Old Southern Recipes: Pot Likker And Cornmeal Dodgers
By Denese. Filed in Homemaking, Old Timey Stuff |
POT LIKKER
Into 3 quarts of cold water, put a 1/2-pound piece of salt pork and place on fire to boil for 45 minutes. Wash young turnip greens in several waters and clean them well. Put them into the pot along with the pork and let boil for another hour. Drain the water from the greens and meat; chop the greens rather fine and season well with salt and pepper. Place the greens on a hot dish and on top arrange slices of the pork; pour over the greens and meat about 1 1/2 cups of the water in which the greens were cooked (pot likker). Cornmeal dodgers are frequently served along with this dish and are arranged around the greens.
CORN MEAL DODGER FOR POT LIKKER
1/2 pint white corn meal
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons melted butter or other shortening
cold water
Add salt to corn meal and stir in the melted butter. Add sufficient cold water so dough will hold shape. Mould dough into biscuit size pieces and drop into boiling pot likker. Cook in closely covered pot for twenty minutes. Serve garnished with the greens from the "pot likker".
From: Southern Cookbook -322 Old Dixie Recipes (1935)
Blessings,
Denese
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