Blog – Page 2 – Classic Country Foods

Peach Ice Cream

admin 2017-12-20T13:52:30+00:00 August 20th, 2017|Recipes, Stan's Tall Tales|

Forget the mixes you see in the Grocery Store… you gotta make it from scratch. Them things all taste [...]

admin 2018-01-23T13:10:33+00:00 July 20th, 2017|Recipes, Stan's Tall Tales|

You can be pretty dang sure you are hard core Country when your favorite Summer food is a Summer [...]

admin 2018-01-23T13:08:48+00:00 June 2nd, 2017|Seasons, Stan's Tall Tales|

In October, 1959, I was 23 years old, one year out of the Navy, and back in the Ozarks. [...]

admin 2017-12-20T13:41:30+00:00 May 20th, 2017|Stan's Tall Tales|

In 1940, when we moved from Kansas City to Springfield, Missouri, I had my first taste of freedom. My first [...]

admin 2018-01-23T13:06:44+00:00 May 20th, 2017|Seasons|

Fruit butters are special treats in the world of preserves. The process to make a butter takes longer than [...]

admin 2017-12-20T14:25:15+00:00 April 20th, 2017|Recipes|

This recipe is based on my Aunt Janis Thornburg’s traditional cake that she made for a family reunion in [...]

admin 2017-12-20T12:56:00+00:00 March 20th, 2017|Recipes|

This Chiles Rellenos Casserole recipe is one my sister’s, Joanne Sharps and it is the “go to” side dish [...]

admin 2018-01-25T09:05:07+00:00 February 20th, 2017|Stan's Tall Tales|

Winter, 1945-The Ozarks My Grandma Effie Johnson, sweet, tender, gentle woman, maker of the best Pineapple Meringue Pie I [...]

admin 2018-01-23T08:05:06+00:00 January 19th, 2017|Recipes|

Serves 6 By Mary Jane Thornburg When my sister, Mary Jane and I get together the rest of the [...]