Cooking A Lobster

A friend of mine has some relatives in Maine, and they were coming in for a couple weeks to stay with him and his family over the Thanksgiving weekend.
He stopped in the other night and asked if I wanted some lobsters because they were bringing some down with them fresh.
I said yeah, why not, put me down for 6.
Friday afternoon, he called me and said bring your cooler over, so I got over there and got 6 live lobsters for 20 bucks. Whoo Hooo
My crab cooker will hold a bushell and a half, so all 6 fit in there, and my buddy told me to cook them about 18 minutes.
Not a bad supper, some potato's from the garden, and some deer steak, and a little fried cabbage and cornbread, me and the boys were laying around the living room for an hour or so before we got up to clean the table.

Sausage Casserole

This is my brothers dish, so I give him the credit. You will need..

1 lbs sausage

1 small onion

1 cup corn muffin mix

1 egg

1 1/2 cup cream corn

1 1/2 cup sour cream

1 1/2 cup cheddar cheese

8x12 baking dish



In a skillet, brown the medium onion with some butter. I added some chopped garlic to the mix. When caramelized, remove from pan and set aside


Next, while the pan is still hot, brown the sausage. In a separate bowl, mix cream corn, corn muffin mix, fried onion, and egg. spoon into greased baking dish



Spoon sour cream over raw mixture, and add cooked sausage and cheese

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30minutes. I put the broiler on for about 5 minutes after that to brown the cheese a little. Give it a try and tell me what you think !

Ham & Cabbage

A wet and rainy day here, but I was prepared for it. I was ready for some ham and cabbage. Not your traditional, everyday meal, but a treat at my house. Let me tell you how I do it. I start off with my 2 1/2 gallon pot and usually boil a ham bone, but I did not have one saved from a Sunday dinner, so I fried 4 salt ham steaks. for those of you who do not know, most of the ham sold is sugar or honey cured. Salt ham is rubbed with salt, hung in a dark cool place, and left to rot for a little while. When you are ready, you cut off the mold, wash it, boil it, and then bake like a regular ham. I had some cooked ham steaks in the freezer, so I fried them crispy, sliced them, and then poured the ham, grease, and all into the pot. I then washed 5lbs of red potato's and added them whole to the pot, filled it half way with water, and set it to boil. I took 2 heads of cabbage, pulled the outside leaves off, cut the stem out and cut into quarters. when the water and potato's come to a boil, turn the heat down, add about 2 tablespoons of pepper, and then drop in the cabbage. Keep it on low and covered for about 30 minutes

Which is about the time it takes to bake a pan of cornbread. Yeah, I know, I should bake it in a cast iron skillet, but it was still dirty from frying the ham. A little trick with the cornbread if you are using the instant kind like Jiffy or Martha White, add a teaspoon of vegetable oil and 2 teaspoons of sugar to the mix. When it's all done and on a plate, don't forget to add some seasoning salt, ( we just call it red salt ) and some butter