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Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 17:45:44 +0000

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix is a dry mix of cocoa, powdered milk, powdered sugar, expresso powder with a hint of cayenne pepper. The chocolate flavor gets a boost from semi-sweet chocolate chips. Keep this on hand during winter months. Guests love it and it makes great gifts. Chocolate. Saying the word is about all it...

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Barbados Tea with Lime and Simple Syrup

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:26:50 +0000

For 22 years prior to my husband’s retirement, we traveled to Barbados annually for his company’s Board of Directors’ meeting. In anticipation of the trip each year, I looked forward to many things. It probably comes as no big surprise that chief among my most anticipated favorites were food related items: Barbados Tea with Lime...

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Summer Shandy

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:57:56 +0000

I suppose Summer Shandy is technically an ale punch. It’s ale mixed with lemonade. My idea of punch is at least two beverages mixed together, not to be confused with a mixed drink made with spirits. But then….what is a cocktail? Or a spritzer? Oh, brother! The English language has entirely too many words that...

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Pimm’s Cup Cocktail

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:06:21 +0000

Pimm’s No. 1 is an 18th century concoction created in England by oyster bar owner, James Pimm. It’s gin based and contains liqueur, spice and fruit juice. The actual recipe is a big secret known to only a handful of people. My introduction to Pimm’s Cup Cocktail was from Mrs. Eryl Hadler, wife of my husband’s...

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Southern Sweet Ice Tea

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:22:22 +0000

To assimilate into Southern culture, there’s two things you should know. First, when you see someone you know, you say,”How’s yo mama-nem?” Don’t enunciate, for Pete’s sake, and ask, “How is your Mother and the rest of your family?’ Oh, no. This whole sentence only has four syllables. That’s all you need. We understand it...

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Sparkling Blackberry Lemonade and a GIVEAWAY

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:56:07 +0000

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Slow Cooker Hot Mulled Apple Cider

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:40:22 +0000

I never realized how much I love Hot Mulled Apple Cider until recently. Sam and I were visiting Colonial Williamsburg in the middle of December. We’ve been there several times before but this was our first winter trip. Take my word for it when I tell you it gets cold in the Tidewater region of...

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Blueberry Lemonade

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:08:52 +0000

Our last harvest of Meyer lemons yielded several dozen. I juiced them all and measured out 2 cup portions for freezer bags. Meyer lemon juice freezes well and doesn’t lose any of its fresh taste in the freezer. I place one sliced lemon in each bag, rind and all, and I think that helped keep...

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Triple Berry Southern Sweet Ice Tea

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 01:28:20 +0000

Here we are again. Another summer in the deep Deep South. It’s too hot for front porch sipping but we certainly enjoy our sweet ice tea sitting in air conditioning. We’re hitting pools, lakes, rivers, streams, creeks, water sprinklers and the Gulf as often as we can possibly work it out. I mixed up Triple...

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Blackberry Cordial

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:16:51 +0000

Blackberries are a summer crop where I live. I see them as God’s way of helping us through the miserable parts of Deep South summers. In the midst of stifling heat, oppressive humidity, mosquitoes that will tote you off, we have blackberries. Luscious, beautiful, black-purple orbs that bring delight to your lips all the way...

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Luncheon with the Girls (Menu: Retro Department Store Lunch)

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 01:34:57 +0000

Back in the day, it was common for department stores to have restaurants. Ladies would get dressed with their hats and gloves, shop in the morning, go to the restaurant for a Salad Plate and continue shopping in the afternoon. Mall food courts with chain eateries have all but eliminated unique department store restaurants. As...

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Happy Reminder (Recipe: Cherry Coke Float)

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:58:24 +0000

Think back to drug store soda fountains where you could order fountains drinks and different varieties of ice cream. Imagine grabbing a stool at the soda fountain counter and ordering a Cherry Coke Float while you wait for your prescription being filled by someone who sings in your church choir. If you wanted to do...

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Rosemary Peach Lemonade

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:49:49 +0000

Rosemary Peach Lemonade is fresh squeezed lemonade that gets a flavor boost from a hint of rosemary and fresh peaches. Heard often in the culinary world of late are phrases such as “This will take your cooking to a whole new level” and “Kick it up a notch”. To my understanding, these phrases perhaps...

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Ginger Peach Sweet Ice Tea

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:46:47 +0000

Ginger Peach Sweet Ice Tea amplifies Southern Sweet Tea with the addition of warm, spicy ginger and sweet summer peaches. Perfect for porch sippin’ material. The summer weather in the Deep South is great fodder for complaining. It’s hot and humid and sticky and steamy and miserable. And mosquitoes just about take us off. We constantly talk...

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Mother’s Day Anew (Recipe: Picnic Menu)

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:17:30 +0000

I love special occasions: holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, parties. You name it, I love them all. The food, festivities, well wishes, laughter and overall happy moods are delightful. They leave me with a euphoric feeling that lasts for days and days. Sometimes, it never goes away. Mother’s Day was one of those special occasions that I...

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Strawberry Limeade Sparkling Cooler

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:09:42 +0000

Hot weather is a favorite topic of conversation for Southerners. We know our summers are hot. They always are and always will be but that doesn’t stop us from talking about how hot is and complaining about it. We do a lot of complaining about the heat. We can’t help ourselves. We listened to our...

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Graduation Day! (Recipe: Graduation Party Menu)

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:19:07 +0000

We did it! We graduated the last of our chickens from college. I’m not literally speaking of chickens. I’m talking about “chilluns” or “churrins” or “young ‘uns”. The last one. We’ll be empty nesters as soon as that whole job thing kicks in. Congratulations, Tyler! I planned a menu for the graduation party that could...

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Slush Punch, versions 1 and 2

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:19:41 +0000

Punch is a favorite party beverage for Southerners. We love parties and we love to serve punch at our parties. There are as many variation for punch as Carter’s has little liver pills. It usually has a fruit juice base and we throw in all sorts of other things such as ginger ale, tea, milk,...

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Philosophical Differences (recipe: Spiced Tea Mix)

Jackie Garvin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:49:15 +0000

As a freshman at the University of South Alabama in 1973, I had a part-time job in the Department of Philosophy. The department secretary, (they were called secretaries back then) Ellie, and I shared a space that was also the front lobby of the Department. The faculty would frequently gather where we sat...

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Southern Sweet Tea Sangria

Jackie Garvin — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:27:17 +0000

Southern Sweet Tea is an iconic beverage. We call it the “table wine of the South”. Southerners drink it by the gallons all year-long. For a special occasion, this much-loved beverage can get dressed up. Canning jars are the preferred glassware for this beverage. We went fancy and served ours in our Redneck Stemware;...

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