I'm a baker, not a cook. I've almost mastered most of my granny's desserts, but I can't make a meatloaf to save my soul. 
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Make it Like Mama & 'Nem Do/Did
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I'm a baker, not a cook. I've almost mastered most of my granny's desserts, but I can't make a meatloaf to save my soul.
EXACTLY! I still have yet to ATTEMPT to make a Meatloaf, but I want to one day.
ReplyDeleteFor me... Im not a great cook in the first place... I spent many years in the kitchen with my mom while she made xmas and thanksgiving dinner and so forth... I helped, but i didnt cook... So now if I had to do it myself,,,, well ummmm I dont know how it would turn out...lol
ReplyDeleteBut I love Peach Cobbler... my mom never made it and my granny doesnt much have energy to do so any more... The best peach cobbler I had was during an overnight stay in the hospital some years ago.. I swear I've tried it a few times, with recipes I've found but i just cant get it right...
So, Im calling out to all that know how to make it and make it RIGHT, help a sistah out... Mo, if you a baker you gotta know how to make peach cobbler... I would Pay and send you a freezer pack for overnight shipping..... Im serious... lol
Oh, and that meatloaf is making me hungry... lol
ReplyDeleteHOME-MADE BAKED MAC N CHEESE!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI tried to make this one day and ended up throwing out the entire pan...it was THAT awful! SMH.....
Anything that I have to sit there and watch for a long period of time is not the best option for me... I cant tell you how many times I left something on the stove too long and remembered when it started to burn... I have no patience for cooking... lol
ReplyDeleteDressing!!! I can't make a pan of good dressing like my mama and grannies for the life of me. I finally mastered the mac n cheese from scratch and I have to admit, mine is damn good. But I want to be able to make dressing like theirs and stop depending on Stove Top. LOL
ReplyDeleteYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy great-grandmama's mint sweet tea...mainly because she refused to give anyone the recipe and it died with her.
ReplyDeleteMy dad's spaghetti. I don't know what he does different, but it's so good!
My grandmother's peach cobbler. She's from down south so you know it's right!
I can throw down on some mac n cheese. I usually have to make a turkey roaster full on holidays and I MIGHT bring home a cup.
Ya'll gone have to cough up those mac n cheese recipes. Some of ya'll might recall me writing about my mom's soul food cooking lessons she's handing down to me. But I swear, I do pay attention but it seems that when the training wheels come off, I can't duplicate any of her dishes. Otherwise, I will have to stick to baking. I make a great sweet potato pie!
ReplyDeleteRecipe? I honestly toss stuff in and don't even measure.
ReplyDeleteAre you at work? hmmmm *tapping foot*
ReplyDeleteThis, I CAN do! *cheese* (pun intended)
ReplyDeleteThe greatest invention EVER....LOL
ReplyDeleteThat's me. For my mac n cheese I think the key is shredded sharp cheddar, colby/jack and heavy whipping cream. Oh and real butter. I can't help you with the measurements.
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad. I have a friend/co-worker make mine up so all I have to do is put it in the oven.
ReplyDeleteI can't stand you no-measuring cooks! Put a pinch here, a dash there, just watch it till it gets ready....LOL!!! How I'm 'posed to learn!!! Help a non-cooking sister out please!!
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what I was going to say...I don't know what it is...mine will come out ok but never "damn!" or "really good"...LOL and it's my fav soul food dish too.
ReplyDeleteAmen.
ReplyDeleteFrozen pizzas too. The kids eat a pizza about 3 times a week with my pitiful skills...LOL
Ummm no. *looking sideways* I'm hookin...I mean playing hooky. Took the day off to go to my brother's high school graduation later on. He waited til the last minute to give out details despite requests for info months ago. So I had to take off work at the last minute. That boy will fuck up a wet dream. But I gotta go see him march. I know I'mma cry.
ReplyDeleteWhat you be dreaming about? lol
ReplyDeleteUmmm that's a secret. LOL
ReplyDeleteShoot I cooked everything better than my Mom does, and that's the truth!!! When I started cooking I would do little signature things and she would say "ummm, you make this better you can cook this from now on. She did that with me on Lasagna, BBQ chicken, herbal rice, and other dishes.
ReplyDeleteI can make mac n cheese my way however, my lil brother has one that will make you go insane about. I want to learn to make this one i seen on the food network where it uses 7 different cheeses but that might be a bit rich for my hips.
ReplyDeleteNow i can make dressing but it's nothing like my auntie or my momma. And i happen to use veggie stock in mine and no turkey meat at times, but it's still good.
ReplyDeleteOk, y'all are making me hungry. I can't come back on this page again today.
ReplyDeleteLOL
ReplyDeleteI still have to work on my stuffing recipe. I'm from NY I call it Stuffing!!! LOL Mine did not come out as moist as I wanted it to. So I need to practice that again.
ReplyDeleteWell I can say that I don't like Sweet Potato pie so I don't know how to make it but I would like to learn cause i know my husband may want some one day and I don't think my auntie is going to want to come over and make my husband a pie. I do like pecan pie but w/o the pecan's but i don't know how to make that either.
ReplyDeleteI can make a good banana pudding and a wonderful chocolate silk pie though and of course i can make meat loaf, beef , turkey or ground chicken.
I wish I could make dressing like my mom's. It's so good you wanna smack somebody!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea stuffing was a regional thing. I just thought it was a black/white thing. Kind of like those east cost folks and their "soda"!!! Dammit it's POP!!!!!!
i wish i knew how to make this too even though i don't like it either. I don't like cooked fruit so that excludes a lot of ethnic desserts.
ReplyDeleteNaw Kels!! It's SODA!
ReplyDeletePOP!!!!
ReplyDeleteSoda is that seltzer like liquid that they add to syrup to make it POP!
Mo, you're in the midwest...I thought all midwesterners called it pop???
This debate reminds of me of that commercial"
ReplyDeleteTASTE GREAT
LESS FILLING
LOL!!!
I say soda... but then again... my people say Im not really black... lol
ReplyDeletesoda, soda, soda, soda, soda!!!!!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteDang, ya'll winning this battle! LOL
ReplyDeleteI say soda now but I used to say pop. I got clowned so badly when I went to college that I converted.
ReplyDeleteJersey in the house....Soda & stuffing! *sticking out tongue & running*
ReplyDeletenawww.. I still say dressin...
ReplyDeleteBut i do love stove top stuffing... may have that tonight...
i've attempted to make home made biscuits on 4 different occasions and they came out a nasty mess each time.......my grandmother makes the best home made biscuits in the world.
ReplyDeleteMommy is originally from Memphis, TN, so first time we went to visit and we were offered "pop" I was like what the heck is pop? So when they said you know Coke, Pepsi I said ohhhhhhhhhhh SODA!!!! ROFL!!!
ReplyDelete^5 ROFL
ReplyDeleteWhy am I thinking of Martin now?
ReplyDeleteNot my momma's biscuits!!!!! LOL
Pop!
ReplyDeletesoda, soda, soda, soda, soda
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soda...lol
ReplyDeleteHeathen...lol
ReplyDeleteOh and my meat loaf is to die for!!! It comes out so moist and just YUMMY. You know I might make one this weekend. LOL
ReplyDeleteNot us STL folks....KC folks do tho.
ReplyDeleteBlack folks don't eat that mess! LOL
ReplyDeleteGirl! My grandpa called my granny's homemade biscuits "catheads". He was from Arkansas & apparently it was a southern thing. Whatever they were, they were good enough to be a meal alone.
ReplyDeleteMake me some of the real stuff and then I'll be all good... But until then, its stove top stuffing... cuz its easy, quick and besides if you imagine real dressin while you eating.... it almost taste just as good... lol
ReplyDeleteRIGHT, RIGHT!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI wondered if anyone would catch that! LOL
ReplyDeleteYou're going to be single forever.
ReplyDeleteMama says my chili is better than any she's ever tasted. I can't touch her on some potato salad though. And there isn't a human ever born that can out do my Grandma on a peach cobbler.
ReplyDeleteI was a better cook than my ex-wife. *wink*
Rob... one of these days bruh...
ReplyDeleteOne of these days what? You gon stop runnin scared? Go head and say beep beep. I know you wanna.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if you make stuffing or dressing cause usually dressing has cornbread mixed in it and requires a bit more liquid. Just make sure you have enough stock on hand and in that case you may want to purchase the stock thats in those cartons and not from the can. Not only because of the canned taste but because there is more in those cartons. Also, sometimes making dressing or stuffing is not about measuring but about eyeballing the right ingredients and tasting as you go.
ReplyDeleteI am particular about my dressing or even stuffing cause some folks will try and put shrimp, raisins, apples or what ever and i'm just a plain jane and i like a little onion and maybe some celery (although i can't stand celery).
Now you know you're wrong for this Moni lol. I love stove top stuffing but yes I have always said dressing and it's soda..what in the sam's blue heck is a pop? giggles
ReplyDeleteI attempted to make cornbread one year for me and my then boyfriend. Called my grannie (God rest her soul) and she talked me through the entire preparation and cooking. It was hard as a rock and i never made it again. I don't even like cornbread but i do use it for my dressing.
ReplyDeleteok it's still soda but yes ma'am you brought back some memories. lol
ReplyDeleteSo do you put beans in your chili? What kind of meat do you use? Do you like your chili thick or runny? Chili is like Clam Chowder there are differences every where, and I am very particular about my chili.
ReplyDeleteI do use beans. I use ground sirloin and lots of it. Not a fan of runny chili. I prefected my recipe while I was stationed in Texas.
ReplyDeletelol... I like this woman.... I thought I would never find another black person that likes stove top stuffing... Thank you for proving me wrong...lol
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip. I think that's what it was not enough stock.
ReplyDeleteY'all have been hoodwinked! LOL
ReplyDeleteGround Beef Ground Sausage Ground Veal.. the secret to a great meatloaf.. cant tell you any more then I'd have to kill ya...ahahhhahhahahaha
ReplyDeleteGee..thanks Wally! LOL
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