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i has spent my whole lifes a cookin. i got a early start at it cuz i is the second oldest of nine - thats a big family to cook for. and growin up on a workin farm makes for everbuddy to has a mighty healthy appetite. after i married my man, everett, cookin was a bit easier on me since it was just the two of us and thats when my creativitee really started to kick into high gear. so much so that everett encouraged me to open myself up a diner. that was the funnest time ever to be had by any mortal soul. i kept at that diner thang even when the yung-uns begun to show up. now they is all growed n dear everett is long gone so i has learned in my old age how to cook on a smaller scale as a single wid-der woman. exceptin on wednesday nites - we all has a grate big church social pot luck supper afore bible study down there at the calvary community chapple n thats my chance to still cooks up a storm - it is jest sooo much fun.
my grate grandsun has been a buggin me for some time now to write down all these here recipes that i keeps in my head so that the family can remember me after i leave this earth. he has turned me onto this here blogg thang n now that i has got the hang of it all, i thinks it is a real awesome way to record down thangs.

here is a handy lil tip: y'all can CLICK on any of these here pictures to enlarge them n then ya can see more of the details . . . (n then hit the BACK ARROW in the upper left hand corner of the screen to return to the story). aint that jest somethang now!!!

Thursday, January 29, 1987

Brussels Sprouts






ifn ya adds BACON to anythang

ya jest knows that its a gonna be real good








4 to 6 slices of bacon
1 small yellow onion, diced
1 pound (about 15)
Brussels sprouts, trimmed n cut in 1/2
garlic powder n freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons butter

in a large skillet over medium heat, fry that bacon until crisp. remove the bacon n drain on paper towels, then cut into small pieces n set aside
.

saute the onion in that there bacon fat until soft, about 3 minutes. then scoot the onion over to one side of the skillet.

add them brussels sprouts, flat side down, n let them cook until they begin to brown, about 2 to 3 minutes.

season with garlic powder
n pepper, to taste, n stir them onions n brussels sprouts all around together so that they git coated real good with that bacon fat.

add the sugar n broth n cook, covered, over low heat until the sprouts are easily pierced with a fork, about 10 minutes.

transfer them there sprouts to a serving dish n dot with the butter, stir all gentle like.

garnish with the bacon bits n serve.