Hill Country Cookin' and Memoirs

"Memories know no boundaries, reaching across the years and across many miles," says author Ibbie Ledford in the introduction to this book. Ibbie's memories--gathered here as a delightful tribute to her rural upbringing--are a loving collection of homestyle Southern recipes from the Tennessee hill country of the 1930s and 1940s, as well as a smattering of personal recollections from a time and place well remembered.Highlighted by numerous vignettes and anecdotes--many funny, some touching, and a few tragic remembrances of life growing up in rural Tennessee--the over 200 recipes included within are spiced with Southern flair and down-home goodness! According to Ibbie, "they are simple, stick-to-the-rib recipes using ingredients that are readily available at the nearest grocery store. Most are flexible enough to allow one to take away, add, or adjust ingredients to one's own taste."Included are hill country staples, Southern favorites, family recipes, and even some modern, easy-to-prepare dishes. Recipes for such tantalizing treasures as Southern Spoon Bread, Peach Brandy Pound Cake, Persimmon Pudding, Southern Fried Chicken, Squirrel Stew with Po-tato Dumplings, Turnip Greens, Fried Green Tomatoes, Wilted Lettuce Salad, and Sausage and Cheese Grits comprise a collection that will remind you of the delights found in grandma's old recipe box. These Tennessee hill country favorites will surely become a part of your own family's traditions, so jump inside and get started!