While iced in at Deer Haven for the last two days, I dreamed of a day long ago when all we had to eat, sometimes, was a good ole bowl of white beans and a couple of hunks of Southern cornbread. I remember often goin' to my dear sweet Aunt Mae's house and she would oblige us with the beans and cornbread, but added her special touch with a side of creamy Southern cole slaw! Yummy, yummy, yummy! Just had to bring back a lil' bit of those good ole days while me and my sweetie are iced in at Deer Haven, and these days I'm cooking for two...
How to make Golden Southern Cornbread for Two..
3/4 cup yellow cornbread
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tablespoon bakin' powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg, large, slightly beaten
4 tablespoons butter, melted
About 1 1/2 cups buttermilk (sweet milk will not do!!!)
8 inch iron skillet
1. Turn on oven to 400 degrees.
2. Put butter in skillet and melt in the hot oven. Remove from oven and set aside.
3. Mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
4. Make a hole in the center of dry ingredients and add egg and buttermilk and stir till mixed. Add half of melted butter to mixture, as well. Mix again.
5. Pour into the hot skillet and bake for about 20 minutes.
How to make a Pot of Beans For Two...
Sort about 2 cups of Great Northern Beans or as we say in the South, white beans. By 'sort' I mean wash, drain, and look for any small pebbles to remove. Place in a medium, heavy saucepan and cover with water. Boil on medium for about two hours or until tender. Watch closely and add more water to the pot to keep it soupy.
When tender, remove from heat and add your seasonings which for me is one square of Not Chicken Cube, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon onion powder, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, couple of squirts Worcestershire sauce. and a little squirt or two of Louisiana Hot Sauce. Oh, for all you inquisitive people out there, you add the seasonings after you cook the beans so the beans won't get tough while cookin'.
How to make Creamy Southern Cole Slaw For Two...
1/4 head of medium size cabbage
1 carrot, peeled
2 tablespoons onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup Miracle Whip (my Aunt Mae and Cousin Brenda swear by the MW, sooo mayo won't do!!!)
2 tablespoons sweet milk (we call regular milk 'sweet milk' in the South, don't y'all ) to thin out
1. Put cabbage, carrot, and onion in a mini food processor and chop till almost minced but not...get it???
2. Put the veggies in a small bowl, add the seasonings and Miracle Whip, mix well, thin with sweet milk for desired consistency.
Perfectly delightful meal for two on a cold, blustery, iced in day! Till next time sweet diary and may all your delicious cornbread dreams come true...
Love, Di
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