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Summer Squash SoupSoup in summer? You bet! Summer Squash Soup is just what you’ve been missing. |
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Preacher CookiesPreacher Cookies for #fbcookieswapA few weeks ago I did something kind of crazy.I sent three total strangers one dozen cookies each.That is right, I sent a dozen cookies to Washington DC, Franklin TN, and Lancaster NY.You are probably wondering why I did such a thing? I joined the The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. It is the brain… |
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Blueberry cakeOld Fashioned Blueberry CakeMonkey Girl and I went blueberry picking last month. Well, we actually wanted to go strawberry picking, but strawberries are no longer in season. I was also looking for corn. To be more specific Silver Queen. I had it on good authority that there was a local farmer that had some for sale. It was on a… |
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Oysters NapoleonHaving just returned from Maine with the family, I found that as in previous trips to this same beautiful island with very rustic accommodations... I wanted to challenge myself to stretch the ole culinary horizons.In all of my previous visits there had been a red tide ban on foraging for mussels and oysters, but not this time. Each… |
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Grilled OkraEvening before last my friend Terrie Roberts posted on Facebook that she had overbought okra at the Farmers' Market and... "did anyone want some?" Well, my love for okra goes way back and I couldn't help but to respond in the affirmative. My intent was to fry part and use the rest for gumbo, but our dinner was mostly ready and it… |
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MBQ SauceI love this time of year when Mother Nature gives us her best fruit and berries. When I was a little girl we would go foraging for berries down the path at the fish camp and have cobbler at every meal. Now... we have a prolific Blackberry vine on the side of our house and this year have an abundance of big, juicy Blackberries to eat… |
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"MustGo" GumboI am really going to date myself with this post…but I am OK with that.When I was a little girl, on Friday nights we would pack up after my Dad got home from work and travel aboutan hour to one or the other Grandparents home for the weekend. If we went to Grandmother and Granddaddy Gleason’sin Minden, Grandmother would have supper… |
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Mint Julep SyrupMint Julep Syrupseconds.Add sugar; stir until all sugaris dissolved. Turn off heat.Allow it to steep until completely cooled.Strain syrup into a container to store in therefrigerator.Ina julep cup, double old fashioned or collins glass, fill halfway with crushed or shaved ice. Pour1/2 oz. “Mint Julep Syrup” and 2 1/2 oz. bourbon… |
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Roasted CarrotsRoasted Carrots and #InafridayI am sure you heard of Ina Garten. You know the Barefoot Contessa?Anyway, I joined this group and the first Friday of every month, each one of the tasty bloggers in our tribe will blog about a one course using an Ina recipe.This month I decided to make her Roasted Carrots.For recipes, information about… |
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Easy Crawfish BisqueI Love Crawfish, Mudbuds, Crayfish...what ever you call them, there's nothing like hosting a crawfish boil (or going to one), hot, spicey, succulent crawfish...Mmmmm! We are approaching the latter couple of months of "Live Crawfish Season", which usually ends about June.But...coming up is the 30th Annual Mudbug Madness, a four-day… |
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Southern Cuisine
For everyone interested in food from the Southeastern United States including fusions of traditional southern dishes with other cuisines.
