Everyone who knew Norma Jean McQueen Haydel knew that she’s a supreme cook and that she was the steward of the McQueen family recipes. But she didn’t measure when she cooked. Or write things down. Norma Jean’s brother Horace got to worrying about this. He cooked, too, but his repertoire wasn’t as vast as Norma Jean’s. So he began bothering her about writing down how she made her many dishes. “I … dishes.
“I didn’t want Norma Jean’s recipes, or our Mama’s recipes, to be lost. We have kids coming. And other folks love to eat at my sister’s table, too.”
So the two got busy recording their treasured family recipes from the South. This collection of more than 250 dishes includes their best ones. “This is food you will absolutely enjoy,” said Horace. “Traditional, full of marvelous flavor, ‘enhanced’ old-timeys.”
Norma Jean and Horace put together the full line-up: crawfish bisque, poblano cream soup, wilted spinach salad, smothered pork ribs, zesty broasted chicken, baked catfish, cajun rice jambalaya, stuffed cornbread, five-flavor pound cake, margarita pie, and on and on.
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I never had southern food this good!! Been eating at the wrong homes. I have made four recipes and they are easy to follow are laid out so you don’t forget something but most of all they taste delishish!! Just reading the recipes make my mouth water and my stomach rumble. Can’t wait to make the next recipe!
Great recipe. Going to make some.
Great Southern recipes!!!
Sorry to say that after a hasty but thorough read I actually returned this for refund. That’s hard to say as one whose mother was a “southern belle” who had many of her own (and her mother’s) versions of these traditional “receipts”. My greatest disappointment was the plethora of ingredients that were needed in that day but for which more wholesome swaps can be used now … cans, margarine–not for me!
It had a lot of nice recipes but they did not feel like true southern recipes
GREAT “OLD SOUTHERN” RECIPES
Great recipes!!!!
excellent recipes
I love this cookbook. Most of the recipes use ingredients that people have in their home kitchen. Some are old recipes that bring back nostalgic memories. There are some unique recipes that are truly Southern comfort foods and a section on wild game. I found it enjoyable reading and plan to try many of the great recipes.
I expected it to be filled with old-fashioned recipes (like my grandmother made) but did not find any that I recognized…
Great recipes in this book.
Some decent recipes.
I love the recipes in this book!
Besides the recipes, the stories were really fun to read.
I loved this so much I ordered it in hard bound
i really liked some of the recipes & can’t wait ti try them
Some really good mouth watering recipes
It is a good cookbook with interesting recipes.
The recipes are mouthwatering. It has a good section on game recipes.
As a person who has roots in the south, I found many recipes from my youth,that I will be trying.