Hill Country Cookin' and Memoirs

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Pelican Publishing Company, Jan 31, 2006 - Cooking - 224 pages

“Get cooking and enjoy some old-time good foods” with this treasury of Southern recipes from a Tennessee farm family in the 1930s and 1940s (Cannon Courier).
 
Author Ibbie Ledford, born and raised in the Tennessee hills, offers her special recipes along with some cherished personal memories. Hill Country treats and staples, traditional fare, and modern favorites are all included here. Recipes for Hand-Squashed Biscuits, Corn Fritters, Chicken Pot Pie, Baked Cheese Grits, Shepherd’s Pie, Flapjacks and Hot Blackberry Jam, Deer Steaks and Gravy, Squirrel Stew with Potato Dumplings, Fried Okra, Turnip Greens, Wilted Lettuce Salad, Buttermilk Pie, and Beef Jerky are accompanied by peculiar (to some) Hill Country customs, such as how to clean and pluck a chicken, kill a hog, boil a country ham, fry chitterlings, and make inexpensive Christmas tree ornaments.
 
Interspersed throughout the book are Ibbie’s memoirs—deliciously funny and warmly touching tales of growing up poor but well provided for in rural Tennessee more than sixty years ago. Recall with Ibbie such scenes as porch sitting, Papa’s monthly trek into town to buy supplies (and surprises for the children!), the excitement of a dance at the house, preaching all day and dinner on the grounds (with a recipe for Scripture Cake), and the arrival of May 1—time to take off the winter underwear and go barefoot—the first outhouse for the family, and many more stories that will bring back memories and touch your heart.

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... pecans 1 bag ( 10 oz . ) miniature marshmallows Cream butter and sugar together . Beat in eggs one at a time , beat- ing well after each addition . Sift flour and cocoa together . Add to creamed mixture . Stir in vanilla and pecans ...
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... pecans , finely chopped Beat together butter and cream cheese . Add sifted confectioners ' sugar . Add whipped cream . Mix well . Add pecans . Spread between layers and on top and sides of cold cake . APPLE PIE 2/3 cup sugar 1 tbsp ...
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... PECAN PRALINES 1 cup buttermilk 1 tsp . baking soda 2 cups sugar 2 cups pecans 1 tbsp . butter 1 tsp . vanilla Mix in ... pecans , butter , and vanilla . Drop by teaspoon on wax paper . Makes about 3 dozen . APPLE FRITTERS 1 egg 1/3 cup ...

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1/4 cup butter ½ cup ½ tsp ¼ tsp 1½ cups sugar 15 minutes 30 minutes 350-degree oven Add butter Add sugar Add vanilla Bake in 350-degree baking pan baking powder baking soda beans Beat egg biscuits black pepper bowl broth brown sugar butter or margarine buttermilk cake cheddar cheese cheese chicken cinnamon cocoa coconut comes out clean confectioners Cook Cool corn bread cornmeal cornstarch cup buttermilk cup milk cup water cup white cups flour cups self-rising flour Drain egg whites egg yolks food coloring gravy greased greased and floured green heavy saucepan ingredients Mama and Papa Mama's medium heat melted butter mixture nuts okra oven for 45 peas pecans peeled pie shell Place potatoes pudding Remove from heat sauce Serves Sift simmer skillet sliced stirring constantly sugar ½ tsp taste tbsp teaspoon tomatoes vanilla vinegar Water to cover Willie

Bibliographic information

TitleHill Country Cookin' and Memoirs
AuthorIbbie Ledford
PublisherPelican Publishing Company, 2006
ISBN1455605727, 9781455605729
Length224 pages
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Cooking / Courses & Dishes / General
Cooking / History
Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / American / Southern States
  
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