Greetings fellow culinary enthusiasts! There is much discussion about how to make chili, which probably explains why there are so many “chili cook offs”. Being from South Texas, I am under the impression that “chili” should not include beans but I can tell you from experience that people like beans. I have spent countless hours […]

Greetings fellow culinary enthusiasts! This column will be dedicated to giving you traditional recipes rewritten in a quick and easy way. For our first recipe, we will prepare gumbo. I know what you are thinking….gumbo takes several hours to prepare. Not this time….I got it figured out…stay with me. Gumbo Add 3 generous tablespoons of […]

Apple Raisin & Pecan Pie This recipe was shown to me by a sweet little lady in Hackberry, Louisiana named Amy Elmer. She was the head cook in the kitchen at Hackberry Rod and Gun Club, and was kind enough to allow me and the film crew from the Academy Outdoors Television show to shoot […]

Catfish and Wild Rice Soup As a lifelong fisherman, my first memories are of catching bluegills and catfish. What a great fight those whisker bearing devils put on when my bobber disappeared. Of course sometimes a Red Eared Terrapin or a soft shelled snapper would surprise me, but the catfish were a great memory. Whether […]

Eggless, Milkless, Butterless Cake This recipe was shared with us by Capt. Ed Altman. The recipe, know as War Cake, Depression Cake, and Boiled Raisin Cake, dates at least to the Civil War, but was revived during World War II due to the rationing of some typical cake ingredients. Put into a saucepan the following: […]