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Show i Home i Page 6A South Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday , March 9, 1983 Southern - Style Dishes Not Much Like Western Fare By CHERYL ARCHIBALD Rtvlgw Correspondent BOUNTIFUL Weve all heard talk about Southern cooking, but few people can really conjure up in their Western minds a true picture of what Southern cooking is. ' Phil Harris sang in the Forties of black-eyepeas and other Southern foods in Thats What I Like About The South and everyone knows about Colonel Sanders. Having married a southerner from Tuscaloosa, Ala., and exd perienced Southern cooking first-hanand after trying to learn how to cook it, I can say that although the dishes are delicious, I will probably never be able to prepare them the way d the people from the South do. Everything is different. If you like your green beans fresh, you are on your way, but if you cook them slightly and add a bit of salt and butter, you are way off. Southern green beans are cooked with onions, crumbled bacon, and bacon grease for at least an hour. Thats not what nutritionists would recommend, but theyd have to admit that the beans are really good. When you think of peas, you picture those little green, round things, right? I was naive too, until my mother-in-laopened her kitchen drawer and there in little plastic bags with twisted ends were legumes of all description. And most of them were peas! w The black-eyepeas looked different from the type I grew like purple-hulthe l peas up with as biscuits are different just and the field peas resembled the ' from cake. White corn meal is black-eye- s which, incidently, used instead of yellow, bacon are shaped like beans. Several grease is used instead of butter, types of beans in the drawer and buttermilk replaces milk. looked like peas. No sugar is added, and an iron She named the different types skillet replaces the square bak- for me, but I forgot them alii ing pan thats used here. The You just have to be raised with cornbread forms a crispy crust it, I concluded. One thing on the bottom, which when turn-- , should never be mistaken the ed out of the pan ends up on top. legumes, whatever they are When juice from the peas is called, are the mainstay of the poured over the corn bread, it is Southern diet much like out of this world. Okra is more common in the potatoes are in the west, and most of them are very tasty. South than broccoli. If you are Every spring home gardens not familiar with okra, you may in the South are reseeded with recall seeing the little round that gardners favorite type of balls from it floating in your bowl of chicken gumbo. Actualbeans. Or peas. Cornbread in the South is as ly, it is much different than that, Southern style okra is sliced and dipped into cornmeal and fried in oil in a skillet. No one could talk about Southern cuisine without mentioning grits. Grits' are mushy and gritty when cooked and just plain gritty when uncooked. Coming from corn, the grits are served every time eggs are served for breakfast like hashbrowns are teaspoon salt cup oil Cut okra into Vs in. slices. Heat oil in large heavy skillet. Pour cornmeal and salt into a bag. Add okra and shake. Fry coated okra in the skillet, turning over once or twice until golden brown. Drain excess oil by placing okra on paper towel before serving. d , Dismal rainy weather doesnt have to dampen your spirits or spoil a chance to get together with friends. When you have a case of the I cant stand being indoors another day blues, heres an ideal booster that should provide hours of fun. Invite friends and family to join you for a party. Card games can be played by as many as 10 people, and children, teens, adults and senior citizens can play as equals. To keep energy levels high games, during the serve these delicious snacks. Theyre easy to prepare and can be made in advance, so you wont miss one round of play. I here. It is very interesting to travel eastward and south, stopping for breakfast in 'restaurants. Hashbrowns are served with eggs until you reach Oklahoma and, halfway through the state card-playin- g somewhere, things change and you are served grits the rest of . the way to Georgia. Grits are boiled like but they are served on your plate with butter, salt, and pepper, and never with milk and sugar in a bowl. Catfish is very popular in the fast-pace- d cream-of-whea- t, BAKED HONEY CRUNCH 3 quarts popped popcorn Vz cup butter 1 cup light brown sugar V V cup honey teaspoon salt Vi teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla Preheat oven to 250. Spread popcorn in a large buttered baking pan. Melt butter; stir in brown sugar, honey and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil 5 minutes. Remove from heat; add soda and vanilla. Slowly pour over popcorn, mixing well. Bake about 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool completely. Store in an airtight container. Makes 3 quarts. WILD CARD POPCORN 3 quarts popped popcorn teaspoon chili powder teaspoon paprika V teaspoon garlic salt 1 Black-eye- d d for all his paralyzed despondency. First we tried away from his luring him self-impos- POPCORN treats are great at Vz teaspoon crushed red peppers (optional) Vi cup dry grated Parmesan or American cheese cup melted butter Vz-- 1 cup peanuts Keep popcorn warm. Mix seasonings and cheese. Drizzle popcorn with butter; add peanuts. Sprinkle with seasonings and toss to mix. Makes 3 quarts. dry-roast- can frozen fruit card-player- s. juice concentrate (orange, or pineapple) quart apple juice, chilled 1 pint fruit sherbet (pineapple, raspberry or lemon) Splash soda water (optional) Defrost fruit juice; combine orange-pineappl- e 1 with apple juice. To serve, pour fruit juice into glass; top with scoop of sherbet. Add a splash of soda water, if desired. Makes 6 drinks. coma with promises that had to do with visits to places like Bas- Lee water. twitching thumbs. had been devoured by the cat. He just sat there, expre- kin Robbins or Chuck E. ssionless, in suspended animaCheese. His mouth didnt even tion with glazed eyes and threatened him with like being groundreprisals ed. That didnt work either he already was. Next we Later, when we tried shock treatment, he wasnt even phased by information that his Air Jammer Cycle Scram-me- r was in grave danger of run over by the vacuum, being cleaner, or that his General Finally, at my wits end, I picked up one of the joysticks and threw it against the wall. In a split second, 15 asteroids con- verged upon the television screen. , And when I looked in my sons face for emerging signs of life, he met my gaze at last. Fourteen asteroids were reflected in his eyes. and enjoy your cruise! THE TRAVEL AGENT in Bountiful is your local all for lines. cruise when us on agent Rely you travel. We offer the lowest priced airsea packages sailing both the Mexican Riviera and the Caribbean. ay . 1 1 d. ; 41 Creamed Potatoes 5 large or potatoes 7 small new; ; (red) cup milk ; Vs cup butter or margarine Z C salt to taste Peel and quarter potatoes and ; boil in enough salted water to; cover. When they fall apartl when stuck with a fork, drain off Z half the water, and add milk,; butter, and salt. Stir potatoes,; for but dont mash. about ten or 15 minutes on! ! medium heat. 1 Re-war- m , Davis County Civic, Church Leader to Note 80th Birthday KAYSVILLE Lloyd A.. Bishop of Kaysville will celebrate his 80th birthday this South because there are so month. A native of Kaysville, he the son of Amos and Lucy many fresh water rivers and the is catfish are plentiful. All you Smith Bishop. He was educated can eat catfish restaurants are in Davis County schools and the University of Utah. 1 common. Not being considered Bishop has been active in civtrash fish, they are scaled, dipp-- ! ed in egg batter, then in corn ic affairs. He served one term and 10 years ) meal and are deep fried. Catfish as mayor as Kaysville City Justice of the is never served without Peace. He was director of the d which are little Kaysville Irrigation Company balls of cornmeal batter for 24 years. with chopped onions added. Bishop served an LDS misSupper in the South is accom-paniesion to Hawaii for 2Vz years and year-roun- d by' sweetened iced tea. It is made was bishop of the Kaysville 3rd or gallon, de- LDS Ward for bVz years. Bishop by the pending on the size of the crowd served as an ordinance worker for dinner, sweetened with in the Ogden LDS Temple for GVz years prior to a second LDS sugar, and then poured into with his wife Florence, mission, glasses packed with ice. If you want to have something to the Washington DC Temple. else to drink, okay, but you will He and his wife are presently have to speak up. Most Souther- serving in the Spanish extracners are so used to drinking tea tion program of the church. Bishop was first employed at that they may forget to ask. Following are some Southern-styl- e Smith and Hart Chevrolet in recipes you might want to Idaho. After returning to Kaysville, he worked 16 years with try: the federal government and for Fried Steak Country another 23 years he was emlVz pounds round steak ployed by the LDS Church as 2 tablespoons oil coordinator of the Salt Lake 3 tablespoons oil Welfare Vi onion Region. Bishop has four married sons, 3 teaspoons boullion (or 3 Dr. Lloyd Kay Bishop, profescubes) sor at New York University, 2 cups water New York City; Robert W. Seasoning salt Cut steak into several pieces, Bishop, state representative dip in flour and set aside. Heat oil in large frying pan and brown the onions. Brown meat on both sides. Remove meat from pan and set aside. A remedy for overcoming Pour water and boullion into loneliness may be to spend more time in the company of pan drippings stirring until mixture thickens. Add seasoning women. That is the conclusion salt to taste. Return meat to of researchers at the University gravy and simmer for an hour of Rochester who found that and a half. both men and women were less Fried Okra likely to be lonely in proportion 2 pounds of fresh okra to the amount of time spent with 1 cup white corn meal women. Cruises from n LLOYD A. BISHOP and school teacher at Ben Lomond High School; Howard e manager of a apple orchard in Emmett, Idaho; and Darrell F. Larson, IBM representative in Bountiful. He also has 18 grandchildren and seven C. Larson, 1,000-acr- great-grandchildre- n. Friends and associates are invited to an open house in his honor on Saturday, March 19, to 8 p.m. at the from Kaysville Crestwood LDS Stake Center, 555 N. 100 W., Kaysville. 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Let stand for five minutes,; turn up side down on serving; plate and slice. deep-frie- DELIGHT The day our video game went out with a resounding flash, our son positioned himself in front of the screen, cradling the inoperable joysticks like a pair of wounded birds, and refused to budge. A slight flicker periodically blipping through his vacant eyes like an unretrieved pong ball was the only sign of life. Pac Man could have gobbled him up d 10-m- (1954-58- 1 NAUTA STEELE Peat pound fresh black-eyepeas (or frozen) Vz onion Vz teaspoon salt Vs pound bacon Water to cover peas In large, pot, cook bacon until almost crisp. Slice onion into the bacon and brown it. Add peas to the bacon, bacon grease, and onions. Add water to cover peas. Add 1 teaspoon salt. Cook for one hour at medium heat. . 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