Southern Favorites #5 – Country Style Steak Country Style Steak is THE meal we could always count on having at Grandma Vivian’s house. (My husband’s grandmother) Even though I would make it at home and so did my mother-in-law, it was still a “treat” when Grandma Vivian made it. Her’s was the best. She usually…
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Continue ReadingSouthern Favorite #4 – Pound Cake Pound Cake…for those who have experienced them, that’s all you have to say! Pound cake is one of the “go to” Southern desserts (the other being banana pudding) It comes in seemingly hundreds of varieties. Almost every Southern lady has her favorite pound cake recipe. People in other…
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Continue ReadingSouthern Favorites #3 Corn Casserole Have you ever had the canned creamed corn? Our family doesn’t care for it. I grew up eating “real” creamed corn – corn that my grandma had cut off the cob and cooked…which is NOTHING like the stuff in the can. The first time I had this dish…
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Continue ReadingSouthern Favorites #2 Breakfast Gravy When I think of Southern favorites the first thing that comes to mind is buttermilk biscuits. Next, I think about what would go with those biscuits. My son’s first response is, “Gravy”. By that, he means breakfast gravy, sometimes called sausage gravy or white gravy. (Up north it would…
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Continue ReadingThis week’s first “tried and true” Southern favorite is….Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits! Learning to make biscuits was one of my cooking goals. I will be right up front….IT TAKES PRACTICE! I think everyone who makes or has attempted to make biscuits has had the “hockey puck” experience. You know the one…the biscuits would have a better…