Real Vermont Cooking

Ingredients 1 loaf stale french bread 2 dozen Louisiana Oysters 1/2 # chicken or turkey liver 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp white pepper 1 tsp paprika 1/2 c. pecan meat Pinch of sage 1 tsp thyme 1 c. cornmeal 2 eggs beaten 3 medium onions chopped 2 cups chopped celery 3 tsp butter or oil Break bread into small pieces, soak in strained oyster juice. Squeeze out extra juice, mix in cornmeal. Sauté onion, celery, chopped liver, nuts, thyme, and sage in 3 tsp butter until the onions clear. Mix in cornmeal/bread mixture and mix well. Season to taste with salt and peppers, chop large oysters or add small ones, remove from fire, add 2 beaten eggs. Bake at 350º until the internal temperature reaches 140 º.

Ingredients 1 c. rice Salt, red pepper, white pepper, black pepper 1/2 # chicken livers 1/2 # Ground Beef 1/2 c chopped onion 1/4 c. chopped celery 3 green onions 2 tbsp chopped parsley Butter 1/3 c. oil Cook rice with butter. Brown ground beef in oil, add chopped livers, cook until thoroughly browned, add onion and celery, sauté until tender, add cooked rice, mix in parsley and onion tops, season to taste with salt and peppers. © 1984 John Albrecht, CEC

Ingredients 1-1/4 c yellow corn meal 1/2 c flour 3 tsp baking powder 1 tsp sugar Pinch salt 1 tsp black pepper 1 onion diced very fine 1 egg beaten 1/2 c milk 1/2 c whole corn 1/4 c green onion or chopped jalapenos Mix corn meal, flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and pepper. Blend well. Add onion, egg, milk, corn and green onion/jalapenos. Mix until well blended. Using double spoons or an ice cream scoop, sample one pup in a 350 degree deep fryer. Adjust seasonings and continue to fry away.

Ingredients: Casserole: 4 cups mashed sweet potatoes or use 4 – 1 lb. cans of sweet potatoes. 3/4 cups sugar 3/4 cup half and half cream 1/2 cup melted butter 1 1/4 tea vanilla Topping: 1/2 cup melted butter 1/2 cup flour 1 cup brown sugar 3/4 cups chopped pecans Boil and mash sweet potatoes. Add the remaining casserole ingredients and combine. Put into a casserole dish. In a separate mixing bowl, combine the topping ingredients. Place the topping on top of the potatoes. Bake at 350 degrees uncovered for about 30 minutes or until topping seems crisp.

Ingredients: 8 cups cut corn 2 tsp sugar 1 tsp salt black and red pepper-about 2 tsp each 2 onions diced 1 bell pepper diced 4 stalks of celery diced 1 pt whipping cream 1/4 # butter Parmesan cheese and Bread crumbs Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Season corn with salt, black and red pepper, sugar celery, onion, and bell pepper. Place in casserole to fit. Pour 1/4 # melted butter over, and mix thoroughly. Pour enough whipping cream to fill evenly with the corn. Mix Parmesan and Bread crumbs, sprinkle over the corn. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.

INGREDIENTS 1 pound dried red beans or kidney beans 1 large hamhock from left over ham, or sausage 2 tablespoons margarine or ham fat 1 large onion, finely chopped 1 or 2 clove garlic, finely minced 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon red pepper 1 small piece bay leaf 1/2 teaspoon oregano powder 2 large ripe tomatoes or canned whole tomatoes Directions: Pick and wash red beans. In a large sauce pan boil 1-1/2 quarts water, drop in the beans, boil 1 minute. Set aside until they cool. Cook onion in fat until tender. Add to beans, with garlic, hamhock, tomatoes, bayleaf, salt, and pepper. Cook over high heat, then reduce to simmer until tender, about 2-1/2 to 3 hours. Take out hamhock, cut meat away from bone and add to pot of beans. Add oregano. Serve in soup plates over rice. Chopped scallions over this is delicious.