Mariner's Cookbook

Olive Loaf by Mariner, posted Aug 10, 2016

Olive loaf has always been one of my favorite sandwich meats. While I was growing up, it was an expensive treat, only to be had once in a great while.

Tartar Sauce by Mariner, posted May 02, 2016

For most of my childhood, ketchup was the only dressing I ever knew about for fried fish. During that time, my family didn't eat in restaurants very often, and when we did, we didn't usually order fish of any kind. Somewhere along about my freshman year of high school, I discovered fried fish sandwiches at some of the fast food establishments, and those sandwiches were dressed with tartar sauce - a new experience for me. Naturally, I wanted tartar sauce on my fried fish from that point on.

"Buttermilk" Biscuits by Mariner, posted Mar 06, 2016

This morning I decided to try my hand at biscuits - specifically faux Hardiee's® buttermilk biscuits. Searching the Internet for existing recipés yielded quite a few hits, and many used some very strange ingredients (strange to me, anyway - like mayonnaise!); anyhow, the one that hit home with me was actually not in a published recipé, but in a comment made to one.

Grandma's Liver Pudding by Mariner, posted Feb 27, 2016

Anyone who ever knew much about my father, knew also that he was very fond of dishes containing liver; including the sausages known as liverwurst, braunschweiger, and in particular, homemade liver pudding.

Mariner's Breakfast Sausage by Mariner, posted Apr 07, 2011

It can be difficult to consistently eat on the low-carbohydrate plan without seriously overdoing one's fat intake, and breakfast is one of the most difficult meals at which to avoid those fats.

Canning Black Bean Soup by Mariner, posted Oct 10, 2010

This post is "Canning Black Bean Soup v2.0, and revises and supplants the original post on the subject. I have changed the process to accommodate additional experience with the recipé. The previous version was my first attempt to achieve consistency in the distribution of soup components between jars of the same batch of soup. It worked, in terms of improving consistency, but it resulted in a tremendous increase in the complexity and amount of effort.

Hot/Sweet BBQ sauce by Mariner, posted Jun 13, 2010

Yesterday I decided to do my version of barbecue ribs for Sunday dinner. I had everything I needed on hand, except the barbecue sauce. Now those who know me, know that I purely despise shopping, and if there is any way to avoid it, I'll try to do it - so I decided to try my hand at a homemade barbecue sauce. I started out as I always do, searching the internet for the perfect recipé, and as usual, I didn't find it.

Shrimp Po-Boy Sandwich! by Mariner, posted May 08, 2009

Fried shrimp is one of my favorite foods, and this sandwich is one of my favorite ways to eat fried shrimp! Like many of my recipés, This one doesn't start from scratch. If you opened it up to learn how to fry shrimp, you're out of luck: we start with fried shrimp!

Elmer's Eggnog by Mariner, posted Dec 22, 2008

Well, last night was the pre-Christmas gathering for our extended family. It was held at Shana's place - which seems to have become a tradition by now - and both of the brothers who live nearby. and most of their offspring and grandchildren, were in attendance. My own kids and grand kids didn't make it. They had further to come, and had other commitments.

Black Bean Soup by Mariner, posted Nov 08, 2008

We've been thinking a lot lately about food. Of course, we always think a lot about food. The difference is, we've been thinking about how we'll eat when we're spending lots of time on the boat - at anchor, underway, or at a dock - because we still anticipate getting our cruising boat (soon) and spending a couple of years trying out the cruising lifestyle.