Notes about Recipes in this book

• King's Inn fried shrimp

  • lkgrover on February 11, 2024

    Easy fried shrimp; has a strong garlic flavor and crisp coating.

• Maque choux

  • Stephenn31 on August 19, 2025

    A nice way to use up some corn. I used 2% milk instead of heavy cream based on what I had, and cooking on low heat worked well and gave the corn a creamy mouthfeel anyway.

• Boardinghouse biscuits

  • KissTheCook on September 13, 2020

    Used all 3 C. flour in dough since needed biscuits for Peach Cobbler topping p. 248. Fine. If making alone, I might try his "roll in flour" method. Recommend increasing salt to 3/4 or 1 tsp.

• Cheese grits

  • Stephenn31 on February 18, 2024

    Delicious and endlessly riffable

• Fresh field peas

  • TrishaCP on January 08, 2017

    I didn't have okra on hand to thicken the broth, but we nonetheless loved this. I halved the recipe and used fresh crowder peas that had been frozen, so the peas took a bit longer to cook to soft, but not much longer (maybe 10 minutes).

• Classic chili con carne

  • lkgrover on March 23, 2025

    Excellent chili with beef & bacon. I removed the ancho chile after cooking (instead of puréeing it). Also added pinto beans, because Mom always added beans to her chili.

• Green rice

  • TrishaCP on May 09, 2017

    This made a tasty side to enchiladas. Most of the flavor here comes from the dried herbs- hardly any cilantro is used at all, so it is a good side for when you are pantry diving.

• Red chile sauce

  • Aggie92 on February 02, 2017

    Easy and tasty substitute for canned enchilada sauce. Used mild New Mexico chile powder and canned crushed tomatoes. Otherwise followed recipe as stated.

• German cucumber salad with dill

  • lkgrover on February 21, 2024

    Good cucumber salad. Requires 30-40 minutes preparation, mostly soaking the cucumbers & then draining them in a sieve.

  • Stephenn31 on November 23, 2024

    Not bad but a bit one dimensional. Does need time to drain

• Plantation brisket breakfast tacos

  • Stephenn31 on January 01, 2026

    Fairly straightforward. A bit plain

• Bock-brined BBQ chicken

  • Aggie92 on February 21, 2017

    Only used the brine part of this recipe. I doubled the amount of beer and it was still pretty bland. There are better beer brine recipes out there.

• Rebecca Rather's ancho brownies

  • TrishaCP on January 08, 2017

    This recipe has a rather daunting amount of chocolate, eggs, and butter. So it obviously tastes delicious! The ancho is the perfect amount to add some intrigue but it isn't spicy at all. We halved this and kept the baking time to 20 minutes. I swapped out half the semisweet chocolate for bittersweet, and used less sugar than called for, and I was happy with that decision. I also used pecans. Finally, I would also note that these are cakey, rather than fudgey, brownies.

• Old-fashioned biscuit-style peach cobbler

  • KissTheCook on September 05, 2020

    p. 248 - very good. We ate for five days, no complaints. Serve individual leftover portions room temp. topped with 2-3 T. cream.

• Kaiser's steak tikka [tacos]

  • lkgrover on June 04, 2024

    Good Indian-Mexican fusion beef tacos. I used commercial garam masala (instead of this book's recipe); added commercial mango chutney & fresh parsley to my tacos.

• Raita

  • Stephenn31 on August 18, 2025

    Great classic recipe. My yogurt was thick so all the cucumber worked well (especially because I didn't add lemon juice as I sometimes do). Lovely with the fresh mint.

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