Tuesday, December 14, 2010

10+ Delicious Things to Do with a Rotisserie Chicken

A collection of chicken recipes from Deep South Dish, great for using one of those deli rotisserie chickens, or one that you've made yourself at home, like Mimi's Rotisserie Style Sticky Chicken, pictured above.

10 Delicious Things to Do with a Rotisserie Chicken

Since this time of year is a super busy one, I thought I'd bring you a roundup of some recipes that can easily start with a rotisserie chicken, whether it's one you've roasted yourself or one you picked up form the deli on the run home. Let's face it. There just isn't a lot of time or energy to spend putting together a good meal on weeknights for any of us, and certainly during the big holidays. At the same time though, when we are done with our errands and running, we really still want to relax with some good ole comfort food and not fast food.

Fortunately we can skip the drive through and, with a little help, still put together a quick meal that gets us in and out of the kitchen a little faster.  Whether it's your own homemade "rotisserie style" chicken recipe that you roasted in advance or one grabbed with a quick run through the express lane by the market, a precooked chicken can speed meal time up significantly.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Old Fashioned Ting-a-Lings, The Easiest Christmas Candy Ever!

Old Fashioned Ting-a-Lings, made with melted chocolate and cereal, are a fantastic addition to your holiday sweets tray, as stocking stuffers, and as party favors to hand out to those holiday guests.
Old Fashioned Ting-a-Lings, made with melted chocolate and cereal, are a fantastic addition to your holiday sweets tray, as stocking stuffers, and as party favors to hand out to those holiday guests.

Old Fashioned Ting-a-Lings


These little Ting-a-Ling candies have been around as long as I have and they have always been a holiday favorite - best yet. They truly have to be the easiest candy ever!

A lot of folks make these using chow mein noodles these days, but they originally started off back in the 1950s made with Wheaties cereal, and later, a wider variety of cereals. With the crunchy noodles, they are called Haystacks, and I've included that variety in the notes with the recipe.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Steak and Gravy with Onion

Poor man's steak, made with bottom round steak and slow simmered in a cream soup mushroom gravy with caramelized onion.
Poor man's steak, made with bottom round steak and slow simmered in a cream soup mushroom gravy with caramelized onion.

Steak and Gravy with Onion

The first cookbook I ever received, was the 1973 red, ring-bound Betty Crocker's Cookbook, given to me by my mama. I still have it. Anybody else?


Round steak and gravy is one of the first dishes that I learned to cook from Betty Crocker as a young bride, what seems now 100 years ago, though the dish has gone through a bit of transition since back then. In fact, I'd say that the School of Betty Crocker was the beginning of my book learnin' culinary education!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Gift Giving from Hickory Farms!


As a young gal, I worked several retail jobs in our local mall over the years, and one of the things that always signaled the approach of Christmas was to see the opening of the Hickory Farms store.  I would head in there and marvel at the assortment of goodies, and every year I made a purchase for my hard to shop for dad. And usually, a little something for myself too. Daddy's gone now, but I still like to treat myself to Hickory Farms.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Old Fashioned Mini Fruitcakes

Even if you think you don't like fruitcake, I'll bet you'll love this heirloom recipe. It can be made into mini loaves as pictured, bar or drop cookies or even as a bundt cake!
Even if you think you don't like fruitcake, I'll bet you'll love this heirloom recipe. It can be made into mini loaves as pictured, bar or drop cookies or even as a bundt cake!

Old Fashioned Mini Fruitcakes


This None Such Old-Fashioned Fruitcake recipe dates back to at least the 1960s, and maybe even before that, since None Such Brand has actually been around since 1885. This was based on an old label recipe from the None Such Mincemeat product, and it's the recipe that my mother-in-law used year after year when she baked up her holiday fruitcakes.

Let me tell all of you fruitcake haters. You've not had fruitcake until you taste a homemade fruitcake!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Cookware Winner!


What a fun giveaway! It was so cool to see that while many of you were already members and big fans of Sam's Club itself, quite a few of you rarely, if ever, really used the website, and were unaware of the holiday resources available there. They really do have a great collection of resources, so if you haven't checked it out, click on over!

Now on to the important stuff! The winner of the 18-piece Wolfgang Puck cookware set is

Thena!!
...who said: WOW! They have an awesome website. I like the gift guide section very easy to jump around and look for gifts for everyone. Also the entertainment section saw an idea for a Childrens Christmas Party I'm helping to host in a week. Now off to see what else there is didn't want to get lost and forget to enter such a great giveaway.
Congratulations Thena!! I hope that you enjoy the cookware.

Please send an email to mary@deepsouthdish.com within 72 hours. Include your full name, a street mailing address and a telephone number so that we can get that set out to you and you can get cooking with it as soon as possible!

Thanks everybody for participating. Happy Holidays!!



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Monday, December 6, 2010

Southern Fried Hand Pies

Little fried hand pies made with fresh fruit or dried, your choice of pastry and either pan fried, deep fried or baked. No matter how you prepare them, they are a true Southern Classic!
Little fried hand pies made with fresh fruit or dried, your choice of pastry and either pan fried, deep fried or baked. No matter how you prepare them, they are a true Southern Classic!

Southern Fried Hand Pies

A reader over on the Facebook page asked about these little southern delicacies and we started chatting about everybody's favorites, and of course, impressionable me, decided I had to make some right away! I get cravings thrown on me like that all the time.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Jazzmen Rice

Since that first waft of aromatic perfume I have loved Jasmine rice. The flavor, the texture, and the aroma as it cooks are just amazing, and its certainly a nice switch from regular white rice.

Typically an Asian product, and most often from Thailand, I recently learned, however, that we are growing our very own exclusive version of aromatic rice, right here in the Deep South U.S.A.! Anytime that I can purchase an American made product over an imported one, makes me happy.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Sam's Club for the Holidays!


GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED! CONGRATS TO THE WINNER!

We spent Thanksgiving this year with my mama's side of the family up in "the country" and as we were waiting for the arrival of the turkey {always the task of my cousin Donna, and always tender and delicious}, my other cousin's wife, who was hosting this gathering, pulled out yet more desserts from her refrigerator.

As soon as I saw the box I start to salivate.  Cheesecake Factory cheesecakes from Sam's Club. Swoon.

Red Velvet cheesecake. It was delicious.

And pumpkin cheesecake. So pretty. Didn't have a stitch of room in my belly to try this one, but it was beautiful and I heard, also delicious.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Southern Skillet Fried Apples

A classic southern side, slices of apples are fried in a mixture of bacon fat or butter and brown sugar then tossed in a dusting of traditional apple pie spices.
A classic southern side, slices of apples are fried in a mixture of bacon fat or butter and brown sugar then tossed in a dusting of traditional apple pie spices.

Southern Skillet Fried Apples


Skillet fried apples aren't deep fried y'all! As I've mentioned before, in the South we refer to frying things a lot, even though it often has nothing to do with submerging a food item in deep boiling oil.

So many folks outside of the South associate our recipes titled fried cabbage and fried corn the same as they do our fried chicken, which of course, we love, but the truth is, very often, the term "fried" simply refers to the cooking of something in what we call a frying pan aka skillet. Yep. Simple as that!

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