old school

[gunboat]

bigboy now what is tomato gravy?

don c.

Edited September 18, 2009 by gunboat

[Venturous Randy]

Laura made a beef pot roast in the slow cooker yesterday and I made cornbread patties when I got home. I make good cornbread from scratch. Laura makes it from the little pouches. I also make muffins and pan and sometimes add corn.

There have been a couple of good cornbread salad recipies floating around lately. Have you had cornbread salad?

RandyA

[gunboat]

hi randy

no i never had cornbread salad. but am willing to try, just need the recipe.

don c.

[SilvrT]

methinks it's time you boys put together a Cornbread Cookbook and posted it here for the rest of us. 'taint fair all this talk and me sittin here a droolin ... c'mon ... share the secrets!

[eagleeye]

SilverT,

My thoughts exactly---recipies?

I'm making some venison (all I ever have in the house) chili tonight, got some red and green peppers growing ouside, and thanks to you guys, I'll make some cornbread muffins to go with it. That indian corn sounds pretty good to go in also. But, smeared with bacon grease?--I'll probably pass on that one, I'll go with butter.

 

Steve

[Kross Kountry]

If you think Deer chili sounds good, you should try my wife's grilled Venison Tenderloin. She uses Jack Danials in her marinaid then cooks it just right on a hot cast iron grill with a hickory wood bed of coals. It's so tender you can cut it with a fork. I'm a "Lucky Man"!

 

 

P.S. She loves to cook and hates to shop.

[gunboat]

eagleeye the bacon grease is just to coat the old cast iron skillet to keep the cornbread from sticking to it , now those new nonstick-pans are great but there is just something missing. i guess it's just a little bit of that bacon flavor. just a little old school.

don c.

Edited September 18, 2009 by gunboat

[SilvrT]

eagleeye the bacon grease is just to coat the old cast iron skillet to keep the cornbread from sticking to it , now those new non-pans are great but there is just something missing. i guess it's just a little bit of that bacon flavor. just a little old school.

don c.

 

ahhhhhhh .... now I get it ... I was envisioning LOADS of bacon grease and the cornbread basically "deep-frying" in it....

[eagleeye]

Hey, Thanks Don. I've been using the same cast iron skillets for a good 30+ years.

I'll give it a shot tonight.

 

Steve

[gunboat]

silvrt i did forget to say after you grease the skilet / nonstick pan you pour the cornbread batter into the pan. then put it inside a preheated oven @350 degrees or so for 20 to 25 minutes. your not deep frying like you would do hush puppies, your baking the cornbread.

don c.

Edited September 18, 2009 by gunboat

[SilvrT]

silvert i did forget to say after you grease the skilet / nonstick pan you pour the cornbread batter into the pan. then put it inside a preheated oven @350 degrees or so for 20 to 25 minutes. your not deep frying like you would do hush puppies, your baking the cornbread.

don c.

 

 

slowly .... ever so s l o w l y ... the secrets are being revealed :D

 

ok, so we now got the cooking method ... how do ya make cornbread batter? c'mon guys...fess up ... and what about that chili recipe?? oh, I forgot ... I can't eat chili no matter how much I like it .... it absolutely HATES me!

[gunboat]

WOW!!

 

Of all of the topics on a MOTORCYCLE Board - Cornbread?

 

I think it is great that this topic has gotten soooo much attention.

 

 

Keep it up folks, this is great.

 

craigr

thanks for your support.

i know this a motorcycle board but we are also a big extended family. were we can talk just about anything. we share stuff here so i thought i would share 'cornbread'.

don c.

[gunboat]

now silvrt the art of making chili is the ''holy grail" to some folks, they won't tell. now there are different styles of chili, and how you make that bowl of red varies. just as bbq varies from state to state. many years ago, down the big bend area of texas, in the ghost town of terlingua. there were a bunch of folks who came to this little hole in the wall desert town. to make chili, and (lay claim to the world's best chili). now carol shelby of race car fame was one of these folks. now these folks would be making chili for days to see who had the "right stuff." now there are two thoughts on what goes into a good bowl of red, one is with pinto beans ( now hear me I SAID PINTO BEANS NOT kidney beans). the other is without the beans, now folks use different spices and different ingredints. but let me just say i never had a bad bowl of red.

don c.

Edited September 18, 2009 by gunboat

[BigBoyinMS]

bigboy now what is tomato gravy?

don c.

 

I'm always surprised at the number of people that have never heard of tomato gravy.

I once tried a breakfast buffet at a local Golden Corral. They had everything on the buffet, including milk gravy, but no tomato gravy. They had a new manager who was obviously from a more northern part of the country. As I was leaving he asked how the meal was. I said it was great but it would have been better with tomato gravy for the biscuits. His reply, "Tomato gravy? Must be a southern thing!"

My reply, " Well, where the 'hail' do you think you are... Boston?"

 

The way I do it...

Saute a medium onion and a bell pepper (both optional) and set aside. In just enough oil or bacon grease to cover the bottom of your skillet, brown about 1 tablespoon of flour. Don't burn it but you want it dark. Basically, make a roux. Add 1 can of diced tomatoes or 2-3 fresh ones diced and the cooked onion and pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add water if needed to keep it from getting to thick. It should be gravy thick. And while it's simmering I season with garlic powder and/or Tony Chachere's.

It's GREAT over biscuits but I like it on cornbread too!

[Yammer Dan]

Warden has a large cast iron cornbread skillet you better keep you hands off of. She will fight over someone missusing that thing. But her Drop Biscuits, also called Lazy mans bread that are even better than the cornbread I think. Makes then about the size to make a sandwich with and anything you want to put on them tastes great. If no one has noticed I EAT!! I should weigh about 400 lbs. She can sure cook!!! How about some cornbread & eggs? Just take some leftover cornbread (hard to find) crumble up and mix with eggs and cook like scrambled eggs.In bacon grease or butter. GOOOOD stuff!!

[gunboat]

hi bigboy

thanks for sharing the insider tip on tomato gravy, sounds good. now i think if you wanted to kick it up a notch, you could add a can or two of rotel diced tomatoes. again thanks i belive i'll give it a try tonight, i still have 9 slices of cornbread that's calling my name.

don c.

[LilBeaver]

It has been too long. Corn Bread and chili for me tonight

[SilvrT]

I'm always surprised at the number of people that have never heard of tomato gravy.

 

 

The way I do it...

Saute a medium onion and a bell pepper (both optional) and set aside. In just enough oil or bacon grease to cover the bottom of your skillet, brown about 1 tablespoon of flour. Don't burn it but you want it dark. Basically, make a roux. Add 1 can of diced tomatoes or 2-3 fresh ones diced and the cooked onion and pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add water if needed to keep it from getting to thick. It should be gravy thick. And while it's simmering I season with garlic powder and/or Tony Chachere's.

It's GREAT over biscuits but I like it on cornbread too!

 

yummmmmm... sent this to my wife (she loves to cook and try new recipe's)

 

gunboat... as for the chili recipe.... well, I figgured I'd try and get that outta ya but I wouldn't give my chili OR my pasta sauce OR my ribs recipe's to anyone either!

[gunboat]

hi yammer dan

thanks for sharing the crumbled up cornbread and scrambled eggs for breakfast. that's another new one i've never heard of.

don c.

[gunboat]

hay lilbever

is that going to be home made chili or a can of wolf brand?

don c.

[murph35640]

Man you just aint lived till you try tomato gravy and biscuits at mamas house!!! And dont forget about the chocolate gravy too!!!

[GigaWhiskey]

It is full milk or none at all. 'cause, if it ain't full milk, it ain't milk at all! Just water with some color.

[gunboat]

now rick the doc says i suppose to watch my girlish figure. so i had to cut back a little some were.

don c.

[gunboat]

Man you just aint lived till you try tomato gravy and biscuits at mamas house!!! And dont forget about the chocolate gravy too!!!

ok murph

are you going to explaine chocolate gravy, or will i have to make a trip to your neck of the woods?

don c.

[SilvrT]

yummmmmm... sent this to my wife (she loves to cook and try new recipe's)

 

her response....

"Sounds yummy! I do the same browning in the micro and get no lumps in any sauces rather than on the stove; also less messy and one bowl ready to go! This would be good over noodles and veggies and of course, beef or chicken"

 

I think I know what we'll be having for dindin tonight !