TODAY's CASES:

• Ice Cream Topping
• Egg Casserole with Crackers
• Buzzard Billy's Seafood Gumbo

Ice Cream Topping From: Sarah J Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 1:12 PM To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com Subject: please help to find lost recipe fo ice cream topping? Dear Uncle Phaedrus, Can you please help me find a recipe I lost in a recent move? I have searched the Internet everywhere and cannot find it. I cut out the recipe from an Atlanta Journal column (possibly in the late 1980s or early to mid 1990s). The article was in response to a reader who had lost it herself. So the author tracked it down and reprinted it. I believe the original printing had also been from the Atlanta Journal decades earlier, maybe in the 1920s. It is also possible it originally came from the Atlanta Constitution. At some point, the Journal and the constitution merged. I tried searching their archives that supposedly go back to 1985 and cannot find it. I know for a fact that it was not that long ago that I saw it. It is a topping for ice cream. It involves using butter and honey (possibly sugar too, can’t remember) and sautéing finely minced fresh rosemary then adding white grapes. This article called for the grapes to be peeled but said that slicing them in half would also do. I believe there was also a splash of brandy added. This took only minutes. It was then poured over vanilla ice cream. I have tried get the proportions right and can’t. Perhaps I am missing an ingredient? I just can’t remember. Can you possibly help? This is an unbelievably easy recipe that was so easy to make for company and always a big hit. Thank you very very much. Sarah J Hi Sarah, I have no special access to newspaper archives, and I had no success locating a recipe that exactly fit your description. I’ll post this for reader input. In the meantime, I did find a similar recipe at : Special Fork Blog See below. Phaed Roasted Grapes Serves 2 to 3 as a side or as a small cake topper 1 pound seedless red grapes, halved (about 2 ½ cups) 1 tablespoon olive oil or unsalted butter 1 tablespoon honey 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Toss grapes with oil, honey and rosemary and roast on a lightly oiled foil lined baking sheet in lower third of the oven until tender and wilted, but not falling apart, about 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool just till grapes are warm. Spoon warm grapes, along with any juices, over cake or ice cream. Or spoon on flat bread with a sprinkling of blue cheese. You can also serve it as a condiment on a cheese board or with grilled meats. Egg Casserole with Crackers From: Sarah M Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 4:41 AM To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com Subject: egg casserole recipe Hi! When I was growing up in Wichita Falls, TX back in the late 50s & early 60s, my mother occasionally made a casserole for breakfast that had whole eggs topped with saltine crackers and butter (no meat) and baked in the oven. I'm sorry but I never knew the name of the dish and I don't remember if there were any other ingredients so I know finding the recipe won't be an easy task. My mother grew up on a plantation in Mississippi and my dad was raised in Texas but I don't know if it was a family recipe or one from a cookbook or newspaper article or from a friend. Not much to go on I know, but these are the types of challenges you created this website for, right? (LOL!) Thank you for any help you can give. Sincerely, Sarah Hi Sarah, Well, I looked through dozens of recipes this morning for “egg casserole”, “Baked egg casserole”, “baked eggs”, “egg bake”, and “egg bake casserole.” There are many, many recipes with those names. None of them that I saw are as simple as your description. All of the ones that I found have cheese, or bacon or sausage or other meats or vegetables. Some have crackers and butter, but they also have one or more of these other ingredients. There’s just no way for me to pursue this without knowing more ingredients or a unique name for the dish. I’ll post this in the hopes that one of my readers will recognize the dish. Phaed Buzzard Billy's Seafood Gumbo -----Original Message----- From: Peter Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 9:50 AM To: Phaedrus Subject: Seafood gumbo Dear Uncle, Peter here with another recipe search. Buzzard Billy’s Flying Carp Cafe in Lacrosse WI has a fantastic Seafood Gumbo. Please find the recipe for me. Thanks Peter Hello Peter, Buzzard Billy's is a chain of at least four restaurants in different states. They have a website here: Buzzard Billy's Their menu, which is here: Buzzard Billy's Menu describes the gumbo like this: "A magnificent blend of gulf shrimp, crawfish tails, and andouille sausage, in a highly seasoned roux-based broth served over rice." Sorry, I had no success locating any recipes of copycats. I'll post this for reader input. Phaed