good southern recipes??

Red or Pinto Beans with Ham Hocks

Fried Potatoes

Hot Sliced Buttered Cornbread

Coleslaw

Iced Tea with Sugar

Banana Pudding . The one made with Vanilla Wafers. My Mom and Grandmother are from the deep south and I am thankful. Fried pies are good too. For recipes and ideas go to southern living.com and their cooking section. The pudding is easy. Look for the recipe on Nabisco Vanilla Wafer box. You don't have to cook it all from scratch any more.

fried cornbread--- actually just about anything fried- fried steak, chicken, or pork

the fried cornbread is the easiest though and cheapest

yellow corn meal

egg

water

milk

mix corn meal with one egg and small amounts of water and milk until pancake like mixture (a little thinner though).

warm skillet-- put in a couple teaspoons of vegetable oil (or bacon grease if you have it)- warm it up

spoon cornmeal mixture in skillet to make individual pancakes

when you see the pancakes stop bubbling flip over and cook for a couple minutes on the other side until done

I would make homemade biscuits and bring some jam or honey to eat them with. Keep in mind, in the 1930's there were no microwaves or quickie short cut meals like they have nowadays, everything was made fresh (veggies, etc) and biscuits were a staple at every meal. Try this recipe:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/JPs-Big-Daddy-Biscuit...

you could make greens. just get a pack in the produce aisle. get a spaghetti pot and put a little olive oil (a tablespoon) and sautee finely chopped onions. then take a smoked turkey neck and a hamhock (gross sounding i know, but the flavor is delicious) and throw them in the pot. cover them with water and bring to a boil. throw in the greens, bring to a boil and simmer till tender. it makes a lot of food and it is pure southern!

also you could take anything and fry it. chicken is the best!

Go to the Food network.com and look at Paula Deen's recipes.

She is a wonderful Southern cook. She has a restaraunt in Ga.

cornbread with cane syrup is easy. i don't know the recipe by heart--go to the store and get a bag of WHITE LILY CORNMEAL MIX. it's important to get the mix because it has all the baking agents in it already--i use it when i'm in a hurry, but it tastes awesome. get a bottle of roddenberry's cane patch syrup or a jar of sorghum syrup. YUM.

search fry that chicken by ms peaches on youtube

peach cobbler, gumbo, stuff like that or you can just make cornbread they come in ready to bake boxes.....i think you just have to add milk