Archives for April, 2008

Sausage cheese balls, also known as sausage balls, are a staple at Christmas parties throughout the South.

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Cheese Straws

Craig Claiborne is one of my culinary idols. If you don’t have his book “Southern Cooking” on your bookshelf, you are truly missing out. These cheese straws have been my favorite holiday snack for years.

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Angels on Horseback

Angels on Horseback has to be one of the best ways I know of to get your minimum daily requirement of oysters!

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Texas Caviar

YEEE-HHAAA! A taste of Texas.

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Apple Butter Time

A family comes together to revive a tradition and finds family ties are sweeter than home-made apple butter.

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The magic that goes on behind the oven door changes a pan full of batter into a light, fluffy cake that looks just like the picture in a cookbook.

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Have you ever noticed that some guys get a little crazy when they’re cooking out? Suddenly, men who can’t even make a sandwich turn into super chefs when they see the trance-producing glow of the sacred flame…”

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Oh Deer, Bambi’s Dinner

Ladies, it’s your worst nightmare. You’re home alone, the kids are at school, and just when you’re about to enjoy that book you bought at the store last week — you know, the one with the Fabio-lookin’ guy with no shirt one the cover — you hear it.

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Pass The Cold Cereal–Please!

Those of us who put together the Food section each week always strive to report on the latest culinary trends so that you don’t miss out on a single one. When people north of the “MasonDixon” line decided grits and fried chicken were not only cool but worth 50 bucks a plate at trendy “Southern” restaurants, you heard it here first. Now we discover that the latest food fad for the young yuppie too busy and stressed out from climbing the corporate ladder to cook: a large bowl of cold cereal for supper.

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Pre-Historic Fried Chicken

Picture, if you will, a tranquil scene circa 1 million years ago, when cavemen roamed the Earth. It is Sunday, about noon. A small tribe of prehistoric Baptists (scientific name: SHALLWEGATHERUS ATHERIVERUS) has just finished their worship service. While toweling off by the river bank, a member of the group hears the plaintive cry of a prehistoric chicken (scientific name: BIGOLWHANGIN’CHICKINUS KENTUKYFRIEDUS).

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