Salmon Patties

INGREDIENTS: 1 large egg 2½ tablespoons mayonnaise (I like Hellman’s Real) 1½ teaspoons Dijon mustard (I like Maille brand) 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ cup finely diced celery (you’ll need one stalk) 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley 1 pound lump salmon meat* ½ cup panko (I like the Whole Foods 365 brand for this recipe) Canola oil DIRECTIONS: 1. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. 2. Combine the egg, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire, Old Bay, salt, celery, and parsley in a large bowl and mix well. Add the salmon meat (be sure to check the meat for any hard and sharp cartilage) and panko; gently fold mixture together until combined. Shape into 6 salmon cakes (about ½ cup each) and place on prepared baking sheet. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. 3. Preheat a large nonstick pan to medium heat and coat with canola oil. When oil is hot, place salmon cakes in pan and cook until golden brown, about 3-5 minutes per side. Be careful as oil may splatter. Serve immediately with tartar sauce or a squeeze of lemon.

Quick Tartar Sauce

I love tartar sauce with my fish..........in fact I like a little fish with my tartar sauce....... :) Ingredients: 1 cup mayonnaise 1½ tablespoons sweet pickle relish 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon minced red onion 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice, to taste Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste Directions: Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

Lima Beans

 In the south we call them "butter beans", but you know them as large lima beans.  Here you can see that I have a large stainless steel cooking pot, which I have the beans being cooked in.

Good Food

I can't get my spouse to eat vegetables..........

Shrimp Jambalaya?

Mardi Gras would have been great with this food, don't you think?

Corn Beef & Cabbage

That's my kind of cooking...............
For your St. Paddy's day meal...........do this!

Boston Cream Pie

Well, I broke down and started making a Boston Cream Pie, like my man likes. It's taking some time but nothing is really good, if you don't spend some time on it. I will get some pics of it, once I'm finished. The cake is done and cooling and so is the cream filling. Now, just have to wait till the filling chills some more, then I will make the cake/pie........:)
It got a bit messy, cause the cream was squishing out when I put the top cake layer on, and then the icing was running somewhat, because I warmed it just a little in the microwave to help it pour over the cake.  Anyway, finished product.......... :)

Pickled Onions

1 1/2 pounds pearl onions
2 T pickling salt
1 1/2 c white vinegar
1/2 c sugar
1 t mixed pickling spices
Drop onions in boiling water to cover; boil 3 mins., drain, place in cold water.  Cut root end;squeeze stem end to remove onion skin.  Combine 2 cups water & pickling salt; pour over onions, let stand for 12 hours, drain, rinse thoroughly.  Combine vinegar, sugar & pickling spices, bring to boil.  Pack onions into hot jars, leaving 1/2 inch head space.  Cover with pickling liquid, leaving 1/2 inch head space.  Adjust lids.  Process in boiling water bath (half pints) 10mins.  Makes 4 half-pints.

Page Index?

I found a website that index's your blog pages for free, to over 15,000 sites.  Now, that's some traffic and I want to see how well it works in the next few days.  It's call "Ping/Farm" and it gives you several tests that you can do while indexing your blogs.  Try it as I am and see if it helps your traffic to build.  Get back to me and let me know how well your traffic has become.........thanks.

Ooops

 I hope you don't cook this way.  Actually it looks as though someone set up up by loosening the handle.  Ooops!

Gumbo

Mardi Gras cooking?