Recipes by V. L. Bourque
Momma’s Pralines V
Another classic praline recipe for holiday gift giving or just to keep for yourself. Ingredients 2 cups white sugar 1 cup light brown sugar 1 stick butter 1 cup milk 2 tbsp Karo white syrup 4 cups pecan halves 2 tsp vanilla extract Directions Step 1 Combine all of the ...
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Shrimp Eggplant Dressing
...n eggplants were plentiful and shrimp were to be had, Momma would make this simple eggplant dressing. Cooking for 9 children always kept Momma busy. Ingredients 2 large eggplants 1 large onion, chopped 3 cups cooked rice 1 bell pepper, chopped 1/2 cup parsley, chopped 2 tbsp oil 1/2 cup ...
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Fried Eggplant – A Cajun Classic
Great by themselves or in a rice dressing. Ingredients 1 large eggplant peeled and medallion sliced 1 egg, slightly beaten 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water or milk 1 cup all purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper 1/2 tsp cayenne (optional) Sprinkle of granulated sugar Oil for ...
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Yeast Bread
...fig preserves. Ingredients 1/4 cup water, lukewarm 1/2 package granular yeast or 1/2 cake compressed yeast 1 cup very warm to hot liquid (milk or water) 1 tbsp to 1 1/2 tbsp sugar 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp shortening 3 cups or more all purpose flour Directions Step 1 In ...
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Blackberry Dumplings
Snakes and Blackberries go hand in hand. If you have ever picked blackberries you probably know that, already! The picture shown is the blackberries cooking before adding the dumpling. Ingredients BLACKBERRIES 1 gallon blackberries 4 cups sugar (may need 5 cups) 3 quarts water DUMPLINGS 1 1/2 cup self-rising flour ...
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Ms. Audrey’s Homemade Bread
...s lukewarm water 1 packet of Fleishman’s rapid rise yeast 1 tbsp cooking oil 1/2 tsp salt 4 1/2 cup room temp flour Directions Step 1 In cup, mix 2 cups of lukewarm water and 1 packet of Fleischmann's rapid rise yeast, mix well Step 2 Add 1 tbsp of ...
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Bouillie (Bouee) Pudding
As a young child my Grandma made a bouille (pudding) that I dearly loved. I never learned how to make it from her. Visiting my Nanny Ruby one day, I asked if she knew how to make it. She knew how but didn’t have a written recipe. She offered to ...
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Old Fashioned Cough Medicine
...My Momma use to fix this for her children Ingredients Honey Whiskey Lemon Directions Step 1 Equal parts of each Step 2 Mix and Stir Share this: Facebook Pinterest Twitter Email Print More LinkedIn Reddit...
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Blackberry Cobbler
Ingredients 3 cups fresh blackberries 2 cups sugar 1 cup flour 1 egg 1 stick butter, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt I teaspoon vanilla Directions Step 1 Wash berries then place on paper towel in 9 x 13 pan to ...
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Cabbage Casserole with Cheese Sauce
In South Louisiana there are plenty of Nanan’ (Cajun french for Marraine (godmother) and of course the Paran (godfather). The girl godchild is called “filleile” and the boy is called the “filleul’. My filleile loves to prepare this easy dish for her children. Ingredients Cabbage Filling: 1 lb ground beef ...
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Audrey’s Fruit Salad
...that contain different kinds of fruit, or that use a different kind of sauce other than the fruit’s own juice or syrup. This recipe is a variation of a most delightful fruit salad – that magic ingredient brings all the flavors out Ingredients 1 29oz can of peaches cut up ...
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Pumpkin Spice Muffins
...ins would be great to use – Cut the pumpkin in half, removing the seeds and pulp. Place face down on a buttered or greased cookie sheet. Bake in the preheated oven one hour, or until tender. Scrape pumpkin meat from shell halves, remove stringy pieces and puree in a ...
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Peanut Butter Cookies
The author’s granddaughter, Veronica Lange Bourque shares her memory of the time as a student in Mrs. Drott’s 8th grade Home-Economics class. Mrs. Drott allowed each student to choose one of their favorite recipes to be prepared and shared with the class. Each dish was then anonymously voted on by ...
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Red Beans And Sausage
...Great Cajun Classic!! When the author shared this recipe with her MeMaw, she commented that she was not fond of it. Her words “I don’t care much for quick or short cut recipes”, or as the author likes to call them “lazy recipes”. Once MeMaw sampled the dish, she was ...
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