The chefs at Headley Hill Manor went retro on me. They fixed me tomato, Velveeta, and mayonnaise on wheat bread. Super! [Editor’s notes: Mr. Suddeth has swigged coffee all day–he has no chefs]
Posts Tagged ‘recipes’
Gourmet food?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, recipes on August 14, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Nuther Hillbilly Recipe
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged recipes on December 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Grapes Suzette: Submitted by Suzie down in Rattlesnake Holler. She stuck grape preserves and sorghum molasses between 2 pancakes. She accidentally spilled Bourbon on it and knocked a candle over. She put out the fire, but her man gobbled the pancakes and loved them. Folks back in the county seat took a hankering to them. Now Suzie’s famous. (Hey, I ain’t a cook, so beware my advice)
Recipes, recipes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged recipes on October 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Hi! Today I am with Author Sandra Cox and her blog: Sandra’s Blog, which has loads of recipes. My post is Stone Man and Johnnycakes, recipes inspired by my middle-reader’s novel, Stone man and the Trail of Tears. Visit her blog and learn some Cherokee recipes.
http://sandracox.blogspot.com/
Cherokee Grape Dumplings
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged recipes on September 21, 2019| Leave a Comment »
2 cups flour, pinch salt, 2 teaspoons sugar/honey, 1 & half tsp baking powder, tbsp lard, half cup grape juice
Form a stiff dough, pound thin. Cut into strips. Boil in grape juice for 10 or 12 minutes.
The Cherokees in my novel Stone Man and the Trail of Tears enjoyed this recipe during stomp dances.
Durham, North Carolina Food from Experiment 38
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, recipes on April 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Durham, North Carolina Food from Experiment 38
I am not a cook and these are not complete recipes, just examples of food the characters from my YA novel, Experiment 38, would’ve been familiar with.
The group in this story loved their Durham pizza, especially Carolina Caramelized Onion & Prosciutto Pizza: Pizza Crust, Olive Oil, 1 thinly sliced red Onion, 1/4 cup Brown Sugar, grated Parmesan Cheese, 10 ounces thinly sliced fresh Mozzarella Cheese, 8 slices Prosciutto.
Campfire hot dogs: Emily’s specialty. She skewered them on sticks and slowly roasted them. She would’ve enjoyed Carolina hot dogs—mustard, slaw, chili, and onions.
They preferred Eastern-style barbecue—a whole-hog barbecue. Eastern-style sauce is vinegar- and pepper-based, with no tomato whatsoever.
Dave Burgers: Dave only cooked one thing, but he did it right. Half pound of good hamburger hand formed into a patty & cooked in the flames. Cheese if you have to. On weekends he liked Carolina Burgers—chili, mustard, coleslaw
They also gobbled their Durham-style rise donuts—yeast donuts, often made with sweet potatoes and bourbon glaze.
Tomato gravy: Another Carolina favorite they liked, made with bacon drippings & flour & tomatoes (Of course) make the roux for this simple tomato gravy.
YA thriller, publication TBA
Inserting Food into your Writing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 4RV Publishing, food, recipes on January 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Durham, North Carolina Food from Experiment 38
I am not a cook and these are not complete recipes, just examples of food the characters from my YA novel, Experiment 38, would’ve been familiar with.
The group in this story loved their Durham pizza, especially Carolina Caramelized Onion & Prosciutto Pizza: Pizza Crust, Olive Oil, 1 thinly sliced red Onion, 1/4 cup Brown Sugar, grated Parmesan Cheese, 10 ounces thinly sliced fresh Mozzarella Cheese, 8 slices Prosciutto.
Campfire hot dogs: Emily’s specialty. She skewered them on sticks and slowly roasted them. She would’ve enjoyed Carolina hot dogs—mustard, slaw, chili, and onions.
They preferred Eastern-style barbecue—a whole-hog barbecue. Eastern-style sauce is vinegar- and pepper-based, with no tomato whatsoever.
Dave Burgers: Dave only cooked one thing, but he did it right. Half pound of good hamburger hand formed into a patty & cooked in the flames. Cheese if you have to. On weekends he liked Carolina Burgers—chili, mustard, coleslaw
They also gobbled their Durham-style rise donuts—yeast donuts, often made with sweet potatoes and bourbon glaze.
Tomato gravy: Another Carolina favorite they liked, made with bacon drippings & flour & tomatoes (Of course) make the roux for this simple tomato gravy.
YA thriller, publication TBA
Neanderthal Cuisine
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged einkorn wheat, emmer wheat, Neanderthal, neanderthals, recipes on April 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »
IF YOU DARE!
Neanderthal Menu
I consulted archeological and historical periodicals to assemble these recipes and show what life 50,000 years ago might have been like. Yes, in real life they probably didn’t eat on our schedule, but they got hungry just like we do. Warning, I am not a cook. For safety’s sake (and your taste buds’ sake) consult a food expert before attempting these recipes.
Neanderthal Breakfast—Neanderthal Porridge
Ingredients:
Handful of wild barley
Handful of emmer wheat (AKA farrow), a wild wheat
Handful of einkorn wheat, another wild wheat
Handful of sorghum seed
Handful of pistachios or chestnuts
Yarrow leaves for seasoning
Handful of dates (Neanderthals in colder climes might have used cherries)
Directions:
Heat water in a birch bark tray, being careful to keep it out of direct flames to avoid a fire.
Mash wild barley, emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, and sorghum seed; add to the boiling water
Hull and crumble nuts, then add to boiling mixture
Pit dates or cherries and add to the boiling mixture to sweeten
Boil until the porridge is soft
Lunch—Neanderthal Cattail soup
Ingredients:
Half dozen of cattail flowers, pollen, & roots
Handful of chicory leaves & roots
Handful of dandelion leaves
Wild lentils with husks
Parsnips
Chamomile leaves for seasoning
Directions:
Heat water in a birch bark tray, being careful to keep it out of direct flames to avoid afire.
Add wild lentils with husks to water, allow husks to dissolve and release the lentils
Peel & pound cattail roots, remove the fibers
Peel & chop parsnips and add to water
Add chicory roots & cattail roots to boiling water
Add chicory leaves & dandelion leaves to boiling water
Finally add cattail flowers & pollen to boiling water
If meat is necessary (Neanderthals ate what they had), add small animals or birds
Neanderthal Dinner—Water-lily stew
Ingredients:
2 or 3 medium-sized Water lily pads
A handful of white acorns (hulls have round ends) or walnuts
One squirrel or other small animal such as rabbit or rats
Handful of wild onions
Wild parsnips
Wild olives
Directions:
Drop hot rocks into a bison-skin bag filled with water and boil lily pads until tender.
Peel & chop parsnips and pitted olives, add to mixture
Skin squirrel and broil it. Add meat, innards, and bones to the lily pads.
Add wild onions, olives
, and acorns to the mixture, and serve while warm.
C. T. Suddeth 