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The Southern Spread/Fried Chicken

The Southern Spread by deborah fagan carpenter Our culture, our history, our spirit, and our hospitality are some of the ingredients. Southern foods are heavily influenced by African, English, Scottish, Irish, French, and Native-American cuisine, and although most of them … Continue reading

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PUMPKIN & GREENS LASAGNA

PUMPKIN & GREENS LASAGNA from Southfacin’ Cook, Patsy Brumfield Sometimes, weird things happen in my kitchen, cooking-wise anyway. My son’s wife had a late meeting and I volunteered to make dinner for them (and me, of course). I always have … Continue reading

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THE SOUTHERN SPREAD, Tuesday, September 19, 2017

The Southern Spread by deborah fagan carpenter Our culture, our history, our spirit, and our hospitality are some of the ingredients.  Southern foods are heavily influenced by African, English, Scottish, Irish, French, and Native-American cuisine, and although most of them … Continue reading

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CAJUN SHRIMP AND GRITS Southfacin’ Cook, Patsy Brumfield

CAJUN SHRIMP AND GRITS Southfacin’ Cook, Patsy Brumfield Recently, I enjoyed several days pup-sitting with my granddog Bonnie in New Orleans while my daughter and her husband went off for some fun in the West. So I invited my sister … Continue reading

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PATSY’S CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS

Collard greens, stuffed peppers, banana pudding, country fried steak, sweet potato pie, fried chicken, pecan pie, peach cobbler, corn bread dressing, lima beans! Old fashioned, southern recipes seem to be having a resurgence in popularity across the country, and our … Continue reading

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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where … Continue reading

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Meat Loaf, Butternut Squash, and Peas

Meat Loaf, Butternut Squash, and Peasfrom Southfacin’ Cook, Patsy Brumfield   PATSY’S MEAT LOAF My family loves meat loaf, so whenever I make it, I make a lot so we can have leftovers for sandwiches. Here’s one way to do … Continue reading

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SWEET POTATOES OR YAMS?

  Sweet Potatoes or Yams? by Joe Goodell I do not know how many sweet potatoes are harvested every year in North Carolina. There are reports of the number being greater than that for Mississippi. So we appreciate that it … Continue reading

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ME OH MY—JAMBALAYA!

ME OH MY—JAMBALAYA! by Deborah Fagan Carpenter Mardi Gras! It’s the South’s great party! A prelude to Ash Wednesday and Lent, Mardi Gras originated in Europe, but it began in the U.S. in—still under debate—either New Orleans or Mobile. (In Louisiana … Continue reading

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Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes NOT!

  Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes NOT! by Deborah Fagan Carpenter   As a child growing up in the 1950s, one of the highlights of an automobile trip, was spotting the occasional roadside fruit and vegetable stand that … Continue reading

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