FAT GIRL IN THE KITCHEN

well ya'll after a bunch of emails of how'd you learn how to cook that way , i'm gonna give ya'll the details the history of a fat girl in the kitchen ... this all started when i was about 6 or 7 like most southern kids i didnt go to day care i went to grand parents after school and weekends prents have there own buniess so i grew up in my nana's and granny's kitchen ... well cause thats what you did the old fashion way there was no little debbie's there was pound cake and mater sandwich's ... the treat was cheerwine ( its a soda drink only in the south ) being from a small town there was no malls there was bread bags on a hill of leaves in the fall ... bikes up and down the dirt road in the summer etc etc ... but i wanted to be in the kitchen i watched tasted( mostly with a deer in the headlights look ) but i paid attention i heard everysecret form them both they taught me everything from sour cream pound cake to the perfect fried chicken . every bite filled with love ... cooking good is not something u get from school it something you feel it's love ! when i say lovin from the oven ! thats what it is pure love the smell, the look, the bubbling over from a pie even the floping of a cheese cake it's all love i can alway's feel my grandma's looking over my shoulder and i even catch myself talking to them asking for advice i know there in my heart my story is one of family ties to the past ... if you dont know where you came from you wont know where your going ! take your time don't stress the looks of it and anyone can be a good cook , just get in the kitchen and cook ask questions if you dont know and don't be scared and lastly HAVE FUN COOKING IS FUN !!!!!!

stop and smell the pie !

as i woke up this morning and faced taking my child to school, i doned on my flannel pj's and fluffy house coat ... ( which she's not embaressed no more cause that's what i live in all i can ) i drive her the full 10 min's the the school to the rat race that is drop off all the ppl rushing to work or shopping and my only mission is get back home cause there's a pie in the oven already ... mornins here are great. i watch the mom's hollering hurry up im late for work are quick doddling cause ya'll know teens are on there own speed... slow i hand my child her book-bag say have a good day i love you as she trollops off to school... when did the world get in such a hurry ? why dont we take our time ? when did checkin emails and pda's and i phones replace a hug a laugh or a smile or the simple i love you ! i'm glad im not a rushing kinda person i love my simple laid back kind of life next time you find the world rushing around you or the bustle of ppl STOP AND SMELL THE PIE !!!

HAIL TO THE COUPON USER'S !!! power to the walmart coupon shoppers the people that scavenger the sales paper the double coupon day !! yes that's me i know im not alone i was standing in line at the grocery store and a lady in front of me was behind one of my own kind the coupon lady was there ! as she hoofed on puffed at the time it was taking for the lil lady to arrange all her marked down coupon finds i had to wonder " if it such a pain then go through self check out ! better be glad u aint behind me cause i got twice as much as she do and double the coupons " prissy people really get on my nerves as she mumbled under her breath i said excuse me ? she gripped about having to wait, i informed her where self check out is she said she was better than self checkout ! well touch you miss prissy !!! as she enlightened me that she don't like poor people well well aint we just the end all that be all !!! as i informed her that 75% of the country today was "poor" including me well middle class poor i looked at her and get this ya'll... i didn't punch her in the mouth ya'll should be proud ! ... i said in my sweetest southern voice why don't you go shop in the city ? cause im sure there aint no coupon user's thar and you wouldn't have to wait ... as she hoofed again the next lane opened and i informed her why don't you go ahead of me i'd hate to tie up your precious time with my poor coupon 's as i shook them in her face !!! I JUST LOVE TRIPS THE THE LIL OL GROCERY STORE !!!

well after some time away from blogging i thought i would rant today ... yesterday a lady faced me with a statement" no wonder you cook all the time u don't have lil kids !!" WHAT ! well not anymore they seem to grow up on ya, well if you feed them they do ... but ill tell ya what i do have ... i have a blind handicap father that lives with me and i spend my day's steppin and fetching for him , i have a 15 yr old who is in high school and if u think that's a breeze well lets see she's in the band so we got practice till 8 and 8:30 every night games, competitions, uniforms to clean to use the next day trips to wal mart for stuff for her homework test essay's and the other drama a teen girl has to live in , and then i have a husband 3 chickens, 2 dogs and a bird, oh and dont let me forget i don't have a maid so i have dusting , laundry, mopping , vacuuming, picking up stuff that just cant seem to make it back where it comes from , trash to take out err ens to run grocery's to get meals to plan and i;m writing a book and yes i cook so next time you think someone has an easy life try walking in there shoes for a day !! it's not the rosy time you thought it might be !! but i wouldn't change my life for anything .. i think staying busy keeps me out of trouble... so today after i do all the thing's a mom and wife has to do I THINK I'LL COOK !!!!

IT A CAT FIGHT OUT THERE

Well as i look in to my roller dex of new things to cook at the top of this cook off season, i heard on the radio this morning about competitive cooking and how cut thought it is ... well duh these women aint playing they spend hours upon hours in the kitchen trying new stuff different flavors new ways to do it ... ( cook you pervs ... cook ) OK now that we got ur mind out of the gutter... i go through what seems like hours of old recipes pasted down from my great and grand mothers cause my mom ( god rest her soul ) . wasn't a cooker don't know why but she couldn't cook Cept biskets man she man the best cat head bisects on the free world and me ... the lil redneck from pickens cant make a bisect to save me life !... i have won over 150 ribbons ( most are blue ones) for my cooking and i cant make a damn cat head bisect WTH ? well anyhoo all the cooking i do and i got the fat family to prove it and i cant master bisects so i shall go on with my blue ribbon cooking and winning... the bad part is when i beat them lil old ladies i think wonder how her bisects taste !!! so happy cooking y'all i got to get in the kitchen the GA pie cook off is next month and we already know i got the pie thing under control !!! did i mention i'm the north Carolina apple pie grand champion !! so well fat girl did some bragging !!! so what i'm good no scratch that I'M GREAT !!!

squash is a squash

As i notice the spring crops comming in i can't help myself from wanting to start canning, and cooking all veggie suppers... so with my grocery store crack fix soon to be happening i ponder what do i cook for supper ... a great big salad comes to mind ... but we did that the other night ... so squash it shall be , stuffed squash that is ... as i shimmer around the produce section i seize the squash with a drool in my mouth adding to my veggie finds i figure i'll need cherry maters, red onion, fresh basil, smoked gouda, some bacon , breadcrumbs, and garlic and vuala i got stuffed squash it's whats fer supper , wonder why the lil old man in the produce dept follows me around like i'm gonna steal something .... you think they frown on me rubbing on the veggies and laying on the stands hugging the food and why cant us older people get the free cookies in the bakery dont we need sugar too alas i continue my pilgamage through the gro store and go home with yet again stuff i dont need... i think if i had a therapist they'd need a therapist HELLO MY NAME IS FRANNIE AND I'M A FOOD AHAOLIC !!!!!!

well as i looked at the end of a very busy...mom do this mom do that week ... i'm thinking more than usual about my mom and all the years we spent fighting, fussing, and loving , i remember the funny things, the crazy things ,and the .. what was she thinkin things! she always did and as i watch the days of my daddy's life slip away i think do we really relize how special our parents are to us untill after there not standing in the kitchen saying .. hey ya'll hungry let me fix ya'll sumpin to eat, or the great deals she found at a yard sale ... things of course she didnt have room for or needed i tresure all the smiles we shared, the laughs we laughed.. the trears we cryed and am so proud she was there when my child was born.. i still remember the tears in her eyes as she held my 10 pound baby girl and said to me welcome to ( the hardest most rewarding job you'll ever have, your a mama now ! ) so to all those moms out there HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY !! .. from one proud mama !!!!