There are SO many options for stuffing, or dressing as my grandma would say. Oyster, corn bread, nuts, berries, dried fruit… all of these have their merits but none of them belong on my holiday table. I LOVE my grandma’s stuffing! It’s very simple. The flavors are earthy and sage filled, no bells or whistles,…
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Grandma’s Country Beans
I don’t know exactly what makes these beans “country beans” except that it’s what my Grandma and Grandpa Wallace called them. He from Oklahoma and she from Arkansas, I suppose they would be an authority on what might be considered “country”. There were always beans in their house. They were a bit more basic than…
Okie Tacos
This is tacos the way my family does it. My grandma’s tacos… The tacos of my childhood. We, my cousins and I, gave them the moniker “Okie Tacos” as teens, much to my grandma’s chagrin. She said “They aren’t Okie tacos! I learned to make them from my neighbor and she was Mexican!” When the…
Paper Treasure
I have found great joy in things of little value. My grandmother’s buttons, my other grandma’s biscuit and cookie cutters, my best friend’s belt… These things might be cast aside as junk by some and truly, they may in fact, be junk. However, to me they are immersed in memories and an ethereal joy that…
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