Here are a couple of components to a Southern style meal. You could accompany these with any number of delicious things, such as cornbread, grits, mac ‘n’ cheese, sweet potatoes, biscuits and gravy, etc… I like to keep the peas very simple and dress up the greens a bit. Black-Eyed Peas 1 lb. black-eyed peas, […]
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Homemade Baked Beans
Our Memorial Day Welcome Home picnic was a great success! I was so wonderful to see everyone and go into food comas as a family. I got many compliments, so I will post the recipes I used for posterity. This recipe takes long, slow cooking and and some planning in advance, but it’s definitely worth […]
Stirf-fry and Potstickers from America’s Test Chicken
Last night we were watching TV, bouncing from channel to channel, when we decided to watch America’s Test Kitchen. The topic was “Not your Average Stir-fry” and we started drooling, it looked so damn good. They made a Thai-inspired beef stir-fry and some Chinese-style pork and cabbage potstickers. I like the show because it focuses […]
A Yankee Meal: Navy Bean Soup, Parker House Rolls, and Concord Grape Pie
Tonight we have the first frost advisory of the year here in Ithaca, so it’s a good night to stay home and have a comforting meal. Also, I didn’t feel like doing my homework, so I basically got food (at the farm and farm-stand) and cooked the whole day. I even took pictures this time! […]
Sweet Kugel, Peppery Pork Roast, and Braised Greens
Considering it was the ‘day of rest’, we at the Byway did anything but. We got up, made a big breakfast (french toast, bacon, and fruit salad), and then set to cleaning the basement. It looks SOOO much better now! The shale foundation still seeps water when it rains (as it is currently doing), but […]
Red Beans and Rice
I’m posting this picture 5/27/2012 (4 yrs 8 months after the original post)–just to prove that this recipe delivers again and again over the years! This is a hearty, simple meal that will feed you all week long. I make it with a pressure cooker because it is SO much faster that way, but you […]
Das schweinefleisch
Oh shit, pictures!? En garde, vagabondress! For my inaugural visit to Costco, I decided to avail myself of their farcical pricing in the form of that most irresistible of commodities, flesh. Porcine, in this case, and plenty of it. A ~7 pound raw loin, to be exact, for just under $15! (forgot to take a […]
Porky Kraut
This recipe has one of the greatest deliciousness:ease ratios that I know of. I learned it from our Hungarian cousin Kriszti, and I can’t remember the Magyar name for the life of me, so I made this one up myself. All you need is: 1.5 lbs pork shoulder roast, cubed or sliced fresh Polish sausage […]