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Lacy Cornbread

October 14, 2011

Don’t know whether you noticed, but in the last post I wrote…the Sausage and Kale Soup…there were a few little pieces of cornbread on the side of the bowl. Oh, you missed that? Well, let me tell you about it. That is what we in my little corner of the South call “lacy cornbread.” Now, [...]

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Hoppin’ John {Secret Recipe Club}

August 29, 2011

When I got my assignment for this month’s Secret Recipe Club, I have to admit that my first thought was, “Oh, my gosh. What in the world am I going to do with this? ” That’s because my assigned blog was called We Heart Vegan and as y’all know I’m about as opposite from a [...]

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Sunshine Salad

March 4, 2011

You knew it had to happen sometime. It was inevitable. I mean, really, this is primarily a Southern food blog, right? What am I talking about? Why, congealed salad, of course. Something that every Southern cook “of a certain age” has in his or her repertoire. And not just one or two recipes, either. I’m [...]

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Old-Fashioned Southern Teacakes and a Lifetime of Food Memories

March 1, 2011

Everything that I know of childhood comes from one tiny, rural town in Southwest Georgia. Thinking about it today, it seems almost like a fairytale. It was a place where children could roam around the neighborhood playing all day or get on their bikes and ride “uptown” without worry. There was practically no crime at all. People [...]

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Baked Corn Casserole

July 6, 2010

Summertime in the South comes with a huge variety of fresh produce. Okra, peas of all varieties, butter beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, and maybe best of all corn. I’ve had a passion for fresh corn since I was a child. So much so that I can remember stuffing myself with it at the dinner table until [...]

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Southern Butter Beans

June 28, 2009

Fresh, green butter beans. What a southern summer time delight! Served alongside fried chicken with cornbread and sliced tomatoes on the side, butter beans are a perennial favorite at many a southern table. Now, I’ve read lots of opinions about whether butter beans and lima beans are the same thing. And I still don’t know for [...]

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