Week before last, TOP CHEF had a challenge that involved cooking the “last supper” of a group of individual famous chefs. Fascinating idea. Someone then asked me on Twitter what my last supper would be and I popped off with “a southern breakfast.”
It’s not an easy challenge. I’m still running through the possibilities. I don’t think it would be something rich and gourmet (neither were most of the chef’s choices–they tended to want their childhood favorites). I might want macaroni and cheese and whole grain rolls. Or chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and banana pudding. (Hmm. I think that might be it).
What would you choose? I’ll choose a name from the comments and send you an Australian edition of The Lost Recipe for Happiness, just because it’s a little different. Autographed, of course.
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Tough one here…
I think my last meal would have to be cheddar broccoli soup followed by a surf ‘n’ turf extravaganza. A smallish, medium rare steak, a lobster tail, some crab legs and a few shrimp, brussels sprouts with butter and garlic sauce, broccoli with tangy cheese sauce, and a small piece of garlic bread. For dessert, hmm… fruit salad with pineapples, kiwi, strawberries, mango, passion fruit, cherries, blueberries and raspberries. Although, if my aunt could make a strawberry-rhubarb pie, I might have to go without my favorite fruits.
My last supper would be my grandmothers cocoa gravy with ham and scrambled eggs…It is what holds our family traditions together. And you are not allowed into our family unless you like it. But mostly it takes me back to the days when i was safe, secure, and LOVED.
My favorite meal is homemade chicken fried steak, cream gravy, mashed potatoes, sliced white bread, fried okra, and fresh sweet corn. Oh my. I used to make this back when I didn’t work and had time to cook, and when i could afford the carbs. Restaurants just can’t do this meal justice.
Hmmmmmmmmm would have to by my Dad’s Cream of Potato soup! He ws a Mess Sgt in the Army WWII and taught me to cook! Dad passed away 3 days away from his 75th burthday…gone many years now but his potato soup lingers in my mind. I have made it but it’s never the same…he filled it with butter, cream and OMG so good. Maybe in my mind I hold back from making it the same…knowing I could never replace it – or Dad.
Beautiful, Clarann. The soup sounds wonderful, and so does your dad!
Check back in a day or two, everyone, and I’ll draw a name. Dropped the ball thanks to a bout with the local plague (aka flu(.
Abolutely, Katie. Fresh veggies and chocolate, though I am afraid I would have to add some sugar to my tea.
My last meal would be lots of fresh from the garden veggies, cooked and raw with some pasta and homemade bread. Some of my dad’s recipie for homemade beef vegtable soup would be good too. And something very rich and chocolately for desert.
To drink…some good old plain lipton iced tea…no sugar, some fresh lemon.
Truly fresh veggies are truly wonderful. They taste the way they are supposed to…not like the stuff that has been shipped across the country and then sat in the grocery store forever.
And who can live without some chocolate.
Well, If I knew Ian liked Cream Puffs I would have made my momma make us some when he was here. heheheh
My last supper would be an Italian feast.
Spinach Frittata
Vegetarian Pasta
Fresh Shrimp
Bruschetta
All of this is homemade since I adore those foods and for the piesta-de-resistance dessert would be gelato.
All of these foods are from my Nana’s ultimate kitchen.
Mmmm, Matt, cream puffs! My older son was insane for them when he was a child.
Kay, I’m a big fan of asparagus, too. I get teased about it around here, becauase I’ll eat it every day when it’s fresh. And yes, the chicken fried steak is with milk gravy, heavily seasoned. Almost never eat beef these days, but that’s a favorite that never fades.
Debbie, there’s nothing quite like the perfect roast chicken.
Nina, that sounds fantastic! I love the use of pumpkin like that. And yeah, I’ve noticed that whenever this question comes up, we all go for major calories. Why not?
I would have as the main course (no entree needed) Vareniky – which are a Ukrainian dish like gnocchi/dumplings with pork/veal mince, Potato, pumpkin, onions & herbs served with fried onions and light sour cream. Can also be served with rye bread to help mop the juices. Yum! And the best dessert of all, rich chocolate cake with frosting, flake bar on top (chocolate curls) and most importantly wtih cream followed by Bailey’s with coffee. High in calories but what a way to go. Content and happy!
Sunday dinner at Nanny’s….
Antipasta
Crespelles en brodo
Ravioli
Roast chicken
Italian cream cake and assorted Italian cookies
My favorite childhood meal was “swiss steak” – some sort of steak cooked in tomato sauce with onions and green pepper, served with mashed potatoes.
BUT my adult version of this “best” is beef stroganoff, with noodles, garlic bread and nice ceasar-y dressed salad, and asparagus (my favorite from childhood).
When you have chicken fried steak, do you have white gravy with the mashed potatoes? I have not had that in years!
Well, mine went back to childhood also. My mom would make a pot roast with the roast, carrots, potatoes and onions, in the crock pot. Always leftovers. Now here is what I would want: Take all the leftovers and put them through a meat grinder. We called it “Hash” Put it in a 2 inch high 11X14 cake pan and spread it out in the pan and re-bake it. mmmm I can remember tasting it and eating it now.
And for Desserts: She would make what we would call “Cream Puffs”. A baked dough ball? hollowed out, like you would a pumpkin, then stuffed with whipped cream, the lid goes back on and then the whole top would get a healthy covering of melted milk chocolate. I think some people think of this as an eclair, but I grew up knowing this was a cream puff.