YAAASSS!
Lady G threw down today!
Uh huh!
😉
So if you’ve been following me then you already know that I love to cook and eat all sorts of food.
Name a continent and I can guarantee you that I have cooked and eaten a dish from that locale.
I love ’em ALL!
But…
Around here, if it’s Sunday, it’s all about soul food BABY!
You better get into it!
Seriously, I learned to cook by watching Mama.
Mama NEVER used recipes; the ingredients and directions were all in her head.
Everything was by heart.
Or, better yet, soul!
And now, here I am, many years later, cooking the same meals that I remember–straight from Mama’s kitchen.
Come on over y’all!
I got a plate waiting just for YOU!
So tell me, do you love to cook?
If so, who taught you?
What are some of your favorites?
Let’s discuss in comments 🙂
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and have a great week 🙂
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I do just enough…but then, I’m learning to cook for one. It ain’t easy.
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Hey Twin!
You ready to eat?
I feel ya…
It really isn’t easy to cook for one but I have found that many singles cook for an army and just pack it into individual portions. Hey, at least that way they don’t have to keep thinking about what to cook everyday 😉
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That’s usually what happens when I cook too. LOL
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Do you have any specialties at all?
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Sometimes I’ll make a chicken dish with stuffing and swiss cheese, or I’ll do on with French onion soup mix and golden mushroom soup and rice.
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Yes. That sounds like a variation of swiss baked chicken which I love. I haven’t thought about making that in awhile.
You just gave me an idea.
🎶That’s what Twins are for…..LOL!!!
What about The Lady P? What are your faves from her?
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She taught me those…and rice pudding! Cakes, sweet potato pie, homemade root beer. She likes to bake sweets and cakes, not that she couldn’t cook. She used to cook in a restaurant next to a bar when I was younger. Fried everything LOL….but there were pork chops and chicken, greens and potato salad, and of course, chitterlings. I guess what I’m saying is, I don’t really have a favorite, because I liked just about everything she made. Except liver and onions.
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See, I knew The Lady P had it going on in the kitchen.
Mama cooked everything you just mentioned except for the cakes. She was NOT a baker but she could make a mean sweet potato pie. My Dad liked her banana pudding too.
I was telling Tessa that Mama’s sisters are the bakers. So was her mother.
I guess she missed out on that lesson, homegirl was prolly somewhere cussing somebody out LOL!
Did I mention that Diva E wasn’t no joke?
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You did! You know I believe it!
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LOL!!!
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Heck no. I cook to survive.
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LOL!!! Poor Munch! I’d love to feed that baby some good food😂
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LMAO. Name the time and the place. He would love it.
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Yeah! That’s some cookin’
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I got a plate saved just for you 🙂
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Thank you Penney 🙂
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Thank you for a great blog!
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Thanks for the invite…I love collard greens…and corn bread anything….hubby is a BBQ master, bakes his own bread too….I cook shrimp and Italian dishes….no recipe…just wing it and it always comes out awesome…out rockLady G…looks amazing.
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Girl you can come by anytime. Now the next question is: When can I come down there?
Italian is one of my favorites and I loves me some BBQ!
Home baked bread? Whaaaaaa???
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You are always welcome…home baked bread, although he hasn’t made any since we moved down here…still too warm…but he does a mean homemade mac-n-cheese with his own BBQ pulled pork too…that man cooks like a pro….I’m a pasta fan…and veggies…I do my collards with a big smoked ham hock and lots of butter and a touch of vinegar before eating….mmmm..now I’m hungry….but next time you get to Florida, look me up 🙂 we’ll do some mean cookie’ 🙂
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You are talking my language and I love it 🙂
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ha, cookin’ but we can make cookies too 🙂
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You know I knew what you meant 🙂
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darn auto correct 🙂 sometimes it scares me the things it comes up with…must have known we were talking yummies 🙂
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LOL!!!
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Ummm, ummm good
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See what you missing?
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Yep!
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I can’t cook worth a darn, but your dinner looks fabulous!! 😀
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Well when you run through Georgia let me know and I WILL have a plate waiting for you love!
🙂
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Okay then!! It’s a date!! Because I will have to be there at some point!! :D. Xoxo
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That’s right! Georgia is, indeed, one of those 50 that you’ll need to run right through 🙂
LOL!!!!
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😀
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All I can say Lady G is Mmmmm…. pass me the plate! I will admit, I am spoiled. My husband loves to cook and he makes the best artisan pizza. As a matter of fact, we had an extra cheese, Italian sausage & mushroom za today. Delish!
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Thanks Susan 🙂
And oh my! I could easily go for that artisan pizza you described! I love Italian food across the board !
There are very few cuisines that I dislike!
LOL!!!
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Me too. I haven’t met a country I didnt like. 😉
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That looks awesome! Hope you are well Lady G ☺️
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Thank you B! I am doing well 🙂
How are you dear?
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Great! Lovely weekend. Always nice to hear from you 😊
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Same here! Did you do anything fun today?
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No not really, just some writing and watching the WWE Network.
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It’s so much fun when you can do exactly what you wanna do 🙂 exactly when you want to do it 🙂
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Agree, I don’t have any kids. So for the most part I enjoy the freedom. My wife broke her foot recently so I’m doing most of the work – cooking and cleaning.
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Aww..sorry to hear that. Good to hear that you are taking good care of her 🙂
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Btw you inspired me – I made a Chicago playlist on my iPod. Been listening to it all weekend lol
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That’s wonderful! You just made a sista blush 🙂
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Is that hard to do? 😊
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Kinda, because I’m one of them mocha babes.
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lol I guess that’s good. I looked them up on Wikipedia and I didn’t know the lead singer in the early 70s accidentally killed himself. Their style of music changed a lot from the 70s to the 80s due to their record companies. Interesting history about them. So you really inspired me Lady G!
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Yes, Terry Kath. Actually, Terry was the one with the really soulful voice. He and Robert Lamm can sound similar though. Robert Lamm was the lead on “Beginnings.”
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Yes. I have there 40th anniversary album that has 30 songs on it and really explored it. Talk about a evolving group as far as sound. There ballads are powerfully lush.
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So true. I can get lost in some of their jams. Like I mentioned a few days ago- “Wishing you were here” takes me to faraway dreamy places 🙂
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I am sure. Good night Lady G! I will chat with you this week. 😊
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Goodnight B! Sweet dreams 🙂
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Babies really like to eat it. I remember making it for my son. Ugh he’s so damn picky now! Ohh I make a decent lasagna too.
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Ah, so he is giving some of that Lisa-ness back to you huh? LOL! I love it!
I’d love a taste of that lasagna 🙂
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I like to cook but I’m just so tired when I get out of work. My mom and grandma have taught me how to cook. I mostly know how to cook Mexican food. I suck at making rice though! 😂 I’ve never had collard greens. Is it spinach?? It all looks GOOD, Gwin!
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Hey Lisa!
Girl, I think I rolled off my bed when you hollered: “Is that spinach.”
Naw, my friend, the closest thing that I think that you might be familiar with to collards would be kale.
In the South, we cook collards until the leaves are tender.
Talk about good!
LOL!
And girl, you better learn how to cook rice!
Rice is a MUST !
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It was a good guess (the spinach thing)! I always burn the rice. 😏 Lol. I quit watching it or idk what happens! I have issues making Mexican rice!
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Lord, me and grandma gonna have to school you on that rice girl! LOL
Stop smirking and giving side eye!
LOL!!
You know Lady G loves you anyway tho’
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Lol. I just make fideo instead. It’s much easier or pasta shells.
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Now it’s your time to school me!
What is fideo?
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It’s noodles with tomato sauce, garlic powder, water and big chunks of onion for flavor. I guess that’s the best way to describe it.
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Sounds good. Is it a side dish or a main dish?
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It’s a side dish instead of rice. It’s easy to make. Some people put it in caldo (soup) but I prefer rice (arroz).
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Umm…sounds good 🙂
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Lady G,
Like I said earlier…what time should I be there for dinner? It looks SOOOO GOOD!
To answer your question…I learned from my Mama and my entourage of “second mamas”…the nosey neighbor who taught me how to make the best potato soup on the planet,,,my Godmother who taught me how to properly fix a steak dinner…and my Aunt Sis who taught me how to make her mac-n-cheese. No recipes, EVER. It was all from the heart!
Seriously…when can I come get a plate?
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Aww…I am so glad you stopped by.
Girl, you know I got your plate saved.
You added something important by mentioning all of the other people who contributed to our learning.
Like you, I’ve had a couple of second mamas and friends to teach me a thing or two in the kitchen. My aunties could throw down too so I learned a lot by watching them.
Still ain’t wrote nuthin down!
LOL!!!
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As they say…it takes a village to raise a child and I was always thankful to have a group of second mamas…I loved my mama, but she wasn’t the warm/fuzzy type. Lucky for me, the others were and it was a good blend…and it expanded my culinary repertoire!
But I do wish I had my Aunt’s caramel cake recipe…it’s the only one she ever wrote down and NO ONE can find it!
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Now that’s tragic, a missing caramel cake recipe? WTF!
How does that happen! LOL!!!
BTW, My Mama wasn’t particularly warm and fuzzy either but she was my heart and we were hers. LOL!!
Queen Diva E did NOT even play!
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Sounds like she and Ms. Bonnie were cut of the same cloth! Mine didn’t play either…sweet to everyone, but HARD on her own. Glad she was that way!
The Queen Diva E didn’t happen to leave behind a caramel cake recipe, did she? LOL! I am always on the lookout!
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Ironic you should ask…Diva E could cook her ass off but she did NOT bake.
But her sisters? Whaaaaaa?
Different story baby.
My aunt Bobbie Sue can make a sour cream pound cake that you would eat off the floor 🙂
I’ll ask them if they have one for caramel cake.
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THANK YOU, my friend! That would complete my life!
And sour cream pound cake is God’s gift to this earth….YUM!
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Spaghetti pie is my specialty or baked stuffed chucked breast. That food looks good all its missing is some EGG NOG.
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I shoulda known Tareau was gon’ start some mess!!!!
LOL!!!!!!!!
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Hahahahahhahahahahah what? You asked. I didn’t impose. On some real Ish, what did you use to season your collards?
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LOL!! I just use center cut bacon as the meat.
Now if Mama was doing it, it would’ve been a big ass hamhock! LOL!!!
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