I remember my grandma's kitchen with the fondest of memories. You would find her making pancakes and syrup or grits and eggs for breakfast, BLT's for dinner (we called lunch "dinner") and chicken fried steak with gravy or southern fried catfish for supper (we called dinner "supper"). Add to that buttermilk biscuits, cornbread, collard greens, black-eyed peas and banana pudding and you're in southern heaven! That reminds of the Hank Williams song, "If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie, I Don't Wanna Go!"

My grandma's recipes come from a long line of Florida pioneer women who learned to cook from an early age. My great-grandma kept a box of recipes which my grandma added to. I now have that box of recipes! Imagine having handwritten recipes from as far back as the 1800's! I began thinking one day that it was a shame to keep these incredible southern recipes all to myself so I decided to write a cookbook! As I was sorting the recipes, I realized that many of my grandma's and great grandma's recipes are what are commonly known as "Soul Food!" This is how Southern White Folk's Soul Food Cookbook was born! If you've been looking for an authentic southern cookbook steeped in southern pride and culture, you've found it! Enjoy!

Table of Contents

Southern White Folk's Apple Pie

Southern White Folk's Baked Beans

Southern White Folk's Banana Pudding

Southern White Folk's Beef Gravy

Southern White Folk's Black-Eyed Peas and Hog Jowls

Southern White Folk's Bread Pudding

Southern White Folk's Cabbage and Ham

Southern White Folk's Candied Yams

Southern White Folk's Cheese Grits

Southern White Folk's Chicken and Dumplings

Southern White Folk's Chicken Fried Steak and Gravy

Southern White Folk's Chicken or Turkey Gravy

Southern White Folk's Chitterlings

Southern White Folk's Christmas Ham

Southern White Folk's Classic Cornbread

Southern White Folk's Classic Grits

Southern White Folk's Coleslaw

Southern White Folk's Collard Greens Grandma's Recipe

Southern White Folk's Collard Greens Great Grandma's Recipe

Southern White Folk's Corn on the Cob

Southern White Folk's Cornmeal Thins

Southern White Folk's Cracklin's

Southern White Folk's Everyday Buttermilk Biscuits

Southern White Folk's Fancy Buttermilk Biscuits

Southern White Folk's Fish Fry

Southern White Folk's Fried Catfish

Southern White Folk's Fried Chicken

Southern White Folk's Fried Green Tomatoes

Southern White Folk's Fried Okra

Southern White Folk's Green Beans and New Potatoes

Southern White Folk's Hammered Pork Chops

Southern White Folk's Lemonade

Southern White Folk's Macaroni and Cheese

Southern White Folk's Maple Syrup

Southern White Folk's Mashed Potato Salad

Southern White Folk's Mashed Potatoes

Southern White Folk's Mustard Greens

Southern White Folk's Okra and Tomatoes

Southern White Folk's Pancakes

Southern White Folk's Peach Cobbler

Southern White Folk's Pecan Pie

Southern White Folk's Pepper Sauce

Southern White Folk's Pie Crust

Southern White Folk's Pig's Feet

Southern White Folk's Pumpkin Pie

Southern White Folk's Salt Pork Snack

Southern White Folk's Squirrel Stew

Southern White Folk's Sweet Corn Muffins

Southern White Folk's Sweet Potato Casserole

Southern White Folk's Sweet Tea

Southern White Folk's Thanksgiving Turkey and Dressing

Southern White Folk's Tomato Gravy

Southern White Folk's Turnip Greens

Southern White Folk's Vanilla Syrup

Southern White Folk's Yellow Squash