Welcome to The Southern Lady Cooks! I hope you will come by often to see what I am cooking up in my southern kitchen. I have been cooking for family and friends for many years. I like down home recipes from scratch. Many of which I will post on here for you to try. Some of these recipes have been in my family for years, some are new, and some I have perfected over the years by adding my personal touch. I learned to cook from two of the best cooks in the South, my mother and my mother-in-law. Read about that here.
Please feel free to contact me if you have a question about one of my recipes. We southern folks love company, love to eat, and love the South. So drop by anytime. I always have something sweet and a cup of coffee or a tall glass of sweet tea for my friends. Sit a spell and enjoy my southern country cooking.
Here’s a little poem I wrote that kind of describes this Southern Lady and my southern life.
WHERE I AM FROM
I am from tobacco fields and strawberry patches, fried chicken for Sunday dinner and sweet tea.
I am from frame farm houses, weeping willow trees, and juicy, red grapes on the vine.
I am from the lilac tree and peony bush whose early morning fragrances float through open windows along with the bright sunlight.
I am from picnics on the Fourth of July, family reunions, hardworking men and frugal women.
I am from ghost stories, games of red rover, hopscotch, marbles, and roller skates.
I am from ice cream and chicken noodle soup for colds and a doctor that came to the house.
I am from Methodists, Baptists, Pentecostalism, Catholics, and worshiping God by being spiritual within and loving life and being kind to others.
I am from the Bluegrass State of Kentucky with goldenrod and redbud lined back roads, coal mines and racehorses, biscuits and gravy and country ham.
I am from a grandfather I never knew with a handlebar mustache, a grandmother with long braided hair worn pinned into a bun on the back of her head, a homebody mother, and a father that gave me my love of nature.
I am from fragments of people, hardships, love and experience. I can not ask to be from more.
Note: Due to the large number of people on this page I have to set some guidelines for those commenting here. There are now over a hundred thousand on Facebook and many have subscribed to e-mail posts here, too. It is very hard to keep up with all your wonderful comments and I am so happy to have you on the site. I enjoy hearing from you very much and am thankful you are enjoying the recipes. I try to reply as often as possible. Negative comments will not be published and neither will any foul language. Not everyone is going to like every recipe. Not everyone will be able to make every recipe, either. I am very sorry if your recipe does not turn out to suit you or you don’t like the taste. We are all different. I spend hours and hours on this site just because I enjoy cooking and sharing. So many of you are so polite and appreciative and leave such wonderful comments and I am so thankful for that. My Mama always said, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all”, and being a Southerner I try to live my life that way.
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You are the best cook EVER! I love your blog!! Keep up the great work!
Dear Southern-Lady,
So happy I stumbled on to your BLOG. I LOVE southern cooking and one of my greatest joys in life is to see people I love with smiles of satisfaction on their faces as they enjoy a feast I have created.
We raised and homeshooled 3 girls, all who are grown now. We have 2 grandbabies.
Due to recent progression in my spinal cord disease, I’ve not been able to do as much cooking as I always have. But my husband and I are working on redesigning my kitchen for better accessibility from my wheelchair.
My prognosis is not good, Dr.’s are not too promising. But I pray I can live long enough to move back down south and find my last country home on this planet.
I also have a christian ministry in which I share my story thru singing and speaking from the heart, and I’m a christian writer.
So nice to have had your “fingerprint” left on my life.
Denice
P.S.
Love your picture!
What a BEAUTIFUL southern Lady, in the true sense of the word.
You are now one of MY role models! haha
Love, in the Lord
Denice Whitaker
Hi Denice, Thank you so much for all your kind comments here. I am so glad you liked what you saw and will enjoy making some of my recipes. We Southerners are always glad to meet another person from the South! I am looking forward to coming by your place in the near future for a visit. I always say cooking is the best therapy for anything that is bothering you! Good luck to you and your family. I am sure you are a wonderful writer and minister. Love and hugs, The Southern Lady
Love your blog and thrilled I found it. Have shared on pinterest with friends. Love the ’40′s recipe today of the pudding. Am pres. of an antique club and doing a program on antique cook books and recipes…..if you have more and info, would love to hear from you. I am 75, with three children and four grands and my favorite thing to do, more than a hobby, is cooking!! Love trying new recipes and yours are wonderful….thanks and would love to hear from you….
Thank you Barbara! Happy to have you on my site and so happy you are enjoying my recipes. I love to cook, too, and it’s people like you that make this site worthwhile. Thank you for being here. Judy
Love your site and love your recipes – they remind me of my Mother’s cooking. Thank you for that.
Hi Dee, Thank you so much. I am so glad you like my recipes and my site. Most of my cooking skills come from my own mother and my mother-in-law. They were both wonderful cooks. My mother was a country cook and my mother-in-law was Southern all the way. The two of them taught me so much. If I remind you of your mother in any way, this blog is well worth my time. Thanks again and come back soon. The Southern Lady
And you forgot to say, you are gorgeous inside and out! Judy I would love to here your accent. Next you need to do videos, lol!
Thank you for sharing these recipies and memories with us.
My Grandchildren are coming over this weekend, and I cant tell you how much I’m looking forward to it.
Thank you Aaron for visiting my place. Grandchildren are wonderful little people. Come back anytime!
Thanks for writing down all these recipes. I wish my grandmother had known what a blog was or at least written down some of her recipes too
to funny, I am from every single thing you wrote that you are from. I spent the happiest years of my life in Pineville and then Sloans Valley KY. thanks fro stopping by my blog today. to see my KY story go to my blog and on side bar labels, click on Appalachian Mountan Preacher
Hi Sandra, It’s nice to meet a fellow Kentuckian! I have lost the link to your blog and clicking on your name by your comment here does not take me there. If you read this, leave me your blog address and thanks for coming by.
Hi! I have a question that maybe you can answer for me. I have been looking through recipes for Christmas goodies and found a tasty-looking one for Chocolate Truffles. Only thing is, it calls for Chocolate Liqueur. What exactly is a Liqueur and where would I go to purchase it? Does it contain alcohol? Is there a substitution for it? Thanks for any information you can offer!!
Liqueur is usually a fruit flavored alcohol. Also, I think Brandy is a liqueur. You would buy it in a liquor store. Most of the time you would substitute an extract in a recipe. If a recipe called for an almond flavored liqueur your could use an almond extract instead. I guess you could just substitute chocolate in your recipe. I would think that Chocolate Liqueur would be chocolate flavored liquor or some kind. I hope this helps and if anyone else has any info on this, please post it.
Hey Judy! I just found your blog, and I LOVE IT! I found it through PICTURE PERFECT COOKING another one of my favorite blogs. I noticed you are from Kentucky too…..no wonder we have the same taste in good down home country cookn’! So glad I found you, and can’t wait to see what you cook up next! :0)
I just found your blog and love it!!! I’m a Kentucky gal, too and I love Southern, country cookin! It’s what I grew up on and the food I first learned to cook and bake. What an inviting blog you have here…I’ll be back!
I’d love for you to visit me at The Cozy Little Kitchen.
Leslie
I have a question for you! What meal would a Southern Lady prepare for her new Minister, his wife and 3 small daughters when she invites them over to share a meal?
Paula, Great question! I think I would do a traditional Southern Sunday dinner meal of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, homemade biscuits or rolls, a couple other side dishes like green beans or maybe my corn salad recipe on the blog. A great dessert like bread pudding or my Kentucky Woodford pudding recipe on my blog. Of course, I would have plenty of “sweet” Southern tea to go with the meal. I hope this helps you.
I have found over the years that most people really enjoy good old home cooking of any kind and as long as you set a pretty table (I always use cloth napkins, a pretty tablecloth and small centerpiece of some kind.) Make the centerpiece small so you can see each other over it on the table.
I would love to know what you decide to do and how your meal turns out!
Hi Judy! I stumbled on your blog through Face Book. Being from the South myself, I had to come in and take a look
I Love your blog!!! 
Thank you so much. So glad to have you here and hope you will come back often.
I so enjoy your site and love the pop ups of great things to cook into my facebook page. Many thanks to you for doing what you do. It is so enjoyed by so many. Rachel
Thank you so much for such a great comment. I am so glad you enjoy my recipes. I could not do it without people like you.
I was wondering if you would mind if I put your recipe for Buttermilk Chocolate Bread on my blog. I would give you full credit. If that is not something you would want me to do I understand completely.
I would love it! Anytime with any recipe you like. Thanks so much. Have a great 4th.
Would you like to write up a little introduction of yourself for me to put with the recipe? You can write to katislittlecorner@gmail.com.
Hi, Judy! I’ve just discovered your blog tonight – not sure how I got here but it had to be Facebook! I’ve been looking to see if my question has already been answered, and the one about sharing one of your recipes on a blog looks like the closest thing I’ve seen. My church (First Baptist in Salisbury, NC) is doing a cookbook (I’m the committee chair!
) and we’re having trouble getting as many recipes as we’d like. I saw that Oatmeal Pie, and I would love to be able to include it and some of your other recipes, as well. Would you allow that? I would give you full credit and include the url to your blog and probably direct some traffic to you! If not, as Kati says above, I totally understand, but thought I’d ask. You are making me want to do more cooking! 
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Hi Carol, Sometimes WordPress gets behind and it takes forever to get these comments. I would be honored to be in your cookbook. Thank you so much for thinking of me. I know it will be a great one. Happy to have you on the site and have a great day.
Hello, I think that your “about” page is one of the most charming I have read. I am so happy to have found your blog. I’m from Texas and love southern food even though I now live in New England. I will be returning to your blog on a regular basis.
Thank you so much, Karen, and welcome to the site. Thank you for commenting. Hope you will drop by often and enjoy the recipes.
I just wanted to tell you how much i LOVED your poem! It made me smile and brought a tear to my eye.
I’m a Kentucky gal too.
The smell of wild honeysuckle in the air makes me so incredibly happy. I could just sit and breath it in all day. And the peonies and lilacs…*sigh*. Life is so good.
Hearing the bob-whites, whippoorwills, and crickets is music to my ears.
I love Kentucky. And I’m happy to meet you and am looking forward to exploring your blog!
Hi Sheila and Welcome! Always happy to meet another Kentuckian. Thank you for your very kind words. I love Kentucky and think there is no place like it. Please come by often.
I would love any tips on making a really great flaky pie crust
Help!
Linda, My pie crust recipe is on the blog. I make 4 at a time when I make them. The recipe is not for a real flaky crust but we like them. Here is a link where you can find it on the blog. http://southernlady64.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/homemade-pie-crusts/
Hope this helps.
Hi Judy, I just found your site on facebook today, I am from Queensland in Australia and I love your recipes and I will surely be cooking some of them in the near future. Thanks so much for sharing them with us.
Welcome Vicki! So happy to have you and hope you enjoy the site, too. Thanks for coming by.
Hello, Miss Judy. What a delight to meet you! I discovered your blog on Blog Frog (haven’t figured out that site yet, but your’s was like coming home…) Will definitely be back — you made me feel welcome already!
Welcome Kimby, So happy to have you here and hope you will make yourself at home and enjoy my recipes. Please stop by often.
Hie Judy, the header photo looks exquisitely yummy… !
G’mornin Judy, I just love your blog and your facebook page“…just shared your pan yeast rolls ~ I’ve gotta try ‘em …yummm
Thank you so much Brenda for being such a great fan of my site and thank you for sharing. I hope you enjoy the yeast rolls. I make them every year for Christmas and Thanksgiving and several times in between. My family loves these rolls and I have been making them for at least 40 years. Thanks so much for coming by.
nice to find a good southern cook on line….there is no better cooking…
I’m not the greatest cook, but I bet i’ll be better now that I’ve found your site….happy sunday in the bluegrass………..
Thank you Pam and welcome to this site. I love just good old country Southern cooking. So happy to have you here. Hope you will visit often. Have a good week.
You “shore toad” that right girl…all of it, beautiful poem, and such a blessing you are.
Oh, did you happen to read my poem: September Fall? I think you can relate a lot more than many of my other blogger friends, as most of them for whatever reason seem to be from across the big pond.
Bless You
paul
http://sonsothunder.wordpress.com/poems/
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve done some major experimenting with bear (my husband shot one with his bow a couple weeks ago) and I am happy to report that you can use it just like beef. I’ve made burgers, meatloaf, fajitas (your chicken fajitas recipe), stew…all of it tasted like beef. Only thing is that you have to cook it all the way through- kinda like pork. Just though you’d want to know!
Thanks so much Jessica. I am always interested in finding out new food stuff. I find this very interesting. Sounds good to me, too.
I came across your site this morning…..via another FB buddy….Thank you, Donna! I’m a Judy also…..and come from a long line of wonderful cooks…..and the small farming communities here in California. Mom’s mother grew up in Arkansas….never met her…..but my mom put the Southern flair into her cooking….Yes, chicken dinner Sunday was a constant growing up! Thank you for this site….and I look forward to reading and cooking with you!!! <3 Judy
Hi Judy! It is always nice to meet another Judy! So happy to have you on my site and hope you enjoy the recipes and will visit often. Please suggest to your friends as well. The only reward I get is seeing my site grow and knowing people enjoy the recipes. Thank you for being here and have a great week ahead.
Thank you! I will share…and hope you have a wonderful week too!
HI Judy,
Being a southern cook, I thought maybe you could help me with a recipe. My former mother-in-law used to make the best butterscotch piies I have EVER eaten. But she never cooked with a recipe so I can’t recreate it. I know she had to have fresh butter from a farm and whole milk before all the butter fat was skimmed off. She also used some baking powder mixed up with a bit of water I think. I think she also used white sugar. When finished and ready to eat you could taste little bits of goodness that kind of reminded me of toffee bits. Some of these items are a bit sketchy since this was more than 40 years ago. This pie was pure heaven. Do you have anything similar or know how it might have been made? Thanks for whatever help you can provide.
Jayne
Sorry, I don’t have a recipe that is like what your are describing. Sounds great, too. I will look through some of my old cookbooks and see if I can find anything like it though.
Hi Jayne,
This recipe is pretty close to how my Nana used to make it:
1/2 cup(s) unsalted butter
1 1/4 cup(s) light brown sugar
1/4 cup(s) cornstarch
3 tablespoon(s) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
1 1/2 cup(s) heavy cream, cold
1/2 cup(s) milk
4 egg yolks
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
1 Baked Pie Shell
1 teaspoon(s) honey
2 tablespoon(s) confectioners’ sugar
Make the filling. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat until it begins to brown. Stir in the brown sugar. Add 1 1/2 cups hot water and whisk until the mixture comes to a boil. Continue to cook for 2 more minutes, remove from heat, and set aside. Combine the cornstarch, flour, and salt in a small bowl. Whisk in 1/2 cup each of heavy cream and milk until smooth and pour into the butter mixture. Whisk continuously, over medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil and thickens — about 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Lightly beat the egg yolks together in a medium bowl. Stream in 1/2 cup of the hot mixture while whisking the egg yolks. Whisk the egg mixture with the milk mixture in the saucepan over medium heat for 1 minute. Remove from heat, strain through a fine sieve, and stir in the vanilla. Pour into the Baked Pie Shell, and chill until set.
Make the cream topping. Beat the remaining cup of heavy cream with the honey and confectioners’ sugar to stiff peaks. Spread over the cooled pie and chill until ready to serve.
Read more: Butterscotch Pie Recipe – Country Living
Good luck!
Great Jessica! Thanks so much.
Love the site! Thanks for the great recipies!!! Happy Thanksgiving from Lexington.
Thank you so much Pam! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours and thanks for being here.
Hi there, Judy! Just dropping you a note to say a great BIG thank you from one Foodie Blog to another! Thanks to your recipe feature of 4 little Fergusons Hot Pizza Dip, I recieved an extra 203 guests today. THANK YOU so much! I really do appreciate it. I am new to the blogging world, and am still in the growing stages. I felt called to start a blog after praying for an entire year for a “Ministry” from home as I stay home with our children, and have been so blessed at how many other sisters in Christ I have found along the way.
Thanks again! Merry Christmas!
~Tonya from 4 little Fergusons
Blogging for Jesus: Chosen In Christ, Called to Influence
Tonya, Welcome to the blogging world. We are happy to have you here and your recipes all look just wonderful. I have enjoyed checking out your page and your blog. I am sure you will do well. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Judy
I’ve sent you a message before, telling you how much I enjoy your blog. You are the best ! I have collected alot of cookbooks over the years, but your blog is my go-to now ! Thanks so much !
Thank you so much Nancy. It warms my heart to hear such wonderful remarks as yours and I am so happy you enjoy the site. Thank you for being here. Have a great weekend, too.
Really do enjoy your web site. From one Kentucky girl living in South Carolina, I really do cook alot of southern dishes and love it. I usually check your blog to see if there is anything I haven’t tried yet and of course there is.
You are in my favorites.
Hi Edith! Thank you so much and I am so happy you enjoy this site and the recipes. Thank you for telling me so. Always happy to meet another Kentuckian, too. Hope you will stop by often.
Dear Southern Lady!!What a beautiful poem-it was so touching-it’s lovely to know and be proud of our roots and family history.I love your recipes and everything Southern.I live in Southern Italy so I’m a Southern lady,too!!!Look forward to many more pleasurable moments reading your wonderful page!!Bye for now lovely lady!!!
So glad I found this site.Im from Boyle County ! After my husband served 21 years in the USMC ,We returned home to Kentucky.We live in Stanford now ,his hometown.It is so small when you go out you always see someone you know ! Trees and bushes are blooming ! I look forward to your page
Vickie
Hi Vickie, Welcome to the site. I used to live in Boyle County, too, for many years. Happy to have you here.
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Love the poem. I am a Kentucky girl too. It has been a long time though – when I last lived in KY I was 24. My husband is retired from the Army and we’ve been living in WA for the past 21 years. I am nearing retirement myself and he and I are looking forward to returning to the South.
Hi Lib, Happy to have you here and always happy to meet another Kentuckian. Hope you enjoy the recipes.
Heya,
Just came across your blog through Facebook – a friend of mine is from the American south as well and ‘likes’ the page of your blog on Facebook.
I haven’t seen that much of your blog so far – but I’m intrigued.
Just thought I would leave you a message/comment. 
- Unna.
Thank you and welcome to the site. So happy to have you here and hope you find some recipes you like and will drop by often.
I am looking for a recipe for a COON HUNTERS CAKE. Do you happen to have one? Thanks Patty
Sorry Patty. I don’t have one.
Looking forwarf to your many recipes. I am myself a Southern girl who shares your many passions.
Welcome Donna! Always happy to meet another Southerner. Hope you enjoy the site and the recipes. So happy to have you as part of this blog.
Thank you for this great site!!! I am a Minnesota raised girl, living in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, but my heart and stomach are truly Southern!!! Can’t wait to try some this delicious food!!!!!!
You have a recipe for buttermilk gravy? My grandmother use to make it all the time. She passed many years ago while I was away deployed overseas in the military. Sadly I never got the recipe and before I could get all her recipes from her house there was a bad fire and the house burnt to the ground. She was from the south and she is the one who got me into cooking at the age of 3. I always loved cooking with her.
Dave, I don’t have a recipe on the blog for buttermilk gravy but I would make a roux using flour and the drippings from whatever you cooked, add a small amount of water, like 1/2 cup. Add buttermilk and bring to a boil. Cook until gravy is smooth. I hope this helps you. I don’t have an actual recipe.
Judy, being a fellow “Kentuckian” (20 yrs in East KY + 20 yrs in Lexington) I have so enjoyed your blog, I try a new recipe almost every month. “Southern” cooking is less about the ingridents and more about the effort and love poured into it, I can see that in your blog as well. Thanks for your postings and isn’t that Bybee pottery in your banner photo?
Yes Lorie, it is Bybee Pottery. I have collected it for years. Thank you so much for your comment and so happy you enjoy the recipes and are a part of my site. Have a great weekend.
A friend of mine, Karen, who is a non-Southerner has been trying to get her friends to log onto you for weeks. After I saw the rice pudding, I had to log on. I am actually a southerner of sorts, being born to southern parents and now living in the south. However, I mostly hate cooking but this rice pudding recipe looks so easy and delicious you may convert me yet!
Hi Tina, Most of my recipes are pretty easy to do and I try to give easy directions. I hope you enjoy the site and happy to have you here.
Hello – I’m from Oklahoma and I just love your website, your recipes & your Facebook posts. I recently retired and am just starting to learn how to can. Will you be posting any canning recipes? Thank you.
Hi Robbie, Happy to have you on the site. I don’t have but one recipe on the site and that is for dill pickles. Here is the link to the recipe. I used to can a lot but no longer have room for a big garden. http://thesouthernladycooks.com/2010/07/18/easy-homemade-dill-pickles/. I am also giving you a link to a fellow bloggers site that is all about canning. I hope this helps you. You can tell her I sent you if you like. Enjoy your retirement. I just love being retired. http://canninggranny.blogspot.com/
Thank you!
Hello Judy (my mothers name) I just happened on your site and I am amazed with all your recipes! My family are Virginias and we are VERY passionate about our roots and food! I see so many recipes that my mom and granny have prepared for years. Have you ever asked your granny to write down a recipe for you only to get one that states ” a dash, handful, little bit of, pinch etc.. It’s so good to see an actual recipe for all those great dishes. I’m hooked!! Thanks and keep them coming!
Angie, My mother cooked like your granny. Over the years I have tried to make her recipes and have come pretty close on a lot of them. Thank you for your kind comment. Happy to have you here. Have a great weekend.
Hello Judy, I am so happy to have found your site. I too am a Kentucky girl, born and raised in this beautiful state. I am looking forward to trying your recipes. I love the poem, as I was reading it I thought this is just like me and then when I saw you were from KY I wasn’t surprised. Happy cooking.
Judy Dyann
Love, love, love your poem and your site!!! Wonderful recipes. Being from the South myself, your site brings back so many memories. Thank you.
Hi, I nominated you for the Liebster blog award. Check out what you need to do here:
http://livingtoolarge.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/liebster-blog-award/
Thank you so much Amy. I will try to get to it. This blog and the Facebook page keep me so busy. I get hundreds of questions daily and try to answer them all. It takes forever.
What a wonderful poem and great blog. So glad to find a southern cook from Kentucky! My grandmother’s side of the family is from Alvaton, right outside of Bowling Green. I look forward to trying some of your recipes soon! Sincerely, Fred
Welcome Fred! Happy to have you on the site. Hope you enjoy the recipes and thanks for the great comment.
I love to read your blog and am certainly going to use your recipes. Thank you so much from one southern lady to another!
A big thank you for your wonderful pinterest page and fb page, and all your fabulous recipes, tips, and ideas and inspirational, truthful and southern sayings! God Bless you
Thank you Rachel! Following you back on Pinterest and happy to have you on my site. Thank you for being here. Have a great weekend.
Bless your beautiful southern heart! I am so glad to have found you! I am a midwesterner with a true southern heart. I was born and raised in SW Missouri, and was blessed enough to live several years in FL and AL. My three oldest children were born in the South and my heart lives there still. I look forward to reading all of your posts and trying your recipes. You have a wonderful weekend!
Hello
I am a newbie from the UK. I tried emailing you but it was returned ‘undeliverable’
However…
I have recently become a stay at home mum to my three teens (better late than never) and love cooking for them all. I notice that some of your recipes ask for oil, for example muffins. We don’t use oil generally in the UK for making cakes and was wondering if margarine would work? If not, then what kind of oil would you suggest, as I may be a bit restricted. We have olive oil, vegetable oil etc.
Thanking you in anticipation
Kind regards
Lynn
Hi Lynn, Vegetable oil will work in nearly all recipes asking for oil. You can also replace with butter or margarine. Have a great week and happy to have you on my site.
Hi, Ms. Judy! I just found your blog by way of Southern Bite & Stacey. I figured if he liked it, I would, too. I was right! I’m your newest subscriber. My grandmother was born in Corbin, KY & remembered going to the original Col. Sander’s restaurant (way before it was KFC!) I live in the south (AR) but am an AL native hoping to eventually move back home.
I am enjoying your recipes!! Looking forward to the future ones as well!!
Thank you so much Sabrina! Welcome to the site. Happy to have you. Hope you enjoy the recipes and will stop by often.
I love your “about the cook”. its inspiring
Thank you Cassie!
Judy,I’m from the South too! Danville,Va. & I was introduced to you from a friend in Northern Va. Your receipes are fabulous! And I look forward to them every day!
Judy, when I read about where you are from, it sounds like a little slice of heaven. I too am a southern girl, and have cooked old family recipes since my grandma sat me up on the counter top at the age of 5. My husband is an avid deer hunter so I am looking for recipes to cook with this deer meet, usually ground but sometimes neck or back straps. Please help me?? I think us southern women are truly blessed by all the means for foods we have here. Thank you so much for your website, yet another true blessing. I’ve spent 4 hours on your website alone.
But it’s all worth it.
Oh Judy, one more thing. My dear grandmother, God rest her soul….used to make this amazing apple goodie, made with applesauce or thin sliced apples, oatmeal, cinnamon and brown sugar. I was the only one in the family she ever gave the recipe to and with travel and moving all over the country and world, it somehow was lost. I would love to find a recipe that tastes just like hers, she was also an amazing southern woman. Thank you, I look forward to trying more and more of your good ole southern recipes. I’m so excited about this site, my husband now thinks I’m nuts. He loves to eat though, and especially southern cooked food, he says it’s always cooked with love.
Hi there! Just wanted to let you know that you have fans and readers in Sydney, Australia. Your food looks AMAZING! Can’t wait to try out some pie recipes……..
Have a great day
Welcome! Happy to have you on the site. There are quite a few people on here from OZ! Hope you enjoy the recipes and have a great day, too.
Hi Judy, your site is amazing. Your recipes are so easy to make and look so amazing. I will be checking out your site often. I will be trying some of your recipes for sure. Have a great day
from Canada you have become very popular. 
Do you have a cookbook in stores?
Sorry Janey, I don’t have a cookbook.
Love your Facebook posts and recipes! I’m Texan Southern and I have always liked cooking, but have just recently taken the time to enjoy it. Thanks for some great ideas.
Hey, Judy, Congratulations! I’ve nominated your blog for the Blog of the Year 2012 Award. If you desire to participate you can access your badge icon and rules here: http://cantstayoutofthekitchen.com/2012/12/06/blog-of-the-year-2012-award/
Thank you so much Teresa for thinking of me for this award. I have more than I can handle at the present time. Thanks again and have a great Christmas.
No worries, but I wanted you to have the recognition anyway! I love your blog!
I have just recently stumbled upon your website and I must say I LOVE IT!!!! Lord Have Mercy I just read the poem above and it brought tears to my eyes….It’s such a cookie cutter of my life!!! I wish you Tons of Blessings in the New Year!!!! I am now a faithful follower!!!!
Hi Terrie, So happy to have you here and thank you for your great comment. Have a wonderful New Year!
I had to take a moment to thank you for The Southern Lady Cooks. I have been following you on pinterest and have made many of my pins. I have to say they all came out wonderful and delicious. My children as well as my husband, when they ask whats for dinner they add anything from the Southern Lady. I love early in the morning seeing what post you’ve made because it gives me plenty of time to run out to pick up anything I’m missing. Keep up the excellent work!! Hugs from New Jersey…South Jersey that is
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Thank you so much Dee for such a wonderful comment. Happy to have you on my site and happy you and your family enjoy my recipes.
I AM SO EXCITED TO FIND YOUR BLOG. I LOVEEEEEEE THE SOUTH I WAS BORN IN LAUREL,MS. AND MOVED TO GULFPORT,MS. WHEN I MARRIED SO I’M A “DYED IN THE WOOL” SOUTHERNER. ALL OF YOUR RECIPES LOOK LUSCIOUS SO MANY OF WHICH I HAD FORGOTTEN. I CAN’T WAIT TO GET UP EARLY TO READ EVERY WORD AND TRY RECIPES.
THANK YOU FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY “SUTHIN” SOUL.
Thank you so much, Joyce! So happy to have you on my site. Hope you enjoy the recipes.
I just “stumbled” on your fb page and came here!! Love it!! Have already emailed a couple crock pot recipes to my son in Hawaii!!! He only has a crock pot & electric skillet, so thought they would come in handy for him!!
Just read your blog and “about” you, I have to say, I know everything that you are talking about!! I am from Texas, but my relatives came from Hazard, KY!!! Actually have a lot more over there, so hope some day to get back there to meet them all!! ha ha!!
Am looking so forward to checking out your Southern Recipes and I, too, like to cook & bake from scratch more!! Have an awesome day! <3
BJ
Judy, did you live in Franklin, NC for a while?
Never lived there, Christine.
Hi! I can’t remember how I found your blog but I do remember I saved 2 recipes: the sweat tea and the crockpot beer brats. I’m loving your recipes and enjoying the visual feast.
May I ask what the picture of the dish/recipe is on your blog header? It reminds me of fried green tomatoes, which I first saw in the movie with the same name. I remember my elder sister making it once just to try (guessing game as to the recipe since this was a time before the Internet).
You are right! It is fried green tomatoes and okra.
I just searched your blog and saw the recipe too. Thanks, I will definitely be trying this recipe. Keep on sharing your wonderful recipes!
Hi Judy, I just want to tell you how much I enjoyed your poem. I am a southern girl, born and bred. While we are from Alabama an Georgia instead of Kentucky, you captured the essence of what it means to be from any portion of the South. Memories and atmosphere I will always cherish. Just found your blog and beleive it is going to become one my favorites.
Thank you so much Joan. Happy to have you on my site.
Hi, We love Your Blog and Webpages, My Wife is from Tennessee and now lives with Me in Australia….. We love Your recipes and share the cooking
… Oh, I’m Australian lol
Take Care, hugs from Both of Us.
Thank you Pete. Happy to have you on my site and happy you enjoy the recipes and thanks so much for sharing.
I am new to your website and I’ve ‘liked’ it on Facebook. I have a question which you may have answered before; have you or will you alter your recipes for diabetics?
There may be a few recipes on the site that are suitable for diabetics but not many. If I make something and use a sugar substitute, I always say so on the post.
Hi Judy! I’m Anne’s friend Mike, and I’ve had the privilege of working with her on your new logo. Just wanted you to know I love this site and will be enjoying lots of your recipes from here on out. Thanks for sharing your experience and warm hospitality!
Hi Mike! It is so nice to meet you. I have heard so much about you from Anne. Thank you so much for your help on the logo. I just love it and appreciate all that you have done. It is great to have you on my site, too. I hope you enjoy the recipes and will check out the Facebook page. Have a great week and thanks for coming by to say hello.
Being from a long line of hillbillies as my Kentucky grandmother would have said Thank you for this wonderful site keep up the good work.
Thank you Kay for your kind comment. I appreciate it so much.
I live in West Virginia, so not too far from you and your roots. My oldest daughter went to UK so I still bleed blue! I am new to your site but everything looks and sounds really good. I am going to try your amish macaroni salad this weekend. Thanks!!
Thank you Phyllis and Happy Easter to you and your family.
hey sweet lady…heres a recipe my family loves.,.been makin it for years…think i got it from the country cook magazine… =}
Kathy Tripp
Cheese Burger Skillet Dinner
Brown 1 pound lean Hamburger in skillet.. *drain if greasy..
Mean while….Make 1 box Mac and Cheese-just as the directions say-set aside
To the browned Hamburger Add – 1 cup Assorted Frozen Veggies..*I like Corn,beans,and carrots. Also add 1/2 Cup Water, 1/4 cup Ketchup,big squeeze mustard, and big squeeze BBQ Sauce and 1/8 Tsp Onion Powder. Mix Well
After the veggies are cooked-(About 10-15 min)
… Add the Prepared Mac and Cheese, Stir.
Then Add 1/2 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese on top, when melted stir and serve.
Dear Southern Lady,
Can’t tell you how happy I am to find this site. My mama and aunt cooks the same way you do however they have never measured anything so it’s hard to cook the things they did. My family will be so proud tonight when eating your chocolate pie. It was one of their favorites.Thanks for taking the time to put your receipts on line.
Happy in GA.
It feels like I’ve come across this blog before on but upon browsing at some of the material I figured out that it’s new
for me. Anyhow, I’m definitely pleased I stumbled upon it and I’ll
be bookmarking it and checking back often.
Hey y’all I love this site and Blog! My name is Lisa and I am from a lilttle town town in Ohio named Xenia. I am not a southern girl but my granny was so I was raised like one and taught how to cook like one…..I absolutlely love your receipes they bring back so many memories……thank you for your talent and desire to do this blog site….I will be back…..God Bless ya…….bye y’all