Cassies Steak dinner

Cassie made steak, bread, jalapeno poppers, scalloped potatoes and salad.

Charlie made Korean Fried Chicken for dinner tonight.

New Years Mexican Shrimp Cocktail

I mentioned that I was getting tired of out traditional Southern New Years dinner of ham hocks, collards, corn bread and black eyed peas.  Cassie said her Dad's side of the family always had this shrimp cocktail for New Years Day so we made it for supper today.

Mexican Shrimp Cocktail

2 lbs. raw shrimp (peeled if available)

3 bay leaves

3 T. salt

1 tsp oregano

Boil together until done. Add to

1 T. crushed garlic

1/2 C. fine chop red onion

1 1/2 C. fresh chop cilantro

1 1/2 C. Clamato

1/4 C. ketchup

1/4 C. lime juice

1 tsp. Bufalo sauce

salt to taste

1 ripe avocado, chopped.

Mix all ingredients. Gently stir in avocado, taste for salt.  May be covered and refrigerated for 2 to 3 hours. Serve in one large bowl and ladle into smaller bowls.

New Years dinner a day early

We had our traditional New Years dinner today but there are plenty of left overs for tomorrow.

We had collard greens, black eyed peas, corn bread and ham.  The store didn't have ham hocks so I used a ham bone in the freezer.  It went in the water with the collard greens.  The big stem cut out of the middle of the greens, then cut in smaller pieces.  A cup of sugar, some salt and red pepper flakes were added to the greens with barely enough water to cover the greens.  They cooked down in about an hour and a half.  They aren't bitter when the stems are removed and cooked with sugar.

The peas were cooked with some onion and salt.  They were the dried kind, not the canned kind. I had some chunks of country smoked ham that I added to the peas at the last minute, just to heat them through.  Corn bread was Martha White mix. It was just so so.  We like Jiffy better with some brown sugar added.

Cassie made brown rice with mushrooms, garlic bread, dips for the garlic bread and artichokes and marinated steaks in bourbon and balsamic vinegar.  Charlie grilled the steaks.

Christmas eve

Christmas eve dinner was a very small turkey, squash & parsnips with onion and mushrooms, sweet potatoes, green beans, home made egg nog, etc.

Korean Chicken Wings, stir fry broccoli, rice and kim chi

Recipe for chicken wings posted previously