One pot meals

[Beans]

I was finishing putting the final seasoning in my new green beans, diced potatoes and ham chunks and my old memory was jolted.

In 1978 I had moved from Missouri to the Las Vegas area and had become friends with a couple of families from California.

I grew up with a lot of one pot meals, Ham & Navy beans, Beef stew topped with biscuits, pot roast with taters and carrots Etc. Nothing fancy but you got all you wanted to eat.

I had just cooked up a large pot of Ham & Navy beans with cornbread and invited my new friends over for dinner. As we sat down for dinner, one of the men remarked that he had never had a dinner where there was just ham and beans to eat. Several other members of the group also echoed the same remarks.

I just smiled and told them to enjoy a southern style family dinner. I served them ham & Navy beans, chopped onions on the side, fresh made cornbread, real butter, homemade jam, honey and their choice of beverage.

I am sure that none of them went away hungry, but later when I would invite them over for dinner they always asked what I was fixing.

I guess them California folks eat different.

[Ken]

I grew up with a lot of one pot meals, Ham & Navy beans, Beef stew topped with biscuits, pot roast with taters and carrots Etc. Nothing fancy but you got all you wanted to eat.

Same when I was growing up, Beans. Still the same now.

One of my favorites is a New England Boiled dinner. Smoked Shoulder, cabbage, onions, carrots, and potatos. Of course, some of us add chourico to spice it up a bit.

Mom would fry up thin steaks with potatos and onions in a tomato gravy - that's gravy, not sauce. Great one-pot meal. Then there was spaghetti & meatballs with some veggies tossed in. lots of others like Beef Stew and Spare Rib Stew.

One of my best and favorite one-pot recipies today is my paelle.

You said California, right? I don't think we're unique on this one.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/one-pot-m...age/index.html

http://www.eartheasy.com/eat_one_pot_meals.htm

http://www.epicurious.com/articlesgu.../winteronedish

http://www.gloriouspotmeal.com/recipes/index.htm

[Camp10]

Same when I was growing up, Beans. Still the same now.

One of my favorites is a New England Boiled dinner. Smoked Shoulder, cabbage, onions, carrots, and potatos. Of course, some of us add chourico to spice it up a bit.

I nearly posted the New England boiled dinner but thought I would let a real New Englander do it! I didnt have to wait long! My other favorite up here is the baked beans (on Saturday nights if you are a real traditionalist). They dont get made often in my house but it is another one pot meal that is a staple up here.

[crashdive123]

I haven't had New England Boild dinner in quite some time. The Sourthern version of it is a seafood variation called Low Country Boil http://www.coastalliving.com/food/en...0400000001984/

[Pal334]

Mmm, paelle, I have had it in Spain , Puerto Rico, Ecuador and of course the USA, and can say I never had a bad one, all have a slight local twist, but yummy. My favorite "one pot" meal was always Navy Beans with a big old chunk of ham.

[Winnie]

The English version of ham and navy beans is a bacon hock and pease pudding (not a pudding at all, split yellow peas tied in a cloth and boiled with the ham) Mmmmm

[rebel]

LOL. After reading about ham -n- beans with a side of corn bread I had to do a recon of the freezer for ham. I also like a side of mustard greens. Good eats.

[2dumb2kwit]

Mmmmmmmm.....Ham and navy beans.

For one pot meals, don't forget chicken and dumplin's.

[pete lynch]

Mmmmmmmm.....Ham and navy beans.

For one pot meals, don't forget chicken and dumplin's.

Oh, man. Them slick dumplin's can't be beat.
My pop used to cook up a big pot of fish chowder for the winter holidays. He used white fish, diced potatoes, bacon, onions, butter and a big pile of biscuits on the side.
It tasted even better after a couple days.

[Aurelius95]

Who knew when I started reading this post that I'd finish reading by writing up a grocery list! We do the beans/ham a bunch in the winter. Bake the cornbread in my grandmother's cast iron skillet. Perhaps I don't need to wait until it cools down, after all!

[huntermj]

Growing up we had a lot of sheppards pie / cassarole. It was both good and cheap. Peas, corn, ground beef covered by mashed potatos.
My favorite is corned beef brisket will all the veggies.

[Ken]

Growing up we had a lot of sheppards pie.....

That's one of the very few meals I won't touch. Everybody I know besides me loves Shepard's Pie. Everybody says that their (or their Mom's) Shepard's Pie is the best. Well, I've tried 'em all. The only thing I had to decide was which one I hated the least. I can't stand that meal, and so, to paraphrase a former President of the United States,

"I do not like Shepard's Pie. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm the Director of Quality Control at the Wilderness Survival Forums, and I'm not going to eat any more Shepard's Pie."

[Justin Case]

That's one of the very few meals I won't touch. Everybody I know besides me loves Shepard's Pie. Everybody says that their (or their Mom's) Shepard's Pie is the best. Well, I've tried 'em all. The only thing I had to decide was which one I hated the least. I can't stand that meal, and so, to paraphrase a former President of the United States,

"I do not like Shepard's Pie. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm the Director of Quality Control at the Wilderness Survival Forums, and I'm not going to eat any more Shepard's Pie."

This from a guy that likes "Caviar" YUCK !

(Mmmmm shepards Pie,,,,,, GOOD !)

[Camp10]

This from a guy that likes "Caviar" YUCK !

(Mmmmm shepards Pie,,,,,, GOOD !)

I'm with Ken when it comes to shepard's pie. It seems strange though because I like all the ingredients.

[Ken]

It seems strange though because I like all the ingredients.

Me too, Camp.

[Justin Case]

I'm with Ken when it comes to shepard's pie. It seems strange though because I like all the ingredients.

Do you eat one thing at a time from your plate ? maybe that has something to do with it, ?? I Mix everything all up

[Ken]

Camp, you know how some real fancy restaurants do that nouvelle cuisine thing? They pile up all the food, one ON TOP of the other, instead of spreading it out on the plate? I HATE THAT!!! It reminds me of SHEPPARD'S PIE!!!

Something about a great piece of tenderloin sinking in soggy garlic smashed potatos that are drowning in some kinda' sauce that's buried under soggy onion rings.........

Hell, use a bigger plate and give everything its own place on the plate.

[Ken]

Do you eat one thing at a time from your plate ? maybe that has something to do with it, ?? I Mix everything all up

Nope. Never ate that way. Take a bite of this, and that, and that, and this again. It's just that I don't like eating something that looks like hash at every meal.

[Camp10]

Do you eat one thing at a time from your plate ? maybe that has something to do with it, ?? I Mix everything all up

I eat one fork load at a time. No, I dont think that is it. I like soups and chowders and sandwiches and all kinds of other concoctions. Just not shepard's pie

[Justin Case]

Nope. Never ate that way. Take a bite of this, and that, and that, and this again. It's just that I don't like eating something that looks like hash at every meal.

You would die in Jail ! LOL,, I beat up a meter reader once and got thrown in the Can,,, I asked one of the guys the first day what they gave us for lunch, he said "Mystery Meat:,, I thought to myself, It cant be THAT bad,, boy was I wrong ! I really could not tell what kind of meat was on that sandwich,,, but it was spicy ??? LOL