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Welcome to Southern Recipes!
Authentic Southern Food

There are many sources for Southern recipes, but few make truly authentic down home Southern food. When you see a Southern recipe for cornbread that includes sugar...that ain't Southern!! Southern Cooking is a style of cooking unlike any other. Southern Recipes utilize a lot of fried food, buttermilk and corn meal. Here's rule #1 for cooking Southern Food: Never put sugar in cornbread and always in iced tea!

With few exceptions, all the Southern recipes here came from my 93 year old mom, the greatest Southern cook ever. While our focus is mostly down home traditional recipes, you will also find Cajun recipes and Soul Food recipes (see panel left side of page). We invite you to browse our all our Southern Recipes, bookmark this page and return often.
Ken

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* Featured Southern Recipe of the Month *
Fried Green Tomatoes
A Southern favorite, Fried Green Tomatoes are a must for the Summer table.

Popular Soul Food Recipes Turnip Greens Black Eyed Peas Southern Fried Chicken Fried Catfish See All our Soul Food Recipes

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"Whatta' you mean, you don't like Okra"?
Maybe you're just cooking it wrong. Try this way of cooking okra, it just may change your mind.
Go to Southern Fried Okra recipe

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Southern Cooking Techniques
Southern cooking employs a few techniques that are different than many other cooking styles. Southern Food is generally cooked longer than you may be use to. For example, green beans are cooked until very tender and a dark greenish brown. Very different from brightly colored canned beans (ugggggh). Many dishes are cooked until crunchy (fried okra, cornbread, fried chicken). And frying is the primary cooking method.
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Love Pickles? Make your own. Try our Hot Garlic Dill Pickles. Go to our Pickle Recipe Sister Site

* Southern Cooking Goodies *

• Browse ALL our SOUTHERN RECIPES HERE
• What's Wrong With My Biscuits?
• Real Southern Cornbread Recipe
• Southern Cooking Techniques
• A humorous Southerner's Perspective on Cornbread
• How to Season a Cast Iron Skillet
• For a real treat, try our Cajun Bayoubaisse Recipe
• See our Waffle Recipes
• Got Sauce? Sauce/Gravy/Salad Dressing Recipes
• Low Fat Southern Food Recipes. Really?
• How to Make the Perfect Omelet
• What are Chitlins and Cracklins?
• Cooking Tips for Beginners
• Menu Ideas - What's for Dinner tonight?

What's New
Barbecue Ka-Bobs Recipe
Perfect Chocolate Cake
See our Videos for Southern Biscuits and Gravy
Buttermilk Baked Chicken Recipe
Go to our Gardening site for Tips on growing your own Vegetables

A word about Southern Recipes:
Southern recipes are difficult to write because many good Southern cooks use look, feel, taste and experience rather than a rigid recipe to perform their magic in the kitchen. My mom made wonderful biscuits and cornbread and never used a recipe. She just knew when it "looked right". The message here is, as you cook, be aware of the look, feel and texture of your combined ingredients. And taste, taste, taste as you cook. Finally, don't be afraid to experiment and modify recipes to suit your preference. With experience, in time, you will be cooking yummy dishes and creating your own recipes.

Etiquette at the Southern Table:

If you are invited to a Southerner's home for dinner for the first time, it will be useful to be familiar with some common Southern customs. Much of Southern life revolves around food and when you enter a Southerner's home, even for a casual visit, you should expect to be offered a snack and beverage. It is polite to accept something to drink if not food.

At the dinner table be sure to compliment your host on at least one dish you especially like. Try not to leave any food on your plate if possible, and should you ask for a second serving of any item, it will please your host. Feel free to ask for the recipe of anything you really liked. In short, most Southerners admire one's appreciation of food and a healthy appetite. So if you enjoyed the dinner and make it evident to your host, you can count on many future invitations.