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Okay folks, the third year we have been doing this and it's time yet again. We're having a traditional dinner....a 18# Tom turkey deep fried in peanut oil, yams with brown sugar bacon drippings and multiple spices, green bean casserole, mashed cranberries with sugar and cream, southern style mac and cheese, fresh frozen (Cherokee variety) sweet corn, reduced gravy from the drippings with Idaho Russet mashed potatoes, no dressing :(, wife hates "soggy bread".. For the hardcore meat eaters ....4 racks of Pork Baby Back ribs cooked on the Bradley Smoker starting in about 2 hours. Dessert: Pumpkin Divine....a combination...

Welcome to the 50th installment of the FR Weekly Cooking (Recipes) Thread. Looking for something new to make or made something new that came out great? Please share a 'tried-and-true' recipe or nine- for fellow FReepers to add to their 'go-to' Recipe Stack of Family Favorites! Here's the place to share and explore your latest and greatest favorite recipe.

This Is What People Ate When They Had No Money During The Depression Vivian Giang Nov. 18, 2011, 12:25 PM Image: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection If you've ever visited anyone's house for dinner and a big, sloppy "secret family recipe" dish is flopped down in front of you, chances are high that the messy goodness could have originated from the Depression era. Families were taught to creatively stretch out their food budgets and toast, potatoes and flour seem to be the popular, inexpensive ingredients. Expensive meat was typically eaten only once a week. Some foods...

This is a great crockpot sweet potato casserole. Have made it for many years and everybody loves it. See http://www.food.com/recipe/sweet-potato-casserole-crock-pot-337498 for the recipe.

What is everyone's favorite Thanksgiving Recipe and/or Tradition?

Welcome to the 46th installment of the FR Weekly Cooking (Recipes) Thread. Looking for something new to make or made something new that came out great? Please share a 'tried-and-true' recipe or nine- for fellow FReepers to add to their 'go-to' Recipe Stack of Family Favorites! Here's the place to share and explore your latest and greatest favorite recipe.

Publishers for US First Lady Michelle Obama’s upcoming cookbook have released an early preview of the book’s cover art and revealed more details about its spring release. American Grown: How the White House Kitchen Garden Inspires Families, Schools, and Communities, published by Crown Publishers, is Obama’s first cookbook and will be issued in both print and digital editions. The print edition will include photos of the White House garden and Obama throughout the seasons, and include more details about how the First Lady was inspired by her daughters Sasha and Malia to change her family’s eating habits and plant an...

A slideshow of 134 different recipes from restaurants around the country...

Rick Perry's past came back to haunt him recently. No, not drugs or women or a phony resume. Perry, it turns out, once touched the real third rail of politics: barbecue. Nineteen years ago, at the 1992 Republican National Convention, a barbecue taste-off pitted beef tenderloin from Joe Allen's Bar-B-Que of Abilene, Texas, against pulled pork from Kings Restaurant in Kinston, N.C. Perry, then the agriculture commissioner of Texas, sampled the Carolina barbecue and declared, "I've had road kill that tasted better than that."

Welcome to the 33rd installment of the FR Weekly Cooking (Recipes) Thread. Looking for something new to make or made something new that came out great? Please share a 'tried-and-true' recipe or six - or all of them:)! for fellow FReepers to add to their 'go-to' Recipe Stack of Family Favorites! Here's the place to share and explore your next favorite recipe.

Welcome to the 31st installment of the FR Weekly Cooking (Recipes) Thread. Looking for something new to make or made something new that came out great? Please share a 'tried-and-true' recipe or five - or all of them:)! for fellow FReepers to add to their 'go-to' Recipe Stack of Family Favorites! Here's the place to share and explore your next favorite recipe.

Welcome to the 31st installment of the FR Weekly Cooking (Recipes) Thread. Looking for something new to make or made something new that came out great? Please share a 'tried-and-true' recipe or five - or all of them:)! for fellow FReepers to add to their 'go-to' Recipe Stack of Family Favorites! Here's the place to share and explore your next favorite recipe.

Side dishes exist to make entreés look more appealing. Picture a skinless baked chicken breast sitting alone on a plate. Boring, right? Now bring in its favorite wingman—a big scoop of barbecue baked beans, cornbread stuffing, or roasted red potatoes. Suddenly, that chicken dinner becomes a perfect meal. But here’s the problem: Often, your wingman completely overdoes it...

Welcome to the 23rd installment of the FR Weekly Cooking (Recipes) Thread. Looking for something new to make or made something new that came out great? Please share a 'tried-and-true' recipe or two - or all of them:)! for fellow FReepers to add to their 'go-to' recipe stack of Family favorites? Here's the place to share and explore your next favorite recipe.

Chef's tip: don't overcook the bacon. It should be barely brown around the edges and still somewhat raw-looking in the middle. Ingredients 4 strips thick-sliced bacon, sliced crosswise into 1/2-inch pieces 1 small yellow onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 Tbsp sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Several dashes hot sauce 1/4 cup apple-cider vinegar 2 pounds collard greens, stems removed, sliced into 3-inch-wide strips (can substitute kale or chard) 1 cup chicken broth (or water) Method 1 Heat a large cast-iron skillet on medium heat. Cook the bacon in the skillet until it...

I watched the second installment of a certain documentary TV series Sunday evening. As a result, I am now craving a delicious halibut steak. I love fish. I love seafood. I'm sure a lot of you here do. Forget politics for the time being. It would be great to share your favorite halibut recipes, and I know a lot of you folks are great chefs.

I see that no one has started a Christmas Cookie thread...so I will! I start my Holiday Baking with Dear Old Mom this upcoming Thursday. It's always SO much fun! It's Mom, me, usually my sister (but she can't make it this year), our 'Cherished Grandma Hazel' and a few assorted family friends. (You truly DO have to be on the A-List to attend, LOL!) Mom has a huge kitchen and two ovens, so we all descend upon her house for a day of baking & candy making. We break for a simple lunch (and usually an Old Fashioned or...

Do you know what's the perfect antidote to all this wild and wacky weather? A soothing, comforting bowl of soup. Soup's a clean slate when you think about it -- you just add and subtract your favourite ingredients. And there are no hard or fast rules to creating a delicious bowl of warmth, just leave it up to your imagination. An extra dash of hot sauce? A splash of port? A turnip instead of a potato? All you really need for soup is your taste buds and sense of adventure. Enjoy the following recipes courtesy of Foodland Ontario (Foodland.gov.on.ca). ASIAN...

Welcome to the 14th installment of the FR Weekly Cooking Thread. Looking for something new to make or made something new that came out great? Please share a 'tried-and-true' recipe or two - or eight for fellow FReepers to add to their 'go-to' recipe stack of Family favorites? Here's the place to share and explore your next favorite recipe.

It's the Lenten season and time to have a few meatless dishes; Here's a good one.