August 2012 – Grub Americana

President Ronald Reagan’s Mac and Cheese

President Ronald Reagan’s favorite food was macaroni and cheese.

Fannie Farmer’s Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese

This Macaroni & Cheese recipe appears in the 1946 edition of Fannie Farmer’s Boston Cooking School Cookbook, and is probably the best recipe ever written for this wondrful comfort food. Please Note: CHEAP CHEESE will give you BLAND, FLAVORLESS dish. Recipe Makes 4 Servings Whatcha Need: 1 package (8 ounce) macaroni 4 Tablespoons butter 4 […]

Old-Fashioned Macaroni and Cheese

This tasty casserole can be served as a main dish or side dish.

Gumbo: The Official Cuisine of Louisiana

Gumbo is generally thought to derive its name from the word kingomb, meaning okra in the West African dialect of Bantu . . .

Tooker’s Seafood Gumbo

This is the gumbo Poppy Tooker used to defeat Bobby Flay in a Gumbo Throwdown.

Classic Chicken Gumbo

An excellent option if you’re looking for authentic yet uncomplicated Louisiana-style soup.

Disneyland Corn Dogs

This is recipe is for the corn dogs served at Disneyland theme parks.

Corn Puppies

This recipe is by Andria Scott Hurst from Southern Living (June 1997).

Corn Dogs

Try this hot dog on a stick. A great alternative to the dog in a bun, but just as delicious.

Frito Pie: Born, Bred and Loved in Texas

During the 1930s, in his search for a tastier tortilla that wouldn’t get stale so quickly, Charles Elmer Doolin (better known as C. E.) recalled a chip made by Gustavo Olguin, a Mexican native for whom he worked a short time as a fry cook. Gustavo’s fritos (meaning "little fried things") were made from masa […]

America’s Favorite Sandwich: The Hamburger

Exactly when and by whom the hamburger was invented seems to depend on who is telling the story. Well known historian Frank Tolbert attributed the honors to Fletcher Davis of Henderson County, Texas. It seems “Old Dave,” as he was known to most folks, owned a lunch counter in Athens where he served grilled beef […]

Browning Heights Burger

The secret to a juicy burger is using 75/25 ground beef. The additional fat in the Meat will result in a juicier, more tasteful burger.

Sonic No. 1 Burger

Try this clone recipe of the signature burger served at Sonic, America’s largest drive-in chain.

In-N-Out Double Double Burger

If you don’t happen to live near an In-N-Out burger restaurant, but would like to taste their famous burger, this recipe will come very close to giving you that experience.

Fritos Texas Loaf

This vintage recipe is for one the best meatloaves you’ll ever taste.

Corn, Roasted Red Pepper and Cheddar Quiche

“I’ve found that Fritos are an amazingly adaptable ingredient,” says Kaleta Doolin (daughter of Charles Doolin, inventor of Fritos).”

Fritos Fruit Cake

This recipe is said to have been the first official recipe developed by Mother Doolin and later refined and by Miss Morris in the Fritos consumer service department. This version is just as it was published on the back of a 29-cent bag of chips in 1932. Recipe Makes 2 Loafs Whatcha Need: 2 cups […]

Woolworth’s Frito Pie

This is the recipe said to be invented in the 1960s by Teresa Hernandez, who worked the lunch counter at F.W. Woolworth’s in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Fritos Chili Pie Casserole

This is the original recipe as printed in the Fritos Cookbook of the 1950s.

Spam: America’s Favorite Luncheon Meat

Geo. A. Hormel & Co, a meatpacker of fresh pork products, was founded in 1891 in an abandoned creamery on the banks of Red Cedar River northeast of Austin, Minnesota. Pork sales flourished during the late 1890s, and the company quickly expanded its manufacturing facilities and established a distribution center in Duluth and sales offices […]