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Rappie Pie
Rappie Pie Recipe Rappie Pie Ingredients 5 pounds boneless pork shoulder Generous handful sliced white onions ½ pound fat back, rind removed 10 pounds potatoes, peeled Salt to taste How to Make Rappie Pie Cut the pork into thirds and place in a large stock pot. Cover with water and simmer with the onions for […]
Fried Scallops
Fried Scallops Recipe by Woodman’s of Essex Fried Scallops Ingredients 32 ounces scallops 12 ounces evaporated milk 4 cups corn flour Lard (or Crisco) Do not use olive oil. How to Fry Scallops In a 4-quart saucepan, melt 2 ¾ lb. lard or vegetable oil to a depth of two inches in the pan. Heat […]
The Puzzle Masters
Considering the perishability of live seafood, ordering “product” at Woodman’s is a complex undertaking. First the restaurant and any number of clambakes require their specific allotments of clams, fresh lobsters, mussels, and other victuals, then there’s the Top Deck, The Essex Room, and other venues to consider. While responsibility for ordering most product is now […]
Fried Shrimp
Fried Shrimp Recipe by Woodman’s of Essex Fried Shrimp Ingredients 40 shrimp 12 ounces evaporated milk 4 cups corn flour Lard (or Crisco) Do not use olive oil. How to Fry Shrimp In a 4-quart saucepan, melt 2 ¾ lb. lard or vegetable oil to a depth of two inches in the pan. Heat to […]
Steak Tip Marinade
Steak-Tip Marinade Recipe by Dexter Woodman Steak-Tip Marinade Ingredients 1 cup ketchup 1 cup barbecue sauce 1 cup water 1 cup salad oil ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce ½ teaspoon garlic, chopped ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon onion powder ½ teaspoon dry mustard 2 ½ tablespoons red wine vinegar 1⁄3 cup granulated sugar How to Make […]
Apple Crisp
Homemade Apple Crisp Recipe by Teresa (Ellis) Eisenhauer Teresa (Ellis) Eisenhauer was Gini Woodman’s best friend in the first grade, and remained so for the rest of her life. Generations of Woodmans looked forward to receiving her homemade apple crisp as a heart-felt Christmas gift. Apple Crisp Ingredients 6-7 apples ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup […]
Crabmeat Quiche
Crabmeat Quiche Recipe by Cindy DiZio Crabmeat Quiche Ingredients 8-inch premade pie shell 2 eggs ¾ cup milk ½ cup mayonnaise 1⁄3 cup scallions, chopped 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 8 ounces Swiss cheese, shredded 5 ounces crabmeat, picked over and drained How to Make Crabmeat Quiche Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prebake the pie shell as […]
Watermelon Salad
Watermelon and Feta Recipe by Patti Woodman D’Alelio Watermelon Salad Ingredients 4 cups watermelon, cut into chunks ½ cup red onion, diced 1 cup feta cheese, crumbled How to Make Watermelon Salad In a large bowl carefully stir ingredients together to blend. Serve immediately or chill before serving. Serves 4. After enjoying your tasty watermelon […]
Beef Stew
Beef Stew Recipe by Curt Fougere Curt and his wife Cici are proponents of the Paleo Diet, patterned after the hunter-gatherer diet of the Paleolithic Era, and based on the assumption that the human metabolism, which retains the same genetic characteristics it had 10,000 years ago, has not had a chance to sufficiently evolve and […]
Coffee Cake
Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipe by Cynthia Woodman Fougere Cynthia used to give her delicious coffee cakes to friends and family at Christmastime. To do so she would line up the ingredients in an assembly line in The Essex Room kitchen (sometimes utilizing the help of “apprentices”) to produce as many as 50 of them […]