Archive through November 12, 2003
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Archive through November 12, 2003
Ladytex | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 06:51 am     I haven't used a crock pot for beans. I put them in a big pot with lots of water on the back of the stove with a piece of ham or salt pork and some onion and other seasonings and put the pot on low to cook all day. Meli, I was looking at your recipe for your Hawaiian Ham and we marinate all of our meat pretty much like that before we barbeque it. We learned that in Guam. |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 07:28 am     I use a crock pot for beans. (Especially black-eyed peas at New Years!) It can take several hours, but it's well worth it! The smell is wonderful. Place beans in pot with pork. (Salt pork works well) Put water up to about an inch from top of pot. Cover and cook on high for at least 3 hours. Turn down and let simmer until beans are tender and pork pulls apart. =) You don't need to season with anything if using the salt pork. |
Tabbyking | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 08:31 am     when i make beans or split pea soup and use a hamhock or two, i bake the hamhock(s) for an hour or so in the oven before cutting up and adding the meat to the beans or peas. you would be amazed at many tablespoons of liquid fat come out of one or two hamhocks..... |
Sweetbabygirl | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 08:44 am     Turkey butts work well too with beans, I use them or turkey necks all the time. Mmmmmmmmm, now I want some lima beans and brown rice. |
Spygirl | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 09:28 am     I want some red beans and cornbread!!! |
Jed245 | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 09:57 am     uhh don't ya roast a roast? See I got this stuff figgured out. Ya fry fries... ya roast roasts, uhh ya bake umm bakers? and cook the cook...wait that's not right.... *wonders off to find a cook book* |
Wargod | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 10:03 am     Thanks guys! I have worse luck cooking on the stove so went with the crock pot. Picked a great day to do this as its freezing and pouring rain today, lol. I forgot to grab a box of corn bread mix, so I'm going to have to run by the store later...sigh. I'll let ya'll know how it turns out. |
Reader234 | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 12:57 pm     Meli, I should've added it depends on the size of the JAR OF peperocini's !! LOL, I worried all night I confused you!! I buy a large jar, use half, and the other half serve with the sandwiches!! And Texannie, are you KIDDING ME? We'll have to agree to disagree, you need HARD rolls to soak up the juice and still hold together!! Very funny Jed, but if you read all 1,000 posts, some roast the roast, some crock it!! and I roast my fries, healthier!! (unless you count that butter I use!! War, have you tried using the box of corn meal to make wonderful cornbread? I used to always use Jiffy Cornbread mix, till I ran out, and looked thru the cupboard!! Yellow Corn meal box has the recipe... (oh and SBG I bake my cornbread in a cast iron skillet!!) |
Sweetbabygirl | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 01:01 pm     (Aiming shoe at the back of Reader's head) |
Texannie | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 01:01 pm     Reader, I was waiting for you to chastise me! LOL I just can not stand hard bread!!!!! |
Wargod | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 01:08 pm     Are you kidding, Reader? LOL. If it doesn't come in a box with easy to make directions I don't buy it, lol. I'm a sad, pitiful, BAD cook, lol. |
Reader234 | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 01:48 pm     Roflol duck War, this is what I'm sayin, there's nothing to cornbread, its just something like 1/4 C cornmeal, flour, butter, sugar (gotta have sugar!!) and that stuff that makes it rise!! oh almost forgot there's an egg involved!! Texannie, no chastising, I like the rolls just so soft too (esp w/ Italian sausage, THAT drives purist crazy... that and ketchup on hot dogs!!) But for my Italian beef, I do get the hard rolls, and aujus for dippn!! LOL sbg, if nothin else those cast iron helps keep the muscles up...of course I wouldnt use them if dh didnt clean them and season them!!  |
Babyruth | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 01:54 pm     For quick and easy cornbread that doesn't crumble apart so easily: use two packages of Jiffy Corn Muffin mix (double the recipe), and add a small can of creamed corn and a half cup grated cheddar cheese to the recipe. Yummmm. |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 02:05 pm     BR, my family LOVES the Jiffy Corn Muffin mix. There's a lot you can do with it. I've also made the old fashioned iron skillet corn bread, with no sugar. It's how my grandma made it. You can add bacon drippings to the recipe..stir into the batter. I don't make it very often. There's nothing low fat about it. |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 02:12 pm     i only eat jiffy cornbread. |
Ddr1135 | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 02:17 pm     Hey Square, I have a bajillion recipes for jiffy cornbread. If you want them, I'll email it to ya. |
Meli456 | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 02:22 pm     Reader, no worries!! I bought a big jar and decided I would use 3/4 of the jar, since my tastes do run hotter. I didn't use the whole thing because my DH is used to his dad's italian beef, which I always thought was sort of bland. I bought the fancy sesame sandwich buns, which are a little soft but FIL served them on hamburger buns. I was trying to be as authentic as I could, while trying to make it a little more special. Its cooking in the crock pot right now and it smells good! I don't *think* it could go wrong from here. Now, I'm not really sure what I am going to serve with it, though. I told my daddy to stop by and try some, but I warned him it was just sandwiches and not to expect anything fancy. Edited to add: Someone please try cooking that Hawaiian ham for Thanksgiving this year... everyone will think you are a genius, I swear!! Its seriously the best. |
Tabbyking | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 02:24 pm     cole slaw or a green salad would be enough to have with it i would think! |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 02:30 pm     oh thx ddr, but that's ok. i only like it one way and the directions are on the box, lol. have i mentioned that i hate cooking? |
Miss_Wings | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 02:32 pm     I cook beans in my crock all the time. Soak beans overnight. I actually soak twice. Start the soak in the afternoon, and when the beans wrinkle up and split open I drain, and recover with water. Put in the crock the next morning, slice an onion in two. Cook all day. Usually 12 hours on low. I add salt, pepper, and sausage when I get home from school. Serve over rice. Made a big pot jus recently. Hubby and pal devoured most of it between them. P.S. Don't eat the onion!!! |
Texannie | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 02:34 pm     I add buttermilk and butter to my box of jiffy!! |
Willwillbee | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 02:45 pm     My favorite way to cook a roast is in an electric skillet. I sear it for 5 min on both sides then turn the heat down to low, dump a couple of pkgs of dry soup mix (NO WATER) and cook for a couple of hours (turn after hour one) add vegetables if you like in the last half hour of cooking. |
Reader234 | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 03:14 pm     Yeah Meli!! Thanks for checking in, I'll be looking for the taste test. In dh's family when his mom cooked a new recipe, she called it "Rate a Meal" night. During the meal we'd vote, was it a "make again" or "skip it"!! The worst meal was a Liver recipe that made a liver gravy,, all meals are now judged on that "skip it" !! |
Cathie | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 05:13 pm     7 minutes in the microwave, hubby never knows the difference... |
Kstme | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 05:46 pm     ABSOLUTELY ROFLMAO, Cathie!! I've never tried them...good to know the 'ready mades' are good! Has anyone taken note of the beef prices rising? Last night on the news, big story. I usually keep pretty well stocked, but I need to buy some rib steaks this week. Almost had a heart attack...$4.99 a lb AND THAT WAS THE SALE PRICE!!! Up $1 since Labor Day Weekend! |
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