My Cute $3.50 Find.......

How appropriate is this??!  Gotta love Paula Deen! I got this on clearance for $3.50 at Tuesday Morning, a local discount store.  I saw it and HAD to have it.  I think I am going to hang it above my sink.  I also thought of my fellow blogger friend Sarah, since she recently moved to the South and is probably enjoying all the Southern food that we cannot get down here! She needs this too, I think we both married Southern men. They sure do cook different.  Lots of fried stuff.  Neil and my mother in law tell me all about the fried Coke, Snickers, Twinkies.  Blech, can't quite do those, but I do enjoy lots of traditional Southern cuisine.  My mother in law is an excellent teacher and expert on Southern Cuisine, she was with me when I bought it.  I do love the food though, High Cotton, in downtown Charleston is one of my favorite restaurants ever!

Here are my FAVORITE Southern Dishes:

• Country Style Steak (not to be confused with Country Fried Steak)
• Mac and Cheese
• Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce, goes great on Pork
• Fried Chicken (of course!)
• Buscuits and Gravy
• Peach Cobbler

I am no expert yet on cooking ALL of these, but I am learning.  My mother in law's Shrimp and Grits are famous in Neil's hometown, but I don't like Shrimp or grits.  Blech.  There are variations on everyday dishes that I like "Southern Style" as in blackened, cajun style, spicy.  I like spicy.  I love going back to South Carolina and eating at all the local spots. Mmmmm.... Yummy!