The Big Jones Cookbook: Recipes for Savoring the Heritage of Regional Southern Cooking 9780226205724, 9780226205861, 022620572X, 022620586X
Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Breads; Skillet Cornbread; Sally Lunn; Popovers; Farmstead Biscuits; Sweet Po
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English Pages (xxiv, 274 pages) : illustrations Year 2015
Table of contents :
Intro
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Breads
Skillet Cornbread
Sally Lunn
Popovers
Farmstead Biscuits
Sweet Potato Biscuits
Cheddar Biscuits
Beignets
Buckwheat Banana Pancakes
Antebellum Rice Waffles
Salt-Rising Bread
Abruzzi Rye Bread
Awendaw Spoonbread
Inspirations from the Lowcountry
Benne Oyster Stew
She-Crab Soup
Carolina Gold Rice and Boiled Peanut Perlau
Pickled Shrimp
Creamy Grits
Shrimp and Grits
Reezy-Peezy, ca. 1780
Mustard Barbeque Sauce
Sea Island Benne Cake
Roux Icing
Sea Island Benne Ice Cream
Coconut Cream Cake
Cream Cheese Icing. South LouisianaCrawfish Boudin Fritters
Gumbo Ya-Ya
Cajun Seasoning
Creole Boiled Rice
Gumbo z'Herbes
Crawfish Etouffee
arbecued Shrimp
Creole Seafood Seasoning
Red Beans
Voodoo Greens
Brown Butter Roasted Palm Hearts
Debris Gravy
Remoulade
Eggs New Orleans
Poached Eggs
Crab Cakes
Bearnaise
Potatoes O'Brien
Bread Pudding
Cherry Bavarian Cream
The Appalachian Highlands
Sauteed Ramp Greens with Benne
Grilled Asparagus with Cottage Cheese and Lemon
Pimiento Cheese
Hominy
Succotash
Old Virginia Fried Steak, ca. 1824
Chicken-Fried Morel Mushrooms
Sawmill Gravy. Turnip Greens with Potato DumplingsPan-Fried Ham with Redeye Gravy
Buttermilk Pie
Jelly Roll Cake
Salty Sorghum Taffy
Kentuckiana
Chicken and Dumplings, ca. 1920
Sweet Tea-Brined Pork Loin
Fried Chicken
Duet of Duck with Bourbon Giblet Jus
Potted Duck
Rutabaga Confit
Creamed Brewster Oat Groats with Parsnips and Hen of the Woods
Braised Sausages with Sauerkraut and Parsnips
Mashed Potatoes
Charred Brussels Sprouts with Shallots and Pecans
Black Walnut Sorghum Pie
Short Crust for Sweet Pies
Chocolate Pecan Tart
Pawpaw Panna Cotta
Persimmon Pudding Pie
Salty Sorghum Ice Cream. The Delta and the Deep SouthCheese Straws
Boiled Peanuts
Fried Green Tomatoes
Goat Cheese and Potato Croquettes
Pecan Chicken Salad
Crispy Catfish a la Big Jones
Crowder Peas
Sweet Potato Hash
Mississippi Mud Pie
Red Velvet Cake
The Bar
Sazerac Cocktail, ca. 1940
Chatham Artillery Punch
Oleo-Saccharum
The Consummation
Sweet Leaf
Blue Yodel No. 1
Bloody Mary Jones
Death in the Afternoon
Cherry Bud Bitters
Rhubarb Julep
Brandy Fix
The Pantry
Clarified Butter
Basic Mayonnaise
Green Goddess
Standard Canning Instructions for Shelf-Stable Pickles and Preserves
Chow-Chow. Bread and Butter PicklesPiccalilli
Five-Pepper Jelly
Okra Pickles
Raspberry Preserves
Elderberry Jelly
Apple Butter
Pickled Peaches
Preserved Quince
Kumquat Marmalade
Savory Benne Crackers
Worcestershire Sauce
Basic Vinaigrette
Bourbon and Brown Sugar Mustard
The Whole Hog
Andouille
Boudin
Boudin Rouge
Chaurice
Head Cheese
Tasso
Bacon
Ham
Pickled Pig's Feet
Lard
Crackling, aka Gratons
Notes on Sources
Index.
