Pickled Okra
My grandmother used to load up the table for Sunday dinners with jars of all kinds of pickles. Pickled okra, pickled garlic, or a mixture of veggies always are a real treat. In the South, it’s all about the pickles…
How to Measure Ingredients
The basic tenets of proper measuring of food ingredients will depend on the type of ingredient you are measuring. Is it liquid or dry? For the most part, if it is a dry ingredient you will use a technique called…
Homemade Rolls
As the weather begins to turn cool, my thoughts turn to fresh baked bread, rolls, muffins, and any other sort of baked good that can come out of the kitchen. Make these on a night when you have made too…
The Right Tools for Measuring Ingredients
First, a list of essential tools to stock in your kitchen for measuring purposes. You will need to have equipment that measures both dry and wet ingredients. You will want to consider the use of a kitchen scale. And don’t…
Measuring Ingredients
Many Southern cooks would laugh at the idea of measuring ingredients. After all, cooking involves some “eyeballing it” and tasting and adjusting along the way. Even with baking there can at times be wiggle room with measurements. If, for example,…
Introduction to Southern Cooking
I must admit when I was younger I didn’t spend much time with Mama in the kitchen unless it was to eat something that just came out of the oven. As I grew older I began to pay more attention…