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Old 04-30-2024, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by shaw8700@outlook.com View Post
This magazine is chock full of recipes - this month there’s Coconut/Sour Cream cake! They put out both savory and sweet confections and what I like most is they don’t call for 1/4 cup of something you never heard of and aren’t likely to use again.

Bon appetit!
You will find southern recipes vary from family to family. Past down multi generations and kept close.

My Blackberry jam cake recipe (only made for Christmas) is from my great great gran. It took me 10 years, and multiple repeat lessons to finally get it right. In all the years and all the Jam cake recipes I have found in cookbooks, Southern Living, internet some are close, some are way off.
The only similarities in my pimento cheese recipe from others is Dukes. Every aunt made it slightly different. In a real pinch I will buy Prices, but my mom knew the second she saw the platter, it was Container cheese, not fresh grated.

If you want really good recipes try used book stores for old southern cookbooks. Especially love the school and church cookbooks that were sold as fundraisers, listing their name and how it was passed down. Most have very simple recipes, that are quick, easy, but don’t count on low calories