss the minced garlic in the butter to flavor it. Roll the biscuits in the butter, then layer in the pan. When you've got a layer about inch, inch-and-a-half deep, pour a little of the butter/garlic over it. Keep on going until the bundt pan is about half full. Bake at 350 for 20ish minutes until it's done. (It's done when the biscuits have risen to the top of the pan and are golden and delicious looking.)

You can then turn out the monkey bread onto a plate, or just pull 'em from the pan. You can also sub garlic powder (as my mom did when she made this), but real garlic is better. Some herbs (rosemary, or maybe thyme) would also be good, but that might be too fancy.

I've done this in pizza form, too - just mix the cut up biscuits with some jarred pizza or spaghetti sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese, and cut up pepperoni (or whatever pizza topping you like) and spread the mixture in a baking pan. Top with some more cheese and bake, same as above, until cheese is melted and bubbly and the biscuits are done.

[Yllaria]

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Would a recipe for a liqueur called Alchemist's Fire fit in here? It's simple.

....turning from my spot at the bar.......Yep

Buy a bottle of vodka and a large box of Red Hots (http://www.ferrarapan.com/html/rh_history.html).

Pull out one or two clean canning jars, with lids and rings.

Split the ingredients equally between the jars and seal them up. Put them somewhere out of the light, but not far enough away that you'll forget about them.

At the end of one day, the candy will be all stuck together in the bottoms of the jars. Shake them gently, daily, for a week by turning them upside down and then right side up until the candy has broken apart and floats free. Shake them every few days for a couple of months after that.

The liqueur is finished when the candy is completely dissolved. Some vodka doesn't seem to be able to take on quite all of the sugar, so if you're tired of trying to get the last little bit of sweet white sludge to dissolve, you have my permission to decant.

In the first week, while the candy is dissolving, the liquor will be bright red. When it's finished, it will be a bright dark pink. I'm told that it's a party liqueur. Everyone wants to taste it, but it isn't something that most people would want sip on a regular basis.

I gave some to our DM in appreciation. Some was in a regular bottle, and some was in a little Chambord (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chambord_Liqueur_Royale_de_France.jpg) bottle, rigged to look like a charge of alchemist's fire. He's asking for a refill, now.

[typoink]

My gut instinct would be that dissolving red hots in vodka would result in poor man's Goldschlager -- can you compare?

[devilsknew]

Oh man, brings back the days of Killian's Draughts, and firewater schnapps schotts. Twere my want in the 90's. !00 proof red liquor and the technicolor show of red beer... bad juju.

[Yllaria]

My gut instinct would be that dissolving red hots in vodka would result in poor man's Goldschlager -- can you compare?

Sorry. My meds preclude alchohol so I've never tasted either. I'll take a batch to the DM's next party and ask around.

[Bob Ducca]

Pizza Bread (affectionally called "Welfare Pizza" by friends who found out about this recipe)

Spread catchup on a piece of white bread.
Sprinkle generously with dried oregano
Cover with sliced cheese (American cheese is best, but Velveeta works in a snap)

Put under a broiler or in a toaster oven (or even in a microwave) until the cheese is good and melty brown (or just melty if it's Velveeta).

Trust me, it's good!

[expectopatronum]

ooh, i remembered another one i do:

lazy grilled cheese (a misnomer, since it's not grilled at all)

2 slices white bread

some sliced or shredded cheddar cheese

put cheese between bread, microwave for one minute, eat.

[Becky2844]

Found the cake recipe. Now, I haven't made this in so long I can't even remember when that was. Unfortunatly I didn't write down each & every ingredient amount :eek: I'm assuming all liquids are 1/2 cup since I just jotted them down in sequence. (If that's not too confusing & you want to try it, trust me...it's really good.)


Mama's Rum Cake

1 box yellow cake mix
1 box vanilla instant pudding
4 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup rum

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease & flour bundt pan. Mix dry ingredients together, gradually adding already stirred eggs. Add oil, water etc. stirring after each one. Pour into pan & bake for one hour.


Glaze

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 stick butter
1/2 cup rum

Bring first three ingredients to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Add 1/2 cup rum, stir & bring back to boil. Pour over turned-out cake. VERY moist. lol

[not what you'd expect]

Even easier: I buy the frozen creamed corn now. And fried corn has to get just the tiniest bit scorched on the bottom to taste exactly right - not blackened, just lightly "tanned."

My contributions:

Earthquake Cookies

1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon water

Mix cake mix, eggs, shortening, and water in medium size bowl; mix with a spoon. Chill for 1 hour.
Shape dough into balls, roll in powdered sugar. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees F for 8-10 minutes; or until brown.

Boiled Peanuts

Green (raw) peanuts in the shell
Approximately 1/4 cup salt per pound of peanuts

Wash peanuts, and place in lidded pot. Add enough water to cover by 2 inches. Add salt, cover, boil for a long time, i.e. 3-4 hours. (Can be made in a pressure cooker - much faster, or in the crock pot. I've never actually written down the timing or quantities, so please pardon my approximations.)

Serve with sweet tea, cola, or beer. Preferably on a screened porch or out-of-doors. Can also be spiced up with cayenne, crab boil, jalapenos, etc. in the brine.

I'm going to try this cookie recipe for sure and boy do I miss boiled peanuts! It is difficult to find raw peanuts here in California. If I can find a source, I want to introduce these delectable yummy addictive peanuts to Northern California. My husband and I are planning to open a deli within the next couple of months. I've only met one person that didn't love them, but he ate the shells. So there is that.

[Becky2844]

I got this recipe from the friend who tried the Sausage Balls without cooking the sausage first, so she's not such a bad cook after all. I think this is much more flavorful than any bottled one I've tried.



Best-Ever Teryaki Marinade

3/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup oil
1 TBSP molasses
approx. 1 tsp each of:
dry mustard
ground ginger
garlic powder

Mix well in large covered container. I usually use chicken breast, to grill or broil later. Lay chicken in one layer deep. Marinade at least one hour in the refrigerator, then turn to marinade other side for one hour. The longer you marinate it the deeper the flavor, unlike bottled marinades that sort of just "sit" on the meat. This would be really good with a London Broil, too.

[DCnDC]

1-2-3 Sausage Balls
...

My gf tried this & said she didn't really care for it.
Turned out she hadn't cooked the sausage first.
ewwww

I've made these (with different proportions). You don't have to cook the sausage first.

[Becky2844]

I got this recipe from the friend who tried the Sausage Balls without cooking the sausage first, so she's not such a bad cook after all. I think this is much more flavorful than any bottled one I've tried.



Best-Ever Teryaki Marinade

3/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup oil
1 TBSP molasses
approx. 1 tsp each of:
dry mustard
ground ginger
garlic powder

Mix well in large covered container. I usually use chicken breast, to grill or broil later. Lay chicken in one layer deep. Marinade at least one hour in the refrigerator, then turn to marinade other side for one hour. The longer you marinate it the deeper the flavor, unlike bottled marinades that sort of just "sit" on the meat. This would be really good with a London Broil, too.

I just mixed up the marinade for tonight's meal. CHANGE the molasses to about 1/8 cup. :cool:

[Becky2844]

I've made these (with different proportions). You don't have to cook the sausage first.

If that worked for you, good. Personally, I would never eat anything that calls for sausage w/o it being cooked first. The Torah didn't warn Jews about pork for nothing---trichinoma.

[kiz]

*poof* goes the original post!

I was saying...other than American Chop Suey (ground beef browned in a skillet with a can of crushed tomatoes then dumped over a pot of cooked/drained elbow macaroni, serve with grated Parmesan), I never heard of most of these recipes until now. Some of them (Athena's bacon spaghetti, for one) sound downright delicious, but I'm wary about others.

I grew up in a low cholestrol/low-sodium household. To this day I prefer skim milk and margarine over the full-fat versions. I automatically mentally revise recipes to cut fat/salt/what-have-you.

And yes, I know I'm missing a lot by doing that :)

I just can't believe that people actually survive on this stuff day in and day out...I mean, I know some people do because that's all they have, and I'm not putting them down or anything like that...I guess I'm having issues wrapping my head around it.

[6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast]

Here's a trailer park recipe you'll wish you could un-know...

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE!!
4 tablespoons self-raising flour
4 tablespoons caster sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa powder or drinking chocolate
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional. As is the measuring of said delights)
A few drops of vanilla essence
1 large coffee mug

Mix the dry ingredients in your mug. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix again. Add the vanilla essence (and optional chocolate chips), and mix again. (In case you haven't guessed, thorough mixing is key.)
Microwave for 3 minutes on high.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug - so be alert but not alarmed!

Allow it to cool a little before eating out of the mug. (Or serve it on 2 plates to share, if you're feeling a little more posh and a little less piggy.)

You can also have it with ice cream or cream. Or don't bother choosing, eh?

[Ca3799]

More junky party food:

Stuffed Jalapenos

Brown one pound of breakfast sausage. While warmish, add one block of cream cheese. Split and de-seed a mess of jalapeno peppers. Fill the peppers with the sausage-cheese mixture and bake them in the oven a few minutes until they start to brown. Serve at room temp.

[Biggirl]

Nilla Wafers and Jello Pudding Banana Explosion

1 box of instant Jello Banana pudding.
A box of Nilla Wafers
2 Bananas.
Cool Whip optional

Slice one banana dice the other. Make the pudding. Put the diced banana in the pudding. Put half the pudding in a big salad bowl. Slide Nila wafers down the side, and make a banana wafer layer. Put the other half of the pudding on top. Slide wafers down the side and make another layer of banana and wafers. Top with Cool Whip.

[Swords to Plowshares]

I adore the idea of Mom's who cook with Frito's! I could never have imagined such a thing!

Hell, Frito Pie was in the New York Times Dining (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/dining/a-great-big-texas-helping-of-home.html?_r=1&ref=dining) section this week. With Texas chili, of course (no tomatoes, no beans).

[apollonia]

Dear Lord, that banana pudding recipe is one of my all-time favourite desserts. Not gonna lie. If you want to get real fancy with it you can use a big glass bowl and make patterns with the Nilla wafers on the sides.

No one I know likes it, though, so when I make it, I have to eat it all by myself.

[Lute Skywatcher]

cheese dip

1 block velveeta cheese
1 can rotel tomatoes
1 bag tortilla chips

place velveeta and rotel in microwave safe bowl, microwave for a minute or so. open bag of chips. eat.My brother skips all that and just spreads out the chips on a plate, tops with sliced Mexican-style Velveeta, and nukes for a minute.

[Lute Skywatcher]

Eskimo Cookies were a big hit growing up in rural Illinois.

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon water
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup powdered sugar

PREPARATION:

Place butter or margarine in medium size mixing bowl. Let stand on the kitchen counter about 1/2 hour or until and easy to stir. Or soften butter in a glass cup or bowl at LOW power in the microwave oven for about 1 minute. Add sugar. Cream (or blend) butter or margarine and sugar with wooden spoon until smooth and creamy. Add water, cocoa and oatmeal. Mix well. Cover with plastic wrap. Chill in refrigerator for 2-3 hours. Pour powdered sugar into small dish. With spoon, cut off small piece of dough (about size of walnut) and shape into ball. Roll ball in powdered sugar. Store cookies in covered container in refrigerator.

[MagicEyes]

If that worked for you, good. Personally, I would never eat anything that calls for sausage w/o it being cooked first. The Torah didn't warn Jews about pork for nothing---trichinoma.The sausage balls are baked, so the sausage is cooked thoroughly. I don't see how it would be possible to make them with cooked sausage--it would be too dry to shape into balls.

I think sausage balls are better with a little milk. My recipe is basically the same, but add 1/2 cup milk. Those are tasty little sausage balls!

Banana pudding is awesome, but I like it with vanilla pudding. My favorite recipe is from Mama Dip's Kitchen. Combine 2 cups milk and a 14 oz can of condensed milk, heat over medium heat (do not boil). Whisk in 1 large (4.6 oz) box cook and serve vanilla pudding and cook until it begins to thicken. Remove from heat and add 1 tsp vanilla extract, and then layer with bananas and Nilla Wafers (only use real Nilla wafers--cheap vanilla wafers are really not as good). It's a little more work, but it's worth it to me, because I don't like the taste of instant pudding, and this makes a nice, thick, rich pudding. A friend of mine has a banana pudding recipe that does use instant pudding, but it's mixed with other things so it doesn't have that instant flavor. I think she got it from Recipezar or Allrecipes--it has Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies, so it probably wouldn't be too hard to find, if anyone is interested.

I have recipes somewhere for Twinkie Pie and a dessert involving ice cream sandwiches, layered with Cool Whip. If I can find those, I'll post them.

[expectopatronum]

and a dessert involving ice cream sandwiches, layered with Cool Whip. If I can find those, I'll post them.


please do, sounds good!

[Becky2844]

If that worked for you, good. Personally, I would never eat anything that calls for sausage w/o it being cooked first. The Torah didn't warn Jews about pork for nothing---trichinoma.

Sorry, showed my ignorance there. Trichinosis.

[MagicEyes]

please do, sounds good!Here you go!

Ice Cream Sandwich Dessert

19 ice cream sandwiches
1 12-oz. container Cool Whip, thawed
1 12-oz. jar hot fudge or caramel ice cream topping (or use a mixture)
1 cup salted peanuts, walnuts or wet nuts (optional)

Cut one ice cream sandwich in half. Place one whole and one half sandwich along a short end of an ungreased 13 inch x 9 inch x 2 inch pan. Arrange eight sandwiches in the opposite direction in the pan. Spread with half of the whipped topping. Spoon fudge topping by teaspoonfuls onto whipped topping. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup nuts. Repeat layers with remaining ice cream sandwiches, whipped topping and nuts. This is also good topped with chopped candy bars, like Symphony.

Cover and freeze until firm. Will keep frozen for up to 2 months. Remove from the freezer 20 minutes before serving. Cut into squares.

Variations: Peanut butter and chocolate: Microwave 16 oz. chocolate syrup for 2 minutes, making sure it doesn’t boil. Stir in 3/4 cup peanut butter until smooth. Let cool to room temperature. Put a layer of ice cream sandwiches in the pan, spoon half of the chocolate mixture on top, half the Cool Whip, and half the peanuts. Repeat layers.

If you like toffee, use a mixture of hot fudge and caramel or butterscotch topping, and use toffee bits instead of nuts.

[expectopatronum]

sounds like a diabetic coma. good times!

[DCnDC]

If that worked for you, good. Personally, I would never eat anything that calls for sausage w/o it being cooked first. The Torah didn't warn Jews about pork for nothing---trichinoma.

The sausage does get cooked. That's what you put it in the oven for.

[Becky2844]

Fake Fried Potatoes


Preheat oven to 350 (but they're very forgiving, if you've got something else in there at a different temperature they'll do alright)
Scrub some potatoes and slice, layer in baking dish
Pour a little melted butter over them & salt & pepper
If at higher temperature they can cook in as little as 30min. Otherwise give them about an hour.