Peggie Hall wrote in message ...
JimL wrote:
I don't know about Doug's recipe, but for a store bought mix, I
strongly suggest 'House of Autry'. It's excellent by itself, but I
like to add some chopped jalapeno's.

I know people who also like to add some finely chopped onion...and/or
some fresh or frozen corn kernels.


Their seafood breading mix is
also very good. It's light and doesn't change the taste of fish
from being overloaded with spices like other brands.

Sounds like it would be great for fried okra--another purely southern
delight...why, btw, is nothing like boiled okra, which is dreadful.

The best thing to do with okra of any brand is weed killer! Now give
me a plate of biskits and gravy poured over a big slice of onion, hand
me a pepper shaker and a fork, then I'm happy...
Scotty, (the southbound yankee, hack squad engineer) and contrary to
popular thinking, no state with a border on the atlantic ocean should
be considered "south".



I understand your 'boo'boo' for not getting that recipe from your
mom, but I was wondering if you had any old cookbooks of hers or if
another family member might. It's just possible she wrote that
recipe down before she had it committed to memory.

If she cooked like my grandmother (an AL farm gal) did, it's
doubtful...'cuz Grandma was a "pinch of this" and a "handful of that"
cook. One of my uncles was determined to get her "recipe" for cornbread
(REAL southern cornbread, not the gawdawful stuff that most yankees and
city folk eat that isn't even close)...the only way to do it was by
following her around the kitchen each time he was around when she made
it, grabbing and measuring her pinches and handfuls till he came up with
the average amounts. Then he'd make some to find out how close it was to
hers. It took him several years of doing that, but he finally nailed it
and then gave the recipe to everyone in the family.

Peggie
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