Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: A Southern Family: Brunch In the Heart Of Dixie
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 is going to feature 24 meals, in 24 hours, on 24 different blogs around the world!
I wrote up a formal proposal complete with menu, writing samples, and type of coverage I would provide along with why my voice would be a unique one to include in this event and you could have knocked me over with a feather when my proposal was accepted! If you’d like to learn a little more about me and my history with Southern food, settle in and sit a spell or just click here!
Lets get us some good food cookin’! In the South, we love breakfast. We love it any time of the day, too! Many restaurants feature breakfast bars at dinner or even full breakfast menus throughout the day. When a large family gathers together, what could be more pleasing than our favorite traditional breakfast dishes served up with a glass of iced tea?
We gathered at my parent’s house on the banks of the Tennessee River. With my two grandmothers, adopted Aunt and Uncle, siblings, children, and nephews, there were a total of nine people sitting at my mother’s expansive dinner table, with overflow in the sunroom.
(with traditional add ins)
If you’d like to know how to prepare any dish featured on our menu, simply click the name for a full, step by step photographic tutorial! Each week we add more tutorials to Southern Plate with almost a hundred so far and growing every day!
Pecan Pie muffins combine all of the wonderful flavors of our traditional Pecan Pie into a moist and dense muffin.
Slow Cooked Oatmeal is topped with an assortment of fixin’s, including brown sugar, raisins, and chopped pecans!
It’s ready, Y’all come and eat!
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First time poster here… the 24×3 event sounds WONDERFUL – congrats on being selected!!
Thanks for an awesome website! Love the tutorials!!
I am so excited to be part of Southern Plate. I am new to the blog and am so ready to try some of this yummy looking food!
I married a man from Oklahoma and had my first taste of Southern cooking at his mother, grandmother and aunt’s tables. I vowed to learn to do the very same. It is such fun to see many of the same type recipes that I have collected over the last 43 years on this blog. With Southern cooks, food is ART. Thank you for a great blog and a trip down memory lane. Got to try those fried apples!
Oh my soul!! Everything looks sooo good!
CONGRATS on being picked! After having lived in Tennessee for 3 1/2 years I feel head over heels in love with Southern food. I’ll definitely be saving these recipes to try. Thanks!
What a spread! I am jealous!
Congrats on this opportunity! From what I have seen through your website, it is very deserved. Keep up the good work!
I subscribe to many blogs and by far yours is the most interesting and enjoyable. Your style of writing is as down home as your cooking. I love all your recipes and am anxiously awaiting my cookbook.
All I can say is Yum! We have big breakfasts but you have HUGE breakfasts. I am impressed!
The picture tutorials are the best. They truly help out a culinary challenged man such as myself. I received marriage proposals as a result of making the Butterfinger Cake. Christy gives us hope!
Congratulations! Love your newsletter! I am not that keen on cooking, but Southern Plate makes me want to cook and even if I don’t cook, I love looing at your pictures and especially reading your stories. I now think my roots are southern.
Congrats!! And brunch sounds yummy yum.
Anyone new to your delightful site will not only enjoy your wonderful food, they will also adore the stories from the South that accompany the posts.
Good luck with your 24 event. Carol
Amazing post! Coming form the South, I love all these dishes and breakfast is my favorite meal of the day! There is nothing better than brunch with family and friends!
For years I have kept this recipe to myself but am now willing to share, it,s called Bouron Pumpkin pie and at my Thanksgiving table it,s a hit !! Now I know the South is famous for it,s enjoyment of Bourbon whiskey and I feel this dish only compliments that .
Recipe :
Bourbon Pumpkin pie,
1 1/2 stks butter at rm temp, 1c packed brown sugar, 1/2c flour, 1/2c pecan halves, 1 1/4c pumpkin, 3 lg eggs seprated, 1 1/2 tblsp cornstarch, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp ground cloves, 1/2c milk, 1/4c bourbon , 1baked pie shell ,preheat oven 350, in a ned bowl imx 4 tblsp butter, & 1/4c brown sugar with flour and pinch into moist crumbs, stir in pecan halves. in lg bowl, mix with electric mixer, beat rest of butter & 3/4c brown sugar,at med speed til light and fluffy. beat pumplin, egg yolks, corstarch, cinnamon , nutmeg,cloves, then in another bowl, beat milk, bourbon , in yet another bowl, with clen beaters , beat egg whites till stiff, but not dry, then fold gently into pumpkin mix till no white streaks remain, pour mix into fresh baked pie shell , sprinkle pecan struesel on top , bake 1 hr. maybe your mama would like this one , it,s always a hit at my house, if you would like to put it in one of your cook books or on the web site, please feel free to do so , I,m sure other ladies will like this one and enjoy the glow of having their familes and friend ask for the recipe , that as you know is always the unlitmate compliment to a good cook . Elaine Repoza.
Not only do I enjoy your recipes, but I also enjoy the stories behind them! Keep ‘em coming!! ~Lisa
Congrats! I am also from the South and I love your site! I see recipes I haven’t had since I was a little girl. It’s so nice to see our “Country Food” being shared with the world. We love to have breakfast for supper around here.
Now, I’m off to pick up pecans for those delicious looking muffins! Yummmy!
Hugs!
Congradulations! You shouldn’t of ever had a doubt that you would get picked! Your site ROCKS and so does your cookbook! I am so happy for you!
I cruising the other “24″ dinners and I would love to sit in on a Southern meal one day. Thanks for sharing.
Cograts! I just got the slow cooker cookbook yesterday and have plans to make several things soon… as well as these pecan pie muffins – YUM! Looking forward to all the 24-24-24 blogs!
Congratulations on the whole idea and keeping a secret! What an awesome honor and great recipes. I too am looking forward to the 24-24-24!
Congrats on being selected. Just reading your recipes and comments have brought back so many memories for me. Thank you, Cathy
You’re always giving me a taste of home! Thanks for another great slew of recipes, I’m in LOVE with this site!
Congratulations Christy! Have been lovin’ reading your recipes and the slow cooker ones have given me a few ideas. Always look forward to reading your blog – and the fact that you personally answered one of my emails made me feel very welcome! Still haven’t made the coconut pie tho – will get to it soon. Thanks, Myella
This is definitely a meal I love! Breakfast is one of my favorites. In fact, almost every week I have oatmeal for supper on Wednesday and frequently have omelets as a quick meal when I don’t feel like cooking. Great recipes. I need to try the biscuits.
As my daughter would say, duhhhhhh-licious!
Christy, I’m so glad I found your blog. I have made more of your recipes, than any other food blog I read.
So far, my favorites are: Chicken Planks (my son and I love these), Chicken Stew and Dixie Cornbread.
Good luck, and keep the good recipes coming!
Diane
Certainly not my first (or last!) post here(I previously posted under Gina), but I had to stop by today. everything looks wonderful, as usual, but you claimed that southerners are famous for the biscuits…well those are quite well known, but dear you forgot your hospitality!
I do LOVE that so many of my favs are listed in one handy blog…and it will make passing this wonderful site much easier now as I can just stumble this page to everyone I love. thank you dear for all of your time and effort, I still say that this is my fav place to come visit. Thanks Christy!
Hey Christy,
Congratulations of being selected! That’s a really beautiful table you’ve got there and all the food looks delicious too!
Gabi
I had to stop by and check this out! This looks amazing! And what I cool idea (the 24-24-24 idea). Yummy!
-Lindsay
I’m new to Southern Plate AND to the SOuth…originally from NY and I can’t wait to try some REAL Southern cookin’ in my kitchen!!
Now that looks like a good spread! Congratulations, Christy! You deserve it for all the wonderful recipes and tutorials you share! Thanks for having such an awesome blog!
Oh my! What a great lay. That menu is just fabulous except…Please no sugar in my tea. I know that sweet tea is all the rage now, but I just can’t hack it. But the rest looks just unbelievable. Wow! I want some!
Congratulations on being selected, that’s wonderful!
Oh my gosh, this post just almost makes me want to cry! I come from a long line of Texans but now make my “home” in PA with my husband and I miss the South sooooo much. Thank you for bringing a little piece of the South to my home via the internet, your recipes and pictures bring back so many memories!
Congrats girlfriend. You’ve earned this honor. The table looks divine and so inviting. Next Saturday I will try the oatmeal in a crock pot recipe. I do believe it will remind me of Ireland.
Congratulations to you for being chosen for the FoodBuzz 24,24,24. You deserve it! You put in a lot of work and time to prepare all these recipes for us. We love reading all your recipes! I gave my mom a copy of the slowcooker recipes and she absolutely loves them. She can’t wait to try them. We love a big southern breakfast at our house with all the trimmings. Thanks again Christy!
Laura-Athens
Christy, congratulations girl. SOOOOO happy you got chosen, and WE all know WHY……YOU and your BLOG ROCKS… Im from your neck of the woods and have been away for a long time now, and YOU have brought my cooking back to the basics im used to….. I just adore your blog and recipes and your stories…. Keem em coming girl!
wow! y’all put on quite a spread! I need to wipe the drool off my chin before my computer shorts out!
Christy, you have outdone yourself with this menu! It all looks wonderful. Congratulations on being chosen for Foodbuzz 24,24,24 – they couldn’t have chosen any better!! I LOVE my new Southern Plate Cookbook!!! Thanks a million.
I love your blog! No kidding, I plan my menus by your recipes. I try most of them as soon as I have the ingredients. I’m live in Tennessee and grew up in Florida, so some of your stuff has been staples my whole life and I love seeing tutorials for them. I feel like we could have grown up in the same house. Thanks for keeping me cooking!
I’m stoked that you were picked. I found your site a while back while I was looking for something delicious for dinner, and I have yet to be disappointed with what you have to offer!! It’s always entertaining to read too! Much better than your ordinary cookbook!!
I can not live thru the day without seeing what yummy recipe you have posted for the day. I have never had a failure with your recipes, everyone raves about all the new things that I try from Southern Cook!!!!! Christy!!!! I love you!
Oh my goodness! Every single bit of this makes me want to die it looks so good! Seriously! YUM!
That all looks absolutely fabulous! Can I come over next time you do something like this? *puppy dog eyes*
What an honor to be chosen! All of your Southern Plate fans are happy for you and excited that so many more will find you, Christy. I have loved recommending your site to many friends. Thanks!!
I just discovered Southern Plate and I am so excited! I was born and lived in the South my whole life up until 3 years ago when we moved up north to Pennsylvania. I am so excited to see recipes for the all the food I have enjoyed my whole life in a form that I can pass on to the folks up here. Your recipes have me cooking all my old favorites again! And, it is fun to share good southern food with all these northern people whose food preferences are VERY different. You know what? They LOVE southern food! Keep up the good work! What an honor for you to be chosen for the big food event!
Oh wow, it looks all sooooo good. Breakfast/brunch is truly the best meal of the day, and more cafes and restaurants need to offer the all day breakfast EVERY day of the week, not just weekends!!!
How do you eat the fried apples, just on it’s own or as an accompaniment to the ham?
Love all your delicious recipes and the delightful way you describe them! Have to confess, I’m a Yankee living in the MO Ozarks and loving every minute of it!!!
Carol
Looks wonderful, it’s good for supper, too.
But sugar in grits?
Janet
Hehe! So many fabulous comments! Y’all are really SO GOOD TO ME!!! Thank you!!! Someone said they don’t do sugar in their tea, you’ll be happy to know that just about every glass on that table had splenda in it ~winks~, as for sugar in grits, Oh my yes!! Just wait til I show ya how I eat rice for breakfast! LOL!
All of you are just so good to me, so very good to me. I thank you each and every one for reading my blog! And Myella, Of course I answered your email! LOL I appreciate you taking the time to write it. I do get a lot of them and I am usually behind on responding with so many irons in the fire, but I make it a point to do my absolute best to answer everyone. You take the time to read Southern Plate!
Myella and all of my wonderful and dear friends (you are so much more than readers), you’ve created a wonderful community here and I really feel like we are all sitting on my front porch gabbing whenever we talk in the comments section or email or through posts.
Thank you all so much for being such wonderful people! If I could, I would SOOOOOOOOOOOOO cook for you all!!!!
Still feeling like I’ve won the lottery,
Christy
im so high, i don’t even know who my own name was!
So fun to see your table settings … I have Mikasa’s “Arabella” pattern, too! I started collecting Fiestaware, so my sister is using the Arabella, but I just love it. A beautiful table for delicious food!
I don’t know why you were surprised to be chosen Christy. I found your website by accident about 2 weeks ago. I have been forwarding your recipes to my sisters as soon as I receive them. Just as much as I enjoy the recipes, I enjoy the personal stories and pictures. I am from a large family who throughout the years have kind of distanced ourselves with our own families. Your website has brought us more together in the exchange of memories we have surrounding the simple foods we grew up with. I am so happy whenever you have a new post and anticipate your personal touches. God bless you and yours. Katey from Michigan
I get so excited when I find new recipes!! Love your site!
Congratulations Christy! Your blog is awesome and you more than deserve the recognition. You do Alabama proud! BIG HUGS!
Congratulations Christy! Now I am craving buttermilk biscuts, grits, scrambled eggs, ham……….Ilove breakfast!
Congratulations!! I love Southern Food and your feast looks spectacular!
Although I have never had fatback.. looks yummy!
Cheers!
What a fun meal and so great to have your family with you. I participated this month also and found it to be a lot more work than I expected. Congratulations on your meal!
I’m new to Southern Plate but already I have found several recipes I want to make. Congratulations on being picked for the Foodbuzz, everything looks delicious!
crochetcook
This looks so good it mike your tongue slap your brains out(my dad’s favorite expression!) I love country ham and your biscuits look like heaven!
Just popping in to say congratulations! Your hard work and kind heart paid off. Good for you! Keep up the good work!
Congratualations on being selected. I am a first time poster and tickled to death on such a website. You deserve this.
This looks positively wonderful. Those biscuits look fantastic… and I can just taste the fried apples. *slurp*
Oh, my goodness, Christy, you have out done yourself this time! I could just “taste” every bit of it and my mouth is watering and drooling! I’m wanting to go back for seconds and thirds! Thank you for making it all so easy and delicious!
Now, that’s the kind of brunch I love. Congratulations on being picked for this event. It was a lot of fun.
Mmmmmmm! My daddy was born in Alabama but raised in Mississippi, and though I’ve been raised in Texas, there isn’t a thing on your table that I haven’t had for breakfast, brunch, lunch or supper (or midnight snack leftovers LOL) at many different times.
Love the post. Thanks!!!! (And CONGRATS too!!!!)
This looks like some darn good eating right here!
-DTW
http://www.everydaycookin.blogspot.com
That spread is beautiful. The only thing..I didnt see my chair.??? Its okay I will squeeze in. Right by those biscuits!!
Congrats to you! I am not surprised you deserve it!
Love, love, love Southern Plate! I love discovering recipes that my family probably used before relocating.
congrats. looks like you had a busy and wonderful time.
Southern Plate rocks, your for real recipes are awesome. I will never leave this site. I love to cook foods that my mother made y’all site has lots them. I have been looking for a real hoe cake recipe for about 40 years. Y’all have the best I have tried. Will not say it is better then moms but darn near it.
Keep this site alive, lots of us love it and you.
norm
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