Monday, July 17, 2017

Cure Beef for Brisket

Ingredients

  • 1 lb bag of salt
  • Pinch of sugar
  • Equal amount of cloves(in comparison to sugar)

Directions

  1. Mix salt, sugar, and cloves into one mixture 
  2. Rub mixture into beef daily for 1 week
  3. At end of 1 week, beef is done curing process
  4. Prepare brisket to your liking
Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.
Prepared by Andrew Bays
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2017

Cure Beef for Brisket

Ingredients

  • 1 lb bag of salt
  • Pinch of sugar
  • Equal amount of cloves(in comparison to sugar)

Directions

  1. Mix salt, sugar, and cloves into one mixture 
  2. Rub mixture into beef daily for 1 week
  3. At end of 1 week, beef is done curing process
  4. Prepare brisket to your liking
Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.
Prepared by Andrew Bays
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2017

Raw Beef Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 lb of chipped beaf
  • 1 pint preserve jar
  • Muriatic acid
  • 4 oz. of water
  • Salt

Directions

  1. Put beef into preserve jar
  2. Add 4 oz. of water into jar
  3. Add 4 drops of muriatic acid
  4. Seal, shake, and place preserve jar in freezer for 12 hours
  5.  Let jar thaw
  6. Place on stove for 1 hour until water is hot
  7. Strain contents of the jar through a cloth into a bowl
  8. Chill contents over ice
  9. Take off ice and let stand for 10 minutes
  10. Salt soup to taste and enjoy!
Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.
Prepared by Andrew Bays
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2017

Raw Beef Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 lb of chipped beaf
  • 1 pint preserve jar
  • Muriatic acid
  • 4 oz. of water
  • Salt

Directions

  1. Put beef into preserve jar
  2. Add 4 oz. of water into jar
  3. Add 4 drops of muriatic acid
  4. Seal, shake, and place preserve jar in freezer for 12 hours
  5.  Let jar thaw
  6. Place on stove for 1 hour until water is hot
  7. Strain contents of the jar through a cloth into a bowl
  8. Chill contents over ice
  9. Take off ice and let stand for 10 minutes
  10. Salt soup to taste and enjoy!
Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.
Prepared by Andrew Bays
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2017

Chowder for 8 persons

Ingredients
  • 6 potatoes
  • 6 onions
  • 2 soaked ship biscuits
  • 4 slices of bacon
  • 4lbs of codfish 
  • 4 tablespoons of butter
  • 2 tablespoons of salt
  • 1 teaspoon of black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon of cloves
  • 1 oz of thyme
  • Vegetable Stock
  • 3 tablespoons of chopped parsley
  • Lemon juice
  • 5 lumps of sugar

Directions

  1. Boil, mash, and pass the 6 potatoes through a colander
  2. Slice and fry 6 onions til browned in saucepan
  3. Fry and dice 4 slices of bacon into saucepan
  4. Cut Codfish into inch thick pieces
  5. Add layer of of fish 
  6. Season fish with black pepper, grated nutmeg, cloves, and thyme
  7. Pour in vegetable stock to cover contents 
  8. Repeat 1-6 until saucepan is mostly filled
  9. Add soaked ship biscuits
  10. Season with chopped parsley
  11. Slowly cook for an hour
  12. Meanwhile, add 5 lumps of sugar and lemon juice
  13.  Serve with glass of wine and enjoy!
Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.
Prepared by Andrew Bays
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2017

Chowder for 8 persons

Ingredients
  • 6 potatoes
  • 6 onions
  • 2 soaked ship biscuits
  • 4 slices of bacon
  • 4lbs of codfish 
  • 4 tablespoons of butter
  • 2 tablespoons of salt
  • 1 teaspoon of black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon of cloves
  • 1 oz of thyme
  • Vegetable Stock
  • 3 tablespoons of chopped parsley
  • Lemon juice
  • 5 lumps of sugar

Directions

  1. Boil, mash, and pass the 6 potatoes through a colander
  2. Slice and fry 6 onions til browned in saucepan
  3. Fry and dice 4 slices of bacon into saucepan
  4. Cut Codfish into inch thick pieces
  5. Add layer of of fish 
  6. Season fish with black pepper, grated nutmeg, cloves, and thyme
  7. Pour in vegetable stock to cover contents 
  8. Repeat 1-6 until saucepan is mostly filled
  9. Add soaked ship biscuits
  10. Season with chopped parsley
  11. Slowly cook for an hour
  12. Meanwhile, add 5 lumps of sugar and lemon juice
  13.  Serve with glass of wine and enjoy!
Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.
Prepared by Andrew Bays
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2017

Gumbo File

Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon of lard
  • 1 Tablespoon of flour
  • Chopped onion
  • Chicken chopped to pieces
  • Diced slice of ham
  • 2-3 Pods of red pepper
  • Salt
  • 3 Dozen Oysters in their own liquor
  • 1/2 Tablespoon of Filet seasoning

Directions

  1. Add equal parts of pure lard and flour into saucepan 
  2. Stir until roux is light brown
  3. Add chopped onions into roux and stir 'til soft
  4. Add chopped chicken into saucepan
  5. Add diced ham(continue stirring throughout)
  6. Add 2-3 Pods of red pepper
  7. Salt to your personal taste
  8. Add quart of hot water
  9. Let simmer for 2  1/2 hours
  10. 2 hours and 15 minutes in, add 3 dozen raw oysters and oyster liquor
  11. Let simmer for remaining 15 minutes 
  12. Add 1/2 teaspoon of Filet before serving
  13. Serve hot over rice and enjoy!

Source — Cooking in Old Créole Days.
Prepared by Andrew Bays
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2017