Yeast breads are intimidating to many people. Having tried a time or two and failed or perhaps just hearing too many horror stories about how difficult yeast is to master, I know a lot of folks who won’t even attempt to make homemade breads or rolls this way. But y’all know if I’m going to [...]
Today is the last day of school for us. While we’ve been living here a few weeks, there is still so much to be done. Clothes and dishes and such are put away but the walls still lay bare and unemptied boxes litter the sunroom which is supposed to be my Southern Plate office some [...]
My great grandmother, Mama Reed, always had a relish tray at every meal. My mother remembers it being filled with homemade pickles, pickled beats, and fresh vegetables from her own garden according to season. It was the perfect accompaniment to every meal. Folks could pass it around and use the contents to add variety and [...]
With Memorial day coming up, we’re all liable to have leftover buns. Rather than let them sit on the counter until they finally get thrown away, we’re going to turn them into a WOW dish
If you enjoy Southern Plate, please tell a friend! This is the second tutorial photographed at my new home. I just love photographing things in the sun room. Yesterday I opened a few windows out there and had the most wonderfully scented early summer breeze flowing through as I prepared this cake and later worked [...]
With few exceptions, I don’t care for fast food. Fast food has no heart to it. Someone gets paid minimum wage to slap a microscopic meat patty on a bun and lower some fries in oil, add in a coke and charge $5. Voila, here’s your meal. Toss in a toy or small bag of [...]
I mentioned this cake a few posts back and promised I’d bring it to you because its one of my favorites. One of these days y’all are going to get tired of me saying that everything is my favorite but if you haven’t figured out that I really like food by now then somethin’ is [...]
Lay out a table with every dish imaginable, absolutely everything under the sun, and if there is fresh fried corn on that table, you’ll know where to find me. There is nothing in this world like the flavor of fresh corn, shucked and cut off the cob and cooked up in a skillet. No matter [...]
This morning I was making biscuits when my daughter announced that she wanted chocolate for breakfast. Hey, the gal is smart. Even at the tender age of three, she knows what she needs. As I mixed up my biscuit dough, I had one of those light bulb moments – chocolate gravy. Its one of those [...]
(Originally posted July 10, 2008. Please see letter at bottom) Tea rooms in the south are a far cry from formalized locales where you sit up straight, sip hot tea, and nibble on a scone. In the south, our tea rooms have a relaxed and bright atmosphere. They are filled with smiling ladies gathered together [...]
My Grandaddy was a wiz in the garden. Each year for as long as I can remember, he’d work the land and turn out an abundance of fresh melons and vegetables that kept the entire family harvest happy! Even when he got “in a bad way” as we say around here, he still kept a [...]
My two kids always make sure Mother’s Day is special for me. They are both avid drawers and quite the entertaining artists! Brady usually makes me a book because he knows I love his stories so much. Katy draws the best smiley face and sunshine pictures so she always makes me one whenever I need [...]
(Originally published July 1, 2008) I told my mother I was going to do a web tutorial on how to make buttermilk biscuits, a staple in the south. She said “Oh, you HAVE to do that new recipe!”. Now, admittedly, these are awfully good. So good, in fact, that my mother has abandoned the long [...]
While I’m packing and cleaning and tossing, Mama took some pics of her Corn Casserole the other day for me to use (She doesn’t want me dirtying up my kitchen while I’m getting ready to move!). If you’ve never had corn casserole and you have even the smallest inkling of a liking for corn or [...]
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