Deep South Dish is about basic, country style southern cookin'

Deep South Dish ^ | Feb 16, 2011 | Mary

[Islander7]

Deep South Dish is about basic, country style southern cookin' with an emphasis on coastal south dishes and most often, cooking from scratch. Please understand that this site and it's Facebook Fan Page are not from a corporate website for some major company with thousands of employees. There is no test kitchen other than my own little galley style home kitchen. I am the sole proprietor of this spot, and I am not a chef, professional or otherwise. I am just a plain ole home cook, posting all of my recipes for you to hopefully enjoy. You won't find fancy or gourmet or pretentious here.

Please also keep in mind that these are my recipes, done to my taste and while I am thrilled to share them with you, if you are looking to duplicate exactly a recipe that matches a memory of one of your grandma's recipes, my recipe may not be the same as your grandma's recipe was. I am always after younger folks to sit at the hand of their grandmas and watch them cook, writing down everything, so that they can carry on all of the food traditions and flavors to their own children.

[Islander7]

Something else I should note is that while this site (and the Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/SouthernRecipes - where I post links) does focus on many "traditional southern classic" recipes - so you'll see recipes for things like Skillet Cornbread, Fried Chicken, Red Beans & Rice, Squash Casserole, Chicken Pot Pie, Sweet Potato Pie, Banana Pudding and Pecan Pie, and of course, Southern Iced Tea, as well as our own Gulf Coast favorites - like Fried Catfish, Boiled Shrimp, Fried Shrimp, Po'boys, and Gumbo, we in The Deep South eat just like everybody else around the country - like everybody else, we eat a variety of foods too!

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Enjoy Y'all!

[Jolla]

Thank you honey. We went to a very popular restaurant about 2 weeks ago and left after one hour after sitting down and not being served, my wife asked about the food after 45 minutes and was told it was not McDonalds, so we went home to fix (a southern term for prepare) beans and rice, it was a great meal.

[Islander7]

You are welcome, but unless you are female, I ain’t a honey.

[Islander7]

Magnolia State Ping!

Home cookin' reference manual . . . . everyone eats to live; Southerners live to eat!

[rahbert]

None of which look like healthy eating, especially if
we have to watch the fat and carb intake.

Pity since I’m getting tired of my diabetically imposed
veg and lowfat cottage cheese regimen.

[rockrr]

Ah, c’mon - a little bit won’t hurt ya ;-)

[Free Vulcan]

I remember going down to Alabama as a kid to see all the aunts and uncles and having the big feeds. The women could cook like no ones business.

Catfish from a rock-bottomed pond, hush puppies, pecan pie, home killed sausage, cathead buttermilk buscuits, and a zillion other things I’ve forgotten. 8 foot long tables filled with food breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

And of course the obligatory ‘Son, you gotta eat some more, you’re gonna waste away!’

[txhurl]

Cathead buttermilk biscuits?

[Free Vulcan]

That’s what my grandpa called them, because my aunt would make them as big as a large cat’s head. You could make a sandwich with them.

[Islander7]

Yep, biscuits as big as a cat's head.

[rahbert]

yes but who can stop at just a little bit?

especially the pecan pie!

[Maverick68]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[HOYA97]

Do you have a recipe for those delicious looking biscuits?

[HOYA97]

I have to mind my manners. I’m drooling a little bit.

[ken5050]

Bookmarked your site...looks good..will check it in more detail later..and love the pic of the USS Bowfin on your home page..

[ZOOKER]

bookmark for later theivery

[Islander7]

This isn’t my website. I’ve been using recipes from there to fatten . . . er . . . feed myself. Thought I’d share this secret with my fellow FReepers.

[txhurl]

They look like pull-aparts.

Lately I’ve been craving and making sausage gravy with biscuits, breakfast sandwiches with biscuits, biscuits with
jelly or butter, just biscuits.

No mustard.

[SZonian]

Thank you for sharing!

I look forward to trying these.

[Islander7]

Try biscuits and tomato gravy . . . mmmmmm