Southern Grandmother

One of the great blessings in life is to have a wonderful mother. I enjoy visiting with my own mother and I also enjoy hearing her talk about her mother, my grandmother. I was fortunate enough to have my maternal grandmother on earth until I was in my early 30’s.

It is wonderful to have a mother and grandmother who love the Lord and teach His ways.


A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.

Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.

She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.

She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.

She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:

“Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Give her the reward she has earned,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

Proverbs 31:10-12 and 25-31(NIV)

It is  Sunday so we will join Chari at Happy to Design for Sunday favorites and Charlotte and Ginger at Blogger Spirit for Spiritual Sunday. Enjoy your Sunday and Happy Independence Day!

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Today’s favorite post remembers my grandmother, Johnnie Lloyd – from July 20, 2009

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I was talking to my Mama about recipes that were handed down to her from her mother. Grandmother was a great home cook. Nothing complicated but a lot of goooood food. Grandmother knew how to stretch a dollar but still create flavorful meals.

Here are a couple of our favorites:

Hamburger Steak
Breaded and fried=down home goodness

Form ground beef (also known as hamburger meat) into thick patties. If you want to add chopped onion and Worcestershire sauce before you form the patties that is also good.

Mix together an egg and some milk in one bowl and put flour seasoned with salt and pepper in another bowl. Dip the hamburger patties in the egg mixture and then the flour mixture.

Fry the breaded hamburger steaks in hot oil until done.

Grandaddy Potatoes
These were Grandaddy’s favorite potatoes. We always call them Grandaddy Potatoes.

Boil small potatoes (either red or small russet) in salted water. Serve the boiled potatoes whole. Serve with butter and sour cream. You can mash them with your fork at the table and add the butter and sour cream and salt and pepper. Simple and good.

Plum Dumplings
My mother tells me that when grandmother canned plums that she saved the juice from canning to make these plum dumplings. Just in case you don’t happen to be canning plums, you can use this recipe.

Make the dumpling batter:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/4 cup milk

Stir flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, baking powder, and salt together into a medium bowl. Cut butter into dry ingredients, using a pastry cutter or fork. Add milk to form dough. Set dumpling dough aside.

Prepare Plums:

1 lb of plums pitted and diced
1/2 cup sugar
spices to taste if you like (such as nutmeg or ginger)
2 cups water

Combine all of the above and bring to a boil. Drop dumpling mixture by tablespoons into the boiling plum mixture. Cover the pot and cook for 20 to 30 minutes.

Actually, grandmother rolled out her dumpling dough and cut it into squares. You could always do that if you like as well.

I love recipes that are passed down. My grandmother loved to cook for her family and I remember many happy times at her table. No, none of these recipes are fancy or complicated. They are just simple and good.


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11 responses to “Southern Grandmother”

  1. Dorita Avatar
    Dorita

    Our grandmother was super! I’ve tried to make chicken and dumplings like she made and although mine are good, it’s just not the same. But…..I can duplicate her blackberry cobbler almost exactly. ?

  2. Ginger Avatar
    Ginger

    What a blessing you were given to have a mother and grandmother that loved the Lord! These scriptures are some of my favorites.
    Ginger

  3. Ginger Avatar
    Ginger

    What a blessing you were given! These scriptures are some of my favorites.

  4. Dayle Avatar

    How blessed we are to have such godly women in our lives.

  5. Bobbi Avatar

    My mother has been gone for 17 years now. My grandmother died before I was born. I am a grandmother now. I want my children and grandchildren to remember me as a true Christian woman. Thank you for sharing today. God bless, Bobbi

  6. Sarah Avatar

    my grandmother died when I was 13 – I’ve never forgotten her kindness to me….a kid who couldn’t talk. But she didn’t care…..she loved me and her love stayed with me as I grew up.

  7. Whidbey Woman Avatar

    Reading this makes me wonder, what legacy am I leaving behind?

  8. Cindy Adkins Avatar

    Dear Christi,
    I saw your post on Spiritual Sundays…what a lovely blog you have! You are more than welcome to link it up to my prayer blog for the Link event today (Sunday.)

    I love this verse in the Bible–A Woman of Valor…I always think of my mom when I read it.

    Thank you for being such a blessing. I have to see if you have a button that I can click to become a follower.
    Hugs,
    Cindy
    My blog is: http://Ioweitalltohim.blogspot.com

  9. Kaye Swain - SandwichINK for the Sandwich Generation Avatar

    What lovely and inspirational Bible verses and such a wonderful testimony of your spiritual legacy handed down from your grandmother to your mother and now from you onwards! That is such a blessing and encouragement to me.

    I really enjoyed reading your grandmother’s menus. My own grandmother, who I was blessed with til I was in my mid-20s, was also a good cook. Such sweet and yummy memories as well.

  10. Kaye Swain - SandwichINK for the Sandwich Generation Avatar

    What lovely and inspirational Bible verses and such a wonderful testimony of your spiritual legacy handed down from your grandmother to your mother and now from you onwards! That is such a blessing and encouragement to me.

    I really enjoyed reading your grandmother’s menus. My own grandmother, who I was blessed with til I was in my mid-20s, was also a good cook. Such sweet and yummy memories as well!

  11. minkey and nannykim Avatar

    The example of others can be very powerful in our lives. I enjoyed reading this.

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