Ahh, just the name sounds good. Let’s say it together. Ready, one, two, three: Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes. Doesn’t it sound good?
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Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes
Coleslaw
Coleslaw is such a great side dish; it’s pretty easy to make, almost everyone likes it, and it’s nice and refreshing. Since it is so ubiquitous it seems as though everyone has his or her own favorite recipe, most likely handed down through the generations. We’ll give you ours, even though it is a modified version of one found in At the Kitchen Table, The Craft of Cooking at Home by Greg Atkinson. We think it’s the best. Try it and let us know.
Cornbread or Cornsticks
Some people buy cornbread mix — can you believe it? If you’re used to scratchin’ it the way we are, your eyes are about ready to pop out of your skull and land on the floor right about now. If not, fasten your seatbeat, ‘cuz we’re about to scratch up some cornbread. Continue reading “Cornbread or Cornsticks”
Scratched Mayonnaise
Everyone should know how to make mayonnaise. Really. Truly. It’s not that difficult, and it’s much tastier than that store-bought glop in a jar. Besides, if you really want to impress someone, serve something like asparagus with homemade aioli (garlic mayo). Continue reading “Scratched Mayonnaise”
Super-Easy Pickles
Pickles seem intimidating, don’t they? Making brine, filling jars, boiling water baths or pressure cookers, spending the whole day in a steamy kitchen. That’s true if you want to make a lot of pickles for storing your harvest, but, if you want to make just a few pickles for eating, they are super-easy. Honest. Fifteen to twenty minutes and the pickles are done. And you have pickles that you’ve scratched yourself. Now that’s what Scratchin’ It is all about!
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Kashmiri Naan
To be fair, we’ll give a recipe for the naan, even though we didn’t use this particular recipe this time. It’s a good recipe and we do use it occasionally, but we already had dough ready for our weekly bread baking session, so we used that, instead. It saved us some time, and the doughs aren’t really all that different. This does mean that the number of pictures is lacking, though. Sorry.
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Chocolate Pudding
Who doesn’t like chocolate pudding? That’s what we thought, too, so we decided to make some up for our Sunday dinner. Of course, we decided that before we had a recipe in mind, so afterward we set out to find one. We found several, some that seemed pretty involved for a simple dish, and a couple that looked pretty easy, including the one we settled on from Baker’s Famous Chocolate Recipes. This little tome was published by Baker’s in 1943 so it has a some interesting tips and ideas on “how to meet these very special times and needs.” I.e., World War II. We figured the least we could do is try out one or two of the recipes used and consumed by the greatest generation.
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