This pic was taken when Dad & Mom were on a Hawaiian cruise, unsure of year, probably mid-80s. I've seen this pic many times, but when I took it out the photo album yesterday to scan it ... I found this inscription on the back ... in Dad's handwriting: "This is me, waiting for the bikini parade. Somewhere on the high seas."
Basically a *taco salad* of sorts, made with shredded smoked beef
With homegrown tomatoes, fresh garden peppers, Tillamook cheddar, fresh lime, etc
Not pictured: a homemade black olive/ranch dressing
Fresh broccoli, blanched & shocked
Scratch pie dough crust, diced ham, fresh broccoli, eggs, tillamook cheddar cheese, milk ....
Sided up wit some homegrown tomatoes - Sunday breakfast on da bayou
Killer beef quesadillas, with fresh lime and homemade roasted corn/black bean salsa
Smoked, then beer braised tender ... smothered in Arthur Bryant's Original BBQ Sauce
Shredded & splashed with a lil' Texas Pete ~ to be used for making quesadillas and nachos
Shredded, then chopped and mixed with Smokey Mountain Smokers BBQ Sauce ~ for making bbq beef sandwiches
Some cajun 'taters ~ oven roasted hot & nasty
Tri-tip grillades simmerin' tender in a savory/garlicky cajun gravy
Browning the tri-tip grillades
The Holy Trinity
Plated up atop a bed of creamy grits - allons!!
Mais, do you know how hard it is to make a pile of beans look *sexy*?? LOL Love me some beanie weinie ... and this tasted much more better than good, ah garrontee. I loved the beanie weinie that the lunch ladies used to slop onto my lunch tray - but this version is a lil' more kicked up fer grownups, yeh.
Homemade pimento cheese and homemade ham salad ... homegrown tomato ... made a dandy sandwich
Salsa? Marinara??
Tabouli Salad? Stewed tomatoes??
Where would I be, without homegrown tomatoes??
This is a mixture of fried vegs that I like to add to my taco/burrito meat ... taters, onions and chiles ... pretty traditional to find taters in authentic mexican meat fillings. Sometimes I'll throw a handful of peas in the mix also ... din't have any this time.
These are some grillades that I cut from a beet tri-tip ... will use them to make some cajun grits & grillades
Downlow country supper ... bread & gravy (heel of a loaf of bread & leftover pork chop gravy) ... but the interesting thing is the sliced homegrown tomatoes with gravy on them. It's a country thang....
Pan fried okra hash: okra, taters, onions, japs & fresh garlic
Fresh cut okra
Tossed wit a lil' cornmeal - then pan fried
Fresh corn maque choux: corn, onions, marconi peppers, jalapenos, bacon & seasonings
Cream gravy made with pork chop pan drippins & yumyums
Pan fried chops (crushed saltine breading)
Pan fried & oven-finished tender
Let's Eat!!
Had some odds & ends floatin' around in my fridge, so I cleared them all out in one fell swoop - turned out pretty dang good: rigatoni pasta, crumbled leftover burger, bacon, onions, corn & roasted peppers, cheesy cheddar mornay sauce ... mix ... turned into casserole & topped with slices of homegrown tomato & a lil' asiago cheese ... bake till bubbly.
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