Smoked Oyster and Tomato Pasta ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~In a heavy pot, dump in 28 ounces whole stewed tomatoes; tender. Add fresh herbs of basil, cilantro, and flat leaf parsley; tear leaves. Heat, begin cooking. Get the tomatoes warm before breaking with a spoon or a "twist" cooking utensil.Immediately add whole smoked oysters, 3.75 ounces (Crown Prince); … [Read more...]
Music in the Kitchen
Skirt in the Kitchen: Baking and cooking with ease and elegance in everyday living, where food and music merge... It's what I've got on, cooking and baking with-- whatever genre I'm in the mood for-- -- Songs that bring back a time, someone dear, or just what I want to hear at the moment. It could be a new song. Every Skirt in the Kitchen food is made with a song … [Read more...]
Indian Fry Bread for Tacos and Dessert
ORIGINALLY POSTED SEPT 10, 2011 Indian Fry Bread ~ adapted from Grit ~ This concludes my father's foods that he liked well. I'm sure there are more I'll find necessary to cook and post during the holidays, once I gather recipes from aunts and a nephew, some tucked away in drawers. (Authentically made with lard and instant dried milk as the American Indians did not … [Read more...]
Always Forever
PRAIRIE LILY CAFE AND CRAZY HORSE SALOON
Who has sandhill plum jelly that is homemade that can be purchased of the season's bountiful wild plums growing alongside rural sandy roads in South Central Kansas? Preserve-filled jars can be found in a little town, in a small cafe, where it's sold and made specially by Karen Schrag at Prairie Lily Cafe and Crazy Horse Saloon in Arlington, Kansas. Karen Schrag … [Read more...]
Crockpot Chops
Easily put together-- the way you want it to be without lacking the greatness of a meal. It's cold outside, you have a ton of things that you have to get done besides all the work, so put this on and make the evening a bit less stressful and supper served without a fuss.Crockpot Chops ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Pile 6-8 pork chops in the bowl of a slow cooker; cover … [Read more...]
SITK BBQ SAUCE
SITK BBQ SAUCE ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Staples and ingredients needed-In a large heavy pot, heat 3 tablespoons olive oil. When oil is hot enough, saute 1 small minced yellow onion, 1 small minced white onion, 1 minced banana pepper, minced garlic-- 3 cloves; mince 1 small or 1/2 of a medium-sized red bell pepper to add, as well. Mince and add 1 quarter of 1/2 of a … [Read more...]
Red Chili 3 Meat
Hot pepper, slow burn, great flavor, deep-fill or mild heat-- your choice... Add as much or as little for your tolerance for heat for enriched, smoked flavor.Red Chili 3 Meat ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Brown 1 1/4 pounds lean ground beef.Add chicken breasts-- cut into 1/2 pound small bite-size, 1 minced white large onion, 2 or 3 cloves of minced garlic, salt & … [Read more...]
Con Queso Dip
It's football food-- for chips. It's cuddling weather, movie time-- grab a snack.Con Queso Dip ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~Chop 1 bunch fresh cilantro and 3 scallions--Brown 1 pound Italian sausage with half of the cilantro and all of the chopped scallions.Add the remainder of cilantro to the cooked sausage, and stir in along with the juice of half a lime.Place in a crock … [Read more...]
Hot Kickin’ Egg Scramble
Hot Kickin' Egg Scramble ~~ Skirt in the Kitchen ~ORIGINALLY POSTED JUNE 18, 2011... the way my father likes his scrambled eggs, hot and spicy, southwestern thrill. Thanks to him, I learned to eat and like my hot spicy foods from early on; garden peppers, hot dilled that he and my mother canned-- my little sister and I would eat them straight from the jars, little … [Read more...]