One of the great things about going out to eat….appetizers! Appetizers are a wonderful invention! Who came up with them anyway? The French? It sounds like a “French” word, maybe? And what does it mean? I have an idea…”reason to eat something really yummy before dinner”….but only at a restaurant. What do we call it…
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Continue ReadingSouthern 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 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…
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Continue Reading“I bet you could make this at home” As much as I love to cook, and my family loves eating at home, we also LOVE to eat out! When our children were younger and could share our meal we did it more often than we do now. One of the places everyone enjoyed going…