Kitchen

[NoelSeven]

On 12/9/2014 gkelly5744 said:

On 12/8/2014 NoelSeven said:

I'm from Northern California and I've always been fascinated with the South and Southern cooking. I subscribe to the magazine <em>Southern Living</em>, and I follow three Southern food bloggers.

Mary, from Biloxi, always has fascinating recipes and stories about them. Just came across one today for boiled pudding, which can also be a base for making eggnog.

For anyone interested, here is her menu for Christmas dinner, along with the recipes for most items on the menu.

http://www.deepsouthdish.com/2008/11/christmas-cookies-candies-southern.html#axzz3LLtmyh9B

You might want to take a look at "The Southern Plate" blog if you haven't already. She is from north Alabama and has some great southern recipes!!

Christy Jordan! Yes, I started subscribing to her blog by email a few years ago. She does have great recipes and stories

[NoelSeven]

A recent discovery of mine is the blog, South Your Mouth, by Mandy Rivers:

http://www.southyourmouth.com/

She gets very good reviews and tells great stories.

[chickenbutt]

Hey Noel! I grew up in Northern California, but my parents were from the South. Well, I don't think either of them knew how to cook but somehow or other my style developed as a little bit southern and a lot Italian - which is also weird because I'm not Italian either.

I don't do any of the big ol' ooey gooey southern type cooking, because it doesn't appeal to me, but I like to make up my own versions of stuff that have just a touch of southern, some Italian, and my teeny tiny imagination.

I guess that doesn't really contribute to the conversation but I just wanted to say 'hey'.

PS: If I ever could move back to CA, I love love love the city of SF and would want to either live there, or the Monterey/Pacific Grove area. I miss the ocean. :'(

[sunflower87]

I am from the south, Alabama and I love our southern cooking. One of my favorite websites for recipes and wonderful, funny, down to earth stories is from Christy Jordan called Southern Plate. Here is the link:

http://www.southernplate.com/2014/12/favorite-christmas-candies.html

She also has cookbooks that are available too. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do!!!

[NoelSeven]

On 12/9/2014 chickenbutt said:

Hey Noel! I grew up in Northern California, but my parents were from the South. Well, I don't think either of them knew how to cook but somehow or other my style developed as a little bit southern and a lot Italian - which is also weird because I'm not Italian either.

I don't do any of the big ol' ooey gooey southern type cooking, because it doesn't appeal to me, but I like to make up my own versions of stuff that have just a touch of southern, some Italian, and my teeny tiny imagination.

I guess that doesn't really contribute to the conversation but I just wanted to say 'hey'.

PS: If I ever could move back to CA, I love love love the city of SF and would want to either live there, or the Monterey/Pacific Grove area. I miss the ocean. :'(

CB, my friend Your post does contribute to the conversation because I also try to create healthy versions for the family, if possible.

I'd like to try versions of collard greens soon, and I'm always on the lookout for recipes with black eyed peas for New Year's. So far, my attempts with the latter were dull and tasteless

[NoelSeven]

On 12/9/2014 sunflower87 said:

I am from the south, Alabama and I love our southern cooking. One of my favorite websites for recipes and wonderful, funny, down to earth stories is from Christy Jordan called Southern Plate. Here is the link:

http://www.southernplate.com/2014/12/favorite-christmas-candies.html

She also has cookbooks that are available too. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do!!!

Hi sunflower I do like Christy Jordan, in fact, I just got an email this morning with her collection of holiday candy, which I saved to go over carefully later today.

[chickenbutt]

Ooh, black eyed peas. I haven't had those for many years (decades). The husband doesn't particularly like them, so I haven't made them for just me. In the old days I made them with either ham hocks or - oh, I cannot remember what they are called, but they are like ham hocks with a LOT less fat on them.

One thing that works great for this sort of thing is this seasoning mix called Crockery Gourmet. Now, I am not a crock pot cooker, but I do like to do some 'low and slow' stuff, like probably in a Le Creuset pot in the oven, and that Crockery Gourmet seasoning mix is so flavorful that you need to not even add salt until you taste it. They make one for pork, beef, chicken, veg, and I'm not sure what else. It's made by the Superior people. You might be familiar with the brand. I first got this from QVC eons ago in an assorted pack and have since gotten them, individually, at Raley's or on Amazon. But I think you have to buy a pallet-load of them on Amazon. I just put the packets in a Lock & Lock container and in the freezer so they last forever.

[forrestwolf]

I am TOTALLY Ga born, raised and still live, but there was a time when I lived in Jackson, MS, when my mom was at Ole Miss medical school..........Now.....the part of GA that I am from would NEVER serve grits OR cheese grits with fish, but rather french fries and hush puppies only......Where I live now, DO NOT EVER, EVER FORGET THE CHEESE GRITS...... Down here, they always have sorghum syrup to sop with the hushpuppies......I do not eat grits like many in GA, but will eat my Grits and Greens casserole, and I do cook them for my Dad, who actually must have yellow grits, if he has his choice.....I order them from the Old Mill in Pigeon Forge, TN, where I have a condo just minutes away.....Meats are totally different here, than what I grew up on, and my family always had their own beef, and pork, as well as chickens....Oh to have that flavor again....... It is so funny how the foods here are so different than what I grew up on, and I only live a couple of hundred miles from where I grew up........

[betteb]

On 12/9/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 12/9/2014 chickenbutt said:

Hey Noel! I grew up in Northern California, but my parents were from the South. Well, I don't think either of them knew how to cook but somehow or other my style developed as a little bit southern and a lot Italian - which is also weird because I'm not Italian either.

I don't do any of the big ol' ooey gooey southern type cooking, because it doesn't appeal to me, but I like to make up my own versions of stuff that have just a touch of southern, some Italian, and my teeny tiny imagination.

I guess that doesn't really contribute to the conversation but I just wanted to say 'hey'.

PS: If I ever could move back to CA, I love love love the city of SF and would want to either live there, or the Monterey/Pacific Grove area. I miss the ocean. :'(

CB, my friend Your post does contribute to the conversation because I also try to create healthy versions for the family, if possible.

I'd like to try versions of collard greens soon, and I'm always on the lookout for recipes with black eyed peas for New Year's. So far, my attempts with the latter were dull and tasteless

Noel, all you need for black eyed peas is a good smoked hock, some minced onion, a clove of garlic and some salt and pepper. Simmer it on the stove for a few hours, that's it. Oh and cornbread. Yummy

[NoelSeven]

On 12/9/2014 chickenbutt said:

Ooh, black eyed peas. I haven't had those for many years (decades). The husband doesn't particularly like them, so I haven't made them for just me. In the old days I made them with either ham hocks or - oh, I cannot remember what they are called, but they are like ham hocks with a LOT less fat on them.

One thing that works great for this sort of thing is this seasoning mix called Crockery Gourmet. Now, I am not a crock pot cooker, but I do like to do some 'low and slow' stuff, like probably in a Le Creuset pot in the oven, and that Crockery Gourmet seasoning mix is so flavorful that you need to not even add salt until you taste it. They make one for pork, beef, chicken, veg, and I'm not sure what else. It's made by the Superior people. You might be familiar with the brand. I first got this from QVC eons ago in an assorted pack and have since gotten them, individually, at Raley's or on Amazon. But I think you have to buy a pallet-load of them on Amazon. I just put the packets in a Lock & Lock container and in the freezer so they last forever.

Hi CB

I haven't heard of Crockery Gourmet, and I do usually check over spices in different stores. I'm a sucker for trying new herbs and spices, so much so, I have them stacked up and need to clean out that shelf to find a way to cut down on the space they take up, lol.

Have you tried Za-atar? That's to be my new adventure in spices.
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