Louise's Salmon Breakfast Patties

Stolen on: April 12, 2006

Louise's Salmon Breakfast Patties

Tammie Holmes

Like last week's recipe, this one is stolen from Georgia and what a catch! Louise's Salmon Breakfast Patties come to us from a family owned and operated soul food restaurant. The history of soul food is an oral one, with recipes passed down from generation to generation by example. Thus, we are extremely lucky to get Louise Holmes to write down her recipe for us. On any given day, you'll find at least one Holmes family member with a serving spoon in hand, waiting to heap more-than-filling portions onto a guest's plate. These breakfast patties are very easy to make and taste absolutely delicious with sides of biscuits, grits and eggs. Comfort food straight from the heart. Thanks to our readers for the great recommendation!

About the chef: It was a dream that would grow for six decades, taking root alongside collard greens and black-eyed peas in her father's vegetable garden in rural Georgia in the 1940s. Watching her mother, Louise Holmes was able to learn how to create dozens of dishes without ever writing down a single recipe. At the age of 21, Holmes married. Her husband worked as a part-time car mechanic and a full-time machinist at a cookie manufacturing factory while Holmes put her skills to use cooking in a school cafeteria and a hotel restaurant. But Louise Holmes stepped out of the food service industry to become a stay-at-home mom after giving birth to her seventh child, a daughter who was born with a muscle disorder.

More than a decade passed before she decided to pursue her dream of making a living by cooking by opening Kayla's Catering, named after her youngest daughter. Soon, her daughters began laying the groundwork to help their mother open the soul food restaurant. Louise's opened in 2005. "We're in this together, as a family, and to see my dream of owning and running my own restaurant come true with them by my side, that's really the dream come true," Holmes says.

Louise Holmes

Tammie Holmes

Co-owned by Louise and her daughters, Charla and Tammie, the cafeteria-style restaurant features a rotating menu of traditional recipes that Holmes has been cooking for her nine children and husband for decades.

"People who come in and eat here say it reminds them of their grandma’s cooking, and that's what keeps them coming back," says Tammie. But the restaurant venture required some sacrifices. For the first time, Louise Holmes lives apart from her husband of 40 years. Her husband remains in Waynesboro working for the same factory he's been employed with for 43 years. Most days of the week, Louise Holmes stays with her daughter, who lives in Atlanta. Holmes and her husband devote Sundays to church and each other, the only day the restaurant is closed for business.

Louise's
428 Ponce de Leon Ave.
Atlanta, Georgia
404-817-9513

Louise's Salmon Breakfast Patties

Louise's

Louise's Salmon Breakfast Patties on Biscuits is served at Louise's for $2.40 while a Salmon Patty Breakfast goes for $5.45. This recipe creates six patties.

Salmon Breakfast Patty Ingredients
1 14.4 oz can of salmon, non-salted (Louise uses Black Top Salmon)
1 egg
1 small onion, chopped
2 tsp black pepper
1 Tbsp cornmeal
Oil for cooking

Steal This Recipe® step-by-step Instructions
1. Take bones out of salmon
2. Crumble salmon and add onion
3. Add egg, salmon, black pepper and cornmeal and mix with a spoon for three to four
4. Shape mixture into six patties.
5. Place oil in skillet until bottom is coated
6. Turn heat on medium
7. When hot enough, brown patty on one side for three to four minutes
8. Flip the patty and brown again
9. Serve

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	Louise's Salmon Breakfast Patties
	Louise's

	Louise's Salmon Breakfast Patties on Biscuits is served at Louise's for $2.40 while a Salmon Patty Breakfast goes for $5.45. This recipe creates six patties. Salmon Breakfast Patty Ingredients 1 14.4 oz can of salmon, non-salted (Louise uses Black Top Salmon) 1 egg 1 small onion, chopped 2 tsp black pepper 1 Tbsp cornmeal Oil for cooking Steal This Recipe® step-by-step Instructions 1. Take bones out of salmon 2. Crumble salmon and add onion 3. Add egg, salmon, black pepper and cornmeal and mix with a spoon for three to four 4. Shape mixture into six patties. 5. Place oil in skillet until bottom is coated 6. Turn heat on medium 7. When hot enough, brown patty on one side for three to four minutes 8. Flip the patty and brown again 9. Serve For more recipes, go to www.archive.supermarketguru.com