My guacamole

Ingredientes

3 aguacates
5dientes de ajo (molido)
Una cebolla
Un poco de chitpoles
Salsa (fiery habanero & chipotle salsa) o 1 jiromate
Un poco de cilantro
Sal y pimienta
Serano (cocido en parrillada)

Grandma Deitz's Cornpone ( I believe Ms. Ann Ryan Deitz from Lincoln Co. WV)

 10 Cups plain corn meal
2 1/2 cups sugar
3 Tablespoons salt
12 cups boiling water
3 cups flour
3 cups buttermilk
6 eggs
2 Tablespoons baking powder
3 teaspoons soda, dissolved in small amount of water
3 Tablespoons butter, melted
5 Tablespoons bacon drippings

These ingredients are calculated for a huge skillet, about 14 inches wide and 3 1/8 inches high.
If you make this recipe in a 9 or 10 inch skillet, cut the ingredients into thirds.
It is a math assignment from Grandma Deitz.!!! 

Mix together the corn meal, sugar, and salt the night before.
Add the boiling water slowly.
Stir and mix until smooth.
Let stand overnight, not in refrigerator, but covered.

The next day,
Add the rest of the ingredients to the mixture and stir.
Meanwhile, heat the skillet over the top burner with the bacon drippings in it until the drippings are real hot.
Pour the mixture into this hot skillet;
Do not drain out the drippings.
Cook in a 450 degree oven until brown on top, about 20 minutes (10 minutes for the smaller skillet).
Then lower the temperature to 350 degrees until the cornpone is done, about another 1 hour and 20  minutes.
If using smaller skillet, about 1 additional hour.
This should be cooled well before cutting, to keep its shape.

by L. D. Egnor.

Mama Peters (Bertie Peters 1883-1959 from Monroe County WV) Chicken & Dumplings

5-6 lbs. Chicken cut-up
2 sprigs parsley
4 celery ribs with leaves
1 carrot, pared and sliced
1 small onion, cut up
2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 bay leaf

In a dutch oven or large kettle, add enough water to cover chicken.
Add parsley sprigs, celery, carrot, onion, 2tsp salt, pepper, and bay leaf.
Cover or till meat is tender.

Beat
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
speck of soda

thicken broth with flour (if desired)
Add flour mixture in huge drops to boiling broth.
Boil 15 minutes --covered

DO NOT PEEK.

Pie from LD's apples

Pie from LD's Apples

Ingredients.

     about 8-10 apples from LD's backyard (totally Organic Honey Crisp)

     Kroger's 9' Frozen pie shells (2 shells = one for the bottom, one for the top)

     1 stick of butter

     3 TB spoons of flour

     1/2 cup Packed brown sugar

     1/2 cup regular sugar 

     1/4 cup water

     Option (add raisin, nuts, cinnamon)

Method:

    Heat the oven at 425 F.

    Core apple and cut into the bite size and place in the pie shell

    Make a strips from the second pie shell, and weave on top of the pie (so that it looks like lattas.)_

    In a sauce pan, melt butter, then add flour.

    Add brown and regular sugar, and water.

    Mix until it starts bubbling. Then remove from the heat.

    And slowly pour over the pie so that intricate design of lattas will be covered by the caramel sauce, 

    and left over sauce will go down between the crust, covering the apples inside.

     Place in the 425 F oven for 15 minutes. Then reduce the heat to 350 for another 30- 40 min.

    

    

🍷🍾Mel's crawfish or shrimp etouffee (A to Fay)

Ingredients

1 1/2 blocks of butter
4 to 5 ribs of celery chopped
2 to 3 onions chopped
1 bell pepper chopped
1 can of Rotel diced tomatoes & green chilies
2 cloves garlic
Dash Worcestershire sauce
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Parsley ---chopped for color


Suttee the first 4 ingredients
Add the next 3 ingredients
Cook for 2 to 4 hours checking to make sure it. Does not dry out
Then add 1 can of cream of mushroom soup and crawfish
A little wine or sherry

Serve over rice