Your favorite meal...

[Judy Harder]

My favorite meal is Mom's Pot roast with potato's and carrots and homemade rolls.

At the end of the meal our homemade from scratch Chocolate cake with fudge frosting. YUM YUM!
pass the ice cream please.

But, my best favorite is the meals we would have when the whole family is together and sitting
elbow to elbow and sharing our lives.


Doesn't matter who brought what or who did the cooking, the best flavor is LOVE AND the warmth of my
family.

[littlelamb]

Moms fried chicken mashed taters and gravy corn and salad and stawberry pie to top it off. ( give me those starches yummy for the tummy) lol

[srkruzich]

Steve, My mom makes them and they are too die for!!!  I swear, I have ate half a 9x13 pan of them for dinner before!!!!

Oh i grew up on cheese grits. mmmm   Mom used to add bacon to them, or diced ham, or jalapenos, or all of the above. 

Another thing she used to do with them is take the leftovers (yeah like there was any LOL) and line a bread loaf pan with wax paper, and pack the grits into it and make a loaf. Put em in the fridge overnight and the next morning, slide it all out and slice them 1/4" thick and fry em up in some bacon grease or even deep fat fry them in the fry daddy.   Ooooo Their good that way!!

My favorite dish with grits though is shrimp n grits.

    *   3  tablespoons  fresh lemon juice
    * 1/2  teaspoon  hot sauce (such as Franks hot sauce or wing sauce)
    * 1 1/2  pounds  peeled and deveined large shrimp
    * 2  bacon slices, chopped
    * 1  cup chopped onion
    * 1/4  cup  chopped green bell pepper
    * 1 1/2  teaspoons minced garlic
    * 1  cup chicken broth
    * 1/2  cup  chopped green onions, divided
    * 5  cups  water
    * 1 1/2  cups  uncooked quick-cooking grits
    * 1  tablespoon  butter
    * 1  teaspoon  salt
    * 3/4  cup  (6 ounces) shredded sharp cheddar cheese



Combine first 3 ingredients; set aside.

Cook bacon in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until crisp. Add onion, bell pepper, and garlic to drippings in pan; cook 5 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in shrimp mixture, broth, and 1/4 cup green onions; cook 5 minutes or until shrimp are done, stirring frequently.

Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan; gradually add grits, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low; simmer, covered, for 5 minutes or until thick, stirring occasionally. Stir in butter and salt. Serve shrimp mixture over grits; sprinkle with cheese and remaining green onions.

[Teresa]

I do the same thing your mom did Steve. I add lots of bacon to them and instead of using butter, I use bacon grease also...and american  cheese( not velvetta)

I have made grits and cornmeal mush a lot and fried it up.Sometimes I make Scrapple ... cornmeal mush made with bits of cooked pork ( off neck bones) cooked in  the broth. Let it cool overnight ..slice it and fry in bacon grease.. You can't beat it.
Didn't just have to be for breakfast either..

My favorite meal if I cook it is a toss up....Fried Chicken or Fried Squirrel with gizzards and livers added, mashed potatoes and cream chicken gravy with homemade biscuits.... or

Pork chops just put in a pan.. with some bacon grease and cooked real slow.. ( until you get all that brown rich juice off of them).. Take the pork chops out.. add nothing but heavy cream to the broth and make thin pan of gravy.... and let cook for about 5 minutes.. Put the chops back let them simmer in this for as long as it takes for the hot biscuits to cook in the oven.
Then put the biscuits on the plate..pour the thin cream gravy all over it.. add the chops and I am in heaven. ( FAT heaven.. but heaven none the less    )

My favorite if I eat out is King Crab legs in fresh drawn butter.. wild rice & steamed broccoli and ice tea.

[Tobina+1]

Schmidt's Kansas Premium Beef (my parent's beef company) t-bone steak, cooked medium-rare.  Who needs anything else?
But, if you must... homegrown garden veggies to go with it... asparagus, spaghetti squash, baked sweet potato (butter only), and some cinnamon apples from the grill for dessert.

My 2nd favorite meal is when Chuck fixes ribs on the grill.

[littlelamb]

what in the world are grits?

[Lookatmeknow!!]

My favorite meal is any meal that I don't have to fix!!!  LoL!!!

[srkruzich]

what in the world are grits?

Their manna from heaven!  


Grits are ground hominy, cooked up til thick and creamy.  Add butter salt n pepper for the basics. Mmmmm
A good breakfast is to pile a mound of grits on the plate, crumble up crisp bacon over the top and top off with your over med eggs.  Mmmm

[indygal]

Too many favorites to name just one or two. Well, OK.....how about a butterflied filet mignon, medium well, with grilled mushrooms and onions, twice baked potato, dinner salad with the works and bleu cheese dressing (or a steamed veg medley), fresh yeast roll with butter or lightly seasoned garlic Texas toast, a slice of whisky/chocolate/pecan pie, fresh brewed coffee with a shot of Bailey's. Yep, clogged arteries served piping hot.....mmmmmmmmm!

Or extra crispy fried chicken, macaroni salad, coleslaw and a biscuit. But all homemade, not passed through the KFC drive-up window. Fresh lemonade with lots of sugar, and a extra chocolatey brownie.

Tuna salad with lettuce and tomato on toast with a side of Fritos and a glass of milk. Peanut butter cookie.

Poplars chicken fried steak dinner.

Traditional Thanksgiving dinner: turkey, dressing (I prefer bread to cornbread), chicken with homemade egg noodles, mashed potatoes, cranberry salad (the kind with celery and walnuts), Brussels sprouts or broccoli, deviled eggs, those weird candied apple rings, black olives and pie. Any kind, but really good pumpkin is a favorite.

Of course, all of these only qualify as true favorites if I don't have to cook or clean up afterwards! Well, OK, maybe the tuna salad.

[Catwoman]

My favorite meal is any meal that I don't have to fix!!!  LoL!!!

You got that right!!!!!!!!!!!!!