Hey Grandpa, What's For Supper?

[BamaChicken]

Honestly, I don't know what type of fig tree these come from. Whatever most people have here and I will try to find out. I have a young tree I planted last year from a shoot off my mothers trees. Now I have seen some people that are not native Alabamians with some figs that were a lot larger than the ones we grow and not as sweet. I could have taken a pic before I cooked if I had know this sooner but when Mother picks her trees I will get a picture of the figs for you and try to find out what kind they are.

 

[Aneesa's Muse]

I'm away for a couple days ...and y'all were eatin' good around here!!

BamaChicken.. your posts made my mouth water! Of course, I'm home sick somethin' terrible now, too

Tutter.. that Cranberry Chicken sounds wonderful! I can't wait for the recipe!


Backyard Buddies... I missed out on a few of my Nannie's "special" recipes, but I found that if I asked her sisters or a couple of her brothers and their wives.. I could retrieve her recipes from them. It's not exactly the same, I know ...but it's somethin'

I think I'll probably make my DH's favorite tonight ...Mongolian Lamb.. steamed rice.. some kind of steamed veggies (probably long beans or snow peas... something similar).

 

[Backyard Buddies]

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Unfortunately, Dad was an only child.

My oldest sister remembers how to make some of his recipes and she has his salsa recipe written down, but when I tried it something was missing. Dad made a lot of Mexican recipes that he learned from an uncle's wife. I know a lot of folks don't like it, but one of my favorites was his homemade menudo. That was the best!

How do you make Mongolian Lamb? Lamb is so yummy!

 

[Aneesa's Muse]

I used to love Menudo ..but have since eliminated any part of porcine from my diet, so that kinda sucks

I make the Mongolian Lamb the same as you would with beef.. the trick is in slicing the meat very, very thin and not overcooking it.

I make a simple sauce with some soy, corn starch, sugar, fresh minced/mashed garlic, red pepper flakes or chop a whole chile, and a little water to get it consistency (but you want it to lightly coat, so... )

Let the sauce stand while you slice your partially frozen (makes thin slicing so much easier) chunk of lean lamb. You can slice into wide pieces or little "julienned" pieces ..up to you ...DH likes it wide and thin. Slice up a couple or more carrots, not too thin ..not too thick. Cut the whites off about 6 or more scallions ..slice those in 1" pieces or better; and slice the green tops the same way ...keep separate! You can add nonsense mushrooms or Crimini ..or whatever you like, but not necessary. (I like mushrooms, so I do)

Put the sliced lamb in the standing sauce and let it marinate for half hour or more.

You can start your rice now ..and/or other veggies, etc.

Heat some oil (peanut, canola, veg ..up to you) in a large skillet or a well seasoned Wok, and toss in your lamb. Move it around quite a bit, for 1 - 2 minutes ..remember, it's thin and is going to cook uber fast ...remove and set aside. Toss in carrots and white part of scallions now ..toss around a bit... and add lamb back to Wok. Move this mixture around for another minute and then add the sauce and green part of scallions. Toss the whole thing for 30 seconds or so and remove from heat!

Serve this over steamed Jasmine rice ..or short grain, if you prefer the "sticky" effect ..and a side of steamed broccoli, long beans, snow peas, asparagus or whatever.

Depending on your threshold for heat, you can add or eliminate the chiles. Personally, I marinate and cook with a few whole ones in there ...then remove almost all of them before serving. It's not so nice to bite into a whole chile, if you can't handle it

 

[Tutter]

Okey dokey, here's the chicken recipe!

Cranberry Chicken

One 2 1/2 - 3 lb. broiler/fryer chicken cut into pieces

All-Purpose Flour, 1/3 Cup
Salt, 1 teaspoon
Butter or Margarine, 4 Tablespoons
Fresh Cranberries, 1 1/2 Cups
Sugar, 3/4 Cup
Onion, chopped, 1/4 Cup
Orange Juice, 3/4 Cup
*Ground Cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon
*Ground Ginger, 1/4 teaspoon

Mix salt and flour, then dredge chicken pieces in it.

Brown in skillet with butter, turning once.

Meanwhile, mix all other ingredients in a saucepan and bring to boiling.

Pour cranberry mix over the chicken.

Cover and cook slowly for 30-40 minutes, or until the chicken is tender.

* You don't have to add the spice, or can add just one, or the other, if you don't care for one, or the other.

Also, you can add a teaspoon of orange zest if you like it. But if you zest an orange, please make sure they are organic.

If you have an electric skillet, this dish cooks well in them, for some reason.

Enjoy!

 

[Tutter]

Today the smoke is so bad that it's just plain hard to breathe, so I abandoned the idea of cooking. Instead we are having leftovers. I have taco meat, still have shells, lettuce, cheese etc.; so that will be dinner.

We're just heating some biscuits and spreading them with butter, and the kumquat jam I canned a few days ago, for dessert.

That sounds so good, SuenRob! My grandmother used to serve dishes of chocolate pudding, then put a little half and half on top, with a single marachino cherry. She would let us put a little of the juice from the cherries on top, too, and it mixed with the half and half for a nice flavor! But the marshmallows really do sound good, too!

 

[purr]

so sorry Tutter, hope it gets better soon.

we are having blueberry pancakes cause I went and picked 10 lbs of blueberries today. And it was hot and I am tired.

So I am going to start a thread asking blueberry recipes. So look for my post please.

 

[Redfeathers]

Tutter I'm so sorry the smoke is that bad. I would be so tired of that.

SuenRob I love shepherds pie! I haven't made it in ages.

I just got done baking apple cookie bars and now I have zucchini bread in the oven. I think for dinner it will be fish fillets and twice baked potato's and a veggie.

 

[BamaChicken]

Purr, those blueberries sound wonderful. I have the best Blueberry Pie recipe for fresh blueberries. I also ate a cobbler at a friend house the other nite that was her Grandmothers Recipe and it was fabulous. She is supposed to bring it with her to Church tomorrow nite so I can make it. Guess I will have to use frozen berries though.

Tutter sorry about that smoke. I know that must be tiring when it doesn't end. Thanks for the Cranberry chicken recipe

We had stuffed Baked potatoes tonite and some fried okra and iced tea.

 

[happyhen]

Redfeathers, that apple cookie bar sounds yummy. I would love the recipe if you care to share.

Tutter, eventually the smoke and fires will pass, I'm praying it will be soon. Thanks for the chicken recipe. I can't wait to try it, but it's hard to find fresh cranberries right now. Something to look forward to!

BamaChicken, we love "top you own" baked potatoes. I serve broccoli in cheese sauce, bacon, sour cream, butter, parsley, chives and salsa for toppings. Right now potatoes are $2.99 for a 5# bag of musty smelling, old Idaho potatoes. Yuck!

It was just leftover minestone and bread for us tonight.