Fried Cabbage and Sausage

Wow, the pandemic. Who knew in 21st century America there would be a food shortage due to a virus outbreak. The grocery store is bleak and barren. Meals are planned as food is available. What a change two weeks can make. Guess meal planning is gonna be very tricky for a while.

Having scored a package of polish sausage links my mind immediately ran through all the meals I could possibly make with sausage links that A) ingredients can be found for B) not something I had already made and C) stretched the sausage out into two meals. What was settled on was a meal saved for the next time we went to visit the meat eating family Fried Cabbage with sausage and mashed potatoes. Oh well, there is plenty of time to find another new meat meal for them.

Modifications Made:
Um, no bacon. Knowing the bacon was a key ingredient to this dish, bacon grease was substituted instead. Good thing there are two 28 oz cans of bacon grease in the fridge. All other steps were the same.

Scaled for Likability: Good
The cabbage was seared too long resulting in a slightly burnt taste. I like slightly burnt foods: popcorn, toast, tortillas, veggies. Table counterparts, not so much. With enough buttery mashed potatoes, the burnt taste was almost indistinguishable from all of the other flavors. Similar to Jesse's Special, this was more of a fancy version with the bacon and the charred cabbage. It is a keeper recipe for just such occasions.

Papas a La Mexicana (Ranchera)

It is a crying shame that there are six hens and not a egg in sight. What am I supposed to do with homemade ranchero sauce? Thankfully with a few quick searches of the internet a recipe from my hometown newspaper was discovered: Papas Ranchera . Not once in the thirty years I lived in my hometown did I ever eat at a local food joint serving papas rancheras. No time like the present to remedy this cultural dish. Because this recipe is hidden behind a paywall (grrr...) I have included it here for you: Servings: 4-6 Ingredients: 1 pound potatoes, diced 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 large onion 1 1/2 medium tomatoes 3 jalapenos 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup juice from canned tomatoes Instructions: Fry potatoes in vegetable oil until lightly browned (about 4-6 minutes). Saute onions, tomatoes, jalapenos until soft. Add garlic powder and salt. Add tomato juice until vegetables are covered (may need to add water). Bring to a boil and then add po...

Better Than Campbell's Old Fashion Vegetable Soup

Went to the store with the hopes of gathering fresh produce for soup. With more than 45 people in line for two packages of any meat product and the produce section containing only avocado, orange, and most randomly, strawberries, I settled upon canned soup. Well not canned soup since that section was still void of food, too. Instead soup made from canned goods as the canned vegetable section had been mostly restocked. Soups like this 15 Minute Vegetable Soup are ideal in dire food situations such as current times. Modifications Made: Plain petite diced tomatoes omitted, frozen carrots instead of canned, green beans and corn undrained, peas omitted (gross, nasty little pods), one cup celery, three cups diced potatoes, one can tomato sauce, two beef and two pollo de tomate bouillon cubes, six cups water. Once onions were softened, carrots/celery/potatoes/juice of green beans and corn, sauce, bouillon cubes, water were added and allowed to simmer until carrots almos...

Cold Corn Bean Salsa

Nothing says junk food like chips and salsa, chips and cheese dip, chips and guacamole. Over the years I have perfected my salsa. It's good on tacos, on nachos, on enchiladas, and of course on chips. Just because I have the best salsa doesn't mean I don't like to try new salsa's like this Best Black Bean and Corn Salsa. Modifications Made: Shoepeg corn was replaced with one can of standard yellow corn with no salt added. Petite diced tomatoes were reduced by half. Italian dressing was swapped for half teaspoon comino, half teaspoon of chili powder, and two tablespoon of fresh lime juice. Salsa was made and let rest for two hours before eating. Scaled for Likability: Good Salsa this was not. Good it was however. It was too much for chips by themselves but was great served over a soft beef taco.

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