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Weekly Cooking (and related issues) Thread

Posted on 05/11/2016 3:41:29 PM PDT by Jamestown1630

For quite a few years in the 1980's-90's, I worked two jobs, and one night a week I'd leave one job after an eight-hour day, and drive directly to the other, where I'd work for several hours more. I've always eaten my largest meal at lunch, and generally didn't need to prepare for supper on those nights; but one evening, as I drove to the second job, I was hungry!

We used to have a lot of 'High's Dairy' stores in the DC Metro area, a type of convenience store - I think they still exist, though some became '7-Eleven' stores after the High's company sold them to Southland - and there was a High's conveniently located on my route that evening.

I stopped, intending to grab a hot dog to get me through the night, but spied something I'd never seen before: a row of bright orange turnover-type pastries, looking absolutely lurid under the heat lamp near the hot dog grill. They were Jamaican Beef Patties.

I bought one on a lark, and was addicted from that first 'patty'; it's been a beloved vice ever since.

I work one job now, and no longer have to eat on-the-run between shifts; but I will still buy these little patties in convenience stores when I'm running around on errands. I've also found a great frozen brand in a local grocery, which I keep on hand; but these can be easily made at home, and it was one of the first recipes that my husband and I tried together as newlyweds.

It's interesting to me that this meat patty was adapted to local spicy taste in the Caribbean, after the introduction of Cornish Pasties there, in the olden days; it made its way to the US with Caribbean immigrants during the 1960's-70's. Here is the Wiki on 'Jamaican Patty':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_patty

Some recipes use Curry to flavor and color the crust, and some use Turmeric; and you can spice the meat up to your satisfaction. (The convenience stores usually offer 'Mild' and 'Spicy'; but lately the 'Spicy' isn't hot enough for my taste, or what I remember from that first one. )

I have even made this as a two-crust pie, when I didn't want to bother with cutting rounds and stuffing, to get my 'fix'; and that is *almost* as good as the stuffed turnover version.

Here are a couple of recipes (but Watch Out! they both use Scotch Bonnets, which some folks might want to switch-out for a milder pepper; on the other hand, if you're like me, you'll just add a little more ;-).

From the website 'Eat Jamaican', a recipe that seems a lot like what I'm used to from the convenience stores:

http://eatjamaican.com/recipes/beefpatty-recipe.html

And from Food Network, here is Emeril's much more 'fancy' take on the patty:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/jamaican-meat-patties-recipe.html

-JT


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: jamaica; patty; turnover
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I have some, they are ready and waiting!


41 posted on 05/11/2016 7:51:48 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: kalee

I don’t care for banana things ( except for kit kats & Popsicles),but my grandfather loved banana flips & Archway soft molasses & lemon icebox cookies.


42 posted on 05/11/2016 8:01:50 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: leaning conservative

My grandfather liked Archway soft mollasses cookies too.


43 posted on 05/11/2016 8:14:30 PM PDT by kalee
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To: leaning conservative

Archway made black walnut icebox cookies at Christmastime. They were wonderful!


44 posted on 05/11/2016 8:16:06 PM PDT by kalee
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To: bgill

TX Monthly has some really good content. Great photos.

Politically though they are leftists.


45 posted on 05/11/2016 8:19:11 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: kalee

Never have seen those, but they sound delicious!


46 posted on 05/11/2016 8:19:45 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: leaning conservative

Not kit Kat’s, but the hard taffy squares..... kits. Yum!


47 posted on 05/11/2016 8:22:01 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Jamestown1630

Again, I truly appreciate & so look forward to your cooking thread. It is such a wonderful respite from politics, work & life. I enjoy the people who post, the ideas I get & just escaping after a rough day or week. Thanks!


48 posted on 05/11/2016 8:26:12 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: leaning conservative

They were! I haven’t seen them in a long time. Archway selection were I live is limited, no where near what I remember. I had some frosted ginger snaps a few years ago and they were terrible, dry and hard. When I contacted the company I was sheepishly told the healthier ingredients have caused changes to taste and texture. I haven’t bought anything else.


49 posted on 05/11/2016 8:30:36 PM PDT by kalee
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To: lovesdogs
How that takes me back. I worked on upper GA AVE in DC in the 80s in a crappy building with a little store in the lobby. The owner was Horace, a Jamaican guy whose wife made these patties every morning. The whole store smelled like curry. All these years later i still remember that scent. I just wish that they didn’t spice the coffee. That was undrinkable.

Minto Jamaican Market (Oakland, CA, Broadway near 40th) sells the patties. I tried one and was unimpressed. It tasted like a Banquet TV dinner Salisbury steak.

50 posted on 05/11/2016 9:25:55 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: Jamestown1630

The brand at my store is “Golden Krust”. Sold individually in a white paper wrapper. I try to keep a couple in the freezer for when I’m too lazy to make something else!


51 posted on 05/11/2016 10:37:09 PM PDT by Tototoo
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To: All
Not from convenience store direct, mind you, but a very convenient dessert.
Serve warm for dessert and serve cold for breakfast, if there's any leftovers.
And, yes, you can add chocolate chips.

Red Velvet Cherry Dump Cake

METHOD Dump 2-21 oz cans cherry pie filling into sprayed 9x13" pan.
Spread even w/ spatula. Sprinkle box Betty Crocker Red Velvet Cake Mix
over evenly. Pour cup melted sweet butter over evenly. Sprinkle w/ 1 1/2 c
sweetened coconut flakes. Bake 350 deg 50-60 min.

SERVE with ice cream or whipped cream.

52 posted on 05/12/2016 3:55:11 AM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
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To: CottonBall

No, I have them on dvd.


53 posted on 05/12/2016 4:01:27 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: kalee
Soft Molasses cookies are so easy to make. I use a recipe from a 1949 book called America Eats. It goes through all the different regional fare of every state. It's good because in 1949, America was still not in the least bit homogeneous.
54 posted on 05/12/2016 4:06:17 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: leaning conservative

You’re welcome!


55 posted on 05/12/2016 5:12:16 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: miss marmelstein

nice!


56 posted on 05/12/2016 6:03:21 AM PDT by CottonBall
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To: miss marmelstein

Yes they are. I use a recipe from a Colonial Williamsburg Cookbook.


57 posted on 05/12/2016 7:59:27 AM PDT by kalee
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To: bgill

hey, any directions to go with those ingredients?


58 posted on 05/12/2016 9:35:51 AM PDT by CottonBall
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To: CottonBall

http://www.texasmonthly.com/food/kolaches/


59 posted on 05/12/2016 9:46:36 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: T-Bone Texan

Yes, proud to say they’ve never got a dime out of this conservative Texan.


60 posted on 05/12/2016 10:26:31 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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