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Monday, May 21, 2012
The French Market New Orleans and tips (05/16/12)
Travels around the world gives one an experience you will never forget. I do it on a tight budget. For once in a "Blue Moon" type attitude, you can take one long or even a short enjoyable trip to a favorite spot, "New Orleans" or a special spot where you always wanted to travel, like a trip to Paris or for me Viet Nam...
Banker's Holiday and a FIKA (05/02/12)
Like all high salary positions, time off, holidays, annual leave, sick leave, maternity leave, golf charity outings, first day of hunting, last day of hunting, teacher's meetings, pick up child that is sick day, snow days, storm days, rain days, Federal Holidays, State Holidays, (needed) a Governor Dalton's Day in Kennett, and even my favorite, the Annual Kennett Mosquito Legs Fry Feasible, and the holiday I am still trying to figure out from Great Britain, "The Bank Holidays" are all needed. ...
Baseball, Hotdogs, and Apple Pie (04/25/12)
It is a whole lot easier to go to Memphis to see a baseball game than traveling all the way to Saint Louis and a whole lot less money. But it is still cheaper to go to the TV set and turn on "The Game" and have the cook or cooks of the gathering head to the kitchen or to the backyard grill and prepare the favorite foods for the game. ...
The Art of Sopping (04/18/12)
Traveling comparisons of the way we do things in America and what the other cultures of the World handle their eating habits is an interesting observation. No! Let us say that the next table at a restaurant where you are eating also has their way of performing that are let us say different. But one thing is sure, all customers seems to get their fill...
Upside Down Apple Pie with Vanilla Cream (Be sure the pie is warm) (04/11/12)
Never heard of an apple pie upside down. Heard of a pineapple cake upside down. Always learning. In 1 hour and 5 minutes you can have ready 6 servings that will make you the apple of some ones eyes. The ingredients: 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter, melted, divided...
It is a dogs world and the cats just do their thing (04/04/12)
The dogs have it made here in Kennett. If they decide to visit the male or female dog next door or down the street, the City picks he or she up in a new "Dog Only Truck" and they are delivered to the new animal kennel to be fed and housed in accordance to the State and local animal lover's standards. The care keeper just reads the name and phone number of their home, calls the owner and they come down and drive their "baby" home...
Towering Inferno Creole Posole (03/29/12)
Kennett, Missouri allows food ideas to come from many directions of society. We live in the Midwest, South, Southwest, and Cajun, Creole areas where foods are different and different tasting. To meet this challenge one has to blend tastes or just be hard nose and stay with what you grew up eating. Let's look at this blending idea...
Say Yes to Spices (03/21/12)
When you go out for entertainment at the local eatery, you want the environment pleasant, temperature perfect, service outstanding, prices within your range and finally a meal that tastes out of this world. Oh! having a "sweet one" to have a healthy conversation is always special. ...
Spiced Coconut Pancakes with Tropical Fruit (03/14/12)
Breakfast is my favorite meal. First I am hungry; I don't have to hurry to get to work; and I love cooking. Tradition meets the tropics in this mix of maple syrup, mango, pineapple, and banana that tops these luscious pancakes. This recipe makes enough for 20 pancakes. When I was in Peru and Viet Nam, mangos, pineapple, and bananas were always there for breakfast along with the juices of their local fruits. Loved all those meals...
Dig a little deeper and eat well (03/07/12)
With the economy down deep and dirty with the politics played in our Nation's Capital, we must dig a little deeper to keep ourselves fed well. So let us dig and find things that are invisible to your eyes. They are there, you only have to unearth them, and now is the time for root vegetables...
Pot roast beef with brandy and grapefruit (02/29/12)
Here comes the tricky part why your roast beef does not come out of the pot the way you would like to look, smell and taste. Did you check the age of the animal it came from? Did you ask the meat market what type of fodder on which it was raised? Finally what was the length of time it has been hung to mature...
Get them Little Critters for Supper (02/22/12)
Roast Beaver, Baked Masala Squirrel, and Frog Leg Scampi With my fortunate opportunities to travel and live in exciting places around the world, I have experienced the wonders of multi-cultural living on a first hand basis in over thirty countries. Consistent country is that most men and many women love to hunt. ...
Spices (02/15/12)
Spices are the main flavor source of the world's greatest cookery. Used imaginatively and judiciously, they can transform the most pedestrian dish into a triumph or haute cuisine. Now to answer to the question; Are there differences between spices and herbs? There is a difference, of course, but in the vernacular of cooking"spice" has comes to mean a substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for flavor, color, or as a preservative that kills harmful bacteria or prevents their growth, and it is in a form that is either a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, or vegetative substance. ...
Creole Cuisine of Louisiana and a remoulades sauce (02/08/12)
The various cuisines of Louisiana have made the trips to New Orleans a much looked for vacation. Louisiana Creole cuisine is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana which blends French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Greek, Asian Indian, Native American, and African influences, as well as general Southern cuisine...
Tired and Hungry (02/01/12)
Hey! all you vegetable and fruit growers and the City Council of Kennett, Missouri Now is the time for all good farmers and gardeners to come to the aid of the tired and hungry folks of Dunklin County, Missouri and the City Councilpersons should give the sales tax money back to the Senior Citizens in the form of a bigger Kennett Community Center where they meet each day and have their lunch and socialize...
Sardines (01/25/12)
1. This small, oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. The sardines are named after the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around which they were once abundant. What they are is a matter of discussion where they are sardines or pilchard. It depends on the region where they come from. ...
The First Bite of the Early Dawn (01/18/12)
Once again I have to say, "Breakfast is my main meal of the day." How can it be any better waking up and kick starting the day with say chili sauce in your cup? No, I have all ways tried to eat the local foods and breakfast is included. When living in London, England I even got to enjoy black pudding (blood sausage) and fried egg. The English toast does not have any competition in anyplace where I have traveled...
Coffee (01/12/12)
The first reference to "coffee" in the English language dates to 1598. In New Orleans the Creoles describe their coffee as: Noir comme le Diable----Coffee black as the devil; Fort comme la Mort----Coffee strong as death; Doux comme l'Amour----Coffee sweet as love; and Et chaud Emfer----Coffee hot as hell!...
Pit Stop Pot Roast (01/04/12)
When you are going to a friend's home during the holidays, that is at least 200 miles from Kennett, try this food idea, "The Pit Stop Roast." Twelve hours before the onset of the trip, place the three pound roast in a glass bowl and cover the meat entirely with one cup of Paul Newman's Own Light Italian Salad Dressing...
Plum Dumplings, "The Eastern Way" (12/28/11)
Occasionally I find an idea that is different and makes sense to find out how to make this delectable dish. So I started looking and found two ways to make this plum dumpling. The Croatian and then the Hungarian way are similar but still different...
Zucchini (12/21/11)
The Dunklin County citizens can purchase this great vegetable all year long. The zucchini comes in varying shades of dark green and also some are prickly. This vegetable is so easy to digest that it is recommended to be served as baby food. It can be eaten both raw and cooked...
Help with your diabetes and to lose weight the easy way. (12/14/11)
The secret way to lose weight is to eat smaller portions. Now I know this for a fact for during my life time I have lost at least a ton of weight. Won't tell you how much I have gained during the same period. But thinking small really helps. Another thing that really helps is what restaurants are doing to mentally help customers think they are eating a big meal and that is serve the entre on a smaller plate. ...
Lots of little ideas about food things you can use for any holiday gift including your own kitchen. (12/07/11)
1. Here goes a tour through a kitchen. You see why kitchens are getting bigger and bigger. 2. To glide under fish, seafood, eggs or crepes to prevent tearing while turning you need an angled turner and a slotted fish turner. They are also ideal to turn multiple smaller foods at one...
Pork Steaks with Plum Salsa (11/30/11)
Plums are in the market now so lets take advantage of the opportunity to have a different taste in your salsa. These ideas requires 25 minutes to prepare and has a cost of about $2.15 per serving. To start: 2 tsp. of olive oil 2 10- to 12-oz. bone-in pork steaks...
Giblet Mushroom Gravy, Sweet Potatoes and Cranberry Relish (11/23/11)
Turkey Dinner with Oyster Dressing was last week ideas. Now finish this fine Cajun Thanksgiving Dinner with Giblet Mushroom Gravy, Sweet Potatoes and Cranberry Relish. These three dishes are simple but the Cajuns give it a different twist with their added ingredients...
Thanksgiving Dinner, New Orleans Style (11/16/11)
The many different flavors in the cultures of Louisiana seem to just blend together into what is called "Cajun cooking". Cajun cooking with friendly people, warm weather, and lively music and dancing is just great for me. Thanksgiving is coming before we know it and getting started now with new ideas will make your week of home town cooking never to be forgotten. During the next few articles I will give you some ideas that I have gathered in New Orleans...
Italian Linguine and Spaghetti Dishes (11/02/11)
It is tomato time in Boot Heal Missouri, and to get ready for a good Italian meal. When the local family garden tomatoes are ready to pick, watch out for it is "Pasta Time." The herbs in these recipes grow back year after year. Jack and Mary Daily are helping me to get around town until my Doctor says I can drive again due to my ICD heart implant. ...
Anchovy (10/26/11)
Love it or hate it (give it another try!), there is no denying the versatility and flavor-packed punch of the little fish that blend in and are completely unrecognizable to the palate other than lending a rich flavor. Most people around here have eaten anchovies in the basic pizza or an antipasto salad. But they are used in many great recipes like dressings, sauces, spreads, salads, soups, broths,...
Scallops with points about how to buy fish. Diabetic recipe. (10/19/11)
There are many articles on fish. The how, where, when, what, fresh, wild, environment effect, impact of over fishing, pens, open waterways, fat or skinny fish are always on the table for discussion. The bottom line is there is no one answer to the question on what kind of fish should you be eating. So balance your nutritional and environmental concerns, food budget, and what works for your life. The taste people go wild and the other side finds cost more important...
Eggs, the way you like them. Take your choice. (10/05/11)
During the past couple of years many ideas have been submitted to you on ways to serve eggs and the value of eggs in your diet. This is an Italian list of ways to prepare the egg taken from my favorite Bible of Italian Cooking, the Silver Spoon, published by the Phaidon Press of New York. ...
Tomatoes and eggs with a little history (09/28/11)
Is a tomato a vegetable or fruit in Arkansas? You would be surprised that in our neighboring State of Arkansas that there is a statute that makes a tomato officially a fruit and a vegetable. That is how Arkansas students get by on that school question. Talk about creative science, Arkansas has it...
Fish Soup, and Crispy Fried Shrimp (09/21/11)
I was shown how to cook Vietnamese authentic cuisine and learned about Vietnamese special ingredients that can be purchase in the USA. We went to places where we could buy fresh seafood and Vietnamese ingredients which are brought by boat from Hoian-Cuadai Beach to the Hoian Market Harbor. We prepared the dish and if we did not we had to do it over until we got it right, for that was our meal to be eaten at the café...
Fried Rice, Willa's Fried Rice (09/14/11)
Fried Rice is the basic food for many a nation. This way to prepare the dish will change your idea of fried rice. A lady from Calgary, Alberta, Canada submitted this recipe to "Guideposts Magazine" I thought it was really great. Take: 6 tablespoons canola or olive oil...
PARTY FOODSPimento cheese; peanut butter and bacon; ensaladilla rusa deviled eggs (09/07/11)
When you have guests or even the gang comes in after school, these ideas should give you a direction to start in making something new and different. The ole Southern dish of Pimento Cheese is always a standard with its tangy, creamy spread. Get out the crackers or sandwich bread for a delectable lunch or snack...
Chicken, 3-in-1; Roast Chicken, Chicken Enchiladas, and Italian Chicken Salad. One bird. (08/31/11)
The more I read about food the more I learn that diabetes is truly a deadly health problem that all ages experience. Being FAT or overweight is one of the major causes of diabetes. If you fall into the FAT CLASS read these recipes. If you want just simple good food and are healthy with the correct weight, dude you can read on and keep that figure you have earned...
Fusilli with Summer Tomato Sauce (08/24/11)
The garden is growing, the market is full of vegetables, and the Saturday Farmer's Market is on First Street each Saturday morning. No way can you bypass this good summer idea. For this light, uncooked sauce, you must have perfectly ripe tomatoes at room temperature, too, not cold. Also think of some simple, slightly acidic red wine to pair with the acidity of the tomatoes. Chianti and Dolcetto, both from Italy, are good bets to pair with this dish...
Spaghetti with Creamy Corn and Ham (08/17/11)
Summer is here and fresh corn is on the market shelves. So let us celebrate America with this fresh corn dish. Even add some chardonnay or sauvignon blanc wine with this dish and you will be the "Bell of the Ball." To serve four on any given evening take:...
Apple-cherry glazed pork chops and saucy tomato-pork skillet (08/10/11)
These recipes are just for folks who are watching their weight or have diabetic problems for a quick weeknight meal. These recipes are not appropriate for all people with diabetes but I am trying to give simple ideas that might help. Comments have been made to me that my ideas are made with ingredients they can not find in the stores or the recipe makes to large of a quantity. So here are two that I know will meet the goal of a good weeknight meal...
A Water Melon Story from Viet Nam (For a night time story) (08/03/11)
Mai An Tiem was an adopted son of 18th King Hung. He was talented and that was why he was highly considered by people and received many favors from the king. Once he said "Present means worry, gift mean dept" and that that made his father's anger. In spite of many pieces if advice from the court officials, there was an order that An Tiem and his family had to be deported to an isolated island in the far, far ocean without any belongings...
Horseradish: Use it all year long (07/28/11)
This is the year of the (Armoracia ristocama) or Horseradish by the International Herb Association as the Herb of the Year 2011. This root has been around for thousands of years for its culinary virtues and medicinal purposes. This strong flavored root has a bite and is also is hot and spicy. It has cousins like the mustard, cress, and radish...
Salmon Roast; Salmon Cakes; and Salmon Stir-Fry Diabetes fighters. (07/20/11)
Salmon is every where these days in the grocery stores and fish markets, and so I got carried away in Kansas City and purchased three pounds of fresh caught salmon. Now what is one person going to do with that much salmon. So I had the butcher package each four ounces of fish in a plastic bag and then wrap it in the butcher paper they use and then tape the package. Now I have twelve meals of salmon to cook when I arrived at home in Kennett...
Muffuletta Sandwich, One of the Cuisines of New Orleans, Louisiana (07/13/11)
If heaven's food was on Earth it would be in a Central Grocery Store near the Farmers Market in New Orleans. How can one turn their head away from a New Orleans's Bananas Foster, Shrimp Creole, Red Beans and Rice, Po'Boy or a Muffuletta Sandwich (12/24/2009), Oysters Rockefeller, King Cake, Gumbo, Grits and Grillades, Dirty Rice, Crystal Hot Sauce, Beignets, Jambalaya, or a Hubig's Style Pie and then wash the items down with a Milk Punch, Hand Grenade, or Creole coffee. ...
Larry Eiker
Eiker's Burgoo of Food Ideas