Tag Archives: shitake mushrooms

Sil’s Baked (and creative) Chicken

by mykitchenmemories

I’ve been following recipes, to a tee, for well over 4 decades. I’ve never waivered from a recipe, or tried to substitute one ingredient for another. If I didn’t have an ingredient, I’d go out to the store to get it. If the recipe called for tomato puree and I only had diced tomatoes, out … Continue reading →

Sauteed Mushrooms

by mykitchenmemories

Somewhere in the early 1960s, this dish of sautéed mushrooms made it’s way into our Holiday menu.  I remember watching my Aunt Mary, in her Bronx kitchen, stirring a huge frypan of this weird looking vegetable and wondering if I would like it.  It was Christmas Day, and we already had too much food.  Why … Continue reading →

New Bride Stuffed Cornish Hens

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Most new young brides have a recipe that is their “go to meal” to make when company comes for dinner.  They find something that works, and then make it over and over until neither the husband nor the new bride can possibly eat it again.  This recipe for stuffed Cornish hens was that recipe for … Continue reading →