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Index
Cover
Other Titles
Frontispiece
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Epigraph
Prologue: It Takes a Lot of Rust to Wipe Away a General Electric
1 “Them Shadows Get to Dancin’ ”: Butter Rolls
2 “Salt Is Good”: Cream Sausage Gravy, Buttered Grits with a Touch of Cheese, Sliced Tomato, the Perfect Fried Egg
3 A Man Who Knew Beans: Pinto Beans and Ham Bone, Creamed Onions, Buttered Boiled Potatoes, Carrot and Red Cabbage Slaw, Cornbread
4 Sweeter, After the Frost: Collard Greens, Baked Hog Jowl, Baked Sweet Potatoes
5 “A Chicken…Ain’t Likely to Ketch On”: Chicken Roasted in Cider with Carrots, Turnips, and Onion, Chicken Gravy, Mashed Potatoes
6 The Fourth Bear: Cornmeal Porridge with Chicken and Watercress, Stewed Cabbage, Fried Apples
7 The Falling Cow: Beef Short Ribs, Potatoes, and Onions
8 “Hard Times, Come Around No More”: Sweet Potato Pie, Sweet Potato Cobbler
9 “A Ham Hock Don’t Call for Help”: Pan-Roasted Pig's Feet (with Homemade Barbecue Sauce), Chunky Potato Salad
10 Cakes of Gold: Meat Loaf, Scalloped Potatoes, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
11 Sis: Sis's Chicken and Dressing
12 The Second Ghost: Cracklin' Cornbread
13 Bitter Weeds: Poke Salad
14 Still Hard Times for an Honest Man: Vegetable Soup in a Short Rib Base
15 The Pie That Never Was: Chocolate Pie, Toasted Coconut Pie, Buttermilk Pie
16 Ribs in the Dead of Night: Spareribs Stewed in Butter Beans
17 Clementine: Fried Chicken, Fried Chicken Gravy (Water Gravy), Fresh Green Beans with Golden Potatoes
18 Tomatoes Without Taste, Tomatoes Without End: Ham and Redeye Gravy over Fresh Diced Tomato
19 Didelphis Virginiana: Baked Possum and Sweet Potatoes
20 Stairway to Nowhere: Real Biscuits, with Sausage, Ham, Fatback, Fried Potatoes, Spanish Scrambled Eggs
21 People Who Cook: Buttermilk and Cornbread Patties
22 Blackberry Winter: Wild Plum Pie, Blackberry Cobbler
23 Till It Thunders: Turtle Soup
24 Offerings: Smothered Cubed Steak
25 Government Cheese: Cheese-and-Sausage Pie, Macaroni and Cheese, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Pear Preserves or Muscadine Jelly
26 Sometimes the Pies Just Call Your Name: Pecan Pie
27 Red’s: The Hamburger Steak with Brown Gravy, The Immaculate Cheeseburger
28 “When Momma Was All Right”: Tea Cakes
29 Monkey on a String: Barbecued Rag Bologna Sandwich Dressed with Shredded Purple Cabbage Slaw
30 Edna’s Ark: Fried Fresh Crappie, Hush Puppies, Tartar Sauce
31 Staggering to Glory: Barbecued Pork Chops and Ham Slices, Deviled Eggs, Baked Beans with Thick-Cut Bacon, Jalapeño Cornbread
32 The Runaway: Roast Turkey
33 “Untimely Figs”: Ray Brock's Fig Preserves
34 Spring: Fresh Field Peas with Pork, Stewed Squash and Sweet Onions, Fried Okra, Sweet Corn, Fried Green Tomatoes
Epilogue: The Recipe That Never Was: Quick Fried Apple Pies
Acknowledgments
A Note About the Author
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