and a li'l bit more

• Fry-Bake Apple Pies
• Old Fashioned Cocoa Fudge
• Banana Pudding
• German Chocolate Cake
• Corn Chowder
• Mama’s Homemade Potato Soup
• Rattlesnake Stew
• Easy Chicken-N-Dumplings
• Southern Fried Chicken
• Fry-Bake Pork Chops
• Deep Fried Chitterlings
• Fried Vegets
• Fried Green Tomatoes
• Deep Fried Veggies
• Grilled or Roasted Corn
• Mayonnaise Coleslaw
• Southern Style Italian Green Beans .
• Turnip Greens with Pot Likker
• Squashed Squash Casserole
• Mama’s Secret Recipe Chicken-N-Dressing
• Easy Grits with Bacon Bits
• Milk Gravy
• Giblet Gravy
• Drop Biscuits
• Cornbread
• Bacon Cheddar Cornbread
• Yeast Rolls

Someone once told me that, “Writing requires an abundance of living.” Twenty years and a lot of living later, I decided to compile this book. I am originally from the south. Some of the stories told in the south are amazing. There are those that are true and those that are not. In this book, names were changed to protect the guilty!

Holding my mother in the esteem and with the respect she deserves, I present to you her recipes and her essence. Along with her tasty recipes, I have included some funny, sometimes sad, unbelievable and uniquely southern stories about growing up in a small rural Alabama township.

A portion of the sales from this book is given to Alzheimer’s Research. My mother is sitting in an Alzheimer’s unit in an Alabama Nursing Home. She was diagnosed in 2000. I cannot have her mind back, but I can document some of my memories of her. I can also put into print some of those handwritten recipes she so lovingly gave me through the years and share them with you. Together we may be able to find a cure so other daughters can have their mothers’ minds as long as they have their mothers.

So, here is Stuff My Mama Taught Me…and a lil’ bit more. Enjoy the recipes and the read!

   ~Dawn Rooks Taylor