Recipe from Ptelea 1 ½ lbs. lean ground beef2 tbsp vegetable/beef/chicken stock powder4 large potatoes, peeled and cubed2 large carrots, peeled and chopped2 onions, chopped2 celery stalks, chopped3 tbsp tomato paste1 – 28oz. can stewed tomatoes (I used 5 fresh tomatoes, roughly chopped)1 pouch vegetable soup mix (I used Knorr)6 cups waterssalt and pepper to [...]
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Cornbread Dressing and Pork Roast
I think I’ve discovered the secret to Cajun cooking – cook it slow and let it brown. Here’s an example – during our visit my grandmother was making a batch of cornbread dressing. Let me give you the recipe before I continue. This is my great-great grandmother’s recipe, on the other side of my family. [...]
“ my patients taught me this rhyme 2day: The twenty-fourth of May/Is the Queen's birthday/If they don't give us a holiday/We'll all run away! 6 hrs ago
"Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable." — C.S. Lewis














