Monday, February 16, 2009

CREAMED TOMATOES AKA TOMATO GRAVY


I fondly call this Wayne's Hillbilly Food!

His mama was from West Virginia and this was a popular food over there.
He ate it a lot as a child and has been begging me to make it for him,
so, here it is!
Creamed Tomatoes Aka Tomato Gravy
Ingredients:
1 quart canned tomatoes (or juice if you don't like chunks)(notice I used my purty home canned ones)
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
salt pepper sugar to taste

Directions:
Pour tomatoes in a saucepan or skillet. Add butter. Simmer over medium heat about 15 minutes, or until tomatoes are tender. (If using juice, then just bring it up to a simmer, and continue.). After tomatoes are tender, mix your flour and milk in a bowl until smooth, and add to tomatoes, stirring well. Add salt, pepper, and sugar to taste. If it's too thick, add a little more milk. If it's too thin, either simmer on low until it's the desired thickness, or mix up a bit more flour and milk and add to your tomatoes. That's it! Serve over homemade biscuits, cornbread, potatoes, or whatever you like!
I served it with Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans.

5 comments:

  1. Oh My! We ate creamed maters growing up. Usually with day old biscuits broken and stirred into it before being served. yummo.

    Thanks Liz, now I want creamed maters! Looks like I will need to beg a friend for some home canned maters or wait till harvest, fall of 2009. I can't imagine creamed maters made with store bought canned maters...CAN YOU? yuk.

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  2. I might be inclined to fork over a quart ot two!

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  3. I will not forget you said so! LOL.

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  4. Mmmm! This sounds delish! How do you think it would work with canned tomatos, have no jarred! :(

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  5. I think it would work fine Renee, I have used them in the past.
    Hope you enjoy!

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