WickedFog
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That turkey roll actually looks pretty good. It isn't fair man. My mom's side of the family is all from Arkansas. Awesome home cookin' doesn't do it justice.
My grandma lived to be 93, and one of my aunts lived to be 96. Both cooked everything in butter, with a tasty amount of salt. Or it was pan fried in plain old vegetable oil. Fried chicken to die for. God I miss their cooking.
My other aunt just died at 92, and she made the best breads I have ever tasted. And she was full blown diabetic. Rolls, biscuits, etc. People used to pay her $50 for her homemade cinnamon roll cakes, which she smeared a 1/2" thick layer of this spread she made from butter, cinnamon, and sugar on before rolling them up. You simply can't imagine how good they were, and she couldn't ever eat them herself.
So that is how I learned to cook. But I can't remember a meal at my grandma's where there wasn't at least two veggies, usually green beans and spinach. But mashed potatoes, corn, or peas and carrots were served often as well. Never from a can. All cooked with lots of butter and salt.
But lately, my spice rack has overfilled and I have been doing a lot of baking, with lots of spices on the meat I cook. Not so much salt, but I like chicken breast completely buried in italian seasonings, or chili powder, cumin, and paprika along with some Montreal chicken seasoning from McCormick. It has 0% of bad stuff in it according to the label, but dayum, it tastes good.
The trick for me is getting it out of the oven at that perfect time. Sometimes I nail it, sometimes I'm eating cardboard with lots of spices. But I am still learning
My grandma lived to be 93, and one of my aunts lived to be 96. Both cooked everything in butter, with a tasty amount of salt. Or it was pan fried in plain old vegetable oil. Fried chicken to die for. God I miss their cooking.
My other aunt just died at 92, and she made the best breads I have ever tasted. And she was full blown diabetic. Rolls, biscuits, etc. People used to pay her $50 for her homemade cinnamon roll cakes, which she smeared a 1/2" thick layer of this spread she made from butter, cinnamon, and sugar on before rolling them up. You simply can't imagine how good they were, and she couldn't ever eat them herself.
So that is how I learned to cook. But I can't remember a meal at my grandma's where there wasn't at least two veggies, usually green beans and spinach. But mashed potatoes, corn, or peas and carrots were served often as well. Never from a can. All cooked with lots of butter and salt.
But lately, my spice rack has overfilled and I have been doing a lot of baking, with lots of spices on the meat I cook. Not so much salt, but I like chicken breast completely buried in italian seasonings, or chili powder, cumin, and paprika along with some Montreal chicken seasoning from McCormick. It has 0% of bad stuff in it according to the label, but dayum, it tastes good.
The trick for me is getting it out of the oven at that perfect time. Sometimes I nail it, sometimes I'm eating cardboard with lots of spices. But I am still learning
The biggest problem is work has been kicking my butt, physically and mentally which leads to sitting when I get home. Need to figure out how to squeeze some exercise in there somewhere.
