barney's Cheap Eatin' Thread

[drakeshooter]

Pretty slick way to make biscuits on a griddle!

I used to make biscuits in a covered skillet on the stove top when there was just my wife and me. I never thought of putting a rack in the skillet and actually baking em.

Pretty similar to an old Dutch oven except no coals on top. I watched a pretty cool video on YouTube of life in 1800s and watching the woman with the big old hearth and raking out coals in a couple different spots to cook on was pretty cool.

 

[drakeshooter]

Those look rich! Share the recipe if you don't mind.

They were the richest chocolate pies I’ve ever made in my life. I doubled the recipe and made 2 pies with a nice bowl of chocolate pudding left over, also the best I’ve ever had in my life. Bill Cosby would trip ha. I had enough to probably make 3 pies.

This Silky, Luscious Chocolate Pie Is One of Ladd's Favorite Desserts

He could seriously eat a slice every day of his life and never get bored.

www.thepioneerwoman.com

 

[drakeshooter]

Made a nice lasagna tonight using my dirt cheap recipe.

 

[barney]

They were the richest chocolate pies I’ve ever made in my life. I doubled the recipe and made 2 pies with a nice bowl of chocolate pudding left over, also the best I’ve ever had in my life. Bill Cosby would trip ha. I had enough to probably make 3 pies.

This Silky, Luscious Chocolate Pie Is One of Ladd's Favorite Desserts

He could seriously eat a slice every day of his life and never get bored.

www.thepioneerwoman.com

Thanks!
Gonna give it try soon.

 

[bowhunter269]

Thanks!
Gonna give it try soon.

Same here !

 

[barney]

Same here !

Sounds like a winner!

 

[bigbonner]

I was trying to crack the code to making cream candy tonight.
After I cooked it, I thought it was going to be a hit but while I was pulling it, it went to long strands of sugar. It never turned white while pulling.
I could not cut it without it crushing up, so I just broke it and left it in strand. It was still good, and I am having a sugar high right now.

 

[Little FR]

I was trying to crack the code to making cream candy tonight.
After I cooked it, I thought it was going to be a hit but while I was pulling it, it went to long strands of sugar. It never turned white while pulling.
I could not cut it without it crushing up, so I just broke it and left it in strand. It was still good, and I am having a sugar high right now.

We struggled with rock candy last week 🤦‍♂️ It’s a pain.

 

[bigbonner]

We struggled with rock candy last week 🤦‍♂️ It’s a pain.

We make the cinnamon and watermelon hard candy; we pour it out and after it cools and sets up, we crack it with a tack hammer. We also make suckers with the watermelon. When making the cinnamon you want plenty of ventilation when you add the cinnamon in.
Cooked peanut butter roll is my favorite and we have mastered that one. We don't make the Potatoe type, mine is cooked with egg whites.
Just don't drink Pepsi when you eat it, it will foam up in your mouth.

 

[Dark Cloud]

I was trying to crack the code to making cream candy tonight.
After I cooked it, I thought it was going to be a hit but while I was pulling it, it went to long strands of sugar. It never turned white while pulling.
I could not cut it without it crushing up, so I just broke it and left it in strand. It was still good, and I am having a sugar high right now.

My wife spent a small fortune ,trying to make cream candy ,had very little to cream.My grand daughter makes it ,her mom and dad ,had a monument maker ,to fix her a slab of marble ,to make it on,cold weather has a lot to do with it also.

 

[mudhole crossing]

Going to be eating good tonight

 

[bigbonner]

My wife spent a small fortune ,trying to make cream candy ,had very little to cream.My grand daughter makes it ,her mom and dad ,had a monument maker ,to fix her a slab of marble ,to make it on,cold weather has a lot to do with it also.

We have come real close a time or two. I can never get it to turn white, ours is always cream colored. I have a big slab of Granite that we use.
We bought a small container from a well-known candy maker (I am not naming name) and a box of blue Mondays. Their cream candy was not even close to what it used to be; it was like sugar packed together. No ribbon looks or air holes inside.
The thing about secret recipes is that a lot of people will not give them out and most of the time family will eat it but won't try and make it. Then the secrets die when the person that makes it passes on.
There is a lady in Frenchburg that does cream candy classes. It cost $100 to do the class. She sells a lot of the candy and her pictures look really great. But I wonder if she will give all the secrets when she does her class. We want to learn how to make it so bad but $100 makes me want to try and get it right on our own.
I have her recipe and she says to cook to a little under hard crack and that is 300F. While I see other recipes that says 258F.

 

[drakeshooter]

Made a nice lasagna tonight using my dirt cheap recipe.

Let it sit overnight and it set perfectly for slicing at lunch today. One of the best poor man lasagnas I’ve made yet, it’s the white sauce that sets it apart imho.

 

[mudhole crossing]

 

[Redfeather]

Biscuits and gravy on the flattop. I just wanted to try it after watching Flattopking on YouTube. I used canned biscuits and they actually came out better than in the oven. I needed bacon grease so I broke out the cast iron pan and fried up a pack of thick cut Wright.

Makeshift oven for biscuits.

Should have greased rack, had one stick.

Roux started

I'd hit that with a "SCOOP SHOVEL"..😋
Looks really good 👍