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when it's cold out, i want mac and cheese, gooey and hot from the pan. i refuse to eat the stuff if it isn't made from scratch, but that means i don't get it very often. cold days, i'm willing to stand over the stove whisking my roux, and i'm less squeamish about using whole milk, cream, ricotta, or whatever fattening dairy i have in the house. hey, need those calories to stay warm, right?

I like making chili in the slow cooker when it starts to get...well...chili. Hee!

Beef stew! Lasagna. Roasted Brussel Sprouts!

chili, hands down!

lately i am also digging pasta with a sauce made of pumpkin, onion, sage, chicken stock, and parm. mmm!

Hot collard greens with smoky ham hocks, pot liquor and freshly baked hot cornbread.

Tortellini in chicken broth, carrot soup, very hot chicken curry, shepards pie....

Chicken & dumplings or brunswick stew and cornbread, all from grandma's recipes. I can't wait!

sarahduckie and kimcumber...native southerners?

i haven't heard anyone refer to pot liquor and collard greens in ages...ya'll are making me homesick.

anyone here ever stand out in the garage with an uncle and breathe in the steam from frogmore stew brewing over a propane flame?

hi lindsey. my gramma was from Louisiana and I lived there for 3.5 years as a child. or what i like to call my formative culinary years. i miss driving down the roads and stopping for bags of crawfish, watermelon and pies.

born and raised in richmond, virginia. =)