A French (Culinary) Invasion of the Deep South
Last night, Mandy and I celebrated eleven awesome years of being together.
I cooked us a dinner that combined two cuisines that are very important to me, but that I almost never cook any more - French (or, at least, the codified version that I was taught in cooking school) and home-style cooking from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas and surrounding areas that I learned from my mother.
The menu was as follows (or you can take a peek at the PDF of the printed menu I made for the evening.)
Moors, Baptists and Martians
A Southerner’s take on Cuban classic Moros y Cristianos using a savory triptych of refried beans, mashed potatoes and creamed greens.Petite Chicken Fried Steaks
Served with Brown GravyCorn Bread Baked Custard
Crusted with Brown Sugar and Molasses.
We had a truly lovely 2002 Pfaffenheim Grand Cru Gewurztraminer with dinner.
In particular, the Corn Bread Baked Custard worked out quite well - I'll post a recipe shortly.
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October 17th, 2007 at 8:54
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October 19th, 2007 at 8:04
Zak: You are one fantastic cook and husband :) I am sure that Mandy was blown away! You have a wonderful way of making everything an adventure! Cheers :) Nancy