southerncooker's Profile

From: Boomer, NC USA

Joined: January 3rd, 2010

About me: I collect cookbooks and love to cook and try new recipes. I tested recipes for Leite's Culinaria for almost eight years. I learned to cook from many good southern cooks including my Mom, Dad, several Aunts and my Grandmothers. My children and husband also like to cook and try new foods and recipes. My son still lives with us but our daughter is married. She often visits to cook with me. We are adventuresome eaters willing to try new things.

Bourbon Roasted Pork Loin from Everyday Dorie: The Way I Cook

This was delicious. I know she says in the book not to use the good bourbon but all I had was Woodford Reserve so that's what I used. I marinated for about 8 hours in fridge. Loved the apples and onions... read more >

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Deep South Dish: Homestyle Southern Recipes (Best of the Best Presents)

By Mary Foreman
Quail Ridge Press - 2015

Every summer I try to try as many versions of tomato pie as I can. This one was really good but did have a little too much juice, even though I salted the tomatoes and put between paper towels for 30 minutes as stated in the recipe. It called for two slices of bacon, using the fat to sauté the vadaila onion and then crumbling the bacon in the pie. I didn't have any bacon so I used EVOO to sauté the onion and just left out the bacon. I'm sure it would have been great had I used the bacon though.

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I made this one for my son and I. We both loved it. I did use some cajun seasoning and smoked sausage instead of the andouille since I had it on hand.

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We loved this version of mac and cheese. Loaded with cheese from Monterey Jack, Sharp Cheddar and Velveeta. Also contains a large amount of butter, a whole stick for a half recipe which is what I made. I think next time I'd cut that amount in half. It also had two eggs and I usually don't care for eggs in my mac and cheese but it worked in this one. There wasn't any flour in this one either but the milk and cheeses made it great. I liked the addition of Cajun seasoning as well. A half recipe serves about 6 - generous portions.

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