Category Archives: Recipes

The Fudge Man’s Fudge Recipe

My husband Gary makes great fudge. He gave me the ok to post his recipe here. Since everytime in my life I have made or tried to make fudge , you either had to beat it with a hammer or suck it with a straw, I have zero idea where he got this recipe.  He [...]

A Day of Lovers

     

Today was my parents, William Thomas Epps (Billy) and Retha Dean Fitzpatrick Epps 58th Anniversary. They had only been married 24 years when my father died.    In this picture you will see Mother and Daddy, Karen, David who is no longer with us, and Chris (me).    Daddy died 1976 and Mother died 1994.
Mother cooked for [...]

Cup of Joe!

Hey I am not your typical coffee drinker. I do not like the regular kind. I do however like International Coffee and the mix that I make myself.
Several years ago I bought a book called The Perfect Mix by Diane Phillips. This book contains, dressings, dip and season mixes. Soup mixes, rice mixes, bread, muffin [...]

Granny Sadie’s Old Fashioned Tea Cakes

If you have been on this planet long, there is a good chance you have eaten what we in the South call a “Tea Cake.” Nothing compares to this. Granny would make them for me and I  remember her putting them in a Shawnee Dutch Girl Cookie jar which I am sad to say I had [...]

It’s a Christmas Miracle..I cooked!!

Hey it is a joke around here about my cooking. I can cook but not as good as I want to.. My mother was a cook that if she had went into the restaurant business they would be lined outside the door trying to get in.  She could take nothing and make something wonderful.  Well [...]

Risky Business

 
How To Make Homemade Ice Cream by Ima  Klutz
All who knows me personally knows I am not the best cook and definately will never have my own cooking show on TV! Paula Dean I know now you can take a sigh of relief! Ya’ll!  From time to time I do try to be domesticated so I [...]