This recipe comes from the “Maryland’s Way” cookbook via a “Mrs. Frederick W. Brune’s Book, 1860.” The source is likely the Brune Family Papers residing at the Maryland Historical Society. Other than delicious cornmeal waffles, the recipe led only to dead ends, with no real resolution or intrigue. There, I said it. The Brune family…
Hopefully I’m posting this recipe in time to catch any post-holiday abundance of fresh cranberries available in grocery stores near you. It’s finally cold in Maryland, and a warm muffin from the oven falls somewhere on the list of comforts for chilly days… probably. There are quite a few recipes online for Orange-Cranberry Muffins and…
My uncle found a gigantic lion’s mane mushroom and gave me a piece. It was slightly browning, and compounded with the fact that these mushrooms are not exactly beauty queens, the photos are not appetizing. You’ve been warned – scroll down at your own risk. This recipe was contributed to Eat, Drink & Be Merry…
I decided to do something a little different for my first post about Southern Maryland Stuffed Ham. Maybe something a little controversial. There’s a lot of information to read about “Southern Maryland Stuffed Ham” out there on the internet and I don’t have too much to add. I have tried most of the ham providers…
Published in 2003, “I Can Cook You Can Cook” may not be the most historic in my collection, but it does offer a snapshot of a Maryland food personality and a time and place from whence it came. (Most cookbooks do, which is why I love them.) The book itself hearkens to a less “sophisticated”…