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I thought that we would do something different this Thanksgiving and try Edna Lewis recipe for fried chicken. I had been thinking and anticipating this chicken all week. With all due respect to Edna Lewis, we were all surprised to find that the chicken turned out to be merely southern fried chicken that we have had all our lives. There just was nothing special about it. (But I did use Vegetable shortening instead of Lard which may have been why the chicken was so average).
My mother's dressing was again delicious however. Her collard greens were equally good. Her potatoe pies were good but she wasn't pleased with them. "They needed to stay a little while longer in the oven," she said.
But the biggest surprise and the winner of the afternoon was the Pepperidge Farm lime cake that I had purchased from a freezer at the local Krogers grocery store. (I refused to buy one of those Kroger cakes that everybody seem to bring to office parties and pot lucks nowadays).
That lime cake was great.
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The Best Fried Chicken Recipe Ever?
I posted a comment about my Thanksgiving dinner recently, and how I decided not to have turkey, but to try Edna Lewis's recipe for fried chicken. I said that the result was not that great, that it tasted just like any other fried chicken I've had. So I decided to go to this restaurant in Atlanta called "Watershed" who serves the Edna Lewis recipe chicken. I owe an apology to all the other bloggers. That was the best, most flavorful chicken. To top it off it had a light delicate crunch to it. I don't know what I did wrong when I tried Edna Lewis recipe, but I know one thing, it did not turn out like the chicken I had at "Watershed." Maybe I should try the recipe again.
So, What Did You Make?
I thought that we would do something different this Thanksgiving and try Edna Lewis recipe for fried chicken. I had been thinking and anticipating this chicken all week. With all due respect to Edna Lewis, we were all surprised to find that the chicken turned out to be merely southern fried chicken that we have had all our lives. There just was nothing special about it. (But I did use Vegetable shortening instead of Lard which may have been why the chicken was so average).
My mother's dressing was again delicious however. Her collard greens were equally good. Her potatoe pies were good but she wasn't pleased with them. "They needed to stay a little while longer in the oven," she said.
But the biggest surprise and the winner of the afternoon was the Pepperidge Farm lime cake that I had purchased from a freezer at the local Krogers grocery store. (I refused to buy one of those Kroger cakes that everybody seem to bring to office parties and pot lucks nowadays).
That lime cake was great.
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe Ever?
I'd like to comment about something Dave Faris wrote: "Bacon, butter, AND lard? Come on. My cardiologist just had a heart attack hearing about this recipe."
Let me try to put Mr. Faris' fears to rest. In 1900 heart disease and heart attacks were so rare that the adverage doctor didn't know how to treat it.
In 1930, when the population of the US was 123,000,000 there were 3000 heart attacks deaths recorded. Which means the odds of having a heart attack that year was 42,000 to 1. In 1960 when the population of the US was 197,000,000 there were 500,000 heart attack deaths. Why? Answer: Diet. Everyone was using "Bacon, butter, AND lard" back in the 1800's with no heart disease as a result. It wasn't until after 1930 that everyone started using "heart healthy" vegetable oils and margarine, low fat this and low fat that. The result? The odds of dying of a heart attack in 1950 was about 3500 to 1.
Got Lard?
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe Ever?
I was looking around for great chicken recipe and this one came up. I cannot wait till try it, but I was wondering. Would it be ok to freeze after soaking in buttermilk step? So I can just thaw and cook some when I want some. I know it probably won't be as good if you cook right away, but I rather be able eat chicken when I want without waiting 24 hours for preparing the food. I could see this be very helpful for families too. If you’re planning cook this chicken for them, because according to buzz on this chicken "More please" haha. Btw thank you Edna and Scott for sharing the recipe and the site too. For the healthy poster, who post on this chicken recipe and wanting to change it. It’s great you have chosen to live a healthy life style and chose to eat healthy, but why are you looking at fried chicken recipe? Here my motto. “Tis better to love and lost then have not love at all.”: by Shakespeare. Better to eat food and lose the weight then have not eaten the food at all.
Bonappetit
Cooking D
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe Ever?
I am cooking this tomorrow! Cannot wait to try it.
Come on people. Seriously have you not kept up with the current medical data out there? Lard is not bad!!! No transfats (you know those artery damaging things) Butter is not bad!!! I'll give you peanut oil, but Canola??? There is no such thing as a canola plant...It comes from the word Canada because it is a genetically engineered oil from the rapeseed plant. Our ancestors have been eating animal fats from the dawn of time,or at least fire :O) and if you check your statistics heart disease started to rise at the dawn of the industrial age i.e. refined oils! So, I think I'll cook me up some of this delicious sounding fried chicken cooked in lard, coconut oil, grapeseed oil or the butter from a non genetically modified cow! Bon Appetit!! :O)
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe Ever?
Ok ok. Enough with the lard comments! The idea is to enjoy this recipe once in a while. Not every meal! As with anything moderation is the key.....
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe Ever?
This cookbooks is awesome; rented it from the library! Really down home recipes in here.
Anything fried in lard is awesome, but I would save this type of recipe for a special event.
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe Ever?
This is basically my Grannies recipe. It was and is the absolute best fried chicken I have ever laid my lips on. Granny pulled the skin off and she put a little cayenne in the brine and the dredge and to make it spicy. I miss my Granny not only did she make the best fried chicken but also many other home no recipe treats. Her measurements were like :butter as big as a hen's egg, enough milk to make it wet, and things like that. Self taught and her own sense of measurement but a great cook and a greater lady.
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe Ever?
just a short comment to louisey on "how good this internet system is", its so good, that I managed to get you so many links for the chicken recipe from Omars, you shouldn't have to ask "a friend", you have the entire world at your fingertips, its not rocket science...........just Omars fried chicken....please, Enjoy all the chicken from Omars you can muster up an appetite for..........the secret is in the
link below!
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe Ever?
Has anyone ever had the fried chicken from Omar Khayams in Manila? I had it in the mid 70s and have never had such wonderful chicken in my life. Do you have a friend from Manila that might know the secret?Lets see just how good this internet system is!
The Best Fried Chicken Recipe Ever?
I haven't anything against bacon or ham, but am a purist with regard to fried chicken. The lard is fine, but any excessive ham- or smokey-flavor is a bit too much, in my opinion.
So, What Did You Make?
#1 son made a cheese plate with brie, Stilton, extra sharp cheddar, and Cantal with assorted crackers and homemade puff pastry cheese straws;
Sister made 14 lb. roasted turkey with sage and rosemary; mashed potatoes; assorted stuffings for different palates: with mushrooms, without mushrooms, in bird, baked alone;
I made roasted Brussel Sprouts; sweet potatoes with Calvados, peaches, and currants; pureed parsnips; classic homemade cranberry sauce, and roasted cranberry sauce with orange zest, jalapeno, cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon sticks; and homemade gravy.
Choice of pinot noir, beaujolais nouveau, chardonnay, and riesling
Dessert: homemade pumkin pie, homemade pecan pie; fresh apple and raspberry cobbler with ice cream.
All enjoyed with our 82 year old demented mother, who wasn't hungry.....
So, What Did You Make?
Started with guo tie and xi jiang tiao before the main meal. As an antipasto, there was a spicy mound of thinly shaved fuqi feipian followed by the pasta course of liang pi. Gluttonous, I snacked on zi ran chao yang rou jia mo on the side. In lieu of turkey, I had a bit of Peking Duck, finishing up the meal with samples of fruit-flavored jerky, red bean cake and scallion pancakes. Thanksgiving doesn't end after the first meal, of course, so I ended up having seconds of besan and kaju barfi followed by cocktails and vegetarian sushi. Thanks to Serious Eats, I was able to turn what was to be a solitary Thanksgiving into a culinary adventure in Flushing.
So, What Did You Make?
I made:
1 Cornish Game Hen,
Sweet potato casserole
Cranberry sauce (for ice cream or hen)
The girlfriend made:
Stuffing
Roasted Squash
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Store bought:
Jelly cranberry sauce (it's soo good)
Pumpkin Pie (we made the ice cream!)
Pirogis
So, What Did You Make?
I made:
2 sweet potato pies
2 pecan pies
1 derby pie
1 large pumpkin cake
1 large cornbread
2 whole wheat challahs
1 almond poppy seed loaf
My mother made:
More turkey than I could have imagined (1 20-some lb turkey and two large breasts) and gravy
Massive amounts of stuffing
Roasted root vegetables
Green salad with apples and fennel
Mashed potatoes with carrots
We shared duty on:
sauteed zucchini, mushrooms, and onions
carmelized brussels sprouts
So, What Did You Make?
We had a small group. Extended meal time with lots of good conversation.
Appetizers early on -
A variety of cheeses & wheat thins
Hot spinach dip with tortilla chips
Dinner
A nice Napa Valley white wine
Roast turkey and gravy - for the carnivores
Glazed tofurkey - for the vegetarians
Mashed potatoes
Apple-walnut-celery stuffing
Green beans with almonds (compliments of BirdsEye - tradition!)
Glazed sweet potatoes (real, not canned)
Cranberries
Brown n Serve Pepperidge Farm rolls (more tradition!)
Dessert
Pies - Apple and Pumpkin (favorites)
Coffee
So, What Did You Make?
With drinks: raw almonds roasted with e.v. olive oil, sprinkled with fleur de sel; gougeres (from Roses Bakery); tiny empanadas filled with ground beef and apple chutney and celery with creamed cheese (Janis).
At the table: Naragansett turkey, salted the day before, 10 minutes after FedEx dropped him off, brought from the fridge about 2 hours before going into a 400' preheated oven, slathered in Delittia buttered cheese cloth, oven temp. reduced to 350' after an hour (thanks Alice W. & Julia C). A dressing made with cubed, stale rustic bread, sauteed onions & celery, thyme and parsley from the garden, and sausage (I made J. C. recipe). Make-ahead mashed potatoes (Pioneer Woman, potatoes from our CSA farmer). Gravy made from the drippings of a previously roasted free-range turkey, using turkey stock and stock from a roasted capon (wow, what a flavor boost, and thanks to Brooke29 for the post that inspired me to buy slow cooker!). Riced yams and a molded salad with raw cranberries & vegetables (Anna). Roasted vegetables (Beth). Creamed onions (Janis). There were bowls of cranberry-currant-walnut sauce (M. Stewart) with Gran Marnier added, cranberry, shallot, dried cherry compote, cranberry, quince chutney (SE, Lidia B), and pickled peaches. There were a number of bottles of white and red wine brought by our eight guests.
After a pause, there were pies from Roses: Bramley apple, pumpkin, and pecan along with the pint of cream mentioned elsewhere (almost ran out!). There was Billecart-Salmon Rose and coffee, later.
So, What Did You Make?
from Bon Appetit:
Salted Roast Turkey with Herbs and Shallot-Dijon Gravy
Herb & Onion stuffing
Cranberry Relish
My own recipes:
Corn & Ham Relish
Potato puree
Other family members brought great dishes including sweet potatoes & apples topped with pecans & a pecan pie.
So, What Did You Make?
Based on the response here, you definitely asked the right question!
Italian cured meats and cured green beans
Anchovy, Parsley, and black olive tapanade
Cauliflower and almond soup
Onion tartlets
Dry brined, roasted turkey
Chestnut, apple and leek stuffing
gravy
Sweet yam and maple puree
potato gratin
Brussels sprout leaves with pistachio nuts and lemon
cheese course (Stilton, Sottocenere, Pecorino)
Torta della Nonna, Apple Pie, and Double chip (potato and chocolate chip) cookies
So, What Did You Make?
We're celebrating today (half our family couldn't come on Thursday):
I'm making the following for 16 people:
H'ors d'ouevres
-Gougeres
-Roasted butternut squash and asiago cheese crostini
-Eggplant caponata on crostini
-Roasted figs with honeyed goat cheese and walnuts
Appetizers
-Salad of spinach, Macoun apples, candied pecans, cranberries, red onion, with an apple cider vinaigrette
-Orange cauliflower and Fuji apple soup with sage cream and parmesan tuiles
Sides
-Three cheese mac and cheese (gruyere, fontina, extra sharp white cheddar)
-Cranberry bean and kale stew
-Roasted Brussels sprouts with pomegranate and hazelnuts
-Twice baked spicy sweet potatoes
-Sauteed Swiss chard with pine nuts and golden raisins
Main
-Wild rice pilaf with wild mushrooms, sage, almonds, cranberries, stuffed in a pumpkin and baked
-Roasted vegetable-red wine gravy
Dessert
-Kabocha squash cheesecake with lime-walnut graham cracker crust
-Red wine-caramel apple pie with ginger ice cream
-Cranberry pear almond frangipane tart
-Spiced apple cider
-Mexican hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows
That having been said, I better relocate myself to the kitchen now!
So, What Did You Make?
Appetizers
Cured salmon (homemade, based on the recipe in Charcuterie), served with whipped chive cream cheese, red onions, and capers
Cheese & Crackers
Dinner
Butternut squash ravioli with sage cream sauce
Herb and Mustard Turkey (epicurious)
Yukon gold mash with buttermilk and lots of butter
Bread dressing with onion/celery/green pepper
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Sauteed green beans with shallots
Turkey Gravy
Cranberry sauce with bourbon (friend brought)
Whole wheat dinner rolls
Dessert
Brownies with port-poached pears and vanilla bean ice cream (friend brought)
Sam Adams Winter Sampler beers
Apple Cider with Jameson
grenache/syrah red blend
sauvignon blanc/semillion white blend
Great dinner, great company, and the Eagles won. :)
So, What Did You Make?
OK, our Thanksgiving was more than a month ago - I'm Canadian - but I want to participate. We had a highly successful potluck, and I made sure I had enough vegetarian food to tide me over. There was:
Turkey, Nicaraguan-style - Our friend used his mom's recipe, which calls for basting the turkey in a spiced tomato broth
Garlic mashed potatoes
Herbed carrots and rutabaga
Vegetarian black bean chili (spiked with chocolate)
Bacon biscuits
Eggnog-pumpkin pie
Apple crisp with vanilla ice cream
So, What Did You Make?
Starters:
- cheese plate (Humboldt Fog, Fromage D'affinois, Cypress Grove Midnight Moon, Rogue River Blue)
- pickled okra (the last jar left from this summer)
- rosemary roasted nuts (Union Square Cafe cookbook)
Dinner:
- wonderfully moist & delicious Earl Grey-brined grilled turkey (epicurious)
- salad of baby greens, mixed citrus, picholine olives, and chevre
- oyster dressing (Dad's family tradition, Pepperidge Farm cornbread stuffing as base)
- roasted brussels sprouts, carrots, golden beets, pearl onions with bacon vinaigrette
- mashed potatoes
- cranberry-apricot chutney
- parker house rolls with cranberry butter (NY Times)
Dessert:
- Kahlua pecan pie (my parent's specialty, from the Kahlua recipe book!)
- tart tatin
- homemade vanilla-ginger ice cream
My husband & I hosted our families for the first time - managed a delicious meal and a lovely day with family!
So, What Did You Make?
Bell & Evans Roast Turkey (Apple Cider Brine - Cooking Light)
Sausage & sage stuffing (adapted from Mom's recipe)
Mashed potatoes & gravy
Cranberry sauce (Cooking Light)
Red Cabbage (Aunt Ellen's recipe)
Broccoli & Cheese sauce (Green Giant!)
Corn
Maple Carrots & Leeks (Celebrating the Midwestern Table)
Whole wheat & Crescent rolls (Pillsbury ;-D)
Apple Brown Betty Pie (Fresh Market)
Pumpkin Pie (Mother-in-Law)
Salted White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies - (Adapted from Cooks Illustrated - OMG SO GOOD!!!)
Gingerbread Men (Mother-in-Law)
Food Coma in ... 3...2...1
So, What Did You Make?
I went to an industry potluck. Great food, great, booze, lots of shop talk.
I brought sweet sausage, apple, and sage stuffing. And pumpkin cream pie. Other stuff there:
popovers
beet salad
farro
roasted duck
pork belly
turkey
another pumpkin pie
tarte tatin
creme fraiche ice cream
So, What Did You Make?
Pistachios, Cashews, Raisins, Dried Cherries
Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Pomegranate, Toasted Hazelnuts and Cocktail Grapefruit with Sunflower Seed-Meyer Lemon Dressing
Cornbread socca with roasted garlic, agave nectar and sea salt
Main Dish:
Braised Curly Mustard Greens
Caramelized Pearl Onions
Black Lentils in Zinfandel Mushroom Sauce
Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Coconut Milk and Garam Masala
Trio of Phyllo Purses; pumpkin, walnut, sage; truffled sunchoke; christmas lima beans with "thanksgiving flavors"
Mashed Potatoes
Deep Fried Craberries
Vegan Pecan Pie in Almond-Corn-Flax Crust
Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Homemade Vegan Pumpkin Ice Cream
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I posted a comment about my Thanksgiving dinner recently, and how I decided not to have turkey, but to try Edna Lewis's recipe for fried chicken. I said that the result was not that great, that it tasted just like any other fried chicken I've had. So I decided to go to this restaurant in Atlanta called "Watershed" who serves the Edna Lewis recipe chicken. I owe an apology to all the other bloggers. That was the best, most flavorful chicken. To top it off it had a light delicate crunch to it. I don't know what I did wrong when I tried Edna Lewis recipe, but I know one thing, it did not turn out like the chicken I had at "Watershed." Maybe I should try the recipe again.