7 Posts That Are Special To Me
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We have a crazy busy day today with the family, so much so that my husband actually took off work for it! I have several posts almost ready to go up but I was having a hard time deciding which to finish up and post until I received an email in my inbox this morning with a challenge to write a post featuring seven links to specific posts that I have written in the past. As I went down the list of how to choose the posts, I knew that this was what I was meant to do today on Southern Plate, so here we go!
1. Your First Post. The first post I ever wrote for Southern Plate is what got me all started. Back then I didn’t actually have SouthernPlate.com yet, I was just blogging on a little free blog over at vox.com. I posted a tutorial with step by step photos of how to make homemade banana pudding, with a goal of making it easy for anyone to make, regardless of cooking experience. The very next day Vox featured it on their homepage! I was so excited that I quickly put up two more tutorials and both of them were featured the next day as well. By weeks end I was on the phone with my husband saying “I think if I got my own domain I could get four or five hundred readers…”. I sure do love y’all. Here is my very first post, Homemade Banana Pudding.
2. A Post you enjoyed writing the most.I most enjoyed writing this post because it was about an experience that really opened my eyes to the fact that my life had come full circle. I will never forget this moment. Read: Steak Tips Over Rice And The Significance Of A Doughnut Shop
3. Post you wish you’d written. I don’t actually wish I’d written this one but its a section of a website I enjoy very much. Tipnut.com features pretty much anything and everything under the sun, filled with helpful tips! But as someone who dearly loves hand embroidery, I struck gold when I realized the wealth of free vintage embroidery patterns available there. I’m linking you to her archive page that lists all of the embroidery pattern posts. Sit back and get comfy, these are real gems and it will take a while to go through them all! Tipnut.com’s Embroidery Pattern Archive (free!)
4. A post that had a great discussion. My post on Southern Sayings is by far one of the most fun to read the comments on. I go back to it at least once a week to catch up as folks are always adding new things. Some of the sayings are things I have not heard since my childhood and some others are completely new to me, but I have integrated them into my conversation now! Your Favorite Southern Sayings
5. Your most helpful post. This is a tough one so I’m gonna go with what I’ve been craving most here lately that has saved me a ton of money. My post on how to make iced coffee at home teaches how to cold brew coffee, so that it won’t have that acidic after taste or vary in strength like machine brewed coffee does. In order to have iced coffee, you need coffee concentrate so it won’t weaken when you pour it over ice and will still maintain its strength even with the addition of milk. This post shows you how to do that at home with no special equipment.
6. A post with title you’re most proud of. I’m not very good at post titles. I wish I was at times but its not something I’m gonna beat myself up over. Still, when I wrote the story of Seven Cakes (which is one I had been longing to write about for years) and it ran in a local nwespaper, the editor chose such a wonderful title that I went back and changed my post title to that as well. So thanks to Jennifer Hill, who came up with a title that says it all. The post also features a little gift for you to print. Read Seven Cakes – Though Dirt Poor, They Had Cake For Christmas
7. A post you wish more people read. While this post was well received, the content is just something that I feel could benefit a lot of people and a lesson which really altered my life once I learned it. Read: Our Best Pancakes, Attitudes, and Mules
So there ya go, my 7 link challenge. 7 links that are significant to me. I hope you enjoy them and maybe find a gem or two among the pile that you can take with you. Have a wonderful Friday and thank you for being such a big part on my list of people I am grateful for.
Gratefully, Christy
Your next action could change the world
so make it a good one.
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Have a great Friday! I’m off to revisit your favourite links.
this will be exciting to look at these links, I have only seen 2 of them in my time on southern plate!…I think there maybe some cooking/baking going on at my house this weekend!lol Thanks Christy
I would like to thank you for assisting me in putting more variety in what I feed my family. I just saw the banana pudding link – thats my next venture LOL
Have a great weekend Christy!!!
I love all of your recipe post. Especially the ones that recall your dear family member’s.
Blessing’s to you and your’s
Sheila
You’ve done it again Christy, I shed a tear over steak tips over rice. I once heard that you never really appreciate getting something unless you have ‘longed for it’ for a while. I wonder what we are doing to ourselves and our children and grand children with our instant gratification attitude now days.
Thank you so much for this post!!! I would not have found the Cold-brewed iced coffee post without it!! And I can’t wait to try it.
The Seven Cakes post really struck a chord with me, as did the Pancake post. My great grandmother, grandmother and mother all struggled to raise their families and keep them going. My grandmother squirreled away sugar during the depression to have enough to make birthday treats for her kids and for holiday celebrations. They managed to make do with so little that I’m still amazed by their ingenuity. I never realized we were poor growing up– they managed that well. Strong women! I wish I had one-tenth of their tenacity. I give them complete credit for the person I’ve managed to become and for the cooking skills that I possess!! Thanks for sharing your story and for reminding me of how lucky I am.
Thanks for sharing these again with us, Christy. I remember reading them all but will have to revisit each post to recall them. Have a wonderful day!
o my — christy — I enjoy all your post that you have shared and I get the biggest joy knowing that you were the one who got me back to baking — your the dearest friend for it — one day I hope to meet you — but until then I keep reading and making your yummy stuff. Remember also that everything time I bake from your post it truns out the same — so you are doing great by me making me look good — keep it coming — by the way my BBQ challenge is still going on all summer long ( no in door oven nor in door stove) and I baked your bannana bread in my grill last week and I posted about it too – it work great. “May today bring to you happy moments and simple joys’.. Kristeen, with a (K) and two (e)’s..
me again — I forgot to tell you I really had great fun making your Caramel Apple Puff Pastry Pinwheels — they were such a hit and since my sweetheart LOVE carmel — they have become a favorite of ours. — Thank you tons..
I love everything you post and I just love you ,.peroid!!!!! I can’t wait to get your cookbook but I want to see you and get it signed. Are you coming to East Tennessee …..anyplace???? I use your recipes a lot especially when our family gets together. I had company from Ohio for a week and I reached for some of your recipes that I copied off. I have made Daddy’s cocconut cake several times. Also your Mac. salad. I send you loads of gratitudes and my love for you and your family, Take care Dahling Girl.
I love this post Christy!!
DEAR Christy, Just got home from a REALLY hard day and discovered the new method for making doughnut holes. Been doing it all wrong for a long time. Thanks SO much for the new method. God b;ess you all!
O. K. My hubby just came through the room and I introduced him to the new method for making doughnut holes. His comment: “Well, some people have good ideas and some people have GREAT ideas!” I just wish the kids were awake so I could show them~don’t know how I’m going to be able to wait until tomorrow. (I wonder if any of the neighbors are still awake… )
Christy I love all of your posts but the one that really sticks out for me was the on about fried bologna! How amazed I was that I was not alone in loving that stuff. The feed back was terrific. Keep up the good work and thanks for becoming a friend.
Thinking about your topic led me back to “Six Meals to a Marriage Proposal.” The funniest yet! I hope all of your new readers will look it up and share the grins.