We now have a total of 288 cousins. Writing and posting on this blog is the most fun I have had in a long time. I want to thank each and every one of you for sharing your precious time with me.  HI COUSIN! A dear friend shared a Purple Clover with me today that made…

Today we are going to fix a traditional southern Louisiana dish.  This is a recipe created by Pauline that I have tweaked.  We are having eggplant dressing. Ingredients:  1 peeled  eggplant cut into 1/2 inch cubes, 2 mirlitons cored, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes, 1 pound ground beef, 1/2 pound smoked sausage, remove…

This famous song is also referred to as the Dance of the Mirliton or Marzipan.  This section is from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker  Suite.  In The Nutcracker’s 2nd act Tchaikovsky throws in a tune about mirliton’s along with an assortment of hot drinks, Russian dancers and a bunch of flowers. Mirliton (pronounced mella-ton) is a squash native to Mexico.  In Mexico,…

We are moving on up to the big time…… Our Family puzzle is complete when we reach 1 billion new cousins How y’all doing?  We are moving on up the cousin food chain, I am happy to announce that we are 208 strong.  Please continue to invite all of your contacts to join us on…

Good morning.  I woke up this morning, not as jovial as usual. 3 pieces will fix it, so I fried 3 slices of thick rind on slap bacon. Bacon contains thiamin, vitamin B12, zinc, and selenium.  Bacon is magic, it’s a natural mood enhancer that helps encourage a  positive state of mind. I ate those…

Let’s add some foo-foo to Monday.  Let’s have brunch, our brunch meal is a swipe of raspberry jelly, navy beans, sticky rice wrapped in seaweed, over easy egg topped with bacon served with cathead buttermilk  biscuits and coffee. Navy Beans 1/4 pound peppered bacon ends, 1 pound navy beans, 1/4 cup bell pepper, 2 celery…

It’s a family tradition to have fish on Friday.  Fried catfish is an icon of southern eating.  At my house, there is no other way to have catfish other than fried. A typical meal would be fried catfish fillets and whole small catfish, cabbage slaw, french fries, sweet onions and green tomatoes relish, hot sauce, tartar…

These are yummy tummy HaBaNay Potatoes.  I frequently go to breakfast with my favorite nephew/cousin named X.  Whenever and where ever we go he orders the same thing every time, fried potatoes and onions, with bell peppers, tomatoes, cheese, bacon, sausage, and ham topped with 2 over easy  eggs with crispy plantains on the side….

My hump day meal is a 1-pound Angus beef Jacque Rose cheeseburger and french fries. Our shared recipe is how to prepare Perfect French Fries. The secret to perfect french fries is double frying.  We start by cutting and soaking the potatoes in cool water for at least 45 minutes.  The reason we are soaking…

Don’t cry, today you are going to cut onions with no tears.  Peel and wash your onions. Tear off a piece of paper towel about the length and width of your pointer and index fingers, dip about 1/4th of the paper towel in water, put the wet piece of paper towel in your mouth, close your…

Food pornography  is the romanticized presentation of juicy, yummy, sho’nuff delicious food and drink. I had limited funds in my account and had folks coming over to play rise and shine double deck pinochle I needed a delicious appetizer to feed them. I went through my pantry in a desperate attempt to find something in…

  Bacon makes everything better, especially when coupled with avocado soup.  Here are some health benefits of avocados:  1)  provides a substantial amount of healthy monounsaturated fatty acids, 2) naturally nutrient dense food that contains nearly 20 vitamins and minerals, 3) contain  no cholesterol or sodium,  4) they contain more potassium than bananas.  Bacon has healthy nutrients…