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Collarrd Patch
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Collard Patch is a place to share old Southern and spicy Cajun recipes, memories about foods you love, and thoughts about life in the South, especially Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
Grilling, baking, barbecuing, and stewing galore!
There is everything from crawfish as fixed in New Orleans, 'coon as fixed in north Louisiana, barbecue and Mexican food as fixed in Texas, and hors d'oeuvres from the Mississippi delta.
Recent Posts
My New Job
Hello from the Collard Patch. I stopped by to tell you about my new job. It's exciting! My official title is Examiner. To be more specific, I am the Shreveport Christian Books Examiner. I've been having fun with this new assignment. I write reviews ...
How Not to Lose Your Mind Eating Venison
The following article appeared in THE BANNER of Bernice November 12, 2009:My nephew, Jameson, gave me this recipe to include in FLAVORED WITH LOVE, a book of recipes by my family members and stories about and by the cooks. Y'all will love this:Mustar...
Eating Venison During Poor Economic Times
Eating venison is a solution to having a bountiful meat supply during this time of down-turned economy.A friend of ours is preparing for a bumper crop of deer meat this year. He has planted his deer salad. The other day he went to the store and bough...
Poinsettias
Last year I bought a beautiful large red poinsettia at Sam's. For an entire year I have managed to keep it alive. Today in early November I decided I needed to repot it and rebloom it. I wish I had read earlier the article I found today. It may not b...
Growing Up Near Hot Coffee, Mississippi
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Re-Green the Green
"Have you ever noticed how easy it is to grow stuff in Louisiana?" A friend observed. "If it falls on the ground in Louisiana it will just grow!" Grass grows here. We are in the middle of the grass-growing season. Another friend could not attend...
