Thursday, February 02, 2012

Kitchen culture behind bars

Several female inmates from TDCJ's Mountain View unit have published a prisoner cookbook describing methods for (sometimes illegally) cooking with commissary items. Interesting.

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  1. Probably locked up for beating up husband for asking for dinner!

    Rehab works!

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  2. Nothing new here. A few years ago, another "Jailhouse" recipe book was published by a former male TDC inmate. Good recipes, too !
    Back in '88-'89, I served under Warden Willett at the Wynne Unit. Had some good "dayroom cooks" there.

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  3. Been there, done that. Summer sausage is pretty good with a barbeque sauce made from ketchup and grape jelly. Cook it all in a potato chip bag that's in the hotpot.

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