Soul Food

[Magicman]

Peas, corn, chicken beast....ok, grilled not fried, pickles, iced tea, and yellow cornbread.......




Oh yeah, did I mention yellow cornbread?

[WDH]

OK.  The cornbread seals the deal  :D.

[Tom]

We eat a lot of Chicken Beast here too.  I like the dark meat of the beast best. ;D

[pappy19]

Looks like cast iron skillet corn bread, my favorite. I'm a Griswold cast iron fan, anyone else??

[Magicman]

Looks like cast iron skillet corn bread 

Yup, cast iron is the only way.....

[breederman]

I got to tell you that dem peas would taste better if you didn't boil all the green outa em. ;)

[Magicman]

I got to tell you that dem peas would taste better if you didn't boil all the green outa em. ;)

Wrong kind of peas.  Crowder (field) peas are brown.  Light brown when shelled, darker when cooked.....

[DanG]

It must be tough living where you can only get one kind of peas. : :D

[Paul_H]

My friend Noble says he gets up for several different peas every night.

[Magicman]

Reminds me about how you get a polar bear.

Put peas around a hole in the ice.

When he tries to take a pea.

You kick him in the ice hole.

Now......what's this got to do with cornbread  ???

[DanG]

I had chicken too, but mine was fried.  A hip and a beast, a wad of rutabega greens, baked tater and a biscuit. ;D

[Tom]

Now......what's this got to do with cornbread  ???

They called that Corn on HEE HAW. ;D

That's a right nice Knee Plate, DanG
That big old potato is a Beast. ;D

[Magicman]

I had chicken too, but mine was fried.

I,m glad to see that you're eating "heart smart".... :D   At least it didn't come from KFC....... :D

[pappy19]

Now......what's this got to do with cornbread  ???

They called that Corn on HEE HAW. ;D

That's a right nice Knee Plate, DanG
That big old potato is a Beast. ;D

Yeah, that looks like a real Idaho Spud, a Russet, best baker there is.

Pap

[DanG]

Thats what it was Pap, and it was good.   I was in the store yesterday and bought some taters.  The only thing they had was big ol' Russets in 8 pound bags.  I picked through the pile looking for the smallest ones.  I looked at one bag that only had six spuds in it. :D :D

[jim king]

Here are some local delicacies from down South.  These will give you a soul.
The meal on the mostly orange table cloth is one of my favorite restaurants.  The cost is about 85 cents US.  Deep fried chicken,  beans and rice, chicken soup, hot pepper and onion sauce .

Other photos a tiger cat fish, a cayman, little boy with a capibara, boiling bananas and another restaurant.

[fishpharmer]

Does Caymen taste like chicken?  The tiger cat is a neat looking critter, do you know how they compare to US Farm raised catfish? 

Oh yea, I type this over a bowl full of fresh boiled turnip greens with fat back........mmm good soul food.

[jim king]

fishpharmer:
The cayman is a white meat and is to me a cross between chicken and shrimp .  My wife refuses to cook it as none is killed legally but you can buy it in any restaurant in town.

The tiger cat is like any catfish you have up there.  The meat is white and soft but very good fried in beer batter.  I also smoke it and it goes well with cold beer.  Another way the locals prepare fish is to wrap it in a banana leaf and before wrapping cover and fill the fish with spices and sauce and slowly steam it.  I cant stand it like that but it is very popular.

My favorite form of catfish is ceviche.  It is small cubes of the fillets soaked in lime juice and hot peppers and onions.  Not cooked, just soaked in lime juice and served cold.

[fishpharmer]

Thanks for the info JK.

I would try the ceviche.  You think you could get me a recipe? 

[Fla._Deadheader]

LOVE ceviche  8) 8) 8)

  Recipes vary, from what I know. MY favorite is using Tilapia, cut in very small pieces, soaked overnight in the Lime-lemon juice. Mayo is used in what I like. It looks a lot like a relish dish, with the mayo. Served as a dip with crackers.  8)

  Don't have a good recipe.  :( :(

[LeeB]

My recipe for cebiche is:
Chop fish and shrimp into small pieces
Bell pepper chopped
onion chopped
a little minced garlic
cilantro choped
tomato chopped
hot peppers of your choice chopped
salt and pepper to taste.
Mix all this well and let soak refrigerated in lots of lime juice for 24 or more hours.
As mentioned before, serve cold.

[jim king]

Fishpharmer:

Sorry I didnt see your post for the recipie.  My wife makes it almost identical to LeeB.

[LeeB]

Sorry I didnt see your post for the recipie.  My wife makes it almost identical to LeeB.

That's nice to know. I never had a recipe to follow, so I just winged it by trying to remember what was in it when I was a boy living in Equador.

[Slabs]

What's this soul food scheist?  That's "Redneck Culinary Cuisiene".

How-bout some cornbread-and-eggs?  Two over medium on a fried hoecake with a side of sowbelly.



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[Magicman]

Yup, I think that passes as Soul Food.  That's a new one on me, but if "PoFolks" fixed it, it's good......

I've had cornbread and molasses many times.  When we had a cow, there was a big daub of butter on top and a couple of spoonfulls of fresh cream....right off of the top.