My brother, Chuck Nesbitt, married the lovely Elissa Grabowski. I spent the morning with Elissa and her parents, Fran and Donna. Donna learned how to cook traditional Polish cuisine from Fran’s mother, Josephine, and his Buscha, Catherine. Donna recounted with laughter her early married years and her sometimes not so successful attempts to please her…
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Hardenbrook Family Ham Loaf
I spent the loveliest afternoon with Kathy (Hardenbrook) Scroger and Mary Ellen (Hardenbrook) Seaman at the Morton Baptist Church. We three cousins made a Hardenbrook family Christmas morning tradition…ham loaf! After obtaining the ground ham and pork from the Alabama Holley Farm Market, these two ladies put together a true Kendall treat! The ham loaf,…
Relish the moment!
Grandma Jane always used to have a relish tray at her big family gatherings. There would be pickles and veggies, homemade dips, and cheese. I want to do my part to promote this delicious and healthy addition to the dinner table. I’ve been researching the modern relish tray, but I think a combination of modern…
Grandma Jane’s Famous Switzel Recipe
So what did the farmers use during haying season before Gatorade or Propel were invented? Grandma Jane had a recipe on her fridge in Phoenix that has been there for 30 years. The famous Orleans County thirst quencher from the 1800’s. I changed it up a little with Hurd Orchard’s delicious raspberry vinegar, but other…
SPICING IT UP!
We ordered four flat-iron skillet steaks from Bannister Beef (the only place around where you can find this cut), located at 1193 Point Breeze Rd in Kent. The beef at this farm is grass fed Black Angus. Even the ground beef tastes like steak, so buy a bunch of that when you pick up your…
Lorraine’s Roadkill Cabbage Casserole
Now before you assume that Orleans County residents are scooping up rabid raccoons and baking them with some onions and cheese, let me assure you that we are not. In Lorraine’s Roadkill Cabbage Casserole, we are hunting at bridges and bumps in the road for cabbages that have fallen off the many cabbage trucks that…
Orleans County Cuisine 