91 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Depression.
Ingredients
3 pounds of venison diced
1 large onion chopped
1 large green pepper chopped
2 large cloves of garlic minced
3 jalapeno peppers seeded and chopped
1 14.5oz can of diced tomatoes
1 can of tomatoes & chilies
2 teaspoons of cumin
2 teaspoons of chili powder
1 tablespoon of olive oil
salt & pepper to taste
water
cornstarch
Directions
1. Saute the minced garlic in olive oil for about a minute.
2. Add meat and brown.
3. Add tomatoes, onion, pepper and spices. Add enough water as to prevent scorching. Its ok if its on the watery side.
4. Bring to boil, cover reduce heat and allow to simmer for 3 hours stirring occasionally.
5. After cooking, combine cornstarch with water and add to the meat to thicken the gray to your preference.
6. Serve
Carne Guisada is a Tex-Mex dish that goes well with soft tacos, or tortillas. This is a good recipe for meat that tends to be tough.
91 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Depression.
In this episode Clara makes Egg Drop Soup and remembers a story about her brother.
Ingredients
Marinade
1 8oz bottle of Italian Dressing
2 Tablespoons of Worcestershire Sauce
1 Tablespoon of lemon juice
1 Teaspoon of Creole Seasoning (optional)
Chicken Salad
4 Chicken Breasts (thin sliced, boneless, skinless)
Salad, mixed greens, whatever you like
Other, tomatoes (cherry type), cucumbers, onion whatever else you like on your salad.
Directions
1. Blend together marinade ingredients. Set aside 1/2 cup of mixture for basting chicken.
2. Place chicken in zip lock bag along with marinade. Shake, turn, toss to coat chicken.
3. Put bag in refrigerator for at least an hour.
4. Heat up the grill to medium high.
5. Take chicken out of the refrigerator and place on grill, discarding the ziplock and marinade inside.
6. Baste chicken with reserve marinade, cooking about 2-3 minutes per side. Cook till the chicken is no longer pink inside.
7. Remove chicken from the grill let cool for several minutes.
8. Cut crosswise on cutting board.
9. Server over salad.
91 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Depression.
Ingredients 2 large unpeeled sweet potatoes 3 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper or Old Bay depending on my mood
1 teaspoon salt
Directions 1. Wash sweet potatoes and dry.
2. Cut into strips.
3. Toss potatoes with other ingredients.
4. Bake in 350 preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes on cookie sheets until fries are tender.
This old fart loves pineapple. Pineapple chunks, pineapple juice, dried pineapple, baked pineapple on ham, even pineapple on pizza. I love it. One thing I have never had is freshly cut pineapple. The local grocery store had pineapples on sale this past week so I picked one up.
Not knowing the proper way to cut one up I turned to youtube. I found this video on youtube, instructions on carving up a pineapple.
That worked great for me and my pineapple tasted great. Cutting up my own pineapple I believe will become the norm in this old fart's house.
Ingredients 1 pound of ground beef
1 can crushed tomatoes
1 can corn
1 can black beans
1 can kidney beans
1 package taco mix
1 package dry ranch dressing mix
1 onion
shredded cheese
chips
sour cream
Directions
1. Brown ground beef and drain.
2. Add tomatoes, corn, both beans, both mixes to crock pot and stir.
3. Chop onion add to crock pot.
4. Stir in ground beef to crock pot.
5. Cook on low 4-6 hours.
6. Server with chips, cheese and sour cream.
Ingredients
1 pound Box Raisins
1 pound Box Dates chopped
1 pound Walnuts chopped
1 1/2 cups Sugar
1 Cup Butter
4 Eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 cup Water
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/4 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
3 Cups Flour
Directions
1. Soak raisins in water overnight.
2. In a large mixing bowl cream together the butter and sugar, slowly add the eggs and vanilla and mix well.
3. Stir the baking soda into the 1/4 cup of water and then add to the creamed mixture.
4. Sift the dry ingredients together then add to the creamed mixture, mixing well.
5. Stir in the raisins, nuts and dates.
6. Drop rounded spoonfuls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
7. Bake at 350F for about 15 minutes.
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