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Winters Day Etouffee
Nothing Inspires a Heart-Warming Recipe Like an Icy Brush With Death.
Cabin fever can be a dangerous thing, especially to a whitetail hunter who’s been cooped up for three days, waiting out an ice storm.
Gale force winds were continuing to rip down ice-covered power lines throughout central Alabama, and most of my hometown was still dark. Although our cable was out, somehow my house retained power throughout the onslaught. My wife and I were thankful to be able to entertain our toddling daughter with a popular kiddy video, but after 72 hours of listening to the babble of a certain purple dinosaur, I was going insane.
I had no business leaving the house on that brutal January day, much less going deer hunting. But no matter how much Montgomery’s award-winning Channel 12 Storm Team warned me to stay indoors, the thought of spending another day flattening my backside with that Velcro-seamed reptile was unbearable. Plus, the rut was on!
The highways seemed safe to travel by noon, except for the frozen bridges, icy overpasses, deadly curves, strewn telephone poles and hidden patches of ice. So I wolfed down a multi-grain bar, grabbed the Remington .300 Mag and snuck pa...
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Sourdough Bread
A little ceramic crock sits on my kitchen counter, filled with sourdough bread starter from a recipe given to me by my mother many years ago. Once a week, I take a dipper of its content, mix it with flour, oil, yeast and sugar to begin filling the kitchen w...
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White Chicken Chili
They say the sense of smell is the most powerful for recalling memories. That certainly seems to be the case whenever I make white chicken chili.
Each step of the cooking process brings back fond memories of a happy day in October of 2001. That’s the day I...
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A Break in the Clouds
Miserable day ends with muzzleloader GIANT and a classic Heartland meal.
Southern Ohio - 2:35 a.m.
With a gasp, I bolted straight up in bed, rubbed my eyes and fumbled for my digital camera sitting on the nightstand. Eventually, I mashed the right buttons an...
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Cajun-Style Venison Tenderloins
Via Alabama, via Illinois, Via Missouri, via Louisiana...
For those who love to eat wild game, hunting lodges can be far better sources for collecting recipes than cookbooks. Where else do you have full access to a chef or cook who specializes in preparing ...
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When It Comes to Dessert - All is Fair in Deer Camp
Dessert is a highly prized commodity in deer camp. I’ve seen scuffles, wounded friendships, multiple contusions and out-and-out thievery over something as trivial as the last squirt of Cool Whip. But I almost feel guilty about the apple pie incident that oc...
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