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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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Well, Shut My Mouth!: The Sweet Potatoes Restaurant Cookbook

By Stephanie L. Tyson
John F Blair Pub - 2011

While this was good my family didn't enjoy the horseradish in it since they said it made it taste more like cocktail sauce than BBQ sauce. I enjoyed it on my pork though.

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Delicious basic garlic smashed potatoes. Uses red potatoes, garlic, half and half and butter. Yum.

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While this was very good I've had a few other versions I like a little better. This one had a little too much garlic powder for my tastes. Still it was very good and if I made again I'd use about half as much garlic powder. I did try it on the fried bologna on toast as suggested by the author and it was pretty good.

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While this was good it wasn't as good as the one from the Sweet Potato Restaurant that the ladies brought to the event I went to. I had to bake it about 30 minutes longer that the recipe stated to get it to quit jiggling in the middle. Recipe didn't state whether to use pineapple in juice or syrup and I got juice since that's all I found in the size needed. Not sure if that would have made a difference or not. Maybe it needs to set up in the fridge. Will see if it's better tomorrow after staying in fridge all night.

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Fun way to cook a pork loin, butterflied, layered with collards, bbq pork, rolled up and wrapped with bacon and served with BBQ Jus from page 87. Delicious and pretty when sliced. I served it with her Garlic Smashed Potatoes from page 133, Spicy Collard greens from page 71 in Soul Food Odyssey, and corn bread.

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