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We are fixin to take our down home cooking all over the world, spreading the News about the miracle of Gumbo. So for this little newsletter, we are bringing it all back home, featuring the down homiest stuff we have in our trick bag. First, let’s see where we’re going: New Hampshire, Martha’s Vineyard, and Newport, Rhode Island, Fort Lauderdale, Kill Devil Hills, Orlando and Memphis.
THE ROYAL CAFÉ - QUINTESSENTIAL DOWN HOME COOKING
304 Screven Street
Quitman, GA 229-263-5443
Quintessential down-home cooking? What I mean is, this place has the killer mashed potatoes. Smooth and creamy. How bout some snap beans flavored with tiny pieces of ham, or homemade Silver Queen Cream Corn? That’s just the beginning. Not only are the corn and taters homemade, everything served at the Royal Café is homemade…EVERYTHING! OK, Say, ”Homemade Silver Queen Cream Corn” really fast ten times. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
But wait… I’m getting ahead of myself--how bout a little historical perspective. The Royal Café began serving the folks in South Georgia in 1913. They have been at it all this time. On March 15, 1999 Carol Wood took over as owner and cook. Take one look around the place and you can see where it’s at. Good people cooking good food for good people. Nothing fancy, no pretense, pure and simple. Something that is hard to find as we roll down the highway these days. From Denny’s to Starbucks, Mackie D’s to Applebee’s, the huge corporations have made it hard on the little fella. However, when I walked into the room for lunch the place was packed. Me in my leathers, I set my motorcycle helmet down on a chair, and bellied up to the salad bar, and everyone was so nice and hospitable. Like dinner at Grandma’s house. What a great feeling! Everybody was feeling it together. Homemade dinner! I am not a rocket scientist, but in MY mind it’s a fact that when you’re workin’, playin’, lovin’, cookin’… Something about putting your hands on it puts the energy in it. Why do we take the time kneading the bread? Well it mixes it, and it makes it your own special bread. Home made! One word says it all: Energy! I’m a fool for homemade cookin. Don’t go on Friday. Rumor has it that the $8 seafood buffet is murder in the first degree.
Just to give you an idea of the depth of girth of this whole situation, here’s the entire menu for the lunch buffet on Thursday, May 31, 2007:
Salad Bar
Fried Chicken
Country Fried Steak
Chicken and Dumplings
Mashed Potatoes
Silver Queen Cream Corn
Peas
Snap Beans
Buttered Carrots
Cornbread
Strawberry Shortcake
Better Than Almost Anything Cake
Banana Pudding
Ice Tea
And the total? $7.50
Here’s a picture of a plate that I loaded up the day before Thanksgiving. Let’s see: BBQ Chicken, Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Steamed Broccoli, Pole Beans peeking out from behind the Broccoli, and Chicken and Rice.
However, the coolest thing...the best part… I mean the part that is the BEST… is the quart jar of hot peppers on every table. The perfect compliment for a down home meal. I wonder about one thing. Should down-home and quintessential be used in the same sentence? As always, tell em the Sauce Boss sent ya.
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SPEAKING OF DOWNHOME COOKIN…
You cain’t get more down home than when your Mama fires up that ol cook stove. My Mama, I say MY MAMA, My MAMA could COOK, y’all! She knew all the different prices of all the different foods in all the different stores. Where to get the best deals, and how to streeetch that hard earned dollar. She fed a family of seven on a teacher’s pay. But she could make some biscuits and gravy. Mama once entered a recipe contest and she won it. She was my inspiration. |
Here’s the prize winning recipe for her Salmon Haystacks:
Bone one can of salmon (I used smoked salmon), 15 ounces approximately
3 or 4 slices of bread
1 small onion minced
3 tbs mayonnaise
Mix salmon, onion, and mayo
Form into little haystacks
Roll in grated toasted bread
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes
YUMMM
Here’s a picture of my Mama when she was young. Check out this song I wrote about her cookin.
Coming soon…the best squash bisque
you ever had. Stay tuned.
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