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Southern Fried Catfish

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:42:37 +0000

Catfish and lobsters have more in common than you may realize. At one time, they were both considered trash fish. Not worth keeping. If you could get your hands on some of my crispy Southern Fried Catfish, you’d wonder what in the world folks were thinking when they considered catfish not fittin’ to eat. Some...

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Southern Fried Apples

Jackie Garvin — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 19:35:24 +0000

Southern Fried Apples is down home cooking at its finest. Sliced apples are cooked in a cast iron skillet in a brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon syrup. Southern cuisine gets a bad rep for frying too much. Yes, it is true that we fry. Yes, our ancestors use this cooking method intentionally. For one, it’s...

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Spicy Fried Summer Vegetable Medley

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 16:26:09 +0000

Fried okra and fried green tomatoes. How we love them! I swannee, they’re gifts from above. It’s a treat for enduring all that comes along with their season. Summer in the Deep South is no joke. But, we get okra and tomatoes. That seems like an almost fair trade-off. Another delectable treat we love...

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Vegetable Fried Rice

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 12:00:45 +0000

We can’t order from a Chinese take out restaurant and not get fried rice. We all love it. Making it yourself it easy as pie and it’s better than you can get from a take out restaurant. If you have leftover rice or vegetables, use those instead of starting from scratch. I made this vegetable...

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Okra Jalapeno Fritters

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 17:54:37 +0000

Summer in the deep Deep South is no joke. Yes, we have splendid winters and spring is nice but summer is a wee bit challenging. Of course the oppressive heat and humidity gives us something about which to complain. Chronic complainers have no shortage of material. The trade-off is that we harvest all sorts of...

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Country Fried Steak with Gravy

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:28:39 +0000

Whether you know it by Country Fried Steak with Gravy, Chicken Fried Steak or Steak and Gravy, it’s all the same and it’s all good. This is a hearty, stick-to-your ribs supper. You won’t be standing in front of your pantry or refrigerator two hours after eating looking for a snack. I must warn you...

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Fried Dill Pickles

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:41:51 +0000

Regular dill pickles rank fairly low among my taste preferences. I much prefer sweet pickles. I do enjoy Fire and Ice Pickles which start out as store bought dill pickle chips and wind up being sweet and sour with a little bit of a kick. Another good way to eat dill pickle chips is to...

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Skillet Fried Cabbage

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 14:25:49 +0000

Skillet Fried Cabbage is supreme po’ folks food. It’s about as down home as you can get. When it’s cooked in bacon grease in a cast iron skillet, it doesn’t retain a large amount of its green color. In fact, Skillet Fried Cabbage isn’t the prettiest dish you’ll ever eat. There’s not one thing fancy...

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Southern Fried Okra

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:09:05 +0000

Just as memories of blackberries and blackberry cobbler occupy prime real estate in my favorite childhood memory bank, fried okra is in the same neighborhood. Recalling my grandmother’s instructions on how to make good Southern Fried Okra paints a picture, in words and images, that I hope I never forget. There’s no need for me to...

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Floundering Around (Recipe: Skillet Fried Flounder)

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:39:34 +0000

A simple supper of skillet fried fish is therapeutic. Certainly, it provides nourishment. But it does much more than that. It is a reminder that simple, honest food never goes out of style. It was good years past. It’s good today. Years from now, it will be just as good. Don’t over think this recipe. A...

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Small Version of a Good Thing (Recipe: Mini Fried Blackberry Pies)

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:04:34 +0000

Fried pies are as familiar to Southerners as boiled peanuts and Moon Pies. We’ve been making them forever and a day. The construction is simple. It’s a crust filled with a sweet filling typically made of fruit or berries. The crust , made from pie or biscuit dough, is cut into small pieces, filled, folded...

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