My first time cooking in a Tagine. I was gifted a Tagine, which is The tagine is a conical earthenware pot with a wide, shallow base and a conical cover that creates a seal. The two pieces form a clay oven that's traditionally placed over an open fire. The tagine's conical design creates a high-moisture, high-temperature steaming environment. This method of cooking is over 1000 years old and is still used today. Kind of like an ancient slow cooker. My tagine is glazed and from Mason Cash which was established in 1800. The steps to my first use, took some time, but if it wasn't glazed it would have been longer. These steps 1. Soak in water for minimum 1 hour...
This was actually a Picnic Roast Pork. I have passed by this type of meat, thinking it would be too complicated. It was actually very easy. I did take the layer of fat off and that I didn't need to do, next time I won't do that. It was tasty just the same.I used that layer of fat and the bone for my red beans that I cooked the next day. I used the recipe from Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine cookbook (it is available on Amazon, https://amzn.to/3aAhblJ), by Norma Jean and Carole Darden. This book is filled with their family stories and recipes. The pork recipe is from J. B. Darden and he is described as a meat and potato...
Cooking in My Kitchen. This Lemon pie recipe is one my Mother and I made many times. You really have to add the ingredients in the order listed. Trust me I did it once out of order and it really did not come out good. This time around I think my egg whites could have been fluffier, non the less it was still pretty good. Recipe 1 Lemon, grated rind and juice 2/3 cup of sugar 1 1/3 Tablespoons of flour (1/3 tablespoon is a teaspoon) 2 egg yolks, beaten 2/3 cup of milk 2 teauspoons butter, melted 2 egg whites, beaten Mix the ingredients in the order given, folding in the egg whites last. Pour mixture into an unbaked...
Under Quarantine decided to cook...OK I cook everyday, but here is a prime opportunity to make a video. I got this recipe from the website Immaculate Bites Afro-Caribbean Recipes made easy: https://bit.ly/2Vi0tl1 I didn't follow the recipe exactly, but I still get the same results. Here is the recipe: Ingredients (I did make changes because of what was in the fridge) 1 pound (453grams) black eyed peas 4 -5 thick bacon slices , chopped (did not have, I used salt pork which meant I did not have to add any salt) 1 cup smoked sausage or turkey , diced (did not have, store was all out each time I went shopping) 1 large onion diced 1 stalk celery diced...
