Had a strange craving for turkey. My daughter has spent the last 45 minutes telling
me how it is not Thanksgiving, as if I couldn't figure that out on my own! lol It was
relatively cool here today, so I figured, why not?

Rather than make a whole bird, I bought a 1/2 breast and a couple thighs. Threw
together a quick bread dressing (wheat bread, onions, celery, butter, egg, chicken
stock, poultry seasoning, rosemary, and lots of black pepper), and laid the meat atop
and put it in the oven. Took the other 2 thighs and set them to simmering with some
onion and celery and stock for gravy.

Figuring on making green beans with shallots and some smashed yukons to round it out.

What did you have...and what was your weather like today?

kimberly
--
http://one.revver.com/watch/324733/flv/affiliate/99865
"I think that's my bathing suit. Is that one of my bathing suits? That is totally my
bathing suit"

Yum on the turkey and dressing. Our local supermarket has fresh rotisserie
turkey breast daily. I think about dressing every time I go by there.

After a trip to the Tennessee mountains, I had a craving for some good,
fattening Southern comfort food. I made smothered steak, mashed potatoes,
and fresh snap beans with little red potatoes.

I was feeling lazy, so I used a breading of flour with seasoned salt. I
breaded and browned 4 cubed steaks in a very small amount of oil, then
drained the oil. I added a cup of beef broth, threw in some onions sliced
into rings, covered and slow simmered for about 45 min. I removed the meat
and thickened the gravy with a cornstarch/water mixture. Surprisingly, the
cubed steak was very tender and tasty. Plenty of gravy for the potatoes.
I topped this off with homemade cornbread. Now all I have to do is learn
to eat grits and play the banjo .

I ate at a friend's house recently and she served a dish of green beans
cooked with cranberries. It's a combo I never would have thought to cook
together. It was awesome!

Weather he Thunderstorms, torrential rain, hot, hot, hot, with double
humidity. Absolutely miserable. The heat and humidity usually lasts until
January.

--
"Hope everyone is happy in your head - we're all doin' pretty good in mine."
--Unknown

"Nexis" > wrote in message
...
> Had a strange craving for turkey. My daughter has spent the last 45
> minutes telling me how it is not Thanksgiving, as if I couldn't figure
> that out on my own! lol It was relatively cool here today, so I figured,
> why not?
>
> Rather than make a whole bird, I bought a 1/2 breast and a couple thighs.
> Threw together a quick bread dressing (wheat bread, onions, celery,
> butter, egg, chicken stock, poultry seasoning, rosemary, and lots of black
> pepper), and laid the meat atop and put it in the oven. Took the other 2
> thighs and set them to simmering with some onion and celery and stock for
> gravy.
>
> Figuring on making green beans with shallots and some smashed yukons to
> round it out.
>
> What did you have...and what was your weather like today?
>
> kimberly
> --
> http://one.revver.com/watch/324733/flv/affiliate/99865
> "I think that's my bathing suit. Is that one of my bathing suits? That is
> totally my bathing suit"

"Snickers" > wrote in message
. ..
> I ate at a friend's house recently and she served a dish of green beans
> cooked with cranberries. It's a combo I never would have thought to cook
> together. It was awesome!
>
> Weather he Thunderstorms, torrential rain, hot, hot, hot, with double
> humidity. Absolutely miserable. The heat and humidity usually lasts
> until January.
>
> --
> "Hope everyone is happy in your head - we're all doin' pretty good in
> mine."
> --Unknown



That greenbean thing sounds interesting. I guess she used raw or frozen
cranberries? Your weather sounds exactly like ours. Do you happen to live in
Houston?

In article >,
"Nexis" > wrote:

> What did you have...and what was your weather like today?
>
> kimberly

Grilled all beef wienies, with Duesseldorfer mustard, on hamburger buns,
fresh whole green beans (cooked after I bought them on Saturday morning)
heated with some pre-cooked bacon bits, cole slaw dressed with some
cheap Eye-talian dressing to which I added a sprinkle of sugar for Rob,
and some caprese for me; some bread & butter pickles (homemade,
donchaknow).
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

In article >,
"Snickers" > wrote:

> and fresh snap beans with little red potatoes.

What are the particulars on that, please?

> "Nexis" > wrote in message

> >and what was your weather like today?
> >
> > kimberly

Weather hot, hotter today. Feh!
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

I'm not sure how she cooked them. I asked her several times, but always got
interrupted before she answered. The cranberries were small and sweet and
gave just a subtle flavor to the green beans. There were not many - just
sprinkled throughout the dish. I have never eaten a raw cranberry, so I
don't know if they are naturally sweet. If not, she must have let them sit
in Splenda or sugar first. They looked as if they had cooked with the green
beans because they looked well cooked. I have an email in to her now. I'll
let you know what she says.

"Phyllis Stone" > wrote in message
news
>
> "Snickers" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> I ate at a friend's house recently and she served a dish of green beans
>> cooked with cranberries. It's a combo I never would have thought to cook
>> together. It was awesome!
>>
>> Weather he Thunderstorms, torrential rain, hot, hot, hot, with double
>> humidity. Absolutely miserable. The heat and humidity usually lasts
>> until January.
>>
>> --
>> "Hope everyone is happy in your head - we're all doin' pretty good in
>> mine."
>> --Unknown
>
>
>
> That greenbean thing sounds interesting. I guess she used raw or frozen
> cranberries? Your weather sounds exactly like ours. Do you happen to live
> in Houston?
>

Start with fresh green beans. I'm not proud of this, but since I wanted to
try a good Southern meal, I threw in a piece of bacon. Very good, but next
time I will use my regular seasonings. As the beans started simmering, I
added the smallest red potatoes I could find. I cooked everything for about
45 min. until beans were tender. The potatoes stayed whole and had a
wonderful flavor. I didn't peel mine, but probably will if I serve it for
guests.




"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Snickers" > wrote:
>
>> and fresh snap beans with little red potatoes.
>
> What are the particulars on that, please?
>
>> "Nexis" > wrote in message
>
>> >and what was your weather like today?
>> >
>> > kimberly
>
> Weather hot, hotter today. Feh!
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
> pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

Barb's spaghetti dinner put me in the mood for pasta, so tonight
I am making Peter A's Pasta with artichoke hearts, to which I'm
adding some leftover roast chicken. Guess I should make a green
salad to go with that.

nancy

In article >,
"Snickers" > wrote:

> Start with fresh green beans. I'm not proud of this, but since I wanted to
> try a good Southern meal, I threw in a piece of bacon. Very good, but next
> time I will use my regular seasonings.

And what are those?

> As the beans started simmering, I added the smallest red potatoes I
> could find. I cooked everything for about 45 min. until beans were
> tender. The potatoes stayed whole and had a wonderful flavor. I
> didn't peel mine, but probably will if I serve it for guests.


OK, thanks.

No offense intended, but what the hell kind of of green beans do you
have that take 45 minutes to be tender? JAYzuzz! Mine are tender and
still crisp in about 5 minutes -- maybe 3 at a hard boil.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

In article >,
"Snickers" > wrote:

> sprinkled throughout the dish. I have never eaten a raw cranberry, so I
> don't know if they are naturally sweet.

NOT! LOL! That's why cranberry sauce recipes involve sugar. :-) They
are sour.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

A salad of diced raw zucchini, chicory, basil, and tofu (all
fresh from the farmers' market) dressed with "Newman's Own
Sesame Low Fat Ginger Dressing".

Yes I know I'm cheaping out using bottled dressing but I'm
only cooking for one this week.

Steve

>
>

Tonight for supper I will smoke 2 chickens...(well 2 cut up into pieces)
and rubed in a spice mix involving brown sugar lemon and lime zest, mopped
with apple juice and finished with my apple butter bbq sauce. I just put
them in...I figure 4 hours...probably wrong; as I'm a newbie smoker but
that's how you learn. Finishing off my cherry wood. Might need to use some
of the maple. Temp is 250F. Side dish is spaghetti squash.

This should help keep the house cool, as I only used the microwave to cook
the squash.

2 cut up chickens should feed me 4 or more times. The squash will feed me 2
maybe 3 times so it is a win win situation.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> Yes I know I'm cheaping out using bottled dressing but I'm
> only cooking for one this week.
>
> Steve

Hey, I cook for two and almost always use bottled dressing. Shoot me.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:barbschaller-
:

> In article >,
> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>
>> Yes I know I'm cheaping out using bottled dressing but I'm
>> only cooking for one this week.
>>
>> Steve
>
> Hey, I cook for two and almost always use bottled dressing. Shoot me.

Bang!...I suspect some expect you to even make the bottle the salad
dressing comes in.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

Grilled boneless beef rib eye (very tender)
corn on the cob (wonderful!)
sauteed mushrooms (lots of 'em)
leftover tortellini salad (not bad at all)

It was delicious.

gloria p

On Jul 31, 6:17 am, "Snickers" > wrote:
> I'm not sure how she cooked them. I asked her several times, but always got
> interrupted before she answered. The cranberries were small and sweet and
> gave just a subtle flavor to the green beans. There were not many - just
> sprinkled throughout the dish. I have never eaten a raw cranberry, so I
> don't know if they are naturally sweet. If not, she must have let them sit
> in Splenda or sugar first. They looked as if they had cooked with the green
> beans because they looked well cooked. I have an email in to her now. I'll
> let you know what she says.
>

They were probably dried cranberries. Please post the recipe - it
sounds interesting!

sf