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Homemade Strawberry Shortcake with Vanilla Whipped Cream

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:35:02 +0000

Homemade Strawberry Shortcake with Vanilla Whipped Cream is a classic fresh strawberry treat with sweet, short biscuits for shortcake, sweetened sliced strawberries and fresh vanilla whipped cream After moving from our hometown of Mobile, AL in 1985, we lived in Central Florida for 33 years before moving to our current home in the Smoky Mountains...

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Comeback Sauce

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 17 May 2017 18:14:40 +0000

The original post published in May 2011. I’ve updated the photos to spare myself some embarrassment from the total lack of photography skills in the early days of blogging. Ask anyone from Mississippi if they know about Comeback Sauce and they will look at you shocked for even asking the question. Of course, everyone in...

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Cheese Grits Casserole

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 18:46:42 +0000

The original post was published March 2011. I’ve updated the embarrassingly bad photographs and made the recipe instructions more clear. I didn’t change the recipe ingredients. They were then, and still remain, perfect. It’s not at all uncommon to have regional food favorites. Sometimes those favorites are only appreciated by folks in a particular...

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Fire and Ice Pickles

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 21:05:17 +0000

Have you ever had a vision of ancient Greek citizens sitting around with their friends discussing the latest toga fashions and noshing on pickles? Some historians believe there is evidence that Aristole praised the pickled cucumber, not only for it’s taste, but for it’s healing powers. Hmmmm…wonder if they had sandwiches, chips and Barq’s root...

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Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:00:57 +0000

Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya. A one pot meal . Chicken, sausage, vegetables and rice seasoned with Cajun seasoning, cooked in a cast iron skillet Abiding by my grandmother’s teaching to make good with what you’ve got, all the ingredients for Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya miraculously reported for duty. That’s the way it happened...

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Egg Custard Pie

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:58:12 +0000

Egg Custard Pie only requires one mixing bowl and makes its own crust. This post was originally published April 20, 2011. I updated the photos and made a minor adjustment to the recipe. In the mid to late 1960’s, my grandparents were finally able to afford a washing machine. That simplified their lives to some...

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Buttermilk Scalloped Potatoes and Family Promise

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:18:27 +0000

Our church serves as host to families in the local Family Promise program. I can say a lot about Family Promise but I think their mission statement says it best: Our mission is to help homeless and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response. The goal and mission isn’t to foster dependency, but...

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Apple Cider Braised Pulled Pork

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:59:23 +0000

So, they tell me today is National Sandwich Day. I guess we should celebrate that by making a good sandwich. I can’t make a good tomato sandwich because it’s off-season for tomatoes and my fall plants haven’t started producing. So, the next best thing is a sandwich made from Apple Cider Braised Pulled Pork. ...

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Buttermilk Pound Cake

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 19:25:50 +0000

You don’t have to read much of my stuff to know that I value tradition and love heritage recipes. I woke up with pound cake on my mind today and decided to try my hand at a traditional pound cake that contained a pound of each of flour, butter, eggs and sugar, hence the name...

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Rustic Tomato Pie

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 29 May 2015 21:19:53 +0000

Rustic Tomato Pie is a free-formed butter crust with an herb goat cheese filling topped with fresh sliced tomatoes. If I had to consider the rest of my life without homegrown tomatoes, I suppose I would survive. I didn’t say I’d be happy about it. And, I don’t think I’d ever stop thinking about...

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Herb and Parmesan Grilled Corn

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 23 May 2015 23:01:58 +0000

Herb and Parmesan Grilled Corn is fresh corn slathered with an herb and Parmesan cheese compound butter, wrapped in foil and grilled. This is an update of a post originally published May 2015. It’s as hot as blue blazes in the deep Deep South. We’re whining already and it’s still May. Year after year,...

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Civilized (Recipe: Cucumber Tea Sandwich)

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:34:20 +0000

My husband’s British boss once stated that “afternoon tea is quite civilized”. I couldn’t have said it better myself, Mr. Hadler. Taking time in the afternoon to savor a cup of tea, enjoy a bite to eat and possibly have a nice chat with a friend, is nothing but civilized. It’s a pleasantry that we...

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Old South, New South Giveaway

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:07:12 +0000

The contest is closed and the prizes have been awarded. Thanks to everyone who participated The South, and all things Southern, are just as much a part of me as my bone marrow, DNA, and the scar on my left leg that I got when I was 9 years old. It’s part of...

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Blackberry Cobbler

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:40:37 +0000

Blackberry Cobbler is an icon Southern dessert made with a sweeten blackberry filling and a biscuit like topping. This recipe is a Blue Ribbon winner. It started with blackberries that grew by the railroad track in Geneva, Alabama just down the street from my grandparent’s house in the Cotton Mill Village. I spent a lot...

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Homemade Vanilla Marshmallows

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:41:25 +0000

A family lives in our community with the last name Mello. They have children about the same age as my daughters. I often thought what a great topic of conversation it would be if my daughter, Marcia (pronounced like Marsha), married a Mello son. I could say, “Have I introduced you to...

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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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Cookbook Review: 101 Soups, Salads & Sandwiches (Recipe: Spicy Cabbage Apple Slaw)

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:18:46 +0000

Author: Gooseberry Patch
Publisher: Gooseberry Patch

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Sausage and Bean Soup

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:01:14 +0000

I’ve been a Gooseberry Patch fan as long as there’s been a Gooseberry Patch. Walking through my house, you will catch glimpses of some of the Gooseberry Patch home decor items they used to sell. Several Gooseberry Patch cookbooks have taken their place among my cookbook collection. My traditional Christmas morning...

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Sweet Potato Casserole

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:20:08 +0000

Sweet Potato Casserole is a Thanksgiving tradition. Sweet potato flesh is mixed with cream cheese, butter, brown sugar, maple syrup and spices and topped with an oatmeal pecan crumble. he weeks and days prior to Thanksgiving are busy and somewhat stressful. Americans idea of a joyous celebration requires a tremendous amount of preparation and organization....

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Spiced Pecans

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:56:58 +0000

Spiced Pecans are pecan halves coated with a spicy syrup and then roasted in the oven until brown. Makes great hostess gifts. One of the things I most look forward to in the fall are pecans. Picking up pecans and smelling a wood fire burning in the distance is a pleasant childhood memory. At one...

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