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Dear Addie: You asked for old recipes. Please see the attached recipe for Hoppin’ John from an ad in the San Antonio Express-News in 1973. Frost Bros. was a store based in San Antonio, but the ad also ran in the Austin American-Statesman. Frost used to have a beautiful store in Northcross Mall when the mall used to have an ice skating rink inside. Of course, you know that if you eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day, you are supposed to have good luck for the whole year. It’s a Southern tradition. I love this recipe and have made it every year since 1973. It is a comfort food, which we could all use now. A note: It calls for cream of onion soup, which Randalls carries, or you can substitute onion soup and add a little cream. We serve it on cornbread. ....
Austin 360 Not everybody s grandma made pizza, but if you have spent any time on Long Island, you might have heard of grandma pie. This rustic, square pizza has origins at pizzerias in New York, some say as the easy-to-bake pie that restaurants would bake for their staff. Others claim that this is the pizza that Italian immigrants would make either when they were in a hurry or didn t have an oven or a pizza peel. Most agree that the cheese goes on the dough first followed by the sauce and remaining toppings. No matter where the name came from or the specifics of how it s made, this style of pizza is a good option for baking at home when you re craving something cozy and don t want to order takeout. ....
Austin 360 This is probably a long shot, but I lived in Austin in 1989 and 1990, and around that time frame, you all ran a recipe for spiced pecans and it won the Christmas cooking contest. I ve lost it, and I really loved that recipe. I was just wondering if there was any way to find it again. I would be so appreciative if you could tell me how to get that recipe. I live in South Carolina now. Jill Smith For 20 years, the Statesman hosted a Christmas Cookin Contest, an annual holiday contest that was as much a community recipe swap as a competition. Kitty Crider retired the series in 2001, and after I took over her position in 2008, we hosted a couple of cookie contests that were also a joyful excuse to connect with home cooks who take pride in what they can whip up at home. ....