Article Archive for October 2008
Okay, ya’ll, listen to me here, YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THESE!! Seriously, you are going to absolutely love, love, LOVE these! So you need to make them, alright? Trust me.
This is a widespread copycat …
This fits into the category of a “non recipe” for me but Mama swears up and down there is someone out there who would like to see how we make chicken salad. So, I’m gonna …
We had 1732 entries into the Slow Cooker Giveaway!
A HUGE thank you to the wonderful folks at
Hamilton Beach for this!
I drew a random number from random.org and assigned a numerical value to …
Its just about a requirement that all Americans love macaroni and cheese in some form and at some time in their lives, I’m no different. Growing up, my mother made a creamy homemade mac and …
Southerners LOVE congealed salads! We have recipes for them which include all manner of fruits AND vegetables. They are a throwback to days when food was scarce and gelatin was cheap. Door to door salesmen …
I’ve had quite a time keeping this secret under wraps, but a few weeks ago I found out that Southern Plate had been chosen as one of the participants in the Foodbuzz 24,24,24 event! Foodbuzz …
We love our grits. Creamy, hot, soothing, and delcious with cheese, bacon, or a simple stirring in of butter and sugar, Grits have been and continue to be the south’s ultimate comfort food.
Apparently many Southerners …
Scrambled eggs are a breakfast and brunch favorite as an easy and affordable means of providing protein for a crowd with little effort. In the south, we often season ours with a little bacon grease …
These two meats are truly a delicacy in the south. They have a lot in common seeing as how they are both heavily salted (A method of preservation), both are pork products, they are prepared …
I am posting this recipe so my Mama will stop having dying duck fits wanting me to.
Has your Mama ever thrown a fit? Have you ever thrown a fit? If you answered no to either …
There aren’t many cultures who haven’t, at one time or another, relied upon potatoes as a staple in their diet due to their availability, adaptability, taste, and tendency to be very filling. Southerners, of course, …
Southern Plate and Hamilton Beach
are giving away another great slow cooker!
The last slow cooker giveaway was so well received that I’ve teamed up with Hamilton Beach to do it again! Special thanks to …
I have heard from readers who had problems with their email subscriptions. Apparently photos are being covered with words and text is blending into more text to the extent of making it unable to be …
Two days ago, I received a call that one of my Auntlings had requested my chicken soup. This particular one, my nephew Austin, joins in with all the others in being devotees to this particular …
I’m the one posting, but this tutorial was all done by Mama so I’ll let her voice take over from here!
This was a favorite dish that I enjoyed as a child at Mama Reed’s. …
Today, I am bringing you a very special pie, for many reasons. For one, it is one of my mother’s favorite pies to make and one of my favorite pies for her to make for …
Today, I’m bringing you a real rarity. In fact, it is pretty much unheard of outside of North Alabama. White BBQ Sauce, even my husband (who is from a town in Georgia only four hours …
If you’ve never had a southern tea cake, they are rather difficult to describe. I can assure you though, despite appearances, it is nothing like a cookie. This tender little cake is soft and pillowy, …
I’m not kidding when I call Pintos (or Pinto Beans) as you might know them, beloved in the south. A bowl of pintos, seasoned with ham, topped with onion, and served with a big old …
In This Edition:
1. Southern Plate Makeover!
2. Look Who Is Cooking With Southern Plate!
3. Giveaways From Southern Plate Readers!
4. My Mother’s Aprons
5. Other Items of Note
6. A Warning About Bacon Grease
7. Recipe For You! My …
Any southerner worth their salt has a great chili recipe, preferably a signature one. This is why I set out several years back trying out this one and that, tweaking and adding until I came …
I suppose I’ve always had a soft spot when it comes to homemade cookies. As a girl, my mother made fresh homemade cookies twice a week, every week!
She didn’t realize how long cookies would keep …
Nothing, I mean nothing, is more Southern than sweet tea. We drink it at almost every meal (yes, iced tea for breakfast is quite good, actually), we make it daily, and we even put it …
In my quest to give you a quick and easy dinner recipe each week, I am bringing you hobo packets! These are a traditional boy scout meal and with good reason. Kids just love getting …
