Fall is upon us. Comfort food! Yum

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On 10/15/2018 at 3:37 PM, frienduff thaylorde said:

DONT forget about them GREEN BEANS .   Thems tasty and good for us too .    

I love my green beans and green bean casserole! 

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On 10/15/2018 at 10:04 PM, LadyKay said:

I'm making chili tomorrow. Dose anyone eles like to eat  peanutbutter sandwich with their chili? Not sure how i got started on that. Been eating chili with peanutbutter for as long as i can remember. 

I gotta say thats the first Ive heard that combo. If it makes you happy I say go for it! You put beans in your chili?

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On 10/16/2018 at 5:14 AM, Debp said:

I've been thinking of making chili lately....this topic has my mouth watering.   We use ketchup with the ground beef, kidney beans, chopped celery and some chili flakes thrown in.  The ketchup gives it a nice flavor....old family recipe.

LadyKay, never heard of the peanut butter sandwiches with it.

Ive always added a lil ketchup to my chili ever since I can remember. It does add that lil needed something huh? 

You make cornbread too?

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On 10/16/2018 at 6:43 AM, Neighbor said:

Fall foliage foods eh? Well let me dig into  my heritage a bit, Oh yes It goes by the day and the holiday-

Sundays very early, on the  caste iron wood stove oven, in glass cups, were baked the finest popovers ever, by  my grandfather. I can come close and so could my wife, but lacking that cast iron oven they just never got as crispy on the bottoms nor so tall as his did.

Then there are parsnips cooked in brown sugar syrup and butter, in a caste iron fry pan. Simple fare kind of like dessert right in the main course. 

Cabbage in the double boiler plain cabbage with steamed white onion.

Lamb shoulder roast and green mint jelly.

Turkey with oyster stuffing ( Family had a turkey farm at one time.)

Suet pudding with rum sauce- (We were a bunch  of Englishmen. ) and or Brown bread pudding with dark chocolate sauce.  I'd sample both, generous samplings. All still from the English side of the family.

Best breakfast of all, Grandma's baked beans-Yellow eye beans cooked all night long while we were out trout fishing, and sometimes settling for fifty or so honed pout ( a small  New Hampshire pink meat catfish ). We would come in  off  Big Squam Lake, skin the fish start frying  in good old Cisco with corn meal batter, and have a breakfast of yellow eyed beans and catfish (or trout).

Corn bread, always corn bread, again in caste iron loaf pans or even as cupcakes. -we all had strong wrists from those heavy pots and pans.

 Saturdays were baked beans (yellow eyed)  and boiled hot dogs.

 My own favorite was eye of the round roast, with  Maine baked potato, and carrots - mostly so I could put the left over eye of the round roast through the hand operated meat grinder along with some onion mix in a little Miracle Whip and make the best sandwiches of all for Moday's lunches. Again strong wrists from cranking the grinder. Never liked cleaning that thing though.

Mince meat pie, no not that raison pie, mince meat (deer). And a choice of either squash pie,  or pumpkin pie, back when real pumpkin was used to make hoosier style pumpkin pie with lots of molasses in the mix.

But the week would start with those popovers at five am, with the firing up the wood stove with some kindling, and a shot of Crown Royal for. Grandpa "Bar" had me put in the kindling  and he would get down that magical looking blue velvet sack, measure one shot of Crown Royal swallow and proceed to make the popover mix just right in that cold linoleum floored back kitchen. It was a Sunday tradition for him and a treat  for me when I was there, having popovers, and then  I think I remember a Bible reading and off to church too, Methodist of that time, Congregational if we were visiting up at Plymouth N.H. 

I was pretty young. All I know for sure is how cold the kitchen was come fall  into winter and how hot were the popovers, - filled them up with butter and jam, usually a home made berry jam, often raspberry.

Bck then I was a skinny wiry kid, never had anything but bone, muscle, and sinew, to me. Now with all the more correct food and dieting and attempts at exercise that fail, I could make nearly two  full sized adults of me, one out of the excess. Well not quite- Maybe the American chop suey got me eh?- Made mostly from  elbow noodles, tomato sauce, tomato paste, brown sugar, worcestershire  sauce,  ground beef, salt and chopped onion. Or it might have been all those years of Congo Bars with the bitter chocolate bits. I just gained a couple ounces typing that one, made for great hard tack latter.

At New England all was served with a generous helping of fluids, mostly  of the Bourbon family. It was cold damp country that would go to freezing cold  and deep snow come winter which could last from mid September to late April up in the mountains.

 

Oh my you have some wonderful memories of gramps and good cooking Neighbor! Thank you for sharing. 

I just bought a new cast iron skillet. They last forever if seasoned properly. 

I love lamb chops and mint jelly too. I like that at christmastime with asparagus and garlic mashed potatoes. .

I also like roast with carrots and potatoes. I make an extra pan of potatoes and carrots because they always go so fast.

 

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2 hours ago, PurpleNight said:

hmm fall foods?
well when i think of fall foods its usually desserts. like snickerdoodles and apple things. I hate pumpkin things.
I love apple cider. I haven't tried squash and I would like to try it sometime soon. I'm sure its good, I just have to find out how to cook it. sometimes i put it in soup with other veggies but i'd like to try it as a main thing sometime.
Usually when fall approaches, since living on my own, my husband and I tend to move towards warm foods like chicken noodles, soups, and other things made in the crock pot like roast or corn beef we bought months before when it was on sale. We end up eating more potatoes and rolls with our dinners; and more veggies in the colder months than the warm which is kinda odd now that I think about it.
This week, we have baked beans with hot dogs cut up in it with a roll. I am not sure anyone eats that anymore but I ate it alot growing up. I think this is the second time my husband and I had this for dinners since being married. we had some baked beans left over from this summer so i thought this is an easy way to get through them. 

I call hotdogs rolled in flakey bisquit dough pigs in a blanket! They are good! 

I tend to eat lighter in winter too. Im paranoid Ill gain weight so I watch myself even more . 

Im a soup person too! Nothing better than homemade chicken noodle soup except clam chowder. Lol

Thanks for sharing some things you like to eat. 

If you want to try some squash recipes let me know and I will post some for you! 

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1 hour ago, Badjao33 said:

Sweet potato casserole is by far my Fall favorite. This picture is of the sweet potato casserole my father made for our family's annual Thanksgiving dinner back in 2015. Not living in the states anymore I miss all of the great foods that start making an appearance this time of the year. The turkey, ham, deviled eggs, and pumpkin pie to name a few, but sweet potato casserole is always number one with me and the one I miss most. The last time I had any was in 2010 and if someone took a dish out of the oven today I would for sure eat the whole thing.  

That does look good ! I bet you miss all that southern cooking. Can you get the ingredients for things you miss there? 

I remember when my friend was in the Philippines she would get people to send her a case of ranch style beans! 

Speaking of ranch style beans; people in these parts dont know what they are either! We use them mixed with ground meat for taco salad.

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20 minutes ago, Davida said:

Mmmmm!.........Homemade slow roasted Cabbage rolls in tomato sauce served with a nice thick slice of crusty Italian bread with butter.....yum..... got your mouth watering yet?? 

Yes! Mouth is watering!! 

Do you put ground meat in yours? 

Healthy meal. 

I like stuffed bell peppers too! 

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37 minutes ago, 1sheep said:

I gotta say thats the first Ive heard that combo. If it makes you happy I say go for it! You put beans in your chili?

Oh yes beans lots of beans they are good for you and good for your heart. The more you eat the more you .......well you know the rest. ?

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16 minutes ago, Davida said:

Curried squash soup.  Peach cobbler,  apple pies, baked apples with lots of cinnamon,  served with ice cream or cheddar cheese on the side. 

You from Tx? My mom taught us to put cheddar cheese on apple pie.

Peach cobbler is my fav cobbler. Always must have my fav ice cream ie vanilla with it. 

I just had butternut squash soup the last two days. I didnt make it fromxscratch but I buy organic at Trade Joes. 

Did you make yours from scratch? 

I have some apples in the fridge that have been in there too long to be crisp probably. Could I make baked apples with them? Thats one thing I havent made but was actually thinking about it. 

I love my homemade applesauce but Im too lazy to do all that work this week . lol

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1 minute ago, LadyKay said:

Oh yes beans lots of beans they are good for you and good for your heart. The more you eat the more you .......well you know the rest. ?

Pinto? 

Its interesting to know what kind of beans people favor. 

News years day I make black eyed peas with kielbasa sausage and cornbread. Sliced onions and sliced tomatoes on the side. Before we can blink it will be that time again