Tag: Southern Food

  • Southern Trip to the East (Southeast)

    We are so happy to have business to the East of us in Jonesboro, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee. Here are some pics form our recent early September trip to these lovely places. The lake as we are leaving Mountain Home, Arkansas had a light fog over it. As we pass through the small town of…

  • Southern Spice

    After so much time not wanting to turn on the oven or turn on burners on the stove, it is nice to finally get a chance to cook again! Tonight we had squash with cherry tomatoes and basil butter and jalapeno basil pork chops. Just from the recipe names you can see that I had…

  • Southern Thanks

    Thank you for all the prayers and thoughts for my family upon the passing of my wonderful Grandpa, Frank Dicus. The “funeral” was a wonderful celebration of a life well lived. We shared a lot of wonderful stories, some tears, some laughs and in the great Southern tradition, some wonderful food! Thank you to all…

  • Southern Summer Morning

    I’ve already been out to the Farmer’s Market this morning. Lovely tomatoes and Arkansas peaches – YUM! When we go home, I did a quick cleanup of the driveway before the heat get too unbearable. It is going to be over 100 degrees here AGAIN today! I really love Summer, but this is getting a…

  • Southern Retro

    First a note to some of you with blogspot blogs. I went to visit several of my friends with blogspot blogs today and they would not allow me to leave a comment.  I’ll try again later. Hopefully, it was just a temporary thing. Anyway, I was thinking back to my younger days today and remembering…

  • Southern Tweaks

    Do you ever tweak a recipe? I do it all the time. As a matter of fact, almost every time I read a recipe, I immediately start thinking of ways to change it! That is, of course, unless it is something I have had and loved and want to try to duplicate. Tonight, for instance,…

  • 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…

  • Southern Herbs

    My friend, Paula, brought me some herbs from her garden today. She brought cinnamon basil, lemon thyme and lemon balm. What a wonderful surprise. I had seen a recipe for cinnamon basil cookies before and that is what I will make with the cinnamon basil that Paula brought to me! You can use Cinnamon Basil…

  • Southern ‘Maters

    Got some great little tomatoes out of my garden today along with a few herbs. I put together a little ‘mater salad. It was really, really good – so it is this weeks entry for Today’s Lagniappe: Christi’s ‘Mater Salad Bake one Pepperidge Farm pastry shell for each serving (you can skip this if you…

  • Southern Fun

    We will be really busy this weekend with our local Red, White and Blue Festival! Can’t wait for all the fun and festivities! As you may know, in the South, we fry everything! Looking at the vendors for the festival I see fried Twinkies and Funnel Cakes and hot dogs and all kinds of crazy…

  • Southern Friday!

    Friday!!!! I love the word. It has been a crazy, crazy week and I’m looking for a couple of days to regroup! Anyway, for this week I will offer 3 words – Tabasco Praline Peanuts! Okay, just think about that for a while.  We actually have s0me of them here and they are outrageous! Anyway,…

  • Southern Summertime

    Summertime and the livin’ is easy! It’s time for grillin’ and living outdoors – watching the lightnin’ bugs and the sweet smell of honeysuckle! You can grill lots of things! Meat: Veggies: Seafood: And, lots of variations on the theme! What are you grillin’? Today’s Lagniappe:  Grilled Shrimp # 3 cloves garlic, minced # 1/3…

  • Southern Corn

    Just saw at the grocery store that Florida corn was in and on sale! Why do I love Florida corn? The truth is because my Mama always told how good it was and it is imprinted on my brain. My taste buds just naturally follow, but I think that it really is good! Corn is…

  • Southern Reunions

    What a day it has been. As I came home from running some errands, I found a beautiful chocolate lab running down the middle of my street dragging a blue leash. If you have read this blog, you know what a dog (and cat) lover I am. Well, the sweet dog came right to me.…

  • Southern Strawberries

    I love strawberries! I decided to try out an idea I had brewing in my brain this past weekend. I took the lemon-thyme cookie dough that I just loved and used it as a crust for individual tart pans. The dough made a beautifully flaky crust for my tarts with a nice lemony, thyme flavor.…