Thamnophis Folks' Recipes - Italian

[Garter_Gertie]

Rhea, some of your mother's recipes would be appreciated, if you have them.

[drache]

Rhea, some of your mother's recipes would be appreciated, if you have them.

some I do, others my sister may
let me know what you're interested in

[Garter_Gertie]

Well, ah... Are my choices just from what you posted? Else I've no idea what recipes you and/or your sister have for me to be interested in.

I'd like the recipe for the red cabbage and the cauliflower sauce.

[anji1971]

I can relate to Rhea with the issues of trying to figure out what to cook when this one doesn't eat that, and that one won't eat this. When I still lived at home I was often expected to start dinner, and with a vegetarian, and various allergies in the house, as well as all the likes and dislikes for half a dozen people, it got rather stressful.
By the time I got married, I was thoroughly convinced that I HATED cooking.
Strangely, now that I have to do it every day for my family, and there are no allergies, and most of us are pretty easygoing when it comes to trying and liking different things, it's actually becoming a joy.
I've gotten into different ethnic dishes, and I'm really starting to cook up a lot of my grandmother's Ukrainian foods -- pierogies, borscht, bigos (a very tasty blend of cabbage&kielbasa baked together), and lots of Italian as well.
I've always loved baking, so there's never any shortage of cookies, muffins, crisps, pie, and the like, much to the delight of the kids, and the dismay of my waistline.

[olive oil]

I would love to read the cabbage one. I have never let it cook for two days, or with anything else but bacon grease.

[Garter_Gertie]

Yeah. Bacon grease. The staple o'Southern Roots.

My grandmother would boil FRESH green beans with bacon and bacon grease, and then toss in just a titch of vinegar.

And wilted lettuce/spinach? Oh gods, brings tears to my eyes!

True to my roots I've got a jar o'bacon grease in the 'fridge I dip into and add to; dip in to; and add to.

Food o'the gods! BACON AND BACON GREASE!

[Garter_Gertie]

Maybe we can use this thread to discuss cooking and have a different one for recipes.

Boots?

[olive oil]

That is some good green beans!!! Don't forget the ham hock

[Garter_Gertie]

Zoe, the ham hock(s) go in the navy beans with some bacon and ONE (no more) onion...

[olive oil]

No the pinto beans With onion and fried cornbread.