There was once this old lady, a lovely Southern woman, who was a very good cook. The secret ingredient to the meals – tireless labor and sugar. She had a house full of children who grew up and had houses full of children, who in their turn, grew up and had houses full of children.
Every once in a while some of these grandchildren and great-grandchildren would visit the old lady and marvel at the yumminess of all the food. Plate upon plate of sugared squash, cornbread and biscuits both at meals, sausage gravy, black-eyed peas, home-made jams and jelly’s and relishes, sliced …read more