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Amen! (Reply to this comment)
by PianoGirl
Let's say grace, and then please pass the sorghum for my hot biscuits! A great review that brought on a severe case of nostalgia for my own grandmother's and granddaddy's cookin'. Southern cookin' was healthy when Southern cookin' wasn't cool, ain't that right? (lapsing into well-loved vernacular here). My Tennessee granddaddy used to cook the best fried catfish you ever put your mouth around, and biscuits that would melt in that same mouth! My grandmother could make the best homemade mashed taters and wonderful molasses (sorghum, not that nasty stuff that passes for molasses at the store!!) popcorn balls. I can cook like them to a large extent, and not only does the food itself taste good, but it's the LOVE that you put into it that makes it so delicious. A fact that your grandmother and my grandparents knew so very well. I miss my granddaddy especially; I wasn't close to my grandmother very much--but whenever I cook green beans with hamhock, make real mashed taters with butter, stir up a pan of biscuits (I can't STAND to eat tube biscuits, a sacrilege in my mind), cook a pot of pintos and onions, and make a sweet tater pie or some teacakes, I connect with my Tennessee AND Texas family heritage. Both sets of my grandparents, the Texas ones and the Tennessee ones, came to this country via South Carolina--and one set pushed on to Texas. Southerners all, and fiercely proud of their heritage. They passed down their love of good food, love of God, love of the land, love of their people, and hospitable natures to future generations--including mine:).
"Y'all come!" was a familiar invitation after church on Sundays, at my parents' house. It's a similar one now from me...up North now, but very much and Always a Southerner/Texan, Forever!
Thank you for such a wonderful, thoroughly lovable and warm review. Reading it made my day!
Bron
PianoGirl
iplay4hisglory@earthlink.net
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Sep 08 '01
3:37 pm PDT
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EXCELLENT WRITING!!! (Reply to this comment)
by STEPHANIE_K
I really enjoyed reading this review. Oh the memories that it brings to mind. We are not southerners but my momma and her 16 brothers and sisters were all raised on a farm and the "old fashion way". Which if you ask me I love that "ol fashion way"! Everything home grown and home cooked....theres nothin better than that! And your right the word "lunch" didn't exist it was Breakfast, Dinner, then Supper. Now on my dad's side there was the good ol southern cookin. I love every part of tradtions I just wish those of us in our generation carried on what our mothers have. Its just the fact that we do live in a society of easy living. So I give all those momma's and grandmomma's praise for all their hard work and loving hands!!!
Thanks for stirring up the wonderful memories!!
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Aug 03 '01
8:05 pm PDT
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From a Souther Gal - Asheville (Reply to this comment)
by GinaHill
"Then she would proceed to make her mouth watering biscuits from scratch, taking her flour from the bin built into the cabinet, and letting me cut them out"... I could have said that (smiles) My granny, who is now 83, still has a wood cookstove, makes those biscuits (even has the cabinet with the bin)... every morning,... gravy, biscuits, eggs (over easy), HOME GROWN :) country sausage, strawberry jam or apple sauce (which we call fruit)... :) And I can't believe someone else actually knows about the chocolate oatmeal cookies (MY mom LOVES these)... Hey, you grew up soooo much like me...
And, I really loved the part where you say there was plenty of love and food, despite the lack of material possessions, money, or social status:)
Thanks for the wonderful reminders - Great writing... Gina
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Aug 01 '01
7:06 am PDT
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Yummy! (Reply to this comment)
by 29th_Candidate
You be sure and let me know the next time you and Sparko have a barbecue... .
Cheers--
Jim
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Aug 01 '01
3:01 am PDT
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Darn, now I gotta go home! (Reply to this comment)
by bwestman
I live in Maine now, but I come from the deep south. Suddenly I miss my Granny's cooking (ever met a Granny from the north? No way!).
IMHO, grits need salt and butter and salmon patties scream out for mustard (or ketchup if you got no biscuits). I can make the salmon patties just fine, but me and biscuits are truly at odds.
And the secret to southern cooking is black pepper, salted flour, bacon fat, real butter, and tons of love...not only for those you are cooking for, but for the food itself.
I could live forever on my Granny's fried corn and biscuits (with molasses and butter). Speaking of that...my Granny is 85 and going strong. Nuthin' wrong with our southern food!
Oh yeah...and great review!
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Jul 31 '01
11:54 am PDT
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