Chicken and Dumplin’s
Roast---Not Pot Roast, but not roasted, either
Pot Roast
Roast Chicken (simply called Baked Chicken)
Pork Roast and Dressing
Creamed Potatoes---usual title for Mashed Potatoes
Sunday Butterbeans
English Peas from a can
Del Monte Green Beans cooked with little Potatoes on top
Green Bean Casserole
Asparagus Casserole
Squash Casserole
Sweet Potato Souffle (Toffee-type Crust with Pecans on top)
Sweet Potato Casserole (with Marshmallows on top)
Pineapple casserole
Spanish Rice
Boullion Rice
And Macaroni and Cheese, courtesy of a reminder from Janie, at Southern Lagniappe; it certainly is worthy of mention for a Sunday Dinner Table
SALADS:
Five Cup
Congealed Salad (Jello, Pink Salad, Loaf Salad, Freezer Salad, Windowpane Waldorf, Watergate, Black Cherry Ice Cream, Sawdust, The Dreaded Blueberry-Black Cherry, Orange Mousse, Buttermilk Salad, DREAM SALAD)
Overnight/24 hour/Layered Salad
Combination salad
Potato Salad
Macaroni Salad (shells for Sunday) sometimes with Tuna
Any home-canned pickles, preserves, conserve, jelly or jam deemed suitable for the menu
BREADS
Yeast rolls (Cloverleaf, Parker House, or bun-shaped)
Brown and Serve Rolls
Pillsbury Crescents
Angel Biscuits
DESSERTS
Banana Pudding
Chocolate Pie
Lemon Icebox Pie
Brownie Pie
Blueberry Cloud
Mountain Mama
Lemonade Bisque
Caramel Cake
Coconut Cake
Ambrosia Cake
Red Velvet Cake
Pound Cake and: Hot Fudge or Peaches or Strawberries or Lemon Sauce
Lemon Velvet Cake
Strawberry Cake
Strawberry Shortcake (plain yellow cake, unfrosted, with berries and cream)
Angel Food Strawberry Cake (same, with a split Angel Food, re-stacked)
Ugly Cake
Definitions, explanations and recipes forthcoming.
Rachel, it's eight o'clock in the morning and my mouth is watering after reading your "Preacher Food" list. One thing I noticed you overlooked is Macaroni and Cheese -- a staple casserole found at any southern gathering. And whether it was "made from scratch," or from the little Kraft's box, the person who brought it will always take home an empty dish.
ReplyDeleteWhat was that dessert that Mama made with pretzels as a crust? You've just given me so many good ideas for T-giving! If that's Mammaw E's dumplins, post that recipe first!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to hear what "Ugly Cake" is! As my waist line can attest, I am very familiar with all the others!
ReplyDeleteJANIE---I added the mac & cheese---I know how much it is enjoyed. I was kinda going by the precept that Preacher Food is way above the usual dinner and supper dishes in perceived elegance.
ReplyDeleteNail---Pretzel Salad---I'll be posting that one tomorrow. It's also the first three layers for Sawdust Salad, so that one will come, as well.
And Indy---I'll post that one soon. I don't know if that was the title on the recipe (From some magazine of the time) or if we took one look and said that. It's the classic chocolate layer, sugar and cocoa sprinkled over, dry, then boiling water over all. As it bakes, the cake rises through the sauce and thickens it into a luscious between-pudding-and-syrup.
O, my goodness, I just went back and checked the list...if it was summer...there would always be fried okra! And sliced tomatoes, of course.
ReplyDeleteI can just about taste some of those delicious dishes. I wonder if i will ever taste sweet potatoe casserole with pecans and brown sugar on top as wonderful as my Mom made.