"Soul Food" ?

uncle Alan

uncle Alan

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Mr. interlockater ,hope this is right place because it involves cooking ,using a spider pan & muffin cups.



Attention Cindy love !

Have you heard of a hoe-dodger or brown-dog candy ? I f you haven't ask the elderly Black folks in your area ,please. I have a taste


for brown-dog but it is so rich & full of sugar it'll spike your blood sugar half-way to the stars . I have tried for about 20 years to get the recipe .
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Any other Southern born folks have any thoughts/remarks on this ?




Uncle Alan :confused:
 
Oh man, I LOVE soul food. When I lived in North Carolina, I loved going to the all-you-can-eat buffet on sundays. I was usually the only asian guy in there :D
 
Steyr40user said:
Oh man, I LOVE soul food. When I lived in North Carolina, I loved going to the all-you-can-eat buffet on sundays. I was usually the only asian guy in there :D
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No Dave, hoe-dodger was a type of bread & brown-dog was a mixture of sugar,vanilla & green [raw ] peanuts boiled up ,poured into muffin tins & baked.The extreme sweetness was counterbalanced by the keen green peanuts.



Steyr, I miss the East Carolina minced barbeque. In Wilmington they used a vinegar base & served it with slaw & potatoes boiled with a bit of piemento in the water. In Florence S.C, they use mustard based chopped meat. Two great tastes !



Incidentaly,I admire your taste in semi-'s. I have one & love it better than my Walther or Ruger. The sights are a vast improvement over the army .45. When you lift it,it's dead on target & extremely accurate.

Good eatin'!

Safe shootin ' !

Uncle Alan a country lad.......
 
Uncle Alan, I never have heard of that and yes sir, will ask. I found out how to cook greens some years back from a very kind elderly black woman in Bi-Lo's when New Years was around the corner one year, the only thing I have changed now is using a can of Sweet Sue or Campbells Chicken Broth to the pot liquer, you know we have to have fried porkchops and blackeye peas along with collards for luck and prosperity.I sure will ask about that! :) That's doubleing up on blood pressure medication to some folks...let's get that cornbread started too.
 
Cindy Denning said:
Uncle Alan, I never have heard of that and yes sir, will ask. I found out how to cook greens some years back from a very kind elderly black woman in Bi-Lo's when New Years was around the corner one year, the only thing I have changed now is using a can of Sweet Sue or Campbells Chicken Broth to the pot liquer, you know we have to have fried porkchops and blackeye peas along with collards for luck and prosperity.I sure will ask about that! :) That's doubleing up on blood pressure medication to some folks...let's get that cornbread started too.
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This is the first thread I will add to my email notification listing! I love greens!
 
silenthunterstudios said:
This is the first thread I will add to my email notification listing! I love greens!
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I have craved greens for years . Asked druggist about it & he looked up my records & said that one medicine was depleting my iron & mother nature was messaging me.
The best greens are at restaurants that have black cooks & it is true of beans & cornbread too.

Uncle Alan
 
uncle Alan said:
Steyr, I miss the East Carolina minced barbeque. In Wilmington they used a vinegar base & served it with slaw & potatoes boiled with a bit of piemento in the water. In Florence S.C, they use mustard based chopped meat. Two great tastes !
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Uncle Alan, thanks for posting this thread, it has brought back so many memories. I love east carolina BBQ slow cooked for hours. Nothing like getting together with your friends at the local fishing hole, bringing a cooler of beer and your hog roaster for an old fashioned pig pickin'. One of the chain stores down in NC, Smithfields, did pretty good minced bbq. They didn't smoke the shoulders, but used electric cookers. Still pretty good if you asked me. And NOTHING beats a side of cool slaw on hot days such as this.

uncle Alan said:
Incidentaly,I admire your taste in semi-'s. I have one & love it better than my Walther or Ruger. The sights are a vast improvement over the army .45. When you lift it,it's dead on target & extremely accurate.
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Thanks :) I actually got the steyr for a steal at a gunshow. $285 used. The owner put about 200 rounds through it. There are so many things I love about that gun, the sights, the trigger, the grip. Unfortunantly, finding parts for it is a pain in the butt.
 
Steyr40user said:
Uncle Alan, thanks for posting this thread, it has brought back so many memories. I love east carolina BBQ slow cooked for hours. Nothing like getting together with your friends at the local fishing hole, bringing a cooler of beer and your hog roaster for an old fashioned pig pickin'. One of the chain stores down in NC, Smithfields, did pretty good minced bbq. They didn't smoke the shoulders, but used electric cookers. Still pretty good if you asked me. And NOTHING beats a side of cool slaw on hot days such as this.



Thanks :) I actually got the steyr for a steal at a gunshow. $285 used. The owner put about 200 rounds through it. There are so many things I love about that gun, the sights, the trigger, the grip. Unfortunantly, finding parts for it is a pain in the butt.
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On first firing my large hand got an industrial-strength pinching until I repositioned it . I had an M-1 thumb back in '51 but never thought the recoil would get me there.

Wilson's in Rocky Mount had the best in that area. Used to watch stockcars in the afternoon & walk across the street for a great supper .

Uncle Alan
 
I always use 2 Boston butts on the smoker and cook it almost all day, pull off the smoker, cool down for 45 minutes and then seperate the meat from the fat as much as possible. That has to be chopped and seasoned again and since I really prefer North Carolina vinegar and pepper based barbque, once that vinegar base goes in the mix it has to cook out so in a big, oblong pan it goes and put on the cool side of the gas grill. That vinegar has to evaporate. Meanwhile, the best coleslaw mix I have ever found is Super Slaw and it is awesome. I wouldn't give up my old Black and Decker chopper for cuting up cabbage for anything. Hushpuppies on the side. :)
 
uncle Alan said:
I have craved greens for years . Asked druggist about it & he looked up my records & said that one medicine was depleting my iron & mother nature was messaging me.
The best greens are at restaurants that have black cooks & it is true of beans & cornbread too.

Uncle Alan
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Well, I probably should take some kind of mental medication :D. The only medicine I take is Prilosec, Avandia and over the counter ibuprofen for my knees, would any of those make me crave greens? I'm talking about collard greens by the way, but I always have a craving for kale greens too. I would be surprised if I'm deficient in my iron, but you brought up a good point, I'm going to ask about it when I get my physical done. I've done pretty well about preparing greens in the can, just dump a can of Glory greens in the pot and let er rip. Er, let yourself rip...
 
Canned collard greens I have a recipie for too, I do use Glory brand (Allens southern style is the best I've ever found ) and add one chicken or beef bullion to it, a gentle sprinkling of Liquid Smoke and a little bit of crushed Red Peppers and there you go. You'd like it alot Silenthunter. Just a dab of Liquid Smoke.:)
 
silenthunterstudios said:
Well, I probably should take some kind of mental medication :D. The only medicine I take is Prilosec, Avandia and over the counter ibuprofen for my knees, would any of those make me crave greens? I'm talking about collard greens by the way, but I always have a craving for kale greens too. I would be surprised if I'm deficient in my iron, but you brought up a good point, I'm going to ask about it when I get my physical done. I've done pretty well about preparing greens in the can, just dump a can of Glory greens in the pot and let er rip. Er, let yourself rip...
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My druggist,before VA became my total care ,was most helpful. He saved me from an ulcer & is hands-down sharper than the average MD.I have had him throw scrips in the trash after telling me that it would negate another medicine that worked .

Evidently most MD's listen to the drug rep & don't study their journals too well . Reps want to push their product & sound like the old 'snale oil ' peddlers that claimed their product would fix anything but a broken heart & the crack of dawn ! Nuff said ?
Good luck.


Uncle Alan
 
uncle Alan said:
My druggist,before VA became my total care ,was most helpful. He saved me from an ulcer & is hands-down sharper than the average MD.I have had him throw scrips in the trash after telling me that it would negate another medicine that worked .

Evidently most MD's listen to the drug rep & don't study their journals too well . Reps want to push their product & sound like the old 'snale oil ' peddlers that claimed their product would fix anything but a broken heart & the crack of dawn ! Nuff said ?
Good luck.


Uncle Alan
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Y'know what, I just parted with my doc, we didn't see eye to eye, and it wasn't just the docs height. Anyway, just for the hell of it, I will ask my pharmacist about my pharmaceutical cocktail.
 
I brought some leftovers from home, a piece of broiled chicken breast, with roasted tomatoes and some type of Italian grated cheese on it. Very good. But, you can't just have a piece of chicken. So at lunch, I walked over to the soul food restaurant and got a cup of string beans, a cup of fried potatoes, and a corn bread muffin. I hope I don't snore too loud...
 
silenthunterstudios said:
I brought some leftovers from home, a piece of broiled chicken breast, with roasted tomatoes and some type of Italian grated cheese on it. Very good. But, you can't just have a piece of chicken. So at lunch, I walked over to the soul food restaurant and got a cup of string beans, a cup of fried potatoes, and a corn bread muffin. I hope I don't snore too loud...
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Speaking of food,my favorite eatery in DeLand is Hunter's. Been in business since 1949 . Good wholesome food but a boring menu. When they shut down for 2 weeks vacation I'm trying a place owned & operated by a black woman.

It is rather small since it is in an old Hardee's building but she has a great reputation . Haven't tried it because I've been happy at Huntrer's & it IS a few extra miles to drive.

I'm still eating from my freezer a lot because I cook in large amounts & organize my freezer properly . I am under 200# for over a week & intend to maintain it because I am well disciplined .

Uncle [ yes,grits ARE groceries ] Alan
 
I've been going back and forth on my dieting. I go through periods where I lose a lot of weight, put on some muscle, and start gaining the fat again. It's a struggle, and small jaunts to augment my meals like I had today aren't good for me, either on the wallet or on the belt.

BTW, there are a lot of eateries near me. I've probably eaten at all of them, but I try to stick to either brown bagging it, or the grocery store for a sandwich/salad or a small meal. Surprisingly, not too many soul food eateries, and the place I went to today, I don't think you could call it soul food, really. The place I went to today is called Grandmas. Looking at a menu right now, they have chicken (burnt to a crisp), fish (too many bones), turkey wings (never tried them), waffles, corn bread (best I've ever had), greens (pretty good), string beans(best I've had in a while), fried potatoes (best I've had in a while), sweet potatoes (very good, not canned, but real yams), grits (never been big on grits), and thats' about it. But those women sure can cook!
 
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