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https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19085244Shrimp Curry A La Zephyr Wright
Zephyr Wright was both maid and cook for President Lyndon Johnson. Leonard H. Marks, director of the U.S. Information Agency during the Johnson administration, tells this story about how she may have influenced his work on civil rights reform.
"Many say that Lyndon, because he came from the South, didn't believe in civil rights. Lady Bird had two people as hired help, Zephyr and Sammy Wright. Zephyr was the maid and cook, and Sammy was the chauffeur. At one of the luncheons I attended before Johnson became president, Zephyr was serving when Lyndon told her that she and Sammy should get ready to drive to Austin. The family would join them later. She said, "Senator, I'm not going to do it." There was silence.
She said, "When Sammy and I drive to Texas and I have to go to the bathroom, like Lady Bird or the girls, I am not allowed to go to the bathroom. I have to find a bush and squat. When it comes time to eat, we can't go into restaurants. We have to eat out of a brown bag. And at night, Sammy sleeps in the front of the car with the steering wheel around his neck, while I sleep in the back. We are not going to do it again."
LBJ put down his napkin and walked out of the room. Later, when Johnson became president and signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law Zephyr was there. Johnson motioned to her, gave her the pen that he used to sign the bill. He said, "You deserve this more than anybody else."
Recipe: Shrimp Curry a la Zephyr Wright
Ingredients
2 pounds raw shrimp, shelled and deveined
5 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup minced onions
6 tablespoons flour
2 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon powdered ginger
1 chicken bouillon cube, dissolved in 1 cup boiling water
2 cups milk
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Steam shrimp until done approximately 5 minutes or until pink.
Saute onions in melted butter until tender.
Stir in flour, curry powder, salt, sugar and ginger.
Dissolve bouillon cube in water.
Gradually combine bouillon and milk with onion and spice mixture, stirring until thickened.
Add cooked shrimp and lemon juice, cooking only enough to heat through.
Serve over rice.
(Makes 8 servings.)
Source: LBJ Library
WhiteTara
(29,721 posts)have you tried the recipe? It looks good too.
marble falls
(57,162 posts)pork. If you can get it, try ground brisket, makes for great chili.
WhiteTara
(29,721 posts)if it's easy and handy.
marble falls
(57,162 posts)LBJ'S PEDERNALES RIVER CHILI
4 lbs. beef or venison, cubed or coarsely ground
1 lg. onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tsp. oregano, crushed
1 tsp. cumin seed
2 tbsp. chili powder
2 cans Rotel canned tomatoes and green chilies
2 c. water
1 tsp. salt
Cayenne pepper to taste
Sear meat in large, dry skillet until lightly browned. Add onion and garlic; saute. Add seasonings, tomatoes, water, and hot pepper sauce. Bring mixture to boil. Reduce heat and simmer about 1 hour. Skim off any fat that accumulates. Serves 8 to 10.
He preferred venison because its low fat.
I prefer EU certified canned tomatoes.
And I mix beef with pork sausage.
And I do use <omigawd> beans. two pounds meat, two lbs cooked beans.
WhiteTara
(29,721 posts)do you cube or grind? Brisket you say?
Paladin
(28,271 posts)I don't think it was controversial to do so, until those snot-heads at "Texas Monthly" made it an issue.
marble falls
(57,162 posts)There's was Wolf Brand- right out of the can!
Maraya1969
(22,494 posts)I have seen the photos of separate bathrooms but this going in the bushes thing is horrible!
It's hard to believe people can be so inhumane.
marble falls
(57,162 posts)but there were bright points, too. Green Pastures was and is the best and longest run restaurant in Austin and they refused to be "Jim Crow".
Mary Faulk Koock owned it and her father was Judge Henry Faulk who defended Eugene Debs and her brother was John Henry Faulk who broke the Black List, and wrote the book every Democrat should read John Henry Faulk: The Making of a Liberated Mind: A Biography by Michael C. Burton.
https://democraticunderground.com/index.php