Cooking And Eating....“Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es”

 

 

The last of the collard greens with some hoe cakes.........once, "slaves' meal" in Southern Plantation Days......now, trendy Fare in fancy New York 'Southernaire Restaurants' for $20/bowl, and served with trendy French wines, rather than sassafras tea in an old, chipped mayonnaise jar .......and at 'now upscale' Atlanta restaurants........

SHREDDED BEEFSTEAK WITH GROUND HERBS......THEN FAVA BEANS & DICED YARD ONIONS AND CILANTRO AND LOTS OF SAUTEED GARLIC.....FINISHED WITH YELLOW CORN, POWDERED PAPRIKA, HOT CHILI JAM, PLUM SAUCE AND HABANERA PEPPERSAUCE......A SPRINKLING OF COARSE-GROUND, ORANGE SEA SALT AND GROUND GREEN PEPPERCORNS.....AND A COUPLE OF TABLESPOONS OF CHILI POWDER..... 

12 minutes after bringing in some brightly-packaged foods from Trader Joe's.... a medley of rices, breaded chicken, walnuts and shredded coconut with the sweet sauce that came in the package of frozen chicken.....topped with sliced cherry tomatoes.....iron pan-cooked with avocado oil.....for an unexpected visitor who wanted to 'go out for dinner' in the heavy afternoon traffic.....no, thanks....could we have had a tastier dinner? I was surprised to find a frozen cheesecake, for dessert...that was, unbelievable, the same price that it was ten years ago!