Show of hands…How many of you eat Ham for Easter? Yeah, me too. A big, glazed, spiral sliced ham, served with creamed potatoes, green bean bundles, Seven Layer Salad, and deviled eggs. Because that’s what is served in my parents’ home, and in their parents’ homes before them. I love ham, I really do. And […]
The problem with sweet potatoes is sometimes the sweet. It isn’t that they are too sweet naturally, it’s that they seem to have been “typecast” as something that must be covered in sugary goo, syrup and marshmallows, or used as the basis for cakes, pies, and other sweets. If the sweet potato were an actress, […]
“May you always walk in sunshine. May you never want for more. May Irish angels rest their wings right beside your door” I’ve done a lot of talking about my Southern heritage, and a lot of cooking to show it off. But long before my people were living in the southern United States, their people […]
With the white tail hunting season finally closed in Texas, the boys back home on the weekends, and most of the meat back from the processor, attention turns now to other, more domestic fancies. Like what the heck do you do with the 400 pounds of game meat in your extra freezer. After all, the […]
The fungus among us–I got that from my dad. That’s what he used to call mushrooms when I was a kid. It’s no small wonder that I love them anyway. Not so, my husband. He will not, I repeat NOT eat mushrooms. Unless they are battered and fried, and served with cream gravy. That isn’t saying […]
Avocados are my favorite fruits. Now, if you are like most people, I know what you’re thinking: “Avocados aren’t fruit. They can’t be fruit. Fruit is sweet. They must be vegetables, mustn’t they?” Actually, no. And yes. You see, there are so many theories, opinions, and disciplines involved, that depending on whose viewpoint you are […]
The first time I was cognizant that the Pioneer Woman, a.k.a. Ree Drummond, existed was about two years ago. A friend told me to check out her blog. Her what? Honestly, I had no idea what a blog was, but I was captivated immediately. Hers was the first blog I followed. It wasn’t that her […]
Nothing is more American than corn. Also called maize by the indiginous peoples of the entire Western Hemisphere, corn has been cultivated for thousands of years. Its uses then, as well as today, are innumerable. In the movie “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure”, there is a scene where Pee Wee Herman is following a group tour […]
As White-Tail Deer season is wrapping up in the Texas Hill Country and most of the campfires have been extinguished, it is time to reflect on the good times the season brings. Oh, the tall tales that have been told, of the big one’s that got away—the 185 B/C with double drop tines and 10 inch […]
The composer Ludwig van Beethoven said “only the pure of heart can make a good soup.” I think that what he meant by that is that you can taste the love that goes into a pot of soup. If it isn’t made with love, then it might as well just be potato water. […]
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