To me, braised collard greens are as Tex-Mex as anything else. A pile of braised greens was standard fare in my house growing up. They were cheap and healthy. It was a common occurrence to have a big pile of braised greens next to some stacked enchiladas. This was probably more of a West Tex-Mex […]
Southern Food
Hot Water Cornbread
Hot water cornbread is an older cousin to the cornbread that most people are accustomed to today. Maybe it could be considered a distant great-granduncle to the typical stuff since according to Sean Brock, the professor of all things Southern Cooking, it predates regular cornbread quite a bit. Hot water cornbread is a treat not too […]
West Texas Style Pinto Beans
Growing up in West Texas, I’d never tasted pinto beans with sugar in them. We ate a lot of pinto beans since they were cheap and healthy. They were always a savory side for things like cornbread or enchiladas. I never even tried sweet pinto beans until I moved to the eastern part of the […]
Red Beans and Rice
Red beans and rice is another meal that we like to keep on hand in the freezer. It freezes very well, and all we have to do on a long workday is cook some rice and microwave a container of red beans and rice. This isn’t just some mundane TV dinner, though. The rich, concentrated […]
Sunday Gravy
My version of Sunday Gravy is a weekly thing for us. It tastes excellent and freezes very well. The challenge with a meal that gets eaten every week is that it can get old very fast. It better be good. For me, this one works. I do vary the kind of noodles I use, though. […]
Slow Smoked Pulled Pork
Pulled pork is one of the best things to make for a beginner to slow-smoked barbecue. A fatty pork butt is very forgiving. It’s almost impossible to mess this cut up if you follow a few simple instructions. Pulled pork can be done much more simply than this recipe, but I think that just a […]
