Prime Montgomery | Category Archive

Cooking Terminology: Back to Basics

Posted on May 28, 2013 by bob in GPlenty

Did you know a ‘dash’ as called for in a recipe is considered less than 1/8 teaspoon? Cooking Basics from the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service is a great review for kitchen wizards and a wonderful learning tool for new cooks. We thank ACES for their generosity in letting Prime offer it to our readers. You […]

Red Velvet & Lane Cakes

Posted on December 4, 2012 by bob in GPlenty

As far back as I can remember, mama has made “Lane” cakes. My grandmother Foshee gave my mama the recipe when she and daddy married, and it’s been passed down through our family. We especially love it around Christmas. “Lane” cake is well-remembered by older folks, but the younger generation has never heard of it, […]

Pumpkin and pecan pie, my oh my!

Posted on November 1, 2012 by bob in GPlenty

Celebrate the season of family times and places not to be forgotten, along with sweet memories of the past in your kitchen. I remember mama and my precious grandmother Hanks in the kitchen, the smell of Thanksgiving spices and pecans baking, syrup bubbling to my delight, and those delicious handmade pie shells. We were laughing, […]

Wrap ‘n Cook Pork Chops

Posted on October 2, 2012 by bob in GPlenty

We lead such busy lives now that school has started that sometimes a recipe comes along that just makes life simple at dinner time. When I was in Girl Scouts, too many years ago to remember the date, to get our Campfire Badge we had to learn to build a fire and prepare a meal […]

Award Winning Turnip Soup

Posted on September 3, 2012 by bob in GPlenty

Jean Kocher, Bobbie Cooper and Gale Dunlap are co-chairs of The Taste of Frazer (Frazer United Methodist Church), and invited my mother Lela Foshee and me, along with several other local food connoisseurs, to judge their annual food competition. The contest benefits their Community Ministries United Appeal Fund, and we were delighted to say “yes” […]

Heat Buster! Homemade Ice Cream

Posted on August 1, 2012 by bob in GPlenty

In the July issue we prepared Snow’s Jager Peaches, a unique, delicious peach dessert from CS3 John Waid Snow, a young sailor stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. But it’s not just a solo dessert, it’s also a great topping for ice cream, or a great dish on which to drop a couple of scoops. To complement […]

A Gracious Plenty: Luncheon Salad Trio

Posted on May 1, 2012 by bob in GPlenty

May is a beautiful time of the year for graduating, getting married and having a last ladies luncheon before families head off to summer activities at the beach or the lake. Our menu – a trio of salads – has been prepared in our kitchen thousands of times for the governor’s mansion, first ladies of […]

Ham it up for Easter!

Posted on April 1, 2012 by bob in GPlenty

Easter is a special time of year for family gatherings. Spring is bursting into beautiful flowers and the earth is coming alive again after the gray drab of winter. It’s a time of remembrance of faith and the core of what is good on this earth, and our memories become very precious. I remember mama […]