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Cooking in My Kitchen: Lemon Custard Pie

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...

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Cooking In My Kitchen| Black Eyed Peas

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...

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Making Black Beans

I got this crock pot as a Christmas Gift about 15+ years ago. It only goes on to high or low heat, but it does do the job of making beans. One day I will get one of those Insta Pots, for now my Crock Pot is fine. I didn't measure the spices, it was more like eyeballing. The salt was about 1/2 teaspoon, because you can taste at the near end and correct it, but when you add too much salt it's just salty. The olives and the bacon have salt in it so just wait and taste.Cilantro, not everyone likes it so leave it out and use something else you do like. I also should have chopped the...

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