In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make Caramel-Walnut Monkey Bread. This bread is easily made from canned, cut-up biscuits, flavored with sugar and cinnamon, and layered with a sauce made of butter, brown sugar, and English walnuts. It is gorgeous, and tastes wonderful! In this video I mentioned that you can find a similar video for making Monkey Bread at Amy’s Kitchen at the usafireandresc…
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Classical Southern Cooking: A Celebration of the Cuisine of the Old SouthDamon Lee Fowler valiantly preserves an endangered cuisine--Classical Southern--in this winning and evocative compendium of the food of the Old South.... Read More >
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Even the accents are similar.
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The Making of a SouthernerKatharine Du Pre Lumpkin was born into a prominent Georgia family and raised in a southern society intent on preserving the economic and racial status... Read More >
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As accent is the determining factor, to low and high linguistic cultures, like in german! German high, is a fluid,easy but rapid speech, due to the simplification of the accent. The low german is the more gutteral brogue, with thick heavy deep, long, accentuations! This is the same patern, as the northern, united states,(“high”?), and the southern united states,(“low”?) ?
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The South for New SouthernersThe South often seems like a foreign country to newcomers from other parts of the United States. And for people from other countries, Southern custom... Read More >
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When I say Southern United States, I am referring to these states only:
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Texas
Florida
Lousiana
Thank you in advance for your time.
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Grits (What Makes Us Southerners)Nowhere are Kathryn Tucker Windam's transcendant themes of community, fidelity, and family more evident than in these stories. The author calls them r... Read More >
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Asking because i keep hearing that most Americans of the South are of Scottish and Scotch-Irish descent yet when you look at the ancestry figures for the Southern states English Americans greatly outnumber those who put Scottish, Scotch-Irish or American as their ancestry.
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The South Vs. The South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil WarWhy did the Confederacy lose the Civil War? Most historians point to the larger number of Union troops, or to the North's greater industrial might. No... Read More >
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Why don’t they learn to speak properly?
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The South and the SouthernerA wide-ranging blend of autobiography and history, The South and the Southerner is one prominent newspaperman's statement on his region, its heritage,... Read More >
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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make luscious Chocolate Walnut Chow Mein Bites. These are great to have on hand during the holiday season. They are sweet and salty, also chewy and delightful! Note: The recipe below is one-half of a full recipe. If you want the full recipe, just double each ingredient, and follow the instructions. Ingredients: 6 oz. semisweet chocolate chips 6 oz. buttersc…
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Southern Living: 1997 Annual Recipes (Southern Living Annual Recipes)Imagine a year's worth of the best recipes from "Southern Living" magazine all in one cookbook--nearly 1,000 recipes, as well as every menu and kitche... Read More >
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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make a lovely Banoffee Pie. This pie is a combination of bananas and toffee filling, nestled in a fresh Graham cracker crust, topped with whipped topping and garnished with Heath bar bits. It’s gorgeous and also yummy!!! Ingredients: 1 baked and cooled Graham cracker crust (2) 14 oz. cans sweetened condensed milk. (I only used 1 can in the video, but I thin…
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Home Plate Cooking: Everyday Southern Cuisine with a Fresh TwistNothing says the South more than its unique food and various cooking styles. Southern recipes are cherished heirlooms passed down from generation t... Read More >
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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make her version of an Egg McMuffin Breafast Sandwich. Her version has a toasted English muffin, topped with a fried egg, Canadian bacon, and a slice of deluxe American cheese. Easy and inexpensive! Ingredients (for 1 McMuffin): 1/2 tablespoon margarine 1 English muffin, split and toasted 1 large egg salt and pepper, to taste 1 slice of Canadian bacon (I us…
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Adventures in New Kentucky Cooking with The Bluegrass PeasantBourbon, country ham, spicebush berries, pawpaws, grits and sweet potatoes are just some of the traditional Bluegrass ingredients that make frequent a... Read More >
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DISCLAIMER: Please excuse the visual lag. I used my laptop’s webcam to record this so it’s not really up to par. Summary: In this video I personally address the controversy of national stereotypes between the Americans, British, and other English speakers. Please leave comments and feedback below so I can see what my viewers think of my video! Song: Elation Station by Infected Mushroom….
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