Picadilly cafeteria recipes

As it happens, they were delighted to provide the recipe and now our readers can re-create this comfort food at home. Their Broccoli and Rice Au Gratin is a classic, similar to that found in many cookbooks from the 1960s.

A long time ago…in a galaxy not very far away…there was a Piccadilly Cafeteria inside the mall in Wichita Falls, Texas, where I grew up. This Southeastern regional chain was a long-standing staple of Wichitan cuisine. Opened for nearly 50 years, Piccadilly welcomed mass amounts of people after church on Sunday’s and made some of… Continue reading Meatless Monday: Copycat Piccadilly Mac & Cheese

This frozen delight has a graham cracker crust topped with layers of sweetened cream cheese and pecan-oat crumble, swirled through with caramel sauce.

She might not look like much but this is the stuff that I grew up with at my Aunt Lucille's house. It is old school Mac and Cheese. Custardy and rich and made with love. Her house keeper got the recipe from working at a cafeteria in Columbia, SC. It is very much the same sort of Mac n Cheese served at the S&S Cafeteria in Charleston today. If you have never eaten at an old school southern style Cafeteria you are missing out. The variety of food alone if staggering. But the quality is also…

Anyone out there remember the Picadilly restaurants or am I the only one as old as dirt in this crowd. It was one of those cafateria style restaurants where you always overate and left miserable. I found this recipe in a paper at the doctors waiting room (some of my best recipes are from there) and thought I would cook the other day for sunday dinner. Since we have yellow squash coming out of our ears. It was a huge hit with lots of butter and gooey cheese. Comfort food .... PICADILLY STYLE…

Make a light and creamy pecan delight pie at home.

One of the most-often-requested recipes from Piccadilly Cafeterias. I found it in the online edition of the Baton Rouge Advocate. This is not exactly health-conscious, due to the large amount of sugar, but it is delicious and i guarantee kids will eat these carrots!

Schools first began providing food for children because so many were undernourished and farmers had extra crops to sell. As children eating in elementary school cafeterias in the 1950s, we might ha…

Steam or boil carrots until extra soft. Drain well. While carrots are warm, add sugar, baking powder and vanilla. Whip with mixer until smooth. (I used a potato masher first...