Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Feb 9, 2012, 6:00 am
Mardi Gras  Fun Facts The Mobile Carnival Museum highlights the history of Mardi Gras in its true birthplace - Mobile Alabama. Mardi Gras in Mobile has been described as being the largest, family-orientated street party celebration in America. Young and old ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Feb 7, 2012, 6:00 am
rutabagas with stewed squash, butterbean and speckled bean medleyWinter in the South... .. means cool climate vegetables like collards, turnips and a few other cooler weather leafy greens enjoy a growing season of five or six months. We grow turnips for the vegetation, not the root...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Feb 3, 2012, 7:00 am
Happy Mardi Gras Y'all... I know Mardi Gras is a couple weeks away but folks, I'm a plum heels over head, up to my armpits and neck, right slap in the middle of our busiest part of the year - it's winding down the Carnival Season here in Mobile. Carnival season starts i...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jan 31, 2012, 6:00 pm
Lean and Sassy! That is just how I felt after eating one of these beautiful cuts of tender, tasty pork 'steaks' last week. Why I could have 'whupped up' on any scaredy cat that came a'calling... I say that because of late there seems to be a lot of kitties and tom-catting going on...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jan 26, 2012, 6:00 am
Eggplant Parm - move over... Here's my remake of Eggplant Parmesan replacing  the deep-fried battered slices with a whopping thick slab that is lightly coated with a smidgen of panko. Not oily at all and full of flavor thanks to t...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jan 23, 2012, 6:00 am
Easy and good for you, best of all, it's tasty too. Yep, this is pretty easy. If you can peel fruit, then you can make this satisfying dessert. High on taste, it is sweet from natural sugars yet darts around the palate with a tartness from the lemon y...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jan 21, 2012, 6:00 am
Well I'll be...... This week has been kind of special to us. We actually enjoyed several all vegetable dinners and have eaten lots of soups for lunch. This may be the first week I can remember that I have not made cornbread since I was taught how... What's the occ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jan 18, 2012, 3:32 pm
Soup is on... Folks, if I have been a little absent of late, well I am still digging my way from a host of activities and projects going on around the house and at work. Take heart as all of you are still in my thoughts and note that I am still cooking and still eating;...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jan 14, 2012, 8:18 am
Healthier? Maybe a little, ... still very pleasing and high on taste. Okay, it is cold here. When the northern winds push down into our coastal area causing us to start layering on clothes, pulling out our long-johns, we get a little fuddle minded...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jan 11, 2012, 8:41 am
announcing the GRAND PRIZE WINNER Claudia of  What's Cookin' Italian Style Cuisine Winner of the Championship Crystal Bowl  and the many Southern Spices, Mixes and Seasonings Check out the many ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jan 10, 2012, 6:00 am
and it's good for you too... This is the time of year I enjoy having a nice, hot bowl of soup on occasion, like when the temp dips. I've said before that I like to have something chicken-or-another around as I think it makes you feel better in cold weather, soothes a ti...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jan 7, 2012, 6:00 am
Oh, happy day... There is this bean dip that has haunted me for years, a taste I remember fairly well as a kid while visiting family in Texas. Served warmed just as many restaurants do with a salsa and with warm tortilla chips to munch on while ordering dinner, it was ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jan 5, 2012, 6:00 am
Good Gobbling Gobble (Click here for sound) Folks, I wait all year for this one. Sometimes I have to cook a turkey, or breast mostly (like my last recipe for moist and tender breast), just so I will be able to make this bodacious recipe. Many of you I will bet, if I we...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jan 3, 2012, 6:00 am
 A turkey for all times. Roasting a turkey breast is far easier and a heck-of-a-lot more dependable than roasting a whole bird. Now, when you brine the meat overnight, you are actually plumping it up with moisture that will be unbelievable juicy and tender. ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jan 1, 2012, 6:00 am
The real deal... Folks, I've had my share of ordering White Chicken Chili and when it arrives be so dag-blasted disappointed ... nothing white about it... nope, not at all... dag-blasted cook. Sure, I reckon for it to be chili, ya gotta have some color added to it...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Dec 30, 2011, 6:00 am
 A ham for all seasons... I am sure many of you baked a ham over the last couple of holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas, and many will bake one for the New Year too. In the south, it is a tradition to have ham, or some type of pork served along with the likes of Hoppi...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Nov 2, 2011, 9:21 am
What do you do with 750 pounds of shrimp, 450 pounds of catfish, 150 pounds of crabmeat, 200 pounds of alligator meat, 20 pounds of butter and enough veggies and spices to fill the back of a pickup truck? You make gumbo! John Folse, Bob Ba...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Oct 29, 2011, 1:20 pm
Week 10 Submission ends midnight Tuesday, Nov 1st Voting Starts Nov 2nd see 'rulebook' for prizes and game strategy Welcome to this Week's Giveaway Wow, can you believe it? Already ten weeks into college football season and it looks like some te...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Oct 26, 2011, 10:10 am
Chickening is good for you... For some reason I've had a hankering for a saucy chicken dish for a while now, maybe 'cause the weather has changed around these parts. This is what I whipped up last night. Yup, our 'fall' has kicked in, that is when you turn off your A/C ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Oct 22, 2011, 1:00 am
Week 9 Submission ends midnight Tuesday, Oct 25th Voting Starts Oct 16th see 'rulebook' for prizes and game strategy Welcome to this Week's Giveaway I hope everyone is having a grand time and I hope your team is doing great, playing well and all ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Oct 19, 2011, 10:46 pm
Here's a vintage recipe, and a darn good one.... Some things we just don't need to mess with, like this one from 1893. We just need to make 'em, and bake 'em and get to eating them right up. Recipe given as written. Mason and Dixon Cookies one cup brown sugar on...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Oct 15, 2011, 8:08 am
Week 8 Submission ends midnight Tuesday, Oct 18th Voting Starts Oct 19th see 'rulebook' for prizes and game strategy Welcome to this Week's Giveaway Can you believe the season is already half over? I bet some of the coaches would like to start the season over, a ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Oct 12, 2011, 10:19 am
Gone Fishing Speckled trout are still running pretty good as many reports are favorable for a fine catch.  I'm heading out with the first light in the morning ... right to the fish market. Here's a recipe from my Creole, Cajun and M...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Oct 8, 2011, 7:46 am
Week 7 Submission ends midnight Tuesday, Oct 11th Voting Starts Oct 12th see 'rulebook' for prizes and game strategy Welcome to this Week's Giveaway It's like half time around here or rather we are about half way through the weekly Game-Day giveaways. Don't you just love our Azalea Trail Maid...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Oct 4, 2011, 8:46 am
What's the perfect way to end the hungry belly growl? Grilling comes to mind. These burgers are wonderfully tasty and this is one on my favorite recipes for hamburgers. Make up a batch, have these tasties ready for gameday, for easy weeknight or for a relaxing weekend. You will be glad ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Oct 1, 2011, 8:28 am
Week 6 Submission ends midnight Tuesday, Oct 4th Voting Starts Oct 5th see 'rulebook' for prizes and game strategy Welcome to this Week's Giveaway I thought it might be fun to take a peek at just a few of the many Southern items that will be arr...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Sep 27, 2011, 10:56 pm
So sorry... First, I want to apologize for not being my regular self. I know my 24/7 is the same as yours and when I say I've been too busy, that's like saying my importance is more important than spending it with you. So, the truth is, and y'all know I cannot lie, I took a trip t...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Sep 24, 2011, 8:14 am
Week 5 Submission ends midnight Monday, Sep 26th Voting Starts Sep 27th Welcome to this Week's Giveaway Let's get right to it... I know everyone is busy and has places to go, gotta find the right spot, right Uga? Congratulations to Jessica...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Sep 20, 2011, 7:55 am
 End of Summer Bean Medley Okay, I know summer is over for many but technically, here in the northern hemisphere it ain't over until the big sunny man jumps over the fence, or equator meteorological speaking. Summer officially ends or Fall officially starts, whichever ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Sep 17, 2011, 7:30 am
Week 4 Submission ends midnight Monday, Sep 19th Voting Starts Sep 20th Welcome to this Week's Giveaway Howdy Folks!  I'm gonna make this short and shorter. This week has gone by quicker than the blink of an eye, mine included and ya'll know ho...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Sep 13, 2011, 8:29 am
“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.” from Julius Caesar Against a wall of the gallery the display case holds an empty fireman’s boot, mutilated and still coated with dust from that day. Another case contains the remna...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Sep 10, 2011, 7:44 am
Week 3 Submission ends midnight Monday, Sep 12th Voting Starts Sep 13th Welcome to this Week's Giveaway Folks I am tickled for many reasons, right pleased that football season is underway and some of you are linking in your recipes during the weekend to ente...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Sep 8, 2011, 8:05 am
Say what?  ...this just ain't right... I bet in all regions, heck, all parts of this world, you fine folks have a slew of food dishes you just love to make ... you know the ones that are so gosh darn good, but because of the name or maybe ingredients, you just don't go around pra...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Sep 6, 2011, 7:50 am
Calas, calas, bel calas. Tout chaud!... For some reason when I opened my kitchen door and belted out those words, it didn't ring the same feeling as I imagine Creole women felt at the turn of the last century. Then, I am not Creole nor a woman selling hot calas in the s...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Sep 3, 2011, 8:00 am
Week 2 Submission ends midnight Monday, Sep 5th Voting Starts Sep 6th  Game Day around the country Today starts the kickoff for many college teams while a few like our Jaguars played Thursday evening. Yea for our new team, now 18 - 0. Today also ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Sep 1, 2011, 3:52 pm
Change is good... If you are like me, as much as you like Aunt Sue Ellen's or Granny Mae's recipe, even your own mother's version, sometimes you try to improve on it, do you not? There are several I love in our family, a favorite coming from my sister's Texan in-laws t...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 30, 2011, 8:17 am
The Gulf's good blessings... There are so many good ways to cook shrimp, but one of my favorite ways is using an old tried and true recipe and doing what many of us are trying so hard not to do - eating fried foods. Somehow though, every once in a blue moon ya just gott...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 27, 2011, 7:48 am
Week 1 Submission ends midnight Monday, Aug 29th  Voting Starts Aug 30th Suit up, it's time to start playing... Today starts another series of football fun kinda like I did a couple of years ago where many of you jumped in and shared recipes. Of ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 26, 2011, 8:29 am
Game Week Play Book This is another series of football fun kinda like I did a couple of years ago where many of you jumped in and shared recipes. Of course, with time things change, so this year you can link in your recipes to share all the foods, snacks and drinks we like on game ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 24, 2011, 2:10 pm
Glamorous Annie Bell... Of all the baked and roasted lemon chicken recipes I remember throughout my life, one of my fondest came from grandmother’s cook and it has taken me a long time to remember exactly why. Roasting whole chicken, as I know...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 22, 2011, 8:57 am
Fingers or Claws? the only thing that matters is the taste... The dish today has been wandering around in my head for some time now. Why, I’ve mentioned it to so many of you, I hope you are not tired of me yapping about it. Gwen, you a...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 19, 2011, 8:25 pm
Update on my Taco Seasoning Mix Well folks, I think I have finally settled on the ingredients I've been working on for a few years in making a taco seasoning mix. Some folks would say I am crazy, why make your own, why the extra expense especially when you ca...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 17, 2011, 9:25 am
You can call these a winner... We southerners are peculiar about our peas. Some like the hearty, dark-meat types like the black-eyes, crowders, purple hulls and pink-eyes which makes the best darken broth; others cherish pale lady cre...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 15, 2011, 9:30 am
 Mock this... You may have overlooked a well-kept secret. Several years ago, the National Cattleman's Beef Association developed, well actually came up with a name, the portion of this shoulder cut from the chuck area.  Beef Shoulder Filet or Petite Tender Cut, howeve...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 12, 2011, 8:47 am
Tiny is good... Imagine the day, long ago before the early 1800's, when these green shoots appeared in southern markets and Creole cooks held them in awe, some toying with the idea as these being oversize fern fronds, or even sparrow's grass as some referred to it. A d...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 10, 2011, 9:40 am
Blond Headed Stepchild Southern Cooking Class 101 Bordelaise is one of the classic French sauces named of course from the Bordeaux wine region. Made with dry red wine, its characteristics are the brownish demi-glaze made rich from bone marr...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 8, 2011, 8:13 am
Cultural Classics The po-boy is another southern classic food icon born out of generosity and comes from New Orleans. There are so many wonderful foods from all over the south, many from here in Mobile but of late, I have been obsessed with the foods from the Big Easy. ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 5, 2011, 8:39 am
served as an appetizerWill the real Pascal recipe please stand out... For as long as I can remember enjoying barbequed shrimp I have, like most folks, been confused on the real Pascal's Manale recipe. The more I research it, the more confuse I become as it seems everyone including ...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Aug 3, 2011, 9:00 am
Let see Forrest, You can use this on: crackers, bread slices, toast points, pita chips, bagel chips, canapes, cucumber slices, radish rings, celery sticks, fried green tomato wheels, fish and grits, soft shell crab sandwiches, sushi rolls, Thai rolls, Vietna...
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Drick Perry posted an article on Drick's Rambling Cafe - Jul 30, 2011, 11:25 pm
 It may not be purdy, but it is sho 'nuff mighty tasty...   Today I am short on words. You are welcome. You can go right to the recipe. It's not that I don't have anything to say, it's just that everything about this one has been said before, and that's okay. T...
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