Name your favorite recipe!

[exquizit]

What's your favorite thing to cook?

Discogoddess I can't recall your dish for Valentine's day but can you refresh my memory?(It was a romantic dinner)

I feel like getting in the kitchen and experimenting! Gimmie some ideas!
Don't forget the important details.

[Monique]

ohhhhh...I loveee to cook.
Mississippi Style
My favorite of all times things to cook is
1)fried chicken with rice and gravy,candy yams,greens,corn bread, and some red kool-aid. lol..
2)Turkey necks, pig feet, tripe*if u don't know what that is, trust me u don't wanna know.*
3)Stemed Alaskan Crablegs
4)Boiled Crabs,Corn,pototes,shrimp
5)CRAWfish(not cray)
6)Gumbo
7)Peach Cobbler
8)Apple Pie
Of course I'm from the South..why do u ask?..lol bye

[Eclipse]

exquizit,
A romanitic dinner to me is more about the ambiance (sp?) than the food, so I one for breaking out the candles, fine china, crystal, music, etc. when I've cooked spaggetti (sp?)! LOL

Easy at home dishes for me are different chicken dishes. I stock up on boneless chicken breasts when they are on sale and will bake them, barbeque them (in the oven) or smother them in mushroom soup gravy.

If I need to take a dish to a party I usually do King Ranch Chicken, which is a casarole with chicken, Rotel tomatoes (they have peppers in them), cheese and tortelias (sp?). It's easy and good. I can bring the recipe to work tomorrow if you are interested. I also make a spinach dip that gets rave reviews and is very easy to make.

[AKA2D '91]

Originally posted by Monique:
tripe*if u don't know what that is, trust me u don't wanna know.*

LOL@ TRIPE!

girrrrrrrrllllll, NO, HUH?

I know what it is...I's a cuntry gurl, too!

[MarvyG]

My favorite thing to cook is Chess pie. Most people that I tell about Chess pie don't know what it is but I love it. I also love Pork Chops, pinto beans and hot water corn bread, but I can't make pinto beans like my grandmama does. Oh and certainly smothered cabbage.

[Discogoddess]

My FAVORITE thing to cook is ramen noodles with veggies and tofu (quick and GOOD), but the meal you referred to was broiled salmon, marinated in olive oil, garlic, lemon pepper and whatever else I threw in there; bowtie pasta tossed with tomatoes, olive oil, vinegar, garlic, etc.; grilled asparagus; side salad with hothouse tomatoes, cucumbers and red onions, tossed with my own special Italian dressing; garlic bread; pate, goat cheese, green grapes and crackers (appetizer); German white wine (name/type escapes me); chocolate chunk brownies with frosting; and a dessert wine (sparkling, can't remember name/type right now).

My husband and I recently made a SLAMMIN' steak dinner, with thin-cut porterhouses done on the George Foreman (spiced with steak seasoning and garlic); grilled portabella mushrooms and onions; beefsteak tomatoes; baked potatoes; a velvety Merlot; and garnished with horseradish, steak sauce and a dash of Tabasco. I'm getting hungry thinking about that meal now!



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[exquizit]

Thank you DG!!

I WANTED RECIPES!!!!!

LOL. I really want to try some new things..I'm really trying to see if you Northerners know how to cook! LOL

****Ducking out of the way*****

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[toocute]

Originally posted by exquizit:
I'm really trying to see if you Northerners know how to cook! LOL

****Ducking out of the way****

You betta duck girl!!!

****toocute looking downsouth from New Jersey******

[exquizit]

Originally posted by toocute:
You betta duck girl!!!

****toocute looking downsouth from New Jersey******

Girl Gorgeous Nikki told me we Don't know how to cook, we just throw some spice and gravy on it and call it good! LMAO
I'm just looking for some new ideas, I wanna shock my family and friends.

DG gave me a little something to work with though....I'm just not feeling the Artichoke..I've had some rough experiences with those!

[nikki25]

Great Recipes from the NARTH (intentionally misspelled)

1)Sauteed Spinach
Base: Olive oil and onions sauteed
Then stir in fresh spinach allowing it to wilt. Stir ingredients together. Insert feta cheese and a little Lawry's to taste.
This would be good with DG's salmon
2)Basil and Oregano Chicken
Clean chicken. Season with garlic powder, Lawry's, salt, and pepper. Chop onions, mushrooms and garlic cloves. Put chicken into casserole dish (that you can put in the oven), and sprinkle the onions, mushrooms, and garlic cloves on top. Sprinkle heavily with basic and oregano. Close casserole lid, and put in oven at temperature of 425 degrees.

3) Baked ziti- prepare this the way you normally would (boiling ziti, preparing sauce with peppers, mushrooms, basil, oregano, garlic and onion powder), but instead of ground beef, use Butterball Turkey sausage and ground turkey. It's light and good!

I have more recipes. If you'd like some "northern" cuisine, try B.Smith's cookbook. Her ginger chicken recipe is really good.
Remember, that Black northerners and southerners are only seperated in history by the Great Migration...we still cook the same foods. Some northerners just experiment with many different foods because of the ethnic diversity in most northern cities. I speak as a native New Yorker.




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[AKAtude]

I looooooove broccoli casserole! Now, I've changed the recipe around to fit my own tastes so don't ask me for specific measurements. All I know is that I mix one can of cream of chicken, one egg, some mayonnaise, shredded cheddar cheese, and salt and pepper together with the broccoli and bake.

[exquizit]

I LOVEEEEEEEEE Baked Ziti! A close friend of mine cooked some one evening while we had a ladies Evening out (Sorta like on Waiting to Exhale)It was wonderful!

I hope you know I was just picking with you guys! I have family all over the globe and we SHARE cooking secrets.

DG, I'm glad you're sharing your love of veggies, can you believe I'm a grown woman and I'm just starting to eat them? At first It took a bit of getting used to and finding the right way to prepare them. Now I can't imagine a meal without at least a few.

[toocute]

Originally posted by exquizit:
I hope you know I was just picking with you guys! I have family all over the globe and we SHARE cooking secrets.

Girl yeah...well I know you were kidding. Some folks are sensitive in this piece. My parent's are from the south. Somebody mentioned turkey necks...shoot. I LUVS me some necks. Bought some at the farmer's market last week.

[Discogoddess]

Remember, that Black northerners and southerners are only seperated in history by the Great Migration...we still cook the same foods. Some northerners just experiment with many different foods because of the ethnic diversity in most northern cities. I speak as a native New Yorker.

THANK YOU, Nikki! I wish we black folks would remember that more often...I find it amusing that we feel the need to separate over non-issues (since all of our mamas/daddies/grandmamma/grandaddies have roots in the SOUTH, somewhere!). IT AIN'T THAT SERIOUS...

Exquizit: I don't know what else to tell you about the meals (you said you were looking for recipes)...I prepared the foods exactly as I described them...pretty simple, yet VERY yummy. The only thing I would add is that the veggies only need to be grilled a couple of minutes on the Foreman. AND, I'm not sure if your beef is with asparagus or artichokes (you said artichokes; I mentioned asparagus), but I can tell you that asparagus is GOOD, especially steamed/grilled with some garlic, lemon and olive oil. Try it!


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[nikki25]

Originally posted by exquizit:

I hope you know I was just picking with you guys! I have family all over the globe and we SHARE cooking secrets.

I know that you all were just having fun with us northerners. I get it all of the time when visiting with family. Shucks, my own dad (who is notorious for cooking with fatback much like his South Carolinian parents) teases me because I cook "non-traditional" southern cuisine.

I just think that what I said needed to be said. It's important that we not forget that a moment in time and distance seperates us, yet we remain bound by a common culture.

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I will bless the Lord at ALL times His praise shall continually be in my mouth. (Psalms 34:1, KJV)

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