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Red Velvet Cake

romeo0316 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:00:43 +0000

Ok y’all. Nothing, just NOTHING screams Crazy Ole’ Southern Person than a Red Velvet Cake. Red Velvet Cake is the one thing that unites all people below the Mason/Dixon Line. We all love it. We all make it. When we don’t have it, we lust over it.

I’m gonna share with you my Mama Jean’s recipe [...]

Jambalaya

romeo0316 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:08:11 +0000

It’s no secret that I love my fellow bloggers and blog friends that I have met during NaBloPoMo. One, of my favorite people in the entire world, Jen Nelson Lane has a very successful blog called Hey Y’all. Jen and I met almost 10 years ago during graduate school at the University of Alabama. Her [...]

Aunt Nita’s Sweet Potato Casserole

romeo0316 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:24:28 +0000

So this is about the most waited for dish at my family’s Thanksgiving EVERY Year! My Granny J had 6 children, and for Thanksgiving they were all in charge of 1 thing. Nita (my Mama’s next older sister) was in charge of making this every year. Well, there was that one year that noone knew [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!!

romeo0316 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:37:50 +0000

We will return to our regular programing tomorrow. In the mean time:

Granny J’s Cornbread Dressing

romeo0316 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:35:59 +0000

My Granny J

My Granny J was an amazing woman. I could blog for years stories about her. I have got hundreds of stories about Granny J, from saving my life many times (literally) to falling asleep in fried rice. Granny and I had a very special relationship. Born about 70 years ago, Granny J [...]

Oreo Pie

romeo0316 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:30:42 +0000

Okay, I love Oreo Cookies. And Pies. So there is only one thing that could make me happiest: Oreo Pie. I used to work at a deli in Montgomery named Chappy’s Deli. They had an Oreo Pie there that I just loved. My stepmom used to make this Oreo Pie, and dare I say…it’s better. [...]

Peach Cobbler

romeo0316 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:30:51 +0000

Ok, it’s that time of year again, y’all. Now I am going to start giving up all my favorite Thanksgiving recipes. The first recipe is my own Peach Cobbler. Peach Cobbler is a dessert that is so easy and so good, you HAVE to make this.

Being raised in Alabama, we have peaches in Chilton County, [...]

Chicken Roll

romeo0316 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:56:23 +0000

Ok, so there is this bakery in Flushing called Mr. Tu’s which is across the street from my job and serves these Chicken Rolls. They taste like a chicken pot pie wrapped in delicate buttery flaky goodness. I have to know how to make these. Come on fellow foodies. Let’s put our noses to the [...]

Wordless Wednesday

romeo0316 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:18 +0000

Shoepeg Corn Casserole

romeo0316 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:33:08 +0000

Ok, I can not believe that I am going to share this recipe with everyone. Everyone has that ONE recipe… you know, the ridiculously simple one that makes you the envy of all your friends. Well, this is mine. I first made this for my NYC pals soon after moving here. Since doing that there [...]