My husband when someone raves about a dish I made ... "Well enjoy it, because she's never going to make it the same way again."
@usa3479 Жыл бұрын
So true.
@alysoffoxdale Жыл бұрын
Them: "Wow, that was good!" Me: "Dang; I'm going to have to try to remember what I did, then..."
@amyschmelzer6445 Жыл бұрын
The universe will never allow that same set of ingredients to be in my kitchen at the same time in the same ratios ever again. It’s impossible to recreate a dish that uses leftover something as its base. Pretty much every meal starts with the question “what needs used up?” For example, baked beans are always a mix of the condiments in the fridge: ketchup, mustard, bbq sauce, some random pepper jelly, etc plus bacon if I have it, tons of brown sugar, maybe some onion. I am always annoyed when I have more condiments than will fit in the door, so if I can empty a bottle or jar then I do it.
@paulaj7682 Жыл бұрын
@@amyschmelzer6445 Exactly!
@laurao3274 Жыл бұрын
Haha! I feel that. I have people all the time who will ask me for the recipe. First reaction, "What recipe?" Second, "Crap! What did I even do here? I legit need some time to recollect."
@LeighIR Жыл бұрын
"Bake until done". Every old church cookbook on my shelf.
@ItsaSouthernThing Жыл бұрын
It's the guessing game that keeps on givin'
@MrShazaamm Жыл бұрын
exactly 👍
@KimtheElder Жыл бұрын
🤚 amen
@vickieleggett386 Жыл бұрын
You got that right!! 😂
@witchypoo7353 Жыл бұрын
Damn. I didn’t think twice about that for a good minute or so because that’s the vast majority of my books
@samanthanickson6478 Жыл бұрын
my sister was bellyaching about how much casseroles were piles of junk and she never made one, until i told her that her beloved peach cobbler she makes 3 times a year was nothing but a dessert casserole. i thought she might explode. it’s true, fight me! 😆
@brothermouzone1307 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@EFergDindrane Жыл бұрын
It's true!
@YeshuaKingMessiah Жыл бұрын
Cobbler is a pie Are pies casseroles??
@carlbegnaud4851 Жыл бұрын
I laughed myself silly , that was funnier then Justin Wilson , have you ever seen or heard him before he died ? Google him , he was a Louisiana Cook / Comedian very funny just liked his cooking Sherry ( wine ) too much ,
@Joe_Montfort Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I don’t get why some people wanna hate on casseroles. I mean, what is lasagna but a casserole?
@anniebunny26 Жыл бұрын
My husband ran my iron skillet through the dishwasher. We're still married but that was a real testing point for our relationship. I asked him if he would run a Porshe through a carwash. He said yes.
@craigslater2321 Жыл бұрын
If I had done that, and my late wife would have found out, I would not be here today !!!!! That's a fact !! HA HA HA HA
@lorenstribling6096 Жыл бұрын
How big a knot does he have on his head?
@ROGER2095 Жыл бұрын
@@lorenstribling6096 A good sized one - An iron skillet packs a wallop.
@irvinmartin9259 Жыл бұрын
Whadaya s’pect from someone who’d run a Porsche through an automated mangler and scratcher.
@hellhound1389 Жыл бұрын
My grandmothers skillet is for display and discipline use only. I use restaurant quality stainless steel because you can cook with it like cast iron but can toss in the washer without a care in the world
@southrnlvingsc Жыл бұрын
Never underestimate the power of a Southern woman with some cheese, breadcrumbs and a can of cream o' somethin' soup!
@hanskloss13314 ай бұрын
add a jar of bacon grease
@hanskloss13314 ай бұрын
add a jar of bacon grease 😋
@NickeyVamp2 ай бұрын
Yep the chicken one.. lol.. Great in everything.. 😂
@Thehouseoffail Жыл бұрын
When I was in kindergarten, we made these little recipe cards explaining how to make a dish. I chose chicken. My mother still has it because it said "add all the ingredients and chicken, put in oven, bake until done". She raised a proper southerner.
@hanskloss13314 ай бұрын
to the point ! great recipe 😋
@carol223682 ай бұрын
That's a basic southern recipe.
@Thehouseoffail2 ай бұрын
@@carol22368 It's every southern recipe. 🤣
@mike_adams Жыл бұрын
From a 60+ year old man from swamp country in Louisiana, cooking in 100+ year old cast set of cookware handed down from my great grandmother and a box of index card recipes.. your video is right on. Coonass approved!
@gypsybelle4757 Жыл бұрын
Your cast iron set is literally priceless!! So glad it is in loving hands. Enjoy!
@carolmelancon Жыл бұрын
Louisiana girl here. My husband (still alive) left my great-grandmother's Griswold cast iron skillet on the grill sideburner overnight in the rain. Over a 150 years of careful seasoning ruined, it was a black-diamond thing of awe and beauty. I had to strip it and start over. He has not been allowed to touch it since. I still think about it.
@mike_adams Жыл бұрын
@@carolmelancon he's a lucky man
@shelbylynn9 Жыл бұрын
@@carolmelancon reading your comment made me sick to my stomach. I am so sorry. My husband left my cast iron out like that one time too, and it was a huge mess. I wanted to kill him. And it was just a 6 month old cast iron from Amazon. You could kill your husband today and nobody would blame you
@rosemorris7912 Жыл бұрын
My condolences
@angelag669 Жыл бұрын
Every bit of this is true. I have examples. First: I took chicken salad to a pot luck at work. A coworker asked me for the recipe. I told her there wasn't one, I just made it. She asked if I could just write it down for her so I did. She came back to me confused b/c there were no amounts. She wanted to know how much of this and how much of that. I told her put in "some" until it was "enough". Second: I had someone pull my bacon grease out of my freezer and she was completely surprised b/c I saved bacon grease. I told her in the South, bacon grease is a food group and every self respecting south cook has a container of it. It is a must for vegetable dishes. Good job Talia!
@wooten700 Жыл бұрын
My SIL threw my bacon grease out while cleaning my kitchen. Told her that stuff is gold in this house. I was so upset 😮
@saxmusicmail Жыл бұрын
Bacon grease is an "essential oil."
@user-herenotthere7 ай бұрын
Absolutely!! Right on.
@KimberlyGreen Жыл бұрын
Southern cooking has one thing in common with French cooking: you can never use enough butter.
@duceagle6625 Жыл бұрын
Also, grandparents telling you to just bake it in hot oven until done when you ask them for baking time/temp. Tho my grandpa's actual (translated) words where "Not too high and until it's cooked".
@jdruin1 Жыл бұрын
I had to teach my wife to cook with butter. My coworkers all lament the poundage of butter I use while cooking, but they always eat my food.
@shawnsmith2052 Жыл бұрын
Lol.
@jackgibsxxx0750 Жыл бұрын
It's not so much that "you can never use enough butter" It's just that you can never use TOO MUCH butter. 🧈🧈🧈🧈🧈🧈🧈
@GoddessNeith Жыл бұрын
my home ec teacher (remember those classes?!) told us, cooking is jazz, all improvisation, baking is a minuet, with precise steps to reach perfection.
@caronstout354 Жыл бұрын
I heard years ago that "Cooking is an Art..Baking is a Science"
@auntypc47919 ай бұрын
@@caronstout354 And music is math. ;)
@NativeWarrior883 ай бұрын
Wow! So true! I hadn't thought about it like that! You're home ec teacher sounds very poetic, lol!
@kazeryu17 Жыл бұрын
The layers in the bacon grease jar are like the rings of a tree. They have a story to tell. A delicious one.
@HellaJ77 Жыл бұрын
As a southerner, I fully approve this message
@jahwillprovide8791 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite recipes is a chicken and dumplings recipe from my great-grandma. The directions are something to the effect of "an egg for each person and a half egg of water for each person, then keep adding flour until you get tired of adding flour"
@carriecollins6697 Жыл бұрын
More informative than any cooking class could ever hope to be. Might I suggest adding a Tip #6: When you get stuck, call your mama. It doesn't matter what you're trying to cook, Mama has already cooked it a million times and will know exactly where you went wrong.
@tinkwilkinson9446 Жыл бұрын
My daughter calls me, dad😊
@carriecollins6697 Жыл бұрын
@@tinkwilkinson9446 I believe it 100%. I ask my dad stuff about cooking as well. He's a very creative cook.
@kathypeebles7001 Жыл бұрын
Doesn’t help when all grandparents and parents are gone. 😢
@carriecollins6697 Жыл бұрын
@@kathypeebles7001 Oh no! I'm so sorry!
@LionsLamb79 Жыл бұрын
@Kathy Peebles Same here but I'm the only one left who knows how to cook my grandaddies family chicken mull recipe, I get requests from all the family every Christmas. I've shipped it frozen to my cousins in Texas, no lie!
@queenbunnyfoofoo6112 Жыл бұрын
So true 😂. I love my grandma's recipes. "Butter the size of a hen's egg", "put in a hot oven until done". I'll admit to measuring somethings when I bake, but cooking? I'm gonna wing it like granny.
@jd-no7rw Жыл бұрын
Yeah, but those actually have some correlation to modern cooking, hen's egg = 1/4 cup, hot oven=400 to 450 degrees F.
@queenbunnyfoofoo6112 Жыл бұрын
@@jd-no7rw They had measuring cups and spoons back then, so if the cooks wanted to actually measure something they could. She specifically didn't write 1/4 cup because she didn't measure. Also she cooked with wood, so "hot oven" is going to be by experience, not a thermometer.
@jd-no7rw Жыл бұрын
@@queenbunnyfoofoo6112 I think you missed my point, but no worries. Have a great day anyway.
@drewf41 Жыл бұрын
That's only because baking requires it, somwhat...
@queenbunnyfoofoo6112 Жыл бұрын
@@jd-no7rw The point of this video is not measuring your ingredients, tossing ingredients together and having a great meal....which is what my comment refers to. Don't know how you missed that....or maybe you like to complain. You do you.
@mistyddavis5004 Жыл бұрын
I would add another B... buttermilk. You can dredge with it, use it in marinade and add to breads
@auntypc47919 ай бұрын
Oh, buttermilk is a must for southern cooking, especially cornbread and biscuits. ;)
@witchypoo7353 Жыл бұрын
I love southern food so much. I love thinking about all the people who have gone to doctors & when they’re told “eat more dark leafy greens.” & go, “yup. Collards are that. But I just gotta add some pepper, salt, butter, & ham hock so it actually tastes like food”
@CoasterMan13Official Жыл бұрын
Doctor: take all that extra crap out and you'll be fine. You can keep the peppers in vinegar, but the extra stuff will give you high blood pressure.
@ellenjampole1905 Жыл бұрын
@@CoasterMan13Official 😂😂 right on the money.
@danielcorder7399 Жыл бұрын
Z❤❤ 3:42 3:42 3:42 3:42 😂
@carolynridlon3988 Жыл бұрын
My greens are with some salt / ham & plenty of vinegar!
@pauljacob2449 Жыл бұрын
you got that right -ham bone or hock is prime ingrediant to anything ..
@johhanwindsalor9478 Жыл бұрын
As a cook, both professionally and in the home... this is so true. I started cookin' in S. Tejas and worked my way across the states, and Southern Cookin' is on a different level.
@ItsaSouthernThing Жыл бұрын
See! Even the professionals back us!
@johhanwindsalor9478 Жыл бұрын
@@ItsaSouthernThing yup, cause you love your Granny!!!
@tygrahof9268 Жыл бұрын
Cut the butter you cut the flavor.
@cashhunter4851 Жыл бұрын
5th "B" Brown Sugar - use it in your breakfast, your rib rub, candied bacon, green bean bundles, glazing a ham etc, etc etc.
@alsaunders7805 Жыл бұрын
I like to sweeten my coffee with it. 🤓🍻
@caronstout354 Жыл бұрын
And it's liquid country cousin-molasses!
@cjtillman2855 Жыл бұрын
Wise words Taila. Wise words. And all God’s people said AMEN!
@BeachPeach2010 Жыл бұрын
Girl done wrapped up 5 decades of my cookin! Laudamercy! 😂
@annaburns2865 Жыл бұрын
Lol. They are not even kidding. One time we ran out of ingredients to make something for church so my mom make a coffee and everyone asked her for the recipe. She couldn’t remember how she made it. She basically just threw it all together. Southern cooking is basically “happy accidents” 😂
@danielleking26211 ай бұрын
She made a coffee... ?
@avalerie446711 ай бұрын
@@danielleking262i think "cake" fell off 😂
@laurastratton8614 Жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS! I'm a transplanted Southerner but I still cook the way my Grannies and Mama taught me. But you need to discuss the difference between Barbeque and a cookout. They are NOT the same. Drives me crazy
@caronstout354 Жыл бұрын
I agree..a cookout is hamburgers, hotdogs, porch chops, etc. on a grill. A BBQ involves whole hog, slabs of ribs, brisket slow cooked over low heat for hours till fall-apart tender, bbq sauce optional.
@Ardi33711 ай бұрын
Indeed. BBQ is not a verb! 😂
@bevhatch49038 ай бұрын
Bbq is not a verb.
@brendaokuda2158 Жыл бұрын
I had to laugh when you mentioned our system of measurements. I worked as a hairstylist my whole life & 20 of those years was in Northern California. We had to make out cards for each customer on what we did & any instructions, such as color mixtures, perm solutions, etc., in case a different stylist had to do their hair if I was busy or had a day off. The other stylist were SO confused with my instructions since I constantly used "our" system of measurements. Haircuts? I took off a smidgen. Hair color? I put down things like a pinch of A8 with a dash of B6. I had to actually give them all lessons in what the heck my instructions meant. Good memories! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@tabithaalphess2115 Жыл бұрын
When I moved to the South, I started learning how to cook, and I'm so pleased to say I do almost all these things. I swap out bacon for chicken, but that's about it. At any given time, I have three to four tubs of butter in my fridge, and there are at least a couple sticks of butter in the freezer for biscuits. And the throwing stuff together is so accurate. I didn't know what to make for dinner one night, so I grabbed some canned biscuits, stuffed them with cheese, onions, and ground beef cooked in my cast iron skillet with a smattering of chili powder and soaked in Worcestershire sauce, baked until done, and then topped it with parsley and some cheese seasoning. It became my hubby and in-laws' new favorite dish. When they asked for the recipe, I scribbled some vague instructions on a notecard and gave it to them. Nothing was measured, so I guessed
@matalynaustin8319 Жыл бұрын
My family’s recipes have been put into a book by four generations. My mother took it upon herself to buy three identical blank cook books and rewrite every recipe in them for her three children. Now we have legible recipes from my great grandmother, grandmother and others. The original cookbook literally has things just scribble down, things have spilled on the book or have been written on an envelope then stuck on a random page. My mom has told me since I was a child “every thing is better with butter”. If your rue is not as dark as a Hershey’s chocolate bar it’s not dark enough (she is from south Louisiana). The book has room for more recipes and a comment section in the back with helpful tips and suggestions for pantry staples. It also has a sins section for things like minute rice for your jambalaya or quick rue in the oven (she said my grandmother would be turning in her grave if we made a rue in the oven instead of on the stove).
@codylgarcia Жыл бұрын
You forgot one: deep fry anything and everything. It doesn’t matter if it’s battered or not. You can deep fry it. After all, this pillar of southern cooking is what blessed us with the miracle that is the deep fried honey bun.
@MrGruffteddybear Жыл бұрын
Biscuits and sausage gravy should be one of the food groups 😊
@kurtb8474 Жыл бұрын
A military favorite! Big demand for B & G in the chow hall.
@hellhound1389 Жыл бұрын
Add country fried steak and you've got my favorite breakfast
@stacyrussell460 Жыл бұрын
Oh, yes! Biscuits & gravy are a food group around here. So is coffee 😂.
@teesiemom Жыл бұрын
@@stacyrussell460 Amen, sister!☺️
@santamanone Жыл бұрын
It is.
@LanceMan Жыл бұрын
I know someone who had a ton of family recipes that said to use one cup. It wasn't an actual measure. The grandma meant an actual cup that she used for cooking ..lol.
@lorireed80467 ай бұрын
Ohhh thanks for that memory!!! My grandma great laughed so hard at me over that one! She's never owned measuring cups! How silly of me to even think she meant a cup.
@thattinawoman5119 Жыл бұрын
All I could do was say AMEN after this video was done. :) It was like you gave the same lecture my Mama gave me when I first moved out of the house and started cooking for myself...
@malem67 Жыл бұрын
There is no lie here. i am a mid 50's southern man and this is how i cook. There is butter and a container of bacon grease in my kitchen.
@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever Жыл бұрын
Well of course, we all have those front and center
@caronstout354 Жыл бұрын
Always save the bacon grease!
@erina_aloe Жыл бұрын
Salad : baked potatoes, bacon, sausages, grill meat, fried onion, pickles, fried or pickled mushrooms, shredded cheese, boiled eggs, mayo and little pinch of shredded greens as a decoration.
@melissawittman Жыл бұрын
My northern born husband was amazed at how I could make a casserole out of leftovers! 😂😂
@metalsiren6338 Жыл бұрын
I love collecting cookbooks, especially church cookbooks. The only recipes I follow are ones for baking and something by Julia Child because you have to get those things precise. And I will shout from the mountaintops about the wonders and versatility of a cast iron skillet. But when it comes to casseroles, salads or anything fried? I commune with my ancestors with that. It's just something you feel when it's just right.
@linabasilisk1955 Жыл бұрын
My mother was born and raised in the north. However, her approach to cooking is...well, let's just say she'd fit right in down south in many ways. For example, I once asked her for her chocolate chip cookie recipe. Her response: It's not really a recipe, it's more of a principle. Ask her how much of an ingredient goes in something: enough. I am similar. How much soy sauce in my Asian inspired marinade: until it smells right. Recipes are a jumping off point. I follow it the first time (sometimes making a few alterations) and then decide what needs to be adjusted, removed, or fixed. Never trust crock pots, timers etc. The only food to never check on is a soufflé (make sure to learn the correct heat and timing and follow both as you would the good Lord Jesus). Butter makes everything better. Bacon is yet further proof of a loving God. The right cracker crumbs blow breadcrumbs out of the water. Different crackers are good for different things. Buttercrisp Toasteds are great with fish. There are many kinds of mac and cheese; each kind has its own uses. There is something about cookies made by a loving grandmother, they're the best. Good ingredients make good food.
@beringtoloru60 Жыл бұрын
"Enough, but not too much" heard often growing up.
@carlbegnaud4851 Жыл бұрын
Talia , darlin you nailed it , especially the holy Louisiana trinity , my moma was half German and half Scottish and she perfected Cajun French cooking for my Dad who was pure Cajun French , look out when she got Okra Gumbo right , that was some great eating , wooooo boy !!!
@Pinky-lg3lz Жыл бұрын
"You gotta get tha belly goin when you stir; I gar-on-tee!" RIP J.W.
@HaroldElbowmanIV Жыл бұрын
Let's not forget the Pope of the trinity - garlic! My mother thinks it's the most important part, and blasphemy though it may be, she remains convinced that celery is just flavored water in vegetable form, and can therefore be left out.
@hellhound1389 Жыл бұрын
I've got relatives asking for handouts when I make my smoked turkey basted in Creole butter sauce. Made it once for a church picnic and was put in charge of the kitchen immediately which ticked off the old ladies that did it for years
@woodrowsmith3400 Жыл бұрын
Crikey! I can't get decent okra up here, Seattle way. Don't grow worth a damn either. While I have very nearly perfected file' gumbo...thanks to my Army buddy's Mom from the North shore of Lake Ponchartrain...I would dearly love me some okra gumbo!
@carlbegnaud4851 Жыл бұрын
@@woodrowsmith3400 I hate to be the bearer of bad news but sassafras which what file is bad for you they don't make tea from it anymore because it's not healthy , Google it on your computer or smartphone . I did and it scared me
@vanessadobbins2963 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Talia for the humor in it all!!! I've learned some great tips. Born and raised in the West. God bless you!!!!!!
@LongWalkerActual Жыл бұрын
Talia Lin is a true Southern treasure!!! 😍
@davidmotes2171 Жыл бұрын
I just love Talia. She has a real knack for being funny without breaking character.
@gshalabama Жыл бұрын
I have store bought cookbooks that have only been open once. But, my Calling All Cooks 1&2 cookbooks are well used. They have pages falling out, little pieces of paper stuck in the top for bookmarks. I’ve taped the binder on both books. And those wonderful Church Cookbooks with the plastic binders have been worked over just as much.
@caronstout354 Жыл бұрын
I can recommend 2 fine Southern cookbooks- White Trash Cooking" and "Hot Flashes, Sinking Spells, and Fits & Cravings"..both by Earnest Mathew Micklin
@Sage._.Persons Жыл бұрын
My mom has a casserole called “hamburger casserole” and it has hamburger meat in it, onions, any kind of pasta we can find, cheese and butter. It’s heaven to have ❤🫶🤧
@davidbivinsblinc32 Жыл бұрын
Hello 👋
@fordictionclass Жыл бұрын
1. If it feels like it's missing something, add more butter and/or garlic. 2. If a soup doesn't taste quite right, but it's well salted and well seasoned, just leave it on simmer for like 10-20 more minutes. It takes a while for the flavors to meld together.
@caronstout354 Жыл бұрын
3. If a dish isn't brown enough, add some Kitchen Bouquet...
@roberthunter5059 Жыл бұрын
Grandma was a master of not having recipes. She used her Ecko mixing spoon to spoon out some flour, spoon out some Crisco, a little cold tap water, and she had the exact amount of dough for six hand pies (she baked them) and not a bit left over.
@SierraKilo76 Жыл бұрын
This is exactly how my grandmother cooked. Good memories. Thanks. To this day, I'm convinced, that cooking is more about experience, taste, creativity and love than fixed recipes.
@highcotton63664 Жыл бұрын
Vegetarian here surviving in the South and loving it. It's possible, just takes a little extra effort but totally worth it.
@cs5384 Жыл бұрын
My daughter and were nodding and laughing over here in Tennessee through the whole thing. For me the third treasure is bouillon. Specifically Knorr chicken which I use like salt in every savory food I cook. Everyone loves it. Try it with your taters!
@cliftonmcnalley8469 Жыл бұрын
I'm in Tennessee. My Mom's German so my Oma started sending Knorr bouillon cubes to us in our Christmas package every year back in the 70's before it was sold here. So poor one quarter at UT, couldn't afford Ramen (not joking) so I bought one huge bag of noodles and tossed in the Knorr! I've started combining chicken and beef bouillon both in most things I cook these days - though broccoli just gets beef and turnip greens just get chicken with bacon drippings of course!
@JeremyMacDonald19739 ай бұрын
You could just cut to the chase and buy yourself some MSG. That is the reason the Knorr makes everything better. Just in case it is not obvious I literally do just that - though I actually have both Chicken Powder (with MSG) and the pure stuff. Depending on what I am cooking I might go with one or the other.
@JadeStrawberry Жыл бұрын
I do every single one of these cooking tips. My mom never owned a cookbook or one recipe card and her cooking was legendary...no- it was heavenly. Great vid, y'all. I'm going to send this to my daughter.❤
@hellhound1389 Жыл бұрын
Trained to cook by an old school southerner so well versed in southern kitchen speak. My food is legendary and relatives go out of their way to eat at my house. Plus I haven't used a recipe for 20 years. I see something that looks good and I wing it with a high success rate
@HikaruRain Жыл бұрын
So true. I don't really follow a recipe. As my dad always says it is not the rules just a guide. And most recipes do not have much flavor so it takes a Southerner to add that delicious punch of yum to every dish.
@netajones2098 Жыл бұрын
This was my mother to a T, everything you said she said at one time or another. My mom could take any recipe and turn it Southern 😂 And in our household, if we ran out of onions and Dr Pepper (her fave, had to have something to drink while cooking) lawdhavemercy on your soul 😂 I still to this day always have onions, no matter what. And another thing, a Southerners spice cabinet is a sight to behold and waaaayyyy different than everyone else's 😆 I have 2 cabinets for spices personally, I don't wanna run out of anything mid dish 😂
@tanyastacy-haws993 Жыл бұрын
This makes me want to make a casserole 🥘
@sarahjo92 Жыл бұрын
The "small army" being fed in my household are my husband, my boys, and all their friends. Plus my parents, in laws, and church functions on the weekend 😂
@davidhoffman1278 Жыл бұрын
Baked or broiled fish fillets, served with steamed (not boiled to mush) vegetables, Seasoned rice, corn bread muffins, and lots of softened real butter.
@danielashton5697 Жыл бұрын
I always enjoy Miss Talia’s videos! This one is no exception. And as a southern cook, it’s so true y’all!! 😂
@iamTW64 Жыл бұрын
Now I'm hungry! That casserole Talia described sounds so good right now! 😋
@erinleva680619 күн бұрын
ALL true, 100% TRUE!! *the "cook til done" gets me every time 😂
@timothylong880 Жыл бұрын
I love it!!!! Bacon Bacon Bacon!!!!!! ❤
@rudolphgarcia8898 Жыл бұрын
I know how to make my Great-Maw Maw’s Potato Salad that the recipe was never written down! I’m one of a few people in the family who know how to make it and I’m teaching my Nieces how so that the recipe doesn’t get lost!
@theinnerlight1716 Жыл бұрын
I would love a video on the perils of discussing ambrosia recipes. Having lived in the South, I definitely recall that being a hot topic. To marshmallow or not to marshmallow, that is the question. I personally feel they are a required ingredient, with extra potluck points if they are the mini, multi-colored marshmallows! Don't even get me started on the shredded coconut debate either!!
@caronstout354 Жыл бұрын
In some places it's called 5 Cup Salad...
@alsaunders7805 Жыл бұрын
I haven't even heard the term Ambrosia mentioned in decades. Both it and egg custard were staple desserts during the holiday season when I was young. 😢🤓🍻
@2dirtydogs820 Жыл бұрын
I have my great great grandmother's Ambrosia bowl. It has only ever had Ambrosia in it.
@claudiameier666 Жыл бұрын
All versions are good
@faegrrrl Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad that you said, "bacon grease". About 5 years ago I said, "You know what you don't hear enough today? I cooked that in bacon grease."
@MrMojo23100 Жыл бұрын
It's the same with some families here down under, as I couldn't tell you the exact measurements of my grandmother's recipes. I was taught to taste everything as I go, so I know what more to add and to read the food as it cooks, adjusting as necessary. As for adding meat to everything, I've been making bacon fried cabbage for years, and the family love Bacon and Chicken mac & cheese I make.
@realong2506 Жыл бұрын
A pinch, a dash and cook til it's done is not just a southern thing. I learned how to make everything from my momma and that is how she cooked here in Ohio as well and my daughters learned how to cook that way from me. lol
@violetopal6264 Жыл бұрын
Diddo from Kansas. Sadly my little sister missed out on that experience so I'm continually confusing her. Lol
@hellhound1389 Жыл бұрын
From just outside Chicago and was taught the same way so I say geography doesn't dictate who's a southerner or not
@justcurious3119 Жыл бұрын
I can't even begin. I know a few tricks that I did not understand are southern things. I'm from Maryland and I have seemingly inherited the habit of putting any grease in a coffee can under the sink. I also learned how to dredge. Which means I am not much perhaps of a deep fryer without the help of eggs and seasoned flour. I loved this video! When my mom passed away, I was able to get her cookbook called The Joy of Cooking, and, included were old grease stained recipe cards by her mom. I also subscribe to not using recipes. I like how the lady said they are for the weak 😂. Although, I have tried to pass along some of my supposed creations. I'm having the same aha moment as the lady in this video 😂.
@scotto9591 Жыл бұрын
As a joke years ago, I bought a kitchen teaspoon set with a smidge, a pinch and a hint. (I personally just eyeball it. I just think the spoons are funny.)
@lorenstribling6096 Жыл бұрын
I have the same set. It hangs in my kitchen next to my measuring cups. I don't think I have ever used either but they are cute!
@ellenjampole1905 Жыл бұрын
Me too. 😄
@caronstout354 Жыл бұрын
Where can I get that set?
@lorenstribling6096 Жыл бұрын
@@caronstout354 I think I got mine at Walmart but you can get them online.
@kimprocarione5473 Жыл бұрын
I just subscribed to your channel! I just love your ability to make it so fun! Plus, my momma was southern in a past life! Her black-eyed peas with cornbread, lots of butter, and the family recipe for chowchow! Mmmmmm! I sure miss her!
@schadowolf Жыл бұрын
Talia - great video, I was chuckling throughout with the understanding that what you said is very on point hehe. Well done!
@jandurham6231 Жыл бұрын
When I would call Mom when I first got married to ask for something like how to make chicken and dumplings, she usually started with, “Well, I don’t really have a recipe.” She did dumplings basically like biscuit dough and dropped them by spoonfuls on the boiling broth and chicken. She would say things like, “just stir it till it looks right,” “cook till the dumplings are puffy and tender.” I took them to a potluck when we lived in Chicago area and everyone wanted my recipe. I started with, “Well, I don’t really have a recipe. If I write it down I can’t guarantee it will taste the same because I don’t measure.” I knew I was grown up when my daughter called to ask how to make something and I said the same thing as my mom. My grandmother told me when I was young that to learn how to make her biscuits and macaroni and cheese I would just have to come watch her. 😂
@UnfilteredMedic Жыл бұрын
As a Southern guy this is 100% true. Southern Tea: Minimum 2 cups of sugar "And then some more", tea, and enough HELLFIRE hot water to make a gallon of which you pour (still so hot) into a cleaned and reused plastic gallon jug. If you mouth doesn't pucker and at your eyes don't squint you didn't add enough sugar. Throw out the trash you just made, call up a real Southerner and let them help you.
@caronstout354 Жыл бұрын
A true conissure of "Southern House Wine"
@Amcsae Жыл бұрын
Doesn't the plastic jug melt if it's that hot? I'd think you'd have to brew it in something else and transfer it to the jug when cooler.
@rebeccabogan9051 Жыл бұрын
@Amcsae we bring our water and tea bags (lipton is the best) to a boil in our tea pan and then turn the burner off. While it's cooling off just slightly, we put our sugar or sugar substitute in our plastic or glass pitcher that has just been washed out with hot water. Then, you pour the hot tea into the pitcher and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Fill the gallon pitcher the rest of the way full with cold water and stir again. Then fill up a glass with ice cubes and pour yourself a glass of tea! Been making it that way ever since I can remember and was raised here in the south.
@auntypc47919 ай бұрын
Born and raised in NOLA, Mississippi, and Alabama and two cups is way too sweet for me. I like a generous 1 1/4 cup. ;)
@UnfilteredMedic9 ай бұрын
@@auntypc4791 Taste is subjective but you know in the South we can handle a lot more of true tea than anyone else.
@hishealer Жыл бұрын
I had an oooold home ec cookbook that defined casserole. A starch+a vegetable+a meat+a sauce. Cover with crunch crumbs and bake until done.
@auntypc47919 ай бұрын
Yep.
@lauriivey7801 Жыл бұрын
Loving the new (to me) hairstyle she's sporting ... and the southern cooking is point-on :-)
@lauriivey7801 Жыл бұрын
@spirals 73 My hair was always merely slightly wavy, but when I went through 'the change,' it suddenly developed curls ... now 10+ years down the road, they're gone - they were nice while they lasted
@adailydaughter6196 Жыл бұрын
My fave Southern Thing member. Hilarious 😂. Thanks. I now am ready to cook southern 😁
@gerrymccartney3561 Жыл бұрын
Those five Sothern measures are directions on the road to perfection.
@strannikmd Жыл бұрын
Talia, you are amazing! And an amazing cook, apparently! 🙂
@sidneywinter8952 Жыл бұрын
Ambrosia Salad is good too. Sometimes called a fruit salad, but in my house it's more of a marshmellow salad!
@caronstout354 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes, it's 5 Cup Salad!
@johnwood551 Жыл бұрын
There you go again ,giving away our secrets ! You nailed it !! That’s exactly how my Grandmother and my Father’s sister told me back 50 years ago when I was growing up.
@ubergeek1968 Жыл бұрын
Talia, I totally love you. You are the only person that can make absolutely miss the South. I still cook exactly like this... I make it up as I go along, use LOTS of butter, bacon in whatever I can, and cook 'til its done
@DianaRodriguez-zm1ky Жыл бұрын
Long live to Talia.
@SueWehkingPresents Жыл бұрын
Loved this one, Talia, but when are we getting another installment of Talia's Kitchen? I have been cooking your Mississippi Pot Roast for a while now and I can't wait for another one of your recipes!
@richardnedbalek1968 Жыл бұрын
Never once saw Grandma read a recipe. Her dishes came from her heart, not a book.
@HexenFrau Жыл бұрын
Sometimes you have to be the one who starts the generational recipes. But, yes, all of this is how I learned how to cook. ❤
@macmanmpls Жыл бұрын
This video made my day!!! All true. Thank you gurl. Just awesome.
@thomashardy1600 Жыл бұрын
And here I was thinking this video would be a wise, serious, instructional video on the fine art of “Southern cooking.” 😁😊😆
@allensturdivant3044 Жыл бұрын
It was.
@thomashardy1600 Жыл бұрын
@@allensturdivant3044 oh come now. You can’t just throw any old thing into a casserole dish and call it a casserole. 😁
@DeathnoteBB Жыл бұрын
@@thomashardy1600 Why not?
@randalbuhler9042 Жыл бұрын
Thank God that's how my Grandma taught me to cook and I still do to this Day,Thanks Y'all for a Wonderful recipe for Memories❤😂‼️(one more thing there ain't no other way😂‼️)
@MarySmith-gu5nb Жыл бұрын
I lived in Georgia for 7 years. I say to you, Amen, Sista!
@wesleysturgis7356 Жыл бұрын
😂 Nice to see the team going back to the old style of humor that made them popular. Good job team.
@MrsAlmaTrumble Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness, this is so true y'all.
@davidthaler7018 Жыл бұрын
Glad to see the terminology’s evolved and that y’all ain’t just scarin’ up a mess o’ sum’n.
@staceyn2541 Жыл бұрын
My Kroger sells a salad that literally has Snickers bars in it. Amazing. I just taught my kids to make slaw dressing using the big pinch, heapin spoonful, and the couple big splashes method. Came out great. :). I know Southern Indiana is not the South, but I don't think people around here know that. It's a weird mix, so many people came from the south, including my family.
@NMWoman Жыл бұрын
My mother was born and raised in Seymour, IN but she might as well had been born and raised in KY.
@staceyn2541 Жыл бұрын
@@NMWoman Whoa. Born and raised in Seymour, too! Tell her that about 2000 indigenous Guatemalans live there now. It's in National Geographic and everything. I am having trouble articulating how very weird that is. I am sure she can explain. I live in Bloomington now, but all of my family still live in the county and it is so weird going back. The food culture there is amazing now
@johnalanwalker Жыл бұрын
OMG she just explained how I cook!!!
@ItsaSouthernThing Жыл бұрын
She’s in your head!!!
@causticchameleon7861 Жыл бұрын
Someone asked me for the recipe for my Mac & Cheese. I learned how to make from my great grandmother who never used measurements to make it. When the person read the directions to add enough milk to the beat eggs so that they are a bright sunny color, she just about lost it and kept asking how much milk was that. I couldn’t tell her cause I’ve never measured it. Then when adding the pepper, you add enough pepper so that you’ll get a good somewhat even spread off it through the mixture. My Mac & cheese is not that creamy gooey stuff. It is like a loaf and it’s fabulous.
@mizdeb7287 Жыл бұрын
My daughter used to call and ask me how I made various things, and I told her "Well, I put the biscuit ingredients in a bowl, stir it up good, add enough milk, and whop 'em down and knead and fold a few times then shape 'em by hand or use a biscuit cutter and put 'em in the oven until they're done". She got all mad, but now when I ask her the recipe for something that she brought over, she can't tell me.
@causticchameleon7861 Жыл бұрын
@@mizdeb7287 🤣🤣🤣
@j.m.7056 Жыл бұрын
Mine too, none of that gooey stuff. I also use a minimum of 3 types of cheese. If tomatoes are in season I cover the top of the casserole with thick slices.
@carolynridlon3988 Жыл бұрын
I was born & raised jn Northern CA but my family was from Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas & Texas. So grew up with southern foods & cooking. Now I'm living in Kentucky, my kind of folks & foods 😋😋😋😋
@ginaduncan9607 Жыл бұрын
My go-to is always to make biscuits! My mom's Kentucky blackberry jam cake recipe card lists the ingredients. No directions except three words: "bake at 350"❤❤❤
@MarySmith-gu5nb Жыл бұрын
My dad had a German bakery in Chicago when I was growing up. Every recipe I have from him starts out with: 5 pounds butter, 20 pounds flour, a brick of fresh yeast.... etc. :D
@1ECRG Жыл бұрын
You had me at bacon.
@craigslater2321 Жыл бұрын
Bacon on everything !!!!!
@craigslater2321 Жыл бұрын
@spirals 73 That sounds SO good !
@andreroy6320 Жыл бұрын
Talia's cooking tip a so relatable especially her measurements... and I'm Canadian
@marissanofsinger8772 Жыл бұрын
My mom puts ham hocks, and bacon and a lot of other things NOT OLIVE OIL NONE in her Homemade collard greens recipe that was past to her from my grandfather and it’s so good. Like the best ever. I live in the country part of Florida
@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever Жыл бұрын
Oh that sounds wonderful I sure miss my mom's collard greens!
@marissanofsinger8772 Жыл бұрын
@spirals 73 Yes half or less than half of Flordia is country the other half is tropical and city/beach life
@DeborahJoshua24 Жыл бұрын
Banana pudding!!! My favorite!! You should do a video on the secrets of making that!
@caronstout354 Жыл бұрын
One problem with that- topped with baked meringue or chilled with Cool Whip?
@DeborahJoshua24 Жыл бұрын
@@caronstout354 Meringue!!
@maryhildreth754 Жыл бұрын
Heres a crescent roll cassert recipe. Brown and drain a couple pounds hamburger meat. Add some spaghetti sauce until its the consistency of manwich. Put that in a casserolle dish. Mix a small thing of sour cream with an equal amount of shredded mozzarella cheese and spread over meat. Open a thing of crescent rolls and lay them out flat on top. Put some melted butter and parmesean cheese on that. Cook it at the temp for and about the time of the instructions on the crescent roll can.
@auntypc47919 ай бұрын
That sounds good.
@kendisdai23 Жыл бұрын
Macaroni, cheese and fried chicken salad. With a bit of bacon. Yes PLEASE! 😍
@AverageLeagueHack Жыл бұрын
My daughter with no instructions whatsoever because her mother hated cooking makes potato salad and macaroni and cheese both with bacon. We are from Michigan but bacon is universal.
@svetlanababiy1310 Жыл бұрын
You can tell the same thing about Southerners in all countries. I, actually, come from another country but it is also the southern region. The cooking rules are the same ❤❤❤ And yes, my son put bacon and frech fries on the top of ice cream 😂