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Celery Seed Salad Dressing

Celery Seed Salad Dressing

Celery Seed Dressing is my favorite homemade dressing.  It’s not a southern staple but I have found many variations of the recipe from cookbooks where my grandma lived in Ohio.  She actually lived somewhat near a celery swamp in Hartville Ohio.  They call them muck farms and the soil is black and moist.  Celery is […]

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Ketchup and Mustard and the Ellie Mae to Granny Clampett Transference

Ketchup and Mustard and the Ellie Mae to Granny Clampett Transference

I made pickles Friday and yesterday I made some other condiments – ketchup and mustard.  A few years ago I made some ketchup and it was legendary…at least to me.  I loved it much more than commercial ketchup.  The only negative that I noticed about making and preserving ketchup is that it turned off-color pretty quickly in […]

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Traditional Bread and Butter Pickles

Traditional Bread and Butter Pickles

I made pickles for the first time this morning.  In life, I was pretty late to the pickle party only starting to eat them a few years ago.  My philosophy was why eat home canned goods with vinegar (pickle) when you can have something with sugar (jam)?  I seem to have a bit of a sweet […]

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Bean Dip and Traveling Scholars

Bean Dip and Traveling Scholars

Our very long-time friend Ethan came over for dinner last night.  He and Olivia have been friends ever since meeting under the TattleTaleToad in kindergarten. He came bearing gifts of flowers… and dessert. We were excited to hear about his recent travels in China and Spain.  He is quite the adventurer. Ethan is always fun […]

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Scalloped Onions a la Nancy

Scalloped Onions a la Nancy

My friend Nancy is an excellent cook.  You must always try her recipes when she passes them along.  Nancy read in the blog of my interest in finding creative ways to cook my onions and reminded me of her Scalloped Onion casserole she served us on a visit to her lake condo in North Carolina.  She […]

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Vidalia Onion Rings

Vidalia Onion Rings

What do you make with ten pounds of Vidalia onions?  I started with baked ziti, then quesadillas, then mini quiches and now I’m a third of the way through the bag and thought I would make some fried onion rings. My school had a fundraiser selling onions. You’re thinking… that only could happen in  Georgia…am I […]

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Taste of Home at the Checkout Lane

Taste of Home at the Checkout Lane

The Taste of Home issue with my potato recipe in it is now on the stands in the checkout lanes!  Fun!  It makes me want to send in more recipes for future consideration.  But for now, look on page 27 in this summer issue.

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Covering All the Bases

Covering All the Bases

I am covering all the bases on New Year’s Day today.  I have eaten Napa Cabbage Salad, Cabbage Rolls, Collard Greens, and Black Eyed Peas.  Four dishes to guarantee prosperity in the new year. At lunch I started with Napa Cabbage Salad. I’m thinking salad counts in this traditional cash-ensuring fare but  to be certain I made […]

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Authentic Pumpkin Pie

Authentic Pumpkin Pie

I pulled a homemade pumpkin pie out of the freezer tonight and we had a slice for dinner.  Delicious! But wait, there’s more to this story.  Get your notebooks out.  I have a history lesson for you. I recently read that the first “receipts” of pumpkin pie from England in the early 19th century say that to […]

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Orca Beans

Orca Beans

I found these beans at Publix seemingly calling my name.  I love the coloration and the fact that I’d never seen this variety before.  I didn’t get a photo of the bag before cooking so you get to see an empty bag on my deck.  The brand is Bob’s Red Mill and I found them […]

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