SOUL FOOD..and good for the spirit, too.

ONCE a week, when I was still living at home,

my mama would have an 

all vegetable dinner...

well SUPPER, we called it back then.  

♥ well, we still DO call it supper sometimes...

 ONE of my very favorites, THEN and NOW...
FRESH black-eyed peas, seasoned with a tiny bit of BACON drippings, salt and pepper..

FRESH corn, scraped off the cob,
butter...a little bit of sugar...salt and pepper...
PURE BLISS  ♥

ummmm        ♥

AND, the best part of all..
HOT WATER CORN BREAD
 ♥
MERCY...it brings one to their ever-lovin' KNEES  

 My mama could make THE BEST...
I can still see my Aunt Lillian and Uncle Lee, sitting at the kitchen table
while my mom made a batch of these.
My aunt would have a knife in one hand and her other hand holding the tub of butter.

Mr. Sweet and I seldom eat FRIED foods any more..

but ever so often,

we actually CRAVE these..

and come HELL OR HIGH WATER,

BY GOSH......

WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME  !!

AND, we smother them in butter...

A small STREAM of BUTTER.
(do you HEAR me, PAULA DEEN..?..BUTTER!!)

I used my mom's recipe for years..

then, I found one EVEN BETTER .......*I whispered that...

It is one of those NO FAIL recipes..

I've used this recipe a thousand times and never has it failed to be 

SOOO GOOD  ♥

If you've never tried HOT WATER CORNBREAD,
please DO.....
SOOO good.

 DO you have any of your favorite recipes taped to 

the inside door of a cabinet ?

I do ...

One of my fondest memories (and, at MY age, I have a LOT)
is opening my mama's cabinet doors and seeing recipes from
aunts, friends, cousins.....her favorites taped inside the cabinet door
for quick reference. 

THIS one, I cut out of a COUNTRY LIVING magazine several years

ago simply because I thought it was so pretty...

I always thought I would enlarge it and put it in an awesome frame for my kitchen.

I just never got around to it.

It was only tonight that I noticed HER name at the bottom..
SUSAN BRANCH
Back years ago, I had never heard of her..
Now, I stalk her like a mad woman.
No WONDER I fell in love with this beautiful recipe.
O.....
and I HAVE made this delicious ham many, MANY times.. ♥

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