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Barbeque Ham

When we were young,,,almost every weekend our family got together with family and friends, for 'game' night. Whoever was hosting, did the cooking. One of our favorites was Joanies Barbeque Ham Sandwiches. 

I never heard of BBQ Pork or Beef Brisket until I was grown and moved away from PA. 

Most of the time, now, I make the BBQ pork or beef.....but every once in a while.....I get a hankering for BBQ Ham.

Today was one of those days and I thought I would share... 

This is such a quick, easy and delicious recipe that every time I make it I wonder why I don't make it more often. 

Serve with some chips for a great, quick lunch or make a                           double batch for your next get together with family and friends.

           Hope you have a great weekend,            ~Lorri~  

                                         

                                                                 Ingredients

                                     

                           Joanies Barbeque Sauce

1 Cup Ketchup

1 teaspoon Mustard

1/4  Cup Brown Sugar

1/4  Cup Water

1 Tablespoon Vinegar

Pinch of Nutmeg

* Mix together and pour over 1 pound chipped/shaved deli ham.  Cook on 375* for about 1 hour or until the BBQ sauce thickens up a bit.

Serve on hamburger buns and enjoy...

Knitting/ Sashay Scarf

Crafters...click here to read about our Moms new scarf.......plus the link to a video tutorial where you can learn to make your own...

Stella's Granny Hat

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Meatballs

Susan and my Brother-in-law, Jon was down this past weekend.   As we started cooking supper,,,we got to talking about how recipes change from generation to generation... Not all recipes,,,but alot of them.

You grow up eating your  Moms recipes,,,,,, you learn to like them, eat them and cook them....... just about then,,,,,,,BAM,,,,,you meet someone special,,,move in with them,,,,,,,and they cook/want their  Mothers recipes.

What to do?  Well, When I was in that position,,,,,I made up my own version.    Somewhere  between the two Moms.

On saturday...we made 'my' version of Meatballs. One of these days, Susan can post hers :D

Ingredients:

2 pounds hamburger

1 pack saltine crackers (smashed up real good)

Bread crumbs-(only if needed)

1/4 Cup- A-1 Steak Sauce

3 eggs

1/4 Cup-Minced Onions

1/2 teaspoon-Onion Powder

1/2 teaspoon-Garlic Powder

1/2 teasoon-Black Pepper

Mix together all ingredients except for Bread Crumbs...(If mixture seems to moist, sprinkle in a few bread crumbs)

You may want to adjust the seasonings to your familys taste...

Roll into balls...as close to the same size as possible. Some people use an icecream scoop. I just eyeball it. 

Cook 350* for 40/45 minutes

I use another one of my favorite small kitchen appliances......A Toaster oven......and make 2 trays. 

One tray is for bigger

Meatballs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,We use these ones for Meatball subs.

The other tray is for smaller Meatballs...

We use these ones for

Spaghetti w/ Meatballs                                                                                                                           or..................Warm 2 cans of Campbells Golden Mushroom Soup and Meatballs in a pot or crockpot, add enough water to thin soup out. Serve over rice.......This is one of my familys favorite meals.

**Meatballs are great to freeze.......Pull them out in the morning and throw them in a crockpot with your favorite sauce. 

Supper served : )

Crawfish & Corn Chowder (With mine and Lorri's twist on it)

This started out as a joke that backfired on me. My nephew Brandon was having a BBQ so... Funny Aunt Sue decides she's going to find a recipe that I'm positive he'll turn his nose up at and post it on his facebook saying this is what I'm bringing just to see the reaction I'd get. (I'm thinking
I would get an ewwwww, or sure Aunt Sue that would be great with a :-P) No, I get a "Like"!
LOL :-D   Next day I'm scrambling to find crawfish.. Of course the grocery store I went to only had live crawfish.. Boiling the little suckers were not part of this BBQ.. No can do, so I grabbed a pound of shrimp and everyone, especially Bekah loved it! :-D

Hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!! :-D

P.S. We also made Lorri's famous yummy pasta salad (Already posted), Bacon wrapped water chestnuts, (To be posted) and Italian oven baked wings (To be posted).

Ingredients:

 

2 tablespoons butter
1 onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped (We used red and yellow bell peppers)
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 can Rotel Tomatoes (Use mild unless you want steam coming from your head)
Emeril’s Essence (Sprinkle lightly, this stuff packs a punch)
Salt & Pepper to taste
2 cans whole kernel corn
1 can cream corn
1 pound Crawfish (Substituted shrimp for reason stated above)
1 can Evaporated Milk
2 medium potatoes, chopped into small chunks (Lorri and I added this because we thought it wasn't fattening enough LOL :-D ) 

Directions:
1. Sautee onions, bell pepper, celery, Essence & salt in butter.
2. Add Rotel & cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Stir in corn, crawfish/shrimp, potatoes and milk.
4. Salt & pepper to taste.
5. Heat approximately 30 minutes. (We let this cook longer until it was creamier)




Original recipe posted at:
http://www.tastebook.com/recipes/1025442-Crawfish-Corn-Soup

 

 

Thanks go to Sheila M. Juneau for posting it and creating a fun day at the BBQ :-D

Bang for your Buck / Ham

All around the country, families are getting ready to celebrate Easter.....Here in San Antonio, alot of families go to a local park to camp out and barbecue.    Back in Central Pennsylvania, everyone will have their Pickled Eggs in the fridge and a Ham ready to be cooked.

Living away from home,,,and having a small family,,,,, I would stand looking at a big Ham at the store, seeing the price and debate on whether to spend the money on it or not.....  But it's a tradition,,,childhood memories...how could I not....That's when I decided to figure out how to make buying that Ham worth the money...

So.....If you have a small family like I do.....Go ahead and buy that Ham....We are going to cut it up, freeze some for later dates and still have enough to cook for our Easter meal...
This one I bought is called the 'butt portion'.  I always try to buy this....mainly because it fits in my Electric Roaster better and it is easier to cut around the bone.

First....We are going to cut off that nice big piece (top right) and then cut it up into slices.... These slices can be used for breakfast, scalloped potatoes or just some plain old ham fried with some potatoes...add a can of creamstyle corn and you have a nice supper.

Next....That little piece (bottom right in the picture).... Cut that off too.
You will probably have to cut around some of the bone.
This piece is going to get cut up into small cubes. I will be showing what we can make with these small cubes of Ham in the near future.

Now we have 3 nice pieces of Ham. The big piece with the bone in, should be plenty for a family of 4.  If you think you will need more,,,,leave on one of the other pieces that we cut off.







Once you get everything
cut and sliced up,,,,divide
the cubes and slices into half and freeze, in individual packs, for a later date.






In the near future, we will be sharing some of our recipes we make from this Ham...
Ham Potpie with Scott's Homemade Noodles, 
Our Mom's Scalloped Potatoes, 
Ham with Greenbeans, and Potatoes 
and Ham Salad.

I hope this was helpful to some of you,,,
Happy Easter
~Lorri~