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Kiss My Grits, Sugar

Southern Humor with a Side of Tasty Fixin’s

 

Since I’m a Southern girl through and through, I figured it was high time I got around to writing a book filled with good old Southern recipes. My mouth is watering just thinking about fried chicken, potato salad, banana pudding and pecan pie. This book is chock full of my family’s favorites. And because I’m not the serious type, I like my food served up with some humor on the side. So I tucked in a few tall tales from my childhood about me and my kin to tickle your funny bone. Inside you’ll find 19 humorous short stories about growing up in the South in the 1950s, plus more than 80 recipes for good old-fashioned Southern cooking. Come on in a sit a spell, sugar. Enjoy a chuckle or two, then whip up some of these tasty fixin’s. Read a list of the stories and recipes below. Size: 6”X9”, 116 pages, ISBN: 978-0-9842438-3-9. $7.95  

 

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Kiss My Grits, Sugar (List of Story Titles & Recipes)

Learning the Hard Way

Southern Grits, Cheesy Grits, Shrimp & Grits, Homemade Biscuits, Sausage Gravy

 

Electrified

Fried Fruit Pies, Apple Cake, Zucchini Bread, Cowboy Cookies

 

Something to Crow About

Fried Chicken, Chicken & Dumplings, Chicken Salad, Smothered Chicken

 

A Pecan By Any Other Name

Pecan Pie, Chocolate Pecan Fudge, German Chocolate Cake, Coconut Pecan Frosting, Spiced Pecans

 

Mind Your Manners

Sand Tarts, Coconut Peanut Butter Bars, Cherry Nut Loaf, Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies, Lemon Bars

 

Exposed

Snickerdoodles, Sugar Cookies, Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, Banana Nut Bread

   

Armed and Dangerous

Tuna Salad, Egg Salad, Pimiento Cheese Spread, Ham Salad

 

Let the Good Times Roll!

Mint Juleps, Rum Balls, Kentucky Derby Pie, Texas Tipsy Cake, Chocolate Kahlúa Brownies

 

Making a Splash

Fried Catfish, Fish Gravy, Hush Puppies, Coleslaw, Peach Cobbler

The Great Outdoors

S’Mores, Skillet Potatoes, Mashed Potato Pancakes, Salmon Patties, Fried Okra, Scalded Cornbread

 

When We All Get Together

Deviled Eggs, Pineapple Glazed Ham, Potato Salad, Turnip Greens, Baked Beans, Jelly Cake

 

Bless Your Heart

Cornbread Dressing, Dressing Gravy, Fruit Salad, Sweet Potato Casserole, Pumpkin Nut Bread

 

Southern Hospitality

Meatloaf, Scalloped Potatoes, English Pea Salad, Banana Pudding

 

The National Dish of Texas

Chicken Fried Steak, Cream Gravy, Southern Green Beans, Texas Sheath Cake

 

Crab Wranglers

Golden Fried Shrimp, Shrimp Stuffed Baked Potatoes, Seafood Gumbo

 

This Place is For the Birds

Blackberry Cobbler, Fried Green Tomatoes, Green Tomato Cake

 

Please Pass the Sugar

Louisiana Lattes, Tea Cakes, Sweet Ice Tea, Sweet Southern Lemonade

 

Buttermilk Twist

Buttermilk Pie, Peach Buttermilk Ice Cream, Buttermilk Cornbread

 

Ya’ll Come Back Now

Ham Jambalaya, Sweet Potato Pie, Black Eyed Peas, Peanut butter Blossoms

Pearls of Wisdom for Creating a Joyful Life

 

After 58 years of living and learning, I realized that I’d finally reached a point in my life where I felt a sense of joy. I’m not certain how I arrived at this stage, whether through experience or wisdom or just getting older, but I felt it was important to reflect on this phenomenon and pass along my conclusions.

 

Unfortunately, I learned these lessons as a result of making the wrong choices and that’s why it took me so long to reach my current harmonious state. But you won’t need to make these same mistakes; you can learn from mine. That’s why I wrote this guide, so that other women, both young and old, might be spared some of life’s pain and frustration.

· Use Your Time Wisely

· Create Your Own Happiness

· Learn to Tolerate Differences

· Stay Healthy

· Be Positive

· Build Confidence

· Plan for Financial Independence

· Learn to Forgive

· Acquire Domestic Skills

· Enjoy the Beauty

· Celebrate Every Day

· Be Flexible

· Keep Things in Perspective

· Show Others How to Treat You

· Take Responsibility

· Never Stop Learning

· Cultivate Close Friendships

· Let Go of Anger

· Be Grateful For All That You Have

· Overcome Jealousy

· Create a Peaceful Environment

· Be Trustworthy

· Give Back to Your Community

· It’s Never Too Late

· Share the Joy

Many believe that it’s best to learn the hard way. I disagree. So I offer you these pearls of hard-earned wisdom and inspirational quotes in the hope that they will speed you on your way to a more joyful life.

 

But don’t let the joy stop there. After you learn how to use these “pearls” to add happiness to your life, then pass them along to others. Share the Joy! Size: 8.25”X8.25”, paperback, 60 pages, ISBN: 978-0-9802244-9-8.    $7.95  Also Available as an E-Book  $5.95 (No Shipping)              Buy it on CreateSpace.com   

                                         

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Pearls of Wisdom Table of Contents

What’s Up With That?

Humorous Short Stories about Life in Modern-Day America

Have you ever encountered a situation that seemed so bizarre your only response was, “What’s up with that?” This book includes 19 humorous short stories that depict a few of these “head-scratching” moments you might have encountered at some point during your life.

 

If you’ve ever eaten at a restaurant where the lights were so dim you couldn’t see your food, been trapped in an elevator with someone wearing so much cologne you couldn’t breathe, or been stuck in a traffic jam in the “drive-thru” lane at a fast food restaurant, then you can relate!

 

Life in modern-day America can be challenging—to say the least—so why not look at the humorous side and vent some of our stress through chuckling instead of exploding? Take a few moments to sit down, relax and enjoy these light-hearted tales.  Size: 6”X9”, 60 pages, ISBN: 978-0-9842438-0-8.  $6.95  

 

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What’s Up With That? List of Short Stories

· The Point of No Return (Check-Out Lines)

· Pondering the Here-After (Forgetfulness)

· Hanging Around (Rear-View Mirror Décor)

· The Battle at the Pump (Soaring Gasoline Prices)

· Just One Little Candle (Dimly Lit Restaurants)

· Stuck On You (Bar Code Tags)

· A Heavy Load (Fighting Middle-Age Weight Gain)

· The Evil Fast-Food Drive-Thru Hoax (Drive-Thru 

        Lanes at Fast Food Restaurants)

· Is It Hot in Here? (Hot Flashes)

· Do You Feel Lucky? (Reading Instruction

        Manuals)

· Burning the Midnight Oil (Insomnia)

· A Little Dab’ll Do Ya (Wearing Too Much

       Perfume)

· Breathing Room (Garlic-Flavored Food)

· Tangled Web (Parenting Advice)

· Overload (Overflowing Garages)

· Say What? (Your Friendly Dentist)

· The Sign Spoke To Me! (The Power of “The Sale”)

· Stuffed! (Thanksgiving Day Eating Habits)

· Visions of Sugar Plums (Ballerina Dreams)