Mashed Potatoes
Pinto Beans
Chicken in a Pot
Meatloaf
Fried Chicken
The Best Cole Slaw
White Gravy

Mashed Potatoes
"Mashed Potatoes Are So Everyone Can Have Enough"
1 large, or two to three small potatoes for each person
1/8 teaspoon dried, minced garlic
1/2 stick butter
1/4 to 1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
salt to taste
Peel and cut up potatoes into chunks. Add garlic and cover with water in a large pot.
Bring to a boil, then turn down the heat and simmer abt. 20 minutes.
Drain off the water, and empty them into a large bowl.
Add everything else. Whip them into dreamy clouds with an electric mixer,
Add salt, pepper, and serve.

Pinto Beans
2 cups dried pinto beans
6 cups water
1 medium onion, minced
1 teaspoon dried,minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons cumin powder
Bacon - the meatier, the better - as much as you like (at least 1/2 lb. goes into them here)
Pick over the beans to remove stones & those tiny clods of dirt.
Wash the beans, and put the clean beans into a stock pot at least 4 to 6 qts.
Add water to cover beans about 3". Soak overnight.
In the morning, drain all the water off & rinse one more time.
Add the water & everything else - bring to boil on the stove Boil hard abt 5 min.
Cover tightly, & let stand 1 hour.
Simmer 3 to 4 hours, making sure the beans aren't getting too dry.
Serve with Cornbread, sliced tomatoes, and, if your cholesterol level can stand it, fried potatoes.

Chicken in a Pot
2 Frying chickens - abt 2 1/2 lb each
1/2 cup olive oil
1 large onion minced
1 garlic clove minced
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon pepper
1 medium tomato chopped
(or) 1/2 cup drained canned tomato
1/2 cup dry white wine
In a good sized Dutch oven, fry the chicken, salt, & pepper till the chicken is nicely golden.
Add onions & garlic, simmer for about 20 minutes.
Add tomato and simmer about 20 minutes more.
Add the wine, simmer till about half starved.{ another 20 min.}
This is great with rice and a nice green vegetable.
It smells so good cooking, that if you don't live on a farm, the neighbors will smell it, and will try to get themselves invited for dinner. Go ahead, have them over. This recipe makes plenty.

Meat Loaf
2 lbs. ground beef
1/2 lb pork sausage
1 medium onion minced
2 eggs, beaten
1 small can of tomato sauce
1/4 box saltine crackers
1/4 teaspoon dried, minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Mix everything in a large bowl & spoon it into a loaf pan.
(If you indent along the sides of the pan, the grease won't overflow when it's cooking.)
Bake at 350 degrees 45 minutes to an hour.

Baked Rabbit
2 rabbits, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons marjoram
2 tablespoons paprika
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
2 sticks butter, cut into pats
In a 9 by 13 inch pan, lay out the rabbits.
Sprinkle with all dry ingredients, place the butter pats on top, try to get them fairly even.
Bake at 350 about 35 minutes.

Fried Chicken
{Grandma Style}
1 1/2 to2 1/2 lb fryer
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 to 3/4 cups flour
shortening + 2 tablespoons bacon grease
Rinse chicken & pat dry.
Mix flour, salt & pepper in a bowl. Lightly salt chicken pieces, and dredge in flour mix.
Brown pieces in hot fat in cast iron skillet reduce heat, cover and cook until tender-turning occasionally so it won't get too dark on one side.
You will know when it's done if the juices run clear when it's stuck with a fork.
Uncover last 10 minutes of cooking to crisp crust.
{If you saved the flour, you can make white gravy.}

White Gravy
In the skillet you just fried something in; Pour off all but about 1/4 cup of fat.
Add 1/4 cup less 1 tablespoon flour.
Begin stirring, and add 1/4 teaspoon salt & 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
If you are careful to keep stirring as it cooks, it will begin to make a paste.
Add 2 cups of milk, and keep stirring over med. low heat till it thickens.
When you can see the bottom of the pan as you stir, it's done.








The Best Cole Slaw
Does anyone out there happen to remember Anna Maude's Cafeteria in Oklahoma City? Our neighbor Bob does, and he passes along the authentic recipe for The Best cole slaw.

1/3 cup sugar
2/3 tablespoon salt
6 Tablespoons mayonaise
1/4 Tablespoon mustard
3 1/2 Tablespoons Apple cider Vinegar
1 2/3 cup coffee cream
7 large carrots shredded
6 pounds shredded cabbage
Mix all together in a large bowl, chill, and enjoy.





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