Dinner

The Friday night salmon patties made from one can of pink salmon, crushed saltines, an egg and a little onion, fried in a cast iron skillet until the outside crackles. Six patties in 25 minutes, with creamed peas on the side. Cups and grams, and the two reasons they fall apart.

A big pot of Sunday stovetop beef chili: ground beef browned hard, spices toasted into the meat before any liquid, two hours on low, and the beans left to you. With the masa trick that thickens it and makes it taste right.

Real Southern buttermilk fried chicken in a cast iron skillet: an overnight buttermilk soak, seasoned flour in a paper bag, and the lid-on-then-off method that gives a shattering crust and juicy meat every time.

Homemade sloppy joes from scratch in 25 minutes: ground beef with onion and green pepper in a sweet and tangy tomato sauce made from ketchup, brown sugar, mustard and Worcestershire, on toasted buns. It tastes like the can, only more. Cups and grams.

Homemade Salisbury steak in twenty minutes: seasoned ground beef patties browned in a skillet, then simmered in a mushroom and onion gravy that soaks into mashed potatoes. The from-scratch version of the TV dinner, in cups and grams.

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