Good morning, and welcome back to Ridin Out the Recession, in Miz Judi’s Kitchen! How are you guys today? Why don’t ya pull up a chair, and sit awhile?
You know, Deb and I love to cook. Shoot, I almost like to cook as much as…I like to eat! Ole Deb’s an excellent cook, and believe me, it sure shows on me too!
Through the years we’ve bought cookbooks, received them as gifts, and others have just passed them along to us. We enjoy looking through them, tryin out new recipes, but in all honesty, many cookbooks are just plain fun to sit down and read.
Some tell you the origins of the food, the history involved of the food, how some of these foods arrived in America,and many have stories and tales to boot. They are quite interesting if you’ll stop and take a look.
The cookbook today we’ll be using is one that I’ve referenced a few times in the past. It really is one of my personal favorites, not so much for the recipes, although many are very, very good, but for the history told in this book.
The stories are well told, and being a Southerner myself, I love reading them. It’s loaded with pictures, some new, but many older ones. Many of the people involved in this book have had these recipes passed down to them from many generations past, and I feel we’re fortunate that they shared them with us.
The title of this book is, “Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread, and Scuppernong Wine.” It is the folklore and art of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. It was written by Joseph E. Dabney, and was published by Cumberland house.
As I’ve said in the past, if you want a very good reading cookbook, this is a good-un! Deb and I both believe that all who get it will appreciate the fact they did! Next time you’re in town, and there’s a bookstore close by, give it a look, you may be glad that you did!
Let’s look at today’s recipes, and I’ll see if I cain’t get Deb to fire off the dern cook stove!
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‘Ridin Out The Recession With Dub and Deb in “Miz Judi’s Kitchen’!
Note to Readers: There are a few things that Dub doesn’t know but one thing he does know is that the word ‘Riding’ (as in Riding Out the Recession) is spelled with a ‘g’ at the end. But Dub not only walks the walk, but speaks like he is: down home, true blue, and plain speakin’ country folk.
Dub and Deb are both native Floridians, live in Central Florida, and run a small business as well. They have five children, and seven grandchildren.
Both love to cook, love to laugh, grow a garden, and generally try to “aggravate” most anyone around them basically…all in good fun, of course!
