Kitchen

[NoelSeven]

I'm from Northern California and I've always been fascinated with the South and Southern cooking. I subscribe to the magazine Southern Living, 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

[vicki is ok]

I love Southern Living magazine and even though we are in Michigan now I still subscribe. I lived in Arkansas for many years after my first marriage and fell in love with some of the southern dishes I hadn't even had growing up in a very country town in southern Indiana. I find a lot of the southern recipes are like a lot of the country dishes I grew up on, such as pan fried chicken with milk gravy, biscuits, sausage gravy & biscuits and many more.

I don't think I had ever had grits as they are served in the south although my mama always made cornmeal mush which she would put in a loaf pan, chill and then slice and brown to have for breakfast with syrup. For the longest time I didn't know that polenta is pretty much the same as cornmeal mush. The country name isn't near as pretty as the more fancy polenta name, but it's the same thing, lol. I love having just cooked grits with eggs for breakfast and I also love cheese grits which I'd never had until living in Arkansas. Just make sure if you try grits at home to not buy the instant grits. They are horrible and taste nothing like the real deal.

Other "southern dishes" I grew up on were fried green tomatoes, homemade peach cobbler with cream, black eyed peas and more.

It's fun to try new ideas from different areas of our country. So glad you are liking the southern ones.

Vicki

[cody2]

I just bookmarked that site Noel. I already found a few recipes that I will be trying out soon. Thanks.

[jeanlake]

Enjoyed this site, Noel, thank you for sharing. The pimiento sandwiches reminds me of my North Carolina mom. Her favorite sandwich, besides sliced bananas and mayo or peanut butter.

[NoelSeven]

On 12/8/2014 ury said:

Enjoyed this site, Noel, thank you for sharing. The pimiento sandwiches reminds me of my North Carolina mom. Her favorite sandwich, besides sliced bananas and mayo or peanut butter.

Hi ury

You're welcome. These recipes really take me back because I remember some of them at my house also, even though my mother had never been to the South. I loved pimento sandwiches as a kid, AND sliced bananas on peanut butter!

[NoelSeven]

On 12/8/2014 cody said:

I just bookmarked that site Noel. I already found a few recipes that I will be trying out soon. Thanks.

Hi cody! I'm glad you liked it, too.

[NoelSeven]

On 12/8/2014 vickisok said:

I love Southern Living magazine and even though we are in Michigan now I still subscribe. I lived in Arkansas for many years after my first marriage and fell in love with some of the southern dishes I hadn't even had growing up in a very country town in southern Indiana. I find a lot of the southern recipes are like a lot of the country dishes I grew up on, such as pan fried chicken with milk gravy, biscuits, sausage gravy & biscuits and many more.

I don't think I had ever had grits as they are served in the south although my mama always made cornmeal mush which she would put in a loaf pan, chill and then slice and brown to have for breakfast with syrup. For the longest time I didn't know that polenta is pretty much the same as cornmeal mush. The country name isn't near as pretty as the more fancy polenta name, but it's the same thing, lol. I love having just cooked grits with eggs for breakfast and I also love cheese grits which I'd never had until living in Arkansas. Just make sure if you try grits at home to not buy the instant grits. They are horrible and taste nothing like the real deal.

Other "southern dishes" I grew up on were fried green tomatoes, homemade peach cobbler with cream, black eyed peas and more.

It's fun to try new ideas from different areas of our country. So glad you are liking the southern ones.

Vicki

Hi Viki

My mother also made many of the dishes you've mentioned, including homemade peach cobbler and fried chicken with biscuits.

My husband and I were visiting in the South for several weeks when our daughter was little. Everywhere we went for breakfast served grits and I loved it! Not the other two family members, but that's funny because of course our daughter doesn't remember that but she now makes grits with cheese and loves it.

Re: Southern Living, I really enjoy that magazine! I've bought their latest dessert cookbook for gifts to friends and younger relatives and they love it. But I also love the stories in the magazine, and photos of table settings. I mentioned the other day that I started buying crystal for the table because I love the look in SL.

Nice to read about your memories, Viki

[Tigriss]

Being from the south, I love grits. Georgia puts cheese in their grits. I love cheese grits with extra sharp cheddar and cream cheese! I make a big pot, put in some cooked ground sausage, crumbed bacon, extra sharp cheddar and cream cheese with plenty of salt and ground black pepper! You can make it and serve in a crock pot. I love to do this for work. I is always a hit. They are comfort food for most of us. You can also do the low country version served with shrimp for a savory dish! Southern Living has a great recipe for that. I have a friend that edits for Southern Living in Birmingham, AL. It is just regular food for us.

[NoelSeven]

On 12/8/2014 tigriss said:

Being from the south, I love grits. Georgia puts cheese in their grits. I love cheese grits with extra sharp cheddar and cream cheese! I make a big pot, put in some cooked ground sausage, crumbed bacon, extra sharp cheddar and cream cheese with plenty of salt and ground black pepper! You can make it and serve in a crock pot. I love to do this for work. I is always a hit. They are comfort food for most of us. You can also do the low country version served with shrimp for a savory dish! Southern Living has a great recipe for that. I have a friend that edits for Southern Living in Birmingham, AL. It is just regular food for us.

OMG, your grits with cheese, sausage and bacon sounds incredible! I totally understand that as comfort food

[Caron122]

Another great magazine is called ""Taste of the South"". It's one of my favorite magazines on southern cooking!