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Your mom's weird cooking ... and other stories? (recipes encouraged)
I have a French Canadian friend from Nova Scotia, Lousiville,(or Louisdale?) if I'm not mistaken, that introduced me to her meat pies for Christmas time. She had to have special pastry dough, I believe it had lard for the shortening, and instead of making it when she grew older, she was able to purchase if from a friend who had a doughnut shop, he would make her pastry dough special for her every holiday. Then she'd cut up a roast beef, I am guessing top or bottom round, and cook it with onions and water and salt pork. What a delicious family tradition those meat pies were. I remember one year getting one from her for Christmas for my own, in an eight inch square pyrex dish. Probably one of my most favorite Christmas presents ever. She had eight kids, and befriended me in my early adulthood, and treated me like one of her own. She is now 83 years old, her kids are all around my age, and I still keep in touch and visit when I am able to go "home" for a visit. Thanks for bringing her to my mind tonight, she is a special and dear friend to me, and I'm craving a meat pie. I have made a fascimile using Pillsbury rollup pie crust in the box, but my family wasn't fond of it, so I haven't made it often. I'm looking forward to my next meat pie. I have never had the one they call "roppie pie, made from chicken and I believe mashed potatoes. Was that a French Canadian thing or just Canada?
I love this thread, it makes me remember fondly our family suppers, and all the things I would eat of my sister's IF she would promise me her chocolate pudding dessert too. I devoured all the fried smelts and the fried breakfast sausages every time they were served for supper. My favorite birthday dinner was my mother's meat loaf, accompanied by canned green beans and whatever potato she wished to serve, usually baked or mashed. How I miss my mom!
CHOW Recipe Lab #3: Coleslaw
Gosh, I loved that coleslaw so much I posted twice about it!
CHOW Recipe Lab #3: Coleslaw
I would love to have the recipe for coleslaw from the Hazelwood Cottage Restaurant in Wakefield, MA they made so many years ago. I used to work in the "new" Hazelwood, and I enjoyed their food so much. There was shredded green pepper in the slaw, and I believe there was Worcestershire Sauce in the dressing, but that's all I know. There were so many foods there I would love to duplicate now.... Finnan Haddie casserole (in cheese sauce)...among others. Even their cheeseb urger club with french fries was the best I ever tasted anywhere.
Recipes You've Never Heard of Outside Your Family
I must have posted this elsewhere, but my mom sliced onions paper thin to put on her peanutbutter and white bread sandwiches. I never got up the courage to try it.
Your mom's weird cooking ... and other stories? (recipes encouraged)
My Dad used to BEG my mom to do this.. I think his mother did it at least once..
She never would comply. Eyeballs, ugh.
Decent lunch place off 95/128 around Lexington exits
Oh, OOPS, I misread thought you were looking for Asian or Indian. Sorry!
Decent lunch place off 95/128 around Lexington exits
Too late for Saturday, but there's a really nice Indian place in Stoneham Center, I can't remember the name of it though. I'm sure you would find it just driving around on Rte.28 somewhere near the Montvale Ave. area. It's on the Northbound side of Rte 28.
Admit it... There's Some Dishes at Chain Restaurants You Like
I would love to have that, too.
Admit it... There's Some Dishes at Chain Restaurants You Like
I second the sausage egg and cheese biscuit from McDonalds. Someone somewhere on these boards posted putting grape jelly on it, I'm going to try that one of these days.
I also get a craving for a Big Mac about twice a year. If it comes out fresh and the fries are very hot and salty, I love it!
Another thing I used to love, I don't know if they still serve it is the cheese and crackers at the "99" restaurants. Eaten alone, the crackers tasted something like dog biscuits, but with the salty orange cheese and a beer... yummy!
Your mom's weird cooking ... and other stories? (recipes encouraged)
I read it somewhere else in here, it was Lawry's that makes that spread. That garlic toast recipe went so well with the spaghetti and meatballs that it was served with. Yes, the kind that is served all mixed in a bowl already. Green can of Kraft "grated cheese" passed around the table...
CHOW Recipe Lab #3: Coleslaw
I don't know if this is appropriate to this thread, but my favorite coleslaw ever was one made at a restaurant I worked at years ago. I don't know the recipe, but it was fairly classic mayo based dressing, but the coleslaw included minute shreds of green pepper. Not much I don't think, just enough to make it unique and delicious.
Recipes You've Never Heard of Outside Your Family
Try dill pickle flavor potato chips on tuna sandwich. Delish!
Recipes You've Never Heard of Outside Your Family
Mm-m-m, cooknKate, I thought I had posted that for a second, PB and bacon is also my fave, on toast is best, and I don't know anyone else in the world that's ever tried PB and potato chips. It's like having chunky peanut butter, only better! Glad to have read your post and know there's another like me out there.
Your mom's weird cooking ... and other stories? (recipes encouraged)
I did exactly the same thing at a friends Thanksgiving dinner once, trying to "help" but it was the carrot water. They teased me about the lousy gravy that year for years!
Your mom's weird cooking ... and other stories? (recipes encouraged)
I love peanut butter and butter too. Peanut butter and potato chip is an old favorite, so is peanut butter and bacon (on toast). My mom used to eat peanut butter and thinly sliced onion, but to this day I haven't tried that yet.
Your mom's weird cooking ... and other stories? (recipes encouraged)
I loved this sandwich, still do! In a guilty yukky sort of way... I upgrade it with some red pepper relish sometimes. (PS It's never really as good as I remember it being, because I always have one and then waste the rest of the can.....)
Your mom's weird cooking ... and other stories? (recipes encouraged)
Maybe she made it like my mom did. I think it's McCormack that makes a "garlic spread" in a little spice jar. My mom mixed that half and half with melted butter and spread it on slices of Arnold bread toast. I used to LOVE it!
