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Southfacin’ Cook: How to Make Crabmeat West Indies Salad
My brother-in-law, Tommy Ratchford of Pensacola, isn’t much of a cook, but he knows a thing or two about seafood. Hearken to his “Southfacin’ Cook” recipe for perfect boiled shrimp on www.newinnola.com. His “West Indies Salad” is a delicious, light, crisp, … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Patsy Brumfield
Tagged crab, crab recipes, crab salad, crabmeat, patsy brumfield, southfacin' cook, summer salad, west indies crab, west indies salad
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IT’S ALL ABOUT PIANO LESSONS by MONA SIDES-SMITH
MAY 6, 2014 I am a dropout from the senior citizens piano lessons class. I didn’t exactly drop out. I was dropped out. Not for my inability to learn how to play the piano, but for my ability to play … Continue reading
Contain it, and Let it Flow! by Deborah Fagan Carpenter
Container gardens add interest and beauty to patios or gardens, and intrigue and curb appeal to entryways. Combining various heights, colors and textures, like this one created by Liam Boyd of Gardens OyVey near Arlington, TN is an inviting way … Continue reading
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Rich with natural resources such as pristine maritime forests, undeveloped beaches and wide marshes, there are sea turtles, wild horses, and sand dunes. Cumberland Island, Georgia’s largest and southernmost barrier island, is 17.5 miles long and totals 36,415 acres, of which over … Continue reading
Birth of Southern Speak by Gary Wright
“Song, song of the South; sweet potato pie and hush my mouth,” as performed by the country group, Alabama “Southern Speak” This is a type of soft speaking which was primarily developed in the South during the northern occupation of the beloved … Continue reading
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Southfacin’ Cook’s Crawfish Chowder by Patsy Brumfield
Have leftover crawfish from a boil? Try this easy recipe for crawfish chowder. We Southerners smugly think “chowder” (or “chow-dah”) is something Yankees invented and shouldn’t be trotted out in kitchens south of the Mason-Dixon line. Fear not, intrepid cooks. … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Patsy Brumfield
Tagged chowder, crawfish, new orleans food, patsy brumfield, recipe, southfacin' cook
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Quiet Gentility — LaGrange, Tennessee
Quiet Gentility — LaGrange, Tennessee by Deborah Fagan Carpenter A village so beautiful, even the pyromaniacal William Tecumseh Sherman didn’t set it ablaze. La Belle Village, or LaGrange, as it is better known, rests on the bluffs above the Wolf … Continue reading