Hurricane Advice

[Kiki]

What color is the gravy? I have a Purdhomme recipe for a red one and a brown giblet one.

It's brown...but it is not made with flour..like normal gravies.
And it's not really a gravy...
It's hard to explain.

It's just called rice and gravy.

Let me sleep on it and see if I can figure out how to explain it.

BTW...the Chicken fricassee recipe from the site @rjohns39 linked somewhere back there came out great!
It's kinda like chicken rice and gravy!

 

[Kiki]

Yes - I teach GED and ESL classes in a federal prison in Pensacola.

Great!
So it meant exactly what you said!

 

[Peeps61]

Have they tried texting cell phone to cell phone?

They aren't allowed to have cell phones because they can circumvent the phone monitoring system and conduct criminal activities with them. They can call cell phone numbers of family/friends on their approved list though.

 

[Crooked Chicken]

MmmmHmmmm!!
That I can do.
Last year I bartered for 2 fresh turkeys. I sure didn't want to roast or freeze them whole for just me, so I butchered them out into parts and froze them in small sized packages. Was really nice to have roasted or grilled turkey dinners all year long. Grilling was nice to try but hard to get gravy drippings so I'd rather oven roast instead. Just brothed up the last of the carcasses, there's still a breast and a leg/thigh pkg in there, and have 2 more fresh ones on order.

Turkey is one of my favorites, so when my folks did Thanksgiving I would also cook my own entire meal at home. I packaged up turkey in slices and small bits for pasta, etc., gravy and stuffing It all freezes really well and stays tasty for quite some time.

 

[Flashpoint]

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For the life of me though, I still have not mastered plain ol' sausage/country gravy :/

My kids consider me the expert on making country gravy with sausage or chipped beef.

I do think it's pretty good myself and learned how to make it from my Tennesseean mother. She grew up quite poor and it was a staple in her house.

Although there are recipes online, there is no set recipe for what I make. It's more a cup of this and a pinch of that. I do use sausage drippings and make dripping out of chipped beef. I also cook it in an (at least) 95 year old cast iron pan that belonged to my great grandmother (I have two, but one is only 75 years old (from grandmother) and is the one used for emergencies).

For BIG emergencies (read large number of people), I have these two huge cast iron pans that I can make a couple gallons worth in at a time. Gravy, chili, stew, whatever. lol

Regardless, the kids believes it is perfect every time - except for the one time a whole jar of black pepper fell into the mix. I took out as much as I could (several tablespoons) and finished it up anyway because that night I had over a dozen people to feed in a hurry. Unfortunately, it was extremely "peppery", but they ate it - or as much as they could.


Over the years, all four kids have brought people home, specifically to eat sausage gravy or chipped beef gravy. (Those poor folks!) My oldest son is an over the road truck driver, so he has the opportunity to visit many truckstops and restaurants across the country. He often orders SOS, but says no one can make it like I do.

 

[User395221]

Not a book I am familiar with, but a "hurricane" is a punch like drink from Pat O'Brian's (local bar, been around at least 100 years) It contains Rum and will knock you on your a**, if you drink the real thing. We used to make fake hurricanes with hawaiian punch and rum. LOL The stuff you do when you are young.

Yes, the notes to the recipe gives that information. It says 4oz rum per glass. I'm not sure, but that sounds like a huge amount of booze. It seemed to me the idea was to just get stonkered and ignore the storm(s).
I do find it strange that some people have no basic skills, including cooking. Being able to whip up "something" when Macca's is shut or if you are cut off by storm damage seems to me an essential skill.
@Farmer Connie, hopefully somebody can get you some fuel before your supplies run out. Fingers crossed. Maybe a quad bike can get through to make deliveries, if the log-removing crews will be delayed at being able to clear your roads?
(I'm just so relieved that Irma didn't flatten everything in its way, as it seemed to be going to do at the start.)

 

[adrikeen]

Since this thread has taken a culinary turn...I've been kicked off of it by my husband (the joke is I married him because he can cook.....I don't cook....so I'd starve if it wasn't for him) who is enjoying reading all the cooking posts....especially about gravy. He's German and cooks Pennsylvania Dutch. I still can't get used to some of the dishes...I don't do cabbage. So a big thank you to all! He's been trying out some of the recipes posted and I'm loving it!!!

 

[jeria]

2 ways to get to our farm. both of them blocked by huge trees and down power poles. we are trapped and can't leave unless on foot only. miles from stores. fun has begun. clean up is all we can do. and keep refilling the generator and chainsaws. gas is going quick. they saidvour area could be out 4 two weeks.[/QUOTe

Ration the gas for the generator. Do you or someone nearby have an ATV that can get in and out of the area if you need supplies?

 

[ronott1]

Since this thread has taken a culinary turn...I've been kicked off of it by my husband (the joke is I married him because he can cook.....I don't cook....so I'd starve if it wasn't for him) who is enjoying reading all the cooking posts....especially about gravy. He's German and cooks Pennsylvania Dutch. I still can't get used to some of the dishes...I don't do cabbage. So a big thank you to all! He's been trying out some of the recipes posted and I'm loving it!!!

Does he bake?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/any-home-bakers-here.921333/

 

[jeria]

Turkey is one of my favorites, so when my folks did Thanksgiving I would also cook my own entire meal at home. I packaged up turkey in slices and small bits for pasta, etc., gravy and stuffing It all freezes really well and stays tasty for quite some time.

I've done the same thing.