Favorite grandma's.....
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Favorite grandma's.....
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Was cooking breakfast this morning, and got to reminescing about the food grandma makes (still does when I get the chance to see her).
She would always cook pork loins for me, nice thick juicy pork loins, in a cast iron skillet. Was cooking my breakfast in that same cast iron skillet that she handed down to me, which is what brought this memory back. What she would do, is get the skillet nice and hot, and get the oven to about 425 degrees. Would rub course pepper into the loin, throw it on the skillet for about 1 minute, flip it, then put it into the hot oven for 2-3 minutes (depending on thickness). Pull them out and let them set for a few minutes on a plate and serve. They were the BEST and still are. I made them for a friend of mine who was a skeptic, only to become a believer.
She would also make these awesome belgian waffles, and had this old waffle maker that she was also going to give to me with the iron skillet, but it burnt out
Anyway, share yours!
Was cooking breakfast this morning, and got to reminescing about the food grandma makes (still does when I get the chance to see her).
She would always cook pork loins for me, nice thick juicy pork loins, in a cast iron skillet. Was cooking my breakfast in that same cast iron skillet that she handed down to me, which is what brought this memory back. What she would do, is get the skillet nice and hot, and get the oven to about 425 degrees. Would rub course pepper into the loin, throw it on the skillet for about 1 minute, flip it, then put it into the hot oven for 2-3 minutes (depending on thickness). Pull them out and let them set for a few minutes on a plate and serve. They were the BEST and still are. I made them for a friend of mine who was a skeptic, only to become a believer.
She would also make these awesome belgian waffles, and had this old waffle maker that she was also going to give to me with the iron skillet, but it burnt out
Anyway, share yours!
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My favorite grandma food was her egg custard. Whenever I hear the term "comfort food" I always think of grandma's custard. My son found the recipe and he does dear grandma's custard justice. Grandma died 4 years before our son was born. So he only knows her through her recipes, photos and my stories.
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Ahhhhhhhh. . . my Grand-Mom. When she was alive, she wanted to be called "Mamaw".
She had a farm in Parrotsville, TN, and until 1961, she never had electricity, so, she cooked everything in a wook cookstove. Everything!
She never did have running water in her house.
My Grand-Mom made the absolute best apple pie!!!
The recipe is long gone. She passed away in '63 and my aunt got all of the stuff from the kitchen, and didn't share any recipes.
She (my aunt) passed away two years ago, and who knows where that stuff wound up.
She had a farm in Parrotsville, TN, and until 1961, she never had electricity, so, she cooked everything in a wook cookstove. Everything!
She never did have running water in her house.
My Grand-Mom made the absolute best apple pie!!!
The recipe is long gone. She passed away in '63 and my aunt got all of the stuff from the kitchen, and didn't share any recipes.
She (my aunt) passed away two years ago, and who knows where that stuff wound up.
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My grand mother was always referred to as "grammy". She had no indoor toilet and had running water from the well. She heated her water on a a woodstove cooktop.
She made the best damned biscuits and homemade baked beans. Then she topped all that delicious food off with perked coffee and chocolate no bake cookies.
Grammy was a very special person who lived to be 93 and had 9 kids, 62 grand children, 22 great grand children and a house full of cats.
She made the best damned biscuits and homemade baked beans. Then she topped all that delicious food off with perked coffee and chocolate no bake cookies.
Grammy was a very special person who lived to be 93 and had 9 kids, 62 grand children, 22 great grand children and a house full of cats.
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All of my grandparents died by the time I was six but my father's older sister was like a grandmother to me and many others. Whenever we were down there she would make the best buttermilk biscuits for breakfast. Along with that of course went bacon (thick cut, not the Oscar Meyer crap), grits and fresh eggs fried. She always had plenty of canned preserves and homemade jellies.
But, her real specialty was a five-layer vanilla cake with coconut frosting. She made it from scratch and it was famous in the local area. Still is. She never measured a thing.
She also made great fried chicken......whenever I would leave headed home she would get up two hours ahead of me and fry me a chicken and a pan of biscuits for the road. And then of course make breakfast as well.
She died in 2001 .....I still miss her.
But, her real specialty was a five-layer vanilla cake with coconut frosting. She made it from scratch and it was famous in the local area. Still is. She never measured a thing.
She also made great fried chicken......whenever I would leave headed home she would get up two hours ahead of me and fry me a chicken and a pan of biscuits for the road. And then of course make breakfast as well.
She died in 2001 .....I still miss her.
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Only recipe I have from my granny is the lemon meringue pie using sweetend condensed milk. A sure diabetes sugar hit killer.
Just made two last week and just finishing off the last one now. This was THE family comfort food from as long as I can remember, maybe 2 years old in the 50s.
I do still use her cast iron skillet that was given to me by mom who learned how to cook from granny. Mom passed it on to me when I went to college. I cook everything in that skillet so can't say what is my favorite. I guess a toss up between fried chicken, fried pork chops and gravy or maybe panfired oysters. Cook moms pork curry recipe in it too. That skillet has to be at least 60 years old or more.
Granny got too old to remember recipies to pass on when I was in my 20s. So most of her recipies died with her. Mom doesn't have them written down except the lemon pie.
I also wish I had many of my godmothers recipies too, but waited too long for that.
Write down those recipies before the old folks die, and pass them down to your kids. Kind of like my god father's hangover stew, my kids love it.
Jim Henderson
Just made two last week and just finishing off the last one now. This was THE family comfort food from as long as I can remember, maybe 2 years old in the 50s.
I do still use her cast iron skillet that was given to me by mom who learned how to cook from granny. Mom passed it on to me when I went to college. I cook everything in that skillet so can't say what is my favorite. I guess a toss up between fried chicken, fried pork chops and gravy or maybe panfired oysters. Cook moms pork curry recipe in it too. That skillet has to be at least 60 years old or more.
Granny got too old to remember recipies to pass on when I was in my 20s. So most of her recipies died with her. Mom doesn't have them written down except the lemon pie.
I also wish I had many of my godmothers recipies too, but waited too long for that.
Write down those recipies before the old folks die, and pass them down to your kids. Kind of like my god father's hangover stew, my kids love it.
Jim Henderson
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