|
Post by Chuckie on Dec 8, 2015 20:21:53 GMT -5
I started to hijack vaporvac's thread about "availability" regarding rye flower, etc., in the Hermits recipe post dated 12/7/15 2:19 p.m. chamberscommune.proboards.com/thread/2659/hermits-delish so decided to post here instead. Here's what I cut/pasted from my reply to her post b4 I put it up, so it wouldn't "muddle" things: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WAY out in left field for this post and only seeing the availability aspect of the same, my Da would ONLY eat 'soda cracker dressing' during the holidays--cuz that's what his Mother cooked!! I googled it trying to find out the 'history' of it, and it was suggested it came about because of the Depression, and crackers were CHEAP in comparison to BREAD!! Maybe it's a Midwest thing--during the 'holiday display' @ our local Country Mart, they have all the candied fruits, etc for making fruit cake, marshmallows, etc et al---you name it--front & center! Anyhow, smack dab in the middle of the display are SODA CRACKERS, so--again--must be a common thing around here, although me own Mam was the only one of my FRIEND'S Moms that I knew who used them or even HEARD of using them... As an aside, my Grandma ALSO used OYSTERS in her dressing--could that have something to do w/it? Anybody else's Mom make soda cracker dressing? Just curious... CHEERS! Chuckie
|
|
|
Post by karitx on Dec 8, 2015 22:15:53 GMT -5
I've never had soda cracker dressing (although it sounds interesting!), but my mom always used to make oyster dressing for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Mom is no longer up to the task, so I really should give it a try myself.
|
|
|
Post by Chuckie on Dec 8, 2015 23:08:05 GMT -5
I've never had soda cracker dressing (although it sounds interesting!), but my mom always used to make oyster dressing for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Mom is no longer up to the task, so I really should give it a try myself. When we were ALL eight @ home, Mom used TWO boxes of crackers! She crushed them while she boiled the giblets w/celery tops & minced onion. She also diced up celery, and scrambled two eggs in a separate bowl. She picked the boiled meat off the neck & chopped up the remaining giblets, then put them in a BIG bowl w/the cracker crumbs, and added the raw eggs and chopped celery and stirred to combine. Then she would add JUST enough juice from the boiled giblets to make it all come together, and baked part of it in the turkey, the rest in separate casserole. DELISH!!! Da never liked sage--so she never added--but we do now that he's gone, God-rest-him! None of us kids liked the oyster dressing, so it just kinda "faded away" over time--Mom would buy one can of oysters and make a smaller casserole for himself as I remember, but then it just stopped--prolly COST, living here in the Midwest & 10 mouths to feed on one income...
Monkey makes her bread dressing to take there, and since my sister started making the cracker dressing again two years ago since Mom can't, NOBODY eats Monkey's dressing anymore!! LOL, broke Monkey's heart--NOT!! One less job for her to do. As an aside, I LOVE the cracker dressing too--guess cause it's "comfort food" to me...
Digressing ONCE AGAIN, another holiday tradition around here is a bowl of mixed nuts in the shell on the living room coffee table, present from Thanksgiving week until they're gone after New Years, and replenished as needed. Monkey's 91 y.o. Mom said their family did the SAME THING, so--again--Midwest tradition?... Who knows?!!
CHEERS! Chuckie
|
|
|
Post by vaporvac on Dec 8, 2015 23:32:55 GMT -5
My mom made a ritz cracker dressing for pork chops that was delicious and also used them to make a mock apple pie that was one of my faves! Let's have as many carbs as possible! For the holidays we always had two dressings; my Mom made her "normal" bread/Italian sausage and the other was whatever my Dad wanted to do, which was generally oysters or chestnuts. I still add chestnuts to mine.... try it if you never have.
Chuckie, I think whole nuts were popular everywhere. I still do that and threw bowls that had two sections so one could have a place for the shells. I gave them as gifts, but I seem to be the only one to actually use them.
|
|
|
Post by Chuckie on Dec 9, 2015 14:58:13 GMT -5
Chuckie, I think whole nuts were popular everywhere. I still do that and threw bowls that had two sections so one could have a place for the shells. I gave them as gifts, but I seem to be the only one to actually use them. I have an old black & white checked enamelware bowl I got SOMEWHERE years ago, and it sits in the large bowl of nuts w/the nutcracker in it. IF we have a fire going, folks know to just pitch the bowl of shells in the fireplace, and MAN, does it flare the fire UP!!! CHEERS! Chuckie
|
|
|
Post by karitx on Dec 9, 2015 18:15:44 GMT -5
We always had the bowl of nuts out, too! While we live in Texas now, my parents moved here from North Dakota, so most of our traditions are Midwestern in origin.
|
|
|
Post by nana on Dec 9, 2015 21:05:20 GMT -5
Are soda crackers the same thing as saltines? I made meatloaf with saltines when I didn't have bread one time, and we all liked it better that way.
|
|
|
Post by Chuckie on Dec 9, 2015 22:48:27 GMT -5
Are soda crackers the same thing as saltines? I made meatloaf with saltines when I didn't have bread one time, and we all liked it better that way. Yup, they are. I believe my own Mam did the same thing w/meatloaf--now that you mention it!! She'd also use old fashioned oatmeal too as a 'thickener' in meatloaf... CHEERS! Chuckie
|
|
|
Post by cinnabar on Dec 10, 2015 9:42:33 GMT -5
I use soda cracker in my meatballs instead of bread crumbs, you get just the right amount and very tender. The best!
|
|
|
Post by Chuckie on Dec 10, 2015 12:15:03 GMT -5
View Attachment
I use soda cracker in my meatballs instead of bread crumbs, you get just the right amount and very tender. The best! W-O-W, cinn--those look GREAT!!!!!!!! Recipe? Or would you have to KILL us if you surrendered it?!! CHEERS! Chuckie
|
|
|
Post by cinnabar on Dec 10, 2015 12:43:10 GMT -5
See the recipe thread. Meat balls. Enjoy
|
|
|
Post by wizardoftrance on Dec 10, 2015 12:44:16 GMT -5
I've never had soda cracker dressing (although it sounds interesting!), but my mom always used to make oyster dressing for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Mom is no longer up to the task, so I really should give it a try myself. When we were ALL eight @ home, Mom used TWO boxes of crackers! She crushed them while she boiled the giblets w/celery tops & minced onion. She also diced up celery, and scrambled two eggs in a separate bowl. She picked the boiled meat off the neck & chopped up the remaining giblets, then put them in a BIG bowl w/the cracker crumbs, and added the raw eggs and chopped celery and stirred to combine. Then she would add JUST enough juice from the boiled giblets to make it all come together, and baked part of it in the turkey, the rest in separate casserole. DELISH!!! Da never liked sage--so she never added--but we do now that he's gone, God-rest-him! None of us kids liked the oyster dressing, so it just kinda "faded away" over time--Mom would buy one can of oysters and make a smaller casserole for himself as I remember, but then it just stopped--prolly COST, living here in the Midwest & 10 mouths to feed on one income...
Monkey makes her bread dressing to take there, and since my sister started making the cracker dressing again two years ago since Mom can't, NOBODY eats Monkey's dressing anymore!! LOL, broke Monkey's heart--NOT!! One less job for her to do. As an aside, I LOVE the cracker dressing too--guess cause it's "comfort food" to me...
Digressing ONCE AGAIN, another holiday tradition around here is a bowl of mixed nuts in the shell on the living room coffee table, present from Thanksgiving week until they're gone after New Years, and replenished as needed. Monkey's 91 y.o. Mom said their family did the SAME THING, so--again--Midwest tradition?... Who knows?!!
CHEERS! Chuckie
My mom made a dish she called "scalloped corn" that mimics this recipe very closely (except for the giblets and the addition of corn), very yummy stuff. It is a Northeastern dish.
|
|
|
Post by mach12 on Dec 11, 2015 11:55:42 GMT -5
Are soda crackers the same thing as saltines? I made meatloaf with saltines when I didn't have bread one time, and we all liked it better that way. I often wonder how many of the options you see for recipes were the results of using what was on hand. Back when we were poor the first time (as opposed to retirement poor now) and ground beef was a budget option we cooked with it a lot. I think I posted before about the time I was making meatloaf using the plain old Betty Crocker recipe and we didn't have bread or saltines but had a bag of Fritos. I decided to give them a try, knowing we had plenty of ketchup. That became everyone's favorite and still is (whenever we splurge and buy ground beef).
|
|