Buttermilk

Canola oil replaces butter in this light version of a classic.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Made with a mixture of cooked and raw potatoes, boxty was created as a way to use a few readily available ingredients to produce different results. It can take shape as bread, pancakes or dumplings. The recipe has been popular for so long that one traditional rhyming song goes, "Boxty on the griddle, boxty on the pan; if you can't make boxty, you'll never get a man." The households that didn't have a store-bought grater improvised by using nails to punch grating holes into a box or flattened tin can. Boxty is most often made as a griddle bread, served with bacon and eggs for a special breakfast treat.

Lemon brightens the sweet tang of buttermilk in this dairy-state specialty.

These muffins are at once light and chewy.

The lovely color and tangy taste of this starter make it a real crowd pleaser. Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but requires additional unattended time.

Molasses adds richness to this cake. It has a down-home style that's just right for a more casual turkey dinner.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Leftovers are great for breakfast.

Crisp, golden onion rings have never been so pretty or so simple to make.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

The following recipe comes from my mother's home economics class in Louisiana back in the 1940's. I hope your readers enjoy the muffins as much as I do.

Translated from medieval Scottish, farl means, "the fourth part." In this version, quartered rounds of dark bread are sweetened with treacle, which is similar to molasses, and lightly spiced with ginger. The mixture may occasionally include a handful of raisins or other dried fruit, but the bread is always served sliced and buttered, with a cup of tea.