Verdelle Welch Marston

Sour Cream cranberry/orange cake with a rum sauce

Cake: 2 3/4 cups sugar 1 1/2 cups butter or margarine, softened 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon grated orange peel 6 eggs 3 cups all purpose or unbleached flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 8 oz carton dairy sour cream 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh or frozen cranberries (do not thaw) Heat oven to 350 degree F. Generously grease and lightly flour 12 cup fluted tube pan. In large bowl, beat 2 32/4 cups sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and orange peel. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup: level off. In Medium bowl, combine 3 cups flour, baking powder and salt; add alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition. Gently stir in cranberries. Pour batter into greased and floured pan. Bake at 350 for 65 o 75 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan. Meanwhile, in small saucepan combine 1 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon flour, stir in half- and half and 1/2 cup butter. Cook over medium heat until thickened and bubbly, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in rum. Serve warm sauce over cake. 1cup sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, 1/2 cup half & Half,1/2 cup butter, 4 teaspoons light rum or 1/4 teaspoon rum extract. Instead of vanilla, I use pure orange extract and I use un-salted Land of Lakes real butter.

 

Tomato Pie

(from Terri Markley)

1 Pie Crust

2-3 Large tomatoes peeled

Basil, salt, pepper, garlic powder

1 1/2 cups shredded cheese

3/4 cups Mayo

Bake piecrust 10 minutes at 375°; peel and thick slice tomatoes.  After pie crust is baked, don’t have to let it cool, arrange tomatoes in 1 layer to completely cover bottom of pie crust, fill in any empty areas with small pieces of tomato.  Cover with a layer of basil, salt, pepper and garlic powder.  Repeat layers until piecrust is full.  Mix mayo and cheese, top tomatoes and spices with mixture.  Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until browned.

 

Toffee by Ernie

Pan: use 15”x10” or 13”x9” pan

Oven: set at 400°

Line Pan with Aluminum Foil

Boil together – 1 cup unsalted butter with 1 cup sugar = a 3 minute boil.

Line pan with saltine crackers.

Pour butter/sugar mixture over crackers.

Bake 400° - 7 minutes (till brown)

Remove pan from oven. 

Sprinkle over the crackers/sugar/butter:

10 oz Peanut Butter Chips, followed by 10 oz of Chocolate Chips (sprinkle right on top of the peanut butter chips).

Let melt, then use wooden spoon to gently spread the chips over any crackers not covered. 

Sprinkle w/finely chopped pecans.

 

Sandra Kay's Vinegar Pie
1 stick margarine, melted and cooled
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 tbsp. flour
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
3 tbsp. vinegar (I use apple cider vinegar)
6 eggs

Combine and beat all ingredients together and pour into a 9" unbaked pie shell. Bake at 300 degrees for 45 minutes or until set. It smells so good that you'll just have to have a piece while it's warm ~~~ but it's also good after it cools.

 

Ginny's Vinegar Pie (Festive Pie)

1/2 cup margarine, melted and cooled
1 cup sugar
2 eggs beaten
1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup raisins or chopped dates
1 tsp. vinegar

Mix well, pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 300 degrees
about 1 hour and 15 minutes.


Aunt Margaret's Pound cake - from Kay

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup of Crisco (Aunt Margaret says it has to be white lard-crisco is fine)
6 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla & a pinch of salt.

Place all the ingredients in mixing bowl & beat on medium for 15-20 (I hit a happy medium I beat for 18minutes). Bake 1 hr to 1hr & 20 minutes in a tube pan. The top will form a crust that will drop down. Stick a tooth pick in cake to see if it is done (don't over cook).

 

GIN'S PEANUT BUTTER PIE

1 - 8oz. Cream Cheese
2 - 8oz. Cool Whip
3/4cup Sifted Powder Sugar
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1 tbs. Milk
1 - Gram Cracker Crust

Combine cream cheese and powder sugar mix together until fluffy. 
Add in peanut butter, milk and mix well. Fold in (1 8oz. cool whip). 
Place into pie crust. Cover top 8oz cool whip. Refrigerate, 5 to 6 
hours.

Ginny's Tennessee Taco Soup - Ginny Miller

1 lb. ground beef, browned and drained
1 med. onion, chopped and cooked w/hamburger
14.5 oz. diced tomatoes
14.5 oz. tomatoes w/green chilies
14.5 oz. chicken broth
15 oz. corn-undrained
15 oz. hominy-undrained
15 oz. Great Northern Beans-undrained
16 oz. pinto beans, drained
1 1/4 oz. pkg. dry Taco Seasoning Mix
1 oz. pkg. dry Ranch Dressing

Combine all ingredients in large stockpot. Bring to a simmer and cook 30 mins.

Serve with grated cheddar cheese and corn chips on top.

 

recipe is from the Gasparilla Cookbook dated 1961 - Sandra Kay

ORIGINAL RECIPE FOR YBOR CITY DEVILED CRAB
(as sold on the streets of Tampa's Latin Quarter.)

Croquette Dough:
3 loaves stale American bread
1 loaf stale Cuban bread (grind very fine and sift.)
1 level tablespoon paprika
1 tsp salt

Remove crust from 3 loaves bread and discard crust. Soak remainder of bread in water 15 mins. Drain water and squeeze until almost dry. Add the sifted Cuban bread gradually until you have dough. Add paprika and salt and mix thoroughly. Form dough into ball and put in the refrigerator for approx 2 hrs.

Crabmeat Filling:
5 tablespoons oil
3 onions, finely chopped
1/2 red or green bell pepper, finely chopped
4 cloves garlic, mashed of chopped
1 level teasp crushed red hot pepper (Italian style)
2 bay leaves
1/2 teasp sugar
1 level teasp salt
1 6-oz can tomato paste
1 pound can fresh crabmeat (claws) picked over and shredded

Fry very slowly in oil, the onions, bell pepper, garlic, crushed hot peppers for 15 mins. Add bay leaves, sugar, salt and the tomato paste. Stir, then cover and cook 15 mins at low heat. Add crabmeat and cook for 10 mins, uncover, put on platter in refrigerator for 2 hrs.

Take about 3 tablespoons of the bread dough and press in your hand; put in a tablespoon of crab filling, then seal like a croquette with two pointed ends. Dip into the following mixture: 2 eggs, well beaten with 1/2 cup milk, salt, and dash of black pepper. Mix 1 cup cracker meal and 1/2 cup flour. Roll croquettes first in the cracker-flour mixture, then in the eggs, and again in the cracker-flour mixture. Put in refrigerator for 2 hrs. Fry in deep fat until brown. Make miniature size for parties.

COLUMBIA RESTAURANT, TAMPA, FLORIDA

 

 

Awesome Black Bean Soup - David Burdette

Description:
This black bean soup is brothy with whole beans. Served over yellow rice, you'll find it's "Cuban" style very pleasing. Topping can be added according to your personal taste.

Ingredients:
1 pkg (16 oz.) dried Black Beans
8 Bacon slices, chopped - about 1 cup
1 small Yellow Onion, diced about 1/4 inch
1 1/2 tsp. Garlic, chopped
1/2 tsp. Jalapeno Chile, finely chopped
1/2 Bay Leaf
1 1/2 tsp. dried Oregano, crumbled
1/2 tsp. dried Thyme, crumbled
3 qts. low-sodium Chicken Broth
3/4 tbs Pepper
2 tsp. chopped fresh Cilantro
Sour Cream, chopped Onion (1/2 cup) and fresh Cilantro (optional)


Directions:
Soak beans overnight according to instructions on package (at least 8 hours). Drain well before adding to mixture.

In a 6-qt. heavy pot over moderate heat, cook the bacon until golden (about 5 minutes). Transfer bacon to small bowl, leaving about 1 tbs. fat in pot. Reserve about 2 tbs. chopped bacon for topping and return remaining bacon to pot. Add onion, bell pepper, garlic, jalapeno, oregano, bay leaf and thyme and stir mixture for about 5 minutes, until onion is softened.

Add the beans, chicken broth and pepper and bring mixture to a boil and then simmer until beans are tender (about 2-3 hours), stirring occasionally. Discard Bay Leaf and stir in Cilantro.
Serve on yellow rice and, if desired, topped with your favorite - sour cream, cilantro, or chopped onion and reserved bacon.


Number Of Servings:6 to 8

Preparation Time:11 hours, including bean soaking time, 30 min. active time

 

Black Bean Dip (Makes about 1 1/2 cups)
by Delores

Ingredients

  • 1 (16-ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1/2 cup prepared salsa, hot or mild
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • Salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

In a food processor, combine black beans, salsa, lime juice, cilantro, and cumin. Process until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with fresh-cut celery, cucumbers, and zucchini sticks.

 

Kay's SBS

Jerry when I make Spanish Bean Soup I use two small ham hocks in about 10 cups water (simmer for about 1 hr.) Add two cans garbanzo beans (with the liquid), one onion quartered, dice up a couple of potatoes & half package of saffron. Simmer until potatoes are done. Since I can't get cuban bread here I serve with toasted garlic bread.

 

MILLER'S SPANISH BEAN SOUP

Ingredients
2pkg ... Dixie Lily Spanish Bean Soup Mix
1pkg ... Chorizos Sausage (4 links)
1pkg ... Cubed Ham (Cumberland Farm)
1 onion
1 bell pepper
1 pkg. ... dry onion soup mix
1 tbs. ... evoo
1 can. ... chicken broth (14 oz)
potatoes ... 8 medium size (half inch cubes)

Directions
follow pkg instructions of overnight soaking of beans ... do only one 
pkg of beans ... the extra pkg is to double-up on seasoning ... start 
large crock pot with 4 cups of water (not the 6 it says on pkg) ... add 
potatoes and drained beans ... add two pkgs of seasoning (its saffron 
that makes it yellow)

in a large pot with lid (on stove, medium heat), coat pot with 1 tbs. 
evoo, then add chopped onions and peppers ... when they start to 
turn clear, add sausage (cut into thin disk) and ham ... cook that for 
5 mins. then sprinkle on onion soup mix then add chicken broth ... 
bring to boil ... put a lid on it ... turn heat down and cook for 30 mins

then combine in crock pot ... cook for 6 hrs on high ... for the last 
hour, put a spoon under lid of crock pot so the aroma fills the 
house, right before the meal ... butter slabs of cuban bread ... be 
careful your tongue doesnt slap your brains out ... for those that like
heat, add dashes of tobasco

 

 

HOECAKES

 

Hoecakes

Ingredients

3/4 cup flour 1 1/2 cups corn meal 
4 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 
2 beaten eggs 1 1/2 cup milk 
1/4 cup oil extra oil 

Preparation

Combine all ingredients except extra oil. Mix well. The batter should be a little thinner than corn bread batter. In a heavy skillet, heat enough oil to coat the bottom of the pan (you can use Pam spray in place of oil). Shape batter into fritters & place in prepared skillet. Cook on one side, turn & cook on other side until done & browned.

In the old days, it was not uncommon for the people to cook "Hoecakes" on a hot hoe while they worked in the fields. As you can see this how the name "Hoecakes" came into being.



1 cup self-rising flour 
1 cup self-rising cornmeal, or from a mix (recommended: Aunt Jemima's) 
2 eggs 
1 tablespoon sugar 
3/4 cup buttermilk 
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon water 
1/4 cup vegetable oil or bacon grease 
Oil, butter, or clarified margarine, for frying

Mix well all ingredients, except for the frying oil. Heat the frying oil or butter in a medium or large skillet over medium heat. Drop the batter, by full tablespoons, into the hot skillet. Use about 2 tablespoons of batter per hoecake. Fry each hoecake until brown and crisp; turn each hoecake with a spatula, and then brown the other side. With a slotted spoon, remove each hoecake to drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Leftover batter will keep in refrigerator for up to 2 days.


Ingredients

1 Cup self-rising flour 
1 Cup self-rising cornmeal 
2 Eggs 
1 Tablespoon sugar 
3/4 Cup buttermilk 
1/3 Cup plus 1 tablespoon water 
1/4 Cup vegetable oil or bacon grease 
Oil or butter for frying 

Directions

Mix all ingredients well except for frying oil.

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Drop mixture by tablespoonfuls into hot skillet. Use approximately 2 tablespoons batter per hoecake. Brown until crisp; turn and brown on other side. Drain on paper towels.

Leftover batter will keep in refrigerator for up to 2 days.

Yields approximately 17 cakes


lacy hoecakes: 

Mix 1 c. self-rising cornmeal, 1/2 tsp. salt and 2 T. 
flour until blended. Stir in water until mixture is 
soupy. Place about 1 Tbs. oil (of course, Ma-Ma used 
lard) in a hot cast-iron skillet. Pour in enough 
batter to lightly cover bottom of skillet, shake 
slightly until frilly around the edges. Cook on 
medium-high so as not to burn. When lightly browned, 
flip and cook other side. Grease pan after each 
turning. Cool on rack to prevent sweating while the 
next hoecake is cooking. Now you can slather the 
butter on. Don't burn your tongue.


Shovelcake - Evelyn Gifun

Self-risiing flour
Water

Combine ingredients ... place on snow shovel ... hold over fire


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