Tag Archives: flour

Potato and Ham Soup

This was a big success.  We didn’t have a drop left and everyone gave it five stars. 3 – 4 Cups of Cubed Potatoes 1 Small Stalk of Celery, Diced 1 Small Onion, Diced 1 Tablespoon Salt 3 1/2 Cups of Water or Chicken Broth 5 Tablespoons of Butter 5 Tablespoons of Flour 1 Teaspoon of [...]

Corn Light Bread

(Grandmother Elizabeth Upchurch Recipe) When my Dad and Mom married in l961 this was the first thing he asked Mom to learn how to make as he and Uncle Charlie were so fond of it.  When Uncle Charlie and Aunt Sally married she too started making it and we always had it when our families gathered at [...]

Mom’s Fried Chicken

This sounds so simple but…I have watched my Mother cook this chicken for years, then tried to prepare it exactly the same way and it took a while for it to turn out even close to as good as hers.  Maybe I was just too immature a cook or maybe it’s a trick, I don’t [...]

Creamy Mushroom Soup

Yum!  I love mushrooms so I used to add canned mushrooms to cream of mushroom soup just to get a big mushroom in each bite.  Kind of like loading up a chocolate chip cookie with chocolate chips.  I never thought that making mushroom soup from scratch would or could be any better than Campbells®.  Oh, so [...]

Moptop Jr.’s Cayenne Fried Chicken

Sarah and I melded both of our ideas into one recipe.  I was thinking that I would marinate the chicken and then simply grill it.  She was thinking…I want fried chicken.  What we ended up with was – both!     1 pound of chicken tenderloins 1 bottle mojo marinade 1 cup of flour… Continue reading

Clam Chowder

We took a wonderful trip to Freeport Maine to visit family, get away from the southern heat and enjoy the beauty of the coastline there. This recipe is as close as I have come to the kind of Clam Chowder we had at the Jameson Inn, where we had what… Continue reading