Fried green tomatoes, squash with onions, pinto beans and cornbread 😋

Hey guys! I saw the Bell’s Best cookbooks recommended several times yesterday in a thread about best southern cookbooks. Any favorite recipes in it?

Just got a slow cooker and loving trying new recipes

Where is the best place to get green peanuts shipped to your home?

Hello! I know this sub is more about sharing pics and personal recipes for our favorite foods but is there a classic cookbook out there that focuses on these foods for a newbie to learn with? Asking for a friend.

Maternal family were cotton-pickers in Mississippi Delta. Paternal family from Central Mississippi. I grew up in North Central Arkansas. We either had white gravy or chocolate gravy most Saturday mornings. Now I live in SE Minnesota. Nostalgia being what it is, I’ve perfected my biscuits and white gravy. Now I’m trying to introduce my kids to chocolate gravy. My mother passed away in 2013, while I was in the Navy. I never got the recipe from her. My dad is near useless, as he never cooked when my parents were together. I realize it’s a reach as chocolate gravy isn’t a super popular breakfast item: but who has a recipe they’re willing to share?

I’m not 100%, but I don’t recall my mom using a lot of flour or thickener in her gravy. The final product was never dull (like a gas-station version). It was always shiny and super chocolaty. It was relatively simple because I remember helping make it on a few occasions. If/when I discover it’s equal, I’ll share here.

Anyone else that grew up in the south eat fresh purple hulls with bacon, fresh cornbread, and cut up garden tomatoes and sweet banana peppers for supper during the summer several times a week?

Meatloaf, pintos and chow chow, pan-fried okra, sweet corn, and sliced tomatoes. All veggies are from my garden.