Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper? Part 2

[chicknmania]

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2.5 - 3 lb fryer, cut up 1/4 tsp garlic powder 1 C flour 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp salt 1 tsp leaf sage or oregano 1/8 tsp pepper butter or vegetable oil Rinse and dry chicken pieces. Combine flour with remaining ingredients except butter/ oil. Toss chicken pieces with flour mixture to coat. In skillet, heat butter or oil ( I used oil) to 1/4 inch depth and cook chicken over medium high heat until golden brown. Place chicken pieces in crock, wings first. Do not add any liquid. Cover and cook on low for eight to ten hours. * From my Rival crockpot cookbook. ( I only cooked mine for 7 hours, and it was plenty done, but my crock seems to cook hotter than most). Enjoy!

 

[Blooie]

Thank you kindly!!

 

[chicknmania]

Blooie, let me know which recipe of the Crockpot fried chicken turns out best.

Tonight we had Greek salad pockets, and chicken noodle soup.

I did not like the grilled hamburgers from the other night, I tried an old recipe that was in a cookbook my Dad gave me when I first moved out of the house. It called for bread crumbs, among other things, to be mixed into the hamburger patty. It made the hamburgers crunchy. I wonder why in the world would you mix bread crumbs into a hamburger patty??? Meatloaf, ok.....

 

[Blooie]

Well, in my Ma's case it was mostly to make 2 pounds of hamburger feed 7 hungry people!

Let you know which crock pot fried chicken recipe I preferred? Never, not on a bet! I ain't going there! People's recipes are like their kids - nobody wants to know if somebody else isn't as crazy about their kids as they are!

 

[donrae]

Our stretcher was shredded carrots in tuna fish. One can of tuna could make a lot of sammiches when you shredded carrots into it and let them set a few hours. But yeah, my mom also added "stuff" to ground beef. They were so broke at times.....

Tonight we had pork steaks, garlic ranch mashed taters and carrots.

 

[sourland]

Well, in my Ma's case it was mostly to make 2 pounds of hamburger feed 7 hungry people!

In our house it was 1 pound to feed 5 hungry people. Tuna fish and noodle casserole was a mainstay - I hated it, but would now give anything for one of Mom's casseroles. 'Store bought ' meat was a rarity - generally a chuck steak or chuck pot roast every other week or so. Rabbit, duck, chicken from our backyard or venison my father 'acquired'

were mainstays.

 

[Blooie]

I pretty much grew up that way too, Sour. Most of what we ate came from the fields, woods, lakes and garden. I can so clearly remember Dad deciding he wanted "Bugs Bunny Pie" and my sister Linda and I just cringing with dread. Oh, the pie was delicious, but it meant that Linda and I had to go out to the garden, pull away the snow, then the straw to find the carrot row. Then we had to dig those little boogers out of there. We each had little garden trowels to help dig, but even that ain't much fun when it's 10 degrees and the winds were "sweeping down the plain". After we had enough carrots and our fingers were totally frozen, we'd replace the clumps of dirt, then pile the straw back on and put the marker back. It was NOT fun.

Dad used to guide pheasant hunters to help with a little cash flow and Ma was working as the head bartender at the Holiday Inn in Sioux Falls, long before she ended up being a 4'11' bouncer in a rougher bar. We had some pretty well known folks stopping by the house for a bite to eat and a cup of hot coffee, but we were too little then to make a big deal out of it. I do remember 2 of them - Robert Stack and CW MacCall, who we just called Bill. Fun guys - Mr. Stack always had quarters hidden away and they'd appear after a lot of hoopla and flourishes of badly done magic. Didn't take much to get Mr. MacCall to grab my uncle's old guitar, tune it up, and give a ditty or two. I know there were more, but I honestly just don't remember who they were and the lore has been lost through the years. What was never lost was how good that pheasant tasted, and how Ma would cook a rabbit or two right along with it. Linda wouldn't touch the rabbit, even though it was in the same pot - she said it tasted "fuzzy".

 

[donrae]

Pizza last night

tonight will be taco salad. I'm telling you, if I put ground beef and cheese on it, my guys will eat a head of lettuce each. It's a great way to get some greens in them!

 

[sourland]

Mince pie

Later I may have potato soup for dessert.

 

[wyoDreamer]

I love potato soup for breakfast.