what's your favorite home cooked meal? or what do you always ask your momma to make when you go back home?

my favorite has to be salsbury steak with cheesy mashed potatoes, greens, corn, and rolls.
followed closely by: mexican chicken, veinessan chili, and gulash.

Mmm. Mmm. Mmm.

on a related note: have any of yall been to arnolds? wow.

my dad makes really good lasagna with spinach and ricotta cheese. that'd probably be my pick. coming in at a close second would be the way my mom makes this dried vegetable soup mix that we get from the amish store in KY. that stuff rocks.

Filet Mignon along with baked potato, french cut green beans and milk.

Among my favorites are maccaroni and cheese and fried sweet potatoes.

I look forward to later this summer when my mother's garden starts coming in. That's when I get all the good corn, tomatoes, greens, green beans, sugar snap peas, watermelon, butter beans, etc...

Two Words: Pork Chops. I love me some pork chops. I'm also down with the au gratin potatoes with the skin on top. Mom's meatloaf is also spectacular.

I went to see my folks last week and was treated to fried catfish, hushpuppies, baked beans, and coleslaw. It's usually either that or some sort of game (squirrel, rabbit, racoon, etc.) if my dad's cooking.

I like my mom's meat loaf

My mom makes a really good home-made chicken pot pie. She also makes really good macaroni and cheese and really good cornbread dressing. I make the best sweet potatos...

My little sister makes the best, desserts, though. Her banana pudding is seriously one of the best desserts I have ever tasted.

Yes, Arnold's is great. But Monell's is even better. That place rules me like no other.

I'll have to check that out.

Next time there is a mb get together, I vote meat & three. Cheap, and delish.

I'm not a meat and three fan. However, I'd love it if we could have a mb get together at Monnell's. It's a place that could accomodate a large number of us. We'll have to wait until there's a show near downtown Nashville I guess.

I've never heard of Arnold's or Monell's, I'll have to go to those places sometime

kleer vu is the best place in murfreesboro. the front porch is the second best in murfreesboro.

i haven't really eaten out much in nashville until recently. but i am a food connoisseur and i read about restraunts here all the time and i definitely plan on visiting swett's, monell's, and arnold's.

My all-time favorites are rabbit, squirrel, and fish - largemouth bass. My old man is quite the outdoorsman, so there's always game in the freezer.

Swett's is great Sina. Definitely worth a trip out there. It's great this eatery has been home to probably the most mixed racial crowd in the city. People from everywhere know where to get some good food.

My favorite homecooked meal, that I can actually make myself now, is chicken with pasta with tomato sauce and a salad. I usually throw in some of my own spices in the sauce. Great stuff. Might have to cook some tonight.

Yeah, the meat is pretty tender (especially if they're babies), but there's just so many little bones to pick through. I haven't had either in awhile, though, so maybe I need to put in a request...

I thought I'd get stoned to death over that one, but instead, my homey's got my back. Super nice.

I just can't get into "Southern" food - meat and three and the like. I know that makes me an oddball for Nashville, but oh well. I think Mexican food is my "soul" food. Mmmmm....beans, rice, tortillas, guacamole.

If I went home to FL to visit my mom, I'd probably ask her to grill me some fish and steam me some broccoli. Which reminds me how very glad I am broccoli was invented.

(Edited by Token at 6:45 pm on May. 13, 2003)

I love your mom.

Yeah, my mum is great. Thanks for reminding me.

She might throw in some Christmas pudding if I'm lucky. Or some other British food that all others find inedible. Like Marmite on toast, or Yorkshire pudds, ooh, or maybe McVittie's digestive biscuits. MMM...good.

as far as cooking goes, i don't do southern food. i leave that for the experts. that and sushi.

when i cook, it's usually weird stuff that i saw on the food network...a bobby flay cooking show or in a martha stewart living magazine. baking is my love, though.

i thought the squirrel eating thing was a little weird at first, but got over it. not gonna knock it til ive tried it.

but picking through baby squirrel bones? thats a little disturbing.

My favorite meal on the face of the planet is my mother's Fettucini Alfredo with Fried Chicken filet... it's simply amazing. I know alot of people like their mother's cooking (and probably more don't) but I can honestly say that eating out for our family is normally only a treat for mom, in that she doesn't have to cook. None of us prefer any restaurant food to my mom's cooking... it's simply too good.

Will

my dad is actually the chef of the family. he makes fantastic spaghetti and meatballs, sloppy joes, beef stew, assorted chicken dishes, pancakes, and matzo ball soup. my mom has him beat on hamburgers and french toast, though.

my new thing is to look up recipes on allrecipe.com; i've been cooking dinner a lot for my mom and sister. i make a lot of baked cheesy casseroles. i just don't like cleaning up afterwards.

my current favorite home cooked thing comes courtesy of exliontamer: rice, peas and peanuts cooked with lots of spices.

I would really like to practice cooking lots of stuff over the summer. The real challenge will be balancing the weird vegetarian sort of stuff I'd like to try with learning to cook the perfect cheeseburger for some certain person I'll be marrying.


I'll probably just make lots of carbs and gain a million pounds.

You're right, Swett's is great. Also, how could we forget Sylvan Park? Or the White Trash Cafe? Or Wendell Smith's? I swear, there are more meat'n'threes per capita in Nashville than anywhere else in the lower 48.

Did anyone else laugh when they read this? His mom has a loaf of meat...heh heh, and he likes it.

(Edited by richarddawson at 10:11 pm on May. 13, 2003)

Personally, I don't like much of anything that my mom cooks, with very few exceptions. My grandmother on the other hand, wow, she fixes some excellent country food. Fried chicken, corn on the cob, cornbread..mmm. I could eat that stuff everyday. It is so good. They know how to cook in Hartsville, that's for sure.

I would have to agree with that. I don't know why I turned out the way I did, but only myself and one other cousin actually dislike all the "southern home cookin'." I usually avoid most vegetables and have still not eaten some fruits, and I usually end up not eating much at Thanksgiving. Off the top of my head, I can think of my aunt's sinful potatos (which are potatos with a gajillion types of cheese...basically a heart attack in potato form), stuffing, steaks...hmm...that's about it I guess.

My top is my mom's ground beef that she makes for burritos. The burritos are better than any mexican place I have ever found. Of course, I'm not sure how much skill this requires since it is all store bought. I guess because it is made with love.

i love meat+3s. except i never know what to get for my meat. if they have fried chicken, ill eat that, but the rest is jsut too scary for me and i dont eat anything but chicken and fish anyway. otherwise i stock up on starches: sweet potatoes being the favorite, mashed potatoes second, and macaroni third.

my mom is a really good cook, and experimental too. after we had invested $1,000,000 in basantes sweet potato ravioli, she figured out the recipie. i think my favorite of hers is this lukewarm pasta with a cold mexican-type sauce on top with cilantro, goat cheese, and pine nuts. or maybe its her guacamole [even though that isnt really a meal]. she puts fresh corn and grape tomatoes [among other things] in it. it is divine.

but all of this leads me to my next point: i love goat cheese. i love it on everything. europe was a dream for me because i could get a salad anywhere with some kind of great fruit on it with chevre.

also. i love smoked salmon. and fresh mozzarella. and [really] fresh pineapple. and those bottled tazo tea-juices that they sell at wild oats, especially the wild orange flavor. i almost cried when i finished my first one.

all-time best desert: bread pudding. nigella lawson makes a spectacular one that she calls "apricot bread and butter pudding." apricot jam on the bread. plump raisins from being soaked in rum overnight. crystallized ginger throughout. heavy cream throughout. and although i am obsessed with dark chocolate, i havent really liked any chocolate bread puddings that ive tried. if anyone can suggest a place to get really good bread pudding [preferably without chocolate or nuts] in nashville, please fill me in. fyi: bread & company is not good for bread pudding, in my opinion.

this is so long. i love food.

Real fun with sexual innuendo.

hmm...rabbit and squirrel i can do...but racoon? i'm from west virginia, and i even i would be hesitant to swing that (as ray davies would say).

im a vegetarian so my input on this post is kinof irrelevant. that andf I can't spell.

but when i go home, i like to eat some tasty bow tie pasta in some zesty lemon sauce that my mom cooks - not sure what its called. mashed potatoes and maceroni and cheese are great as well.

but the only signature thing i have in jacktown is lots and lots of white wine. go figure.

when im looking for soul-food, i have indian or 'one love' (its a vegan cafe/ juice bar in memphis) mmmm mmm mmm . . .

ps fried green tomatoes anyone?

Unfortunately, racoons don't taste as good as they look. It's best served as a barbecue mixed with pork. Otherwise, it's pretty dry and gamey.

Have you tried the bread pudding at Mambu? It is chocolate bread pudding, but it is the best that I've ever had. I love bread pudding.

thanks for the suggestion. my parents like mambu, but i havent been. what is it like? what kind of food, atmosphere, etc? i might have to try it this weekend, actually. ive been looking for a new place to eat nice dinners.

on that note, everyone should try the red wagon in east nashville.

I love fried green tomatoes. But, I'm a little picky about them. The tomatoes should be a bit tart and not bland like they are at some places I get them.

Mexican food is the only food that rivals home cooking for me.

Sweets are my weakness. I'm quite the baking fool. I wanted to be a pastry chef for the longest time, but decided to turn down my scholarships to Johnson & Wales and other culinary schools to pursue a different career.

Oh, I made this imaginary restaurant and menu for one of the culinary competitions I was in a few years ago that consisted entirely of dishes that had something to do with either music or movies. It was quite dorky and awesome. Each dish had a title, of course, and a description that included many pop culture references that I'm sure my teacher did not get 20% of. One of the dishes was "Savoy Truffle" while another was "Chicken Caccia-Tori Amos".

(Edited by Sexy Sadie at 12:06 am on May. 15, 2003)

I too love bread pudding. I had a good one at the Belle Meade Plantation's cafe a few months ago- maybe it's called Martha's? I can't remember, but the food is delicious. Kind of more gourmet Southern- fancy things done with grits, etc. We also went to the Red Wagon for brunch that weekend & it was grrrrreat.

My favorite mom foods are her baked things- toffee bars, Italian Creme Cake. She sells her cakes sometimes, they're that good.

I have never had bread pudding but now I really want to try it. The only dessert I haven't liked is Tiramisu. The rum flavor ruined it for me.

I loove toffee. I just recently found my love for the Skor bar. Very, very good.

Glad to hear that Martha's is good. I just booked my bridal luncheon there, and I've never eaten the food. Sounds like we might need to try the bread pudding for dessert.

I have been curious about Red Wagon. Sounds good. But I'm also just hungry right now. Reading this thread is only making it worse.

I love Skor bars. Callard & Bowser English toffees are also good. Toffee is really big in Britain. I wish it was as popular here. I'd take toffee over peanut butter any day.

there shouldnt be a rum flavor in tiramisu. should just taste like coffee and sometimes includes khalua or marsala. lots of bread puddings have a rum flavor though.

maybe it was khalua. i thought that it had rum soaked lady fingers or something. anyways i didnt like it. so i probably wont like bread pudding.

i looked up some recipes and all of them have some sort of liquor in them and i really just hate that taste.

(Edited by rachel1808 at 12:43 pm on May. 17, 2003)

I love country cooking. No one in my family is from the south, so I don't get authentic country cooking at home (though my mom makes some fantastic biscuits), but I adore it. The problem is, you can't get good country cooking here in Chicago. Myself and a friend from Alabama up here used to go to Cracker Barrel once a month, a 45 minute drive. The waitress always asks if you want biscuits or cornbread- our unison response was always "both!"

The other thing that I go crazy for is Mozerella Cheese Sticks... the appetizer. I have to try them anywhere I see them. They used to have them at Burger King, and during those 15 months, I was a slave to the House that Whopper built.

Will

I was craving a Skor Bar the other day and mentioned it to Ray Davies, and he said he had never heard of them! I used to eat them all the time when I was little. They're quite tasty. I always ate the chocolate off first then I would just have a bar of toffy to eat.

same!

well, i actually pull the wrapper back about an inch or two, gnaw off the chocolate, nibble on the leftover toffee then peel back another couple inches. it takes me about 20 minutes to eat a whole bar.

That's how I do it, too. What a coincidence!

Oh, I just realized I misspelled toffee. I'm quite ashamed. I was thinking of taffy I guess.

(Edited by Sexy Sadie at 5:53 pm on May. 18, 2003)

all this tofee talk made me want one.

i just busted my piggy bank for skor money.

man, i need a job.

Man, I don't even have a piggy bank. I really need a job.

Naw, alot of jobless people bust their piggy bank when they need to score...

Will

i definatley saw that one coming.

banana pudding

i had some banana pudding at a meat and three across from Bobbys Dairy Dip this weekend. it was definatley not up to par. i like my banana pudding light and fluffy but this was kind of grainy and runny. and the nila wafers were all mushed up blended in. everything else was great though so id reccomend it, just not the banana pudding.