My wife saw a clip of the movie and I’ve seen Steel Magnolia’s twice and I totally missed this scene I guess. We thought it was funny when she said she served it with ice cream to cut the sweetness.
Steel Magnolias is a Southern staple, and, obviously, so is Dolly Parton. Truvy's (Dolly Parton's character) Cuppa Cuppa Cuppa Cake is about as easy as it gets. Simply mix together flour, sugar, and fruit cocktail, and bake until golden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m66fBLU_fk
I LOVE peach cobbler with ice cream. We do have our own recipe though. It was given to us years ago by one of the sweetest ladies at a church we went to at the time. I personally wouldn’t want to use fruit cocktail because they sometimes use less than ideal fruit and the pears are almost always not the best.
Peach Cobbler
Ingredients:
1 stick (8 tbsps) butter - salted
1 cup sugar
1 cup self-rising flour
or
1 cup regular flour with 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 29 oz. can sliced peaches in heavy syrup
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350.
Melt butter in microwave. Pour butter onto a deep baking dish (12 x 7 1/2 x 2). Mix sugar and flour well and pour in milk while whisking to prevent any lumps. Pour flour mixture over butter in dish. DO NOT stir.
Spoon peaches on top and pour syrup gently on top after peaches. DO NOT stir.
Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, until top is beginning to brown.
Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
That looks delicious! I can feel my blood sugar already spiking my glucose meter... I always enjoyed watching Steel Magnolias and I knew Southern women that mirrored those characters.
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DeleteI grew up here in the South and I LOVE southern women and foods. My grandmother on my father's side could take anything you brought her and made it finger-lickin' good. Every one of her kids, men included, had to spend time in the kitchen with her and they all have her skills. If I hadn't grown up with hyperthyroidism, I would have been a very fat child.
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That was some funny shit right thar Karl
DeleteGonna have to try that this weekend.
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If you love peaches and cobbler, you'll love this recipe. I might make one suggestion that's not in the recipe but it should be. If the peaches are large slices, you might want to cut them in half. If large chunks of peaches don't bother you, make no changes.
DeleteAnd where it says, "Do Not Stir" ... Do Not Stir. It makes a difference.
I didn't exactly grow up in the south, my dad joined the US Navy in 1951 in time for the Korean war. Dad was 17 when he joined in 1950, they still had enlisted pilots then, he wanted to become one, but his eyesight failed him. In 1960 he went off on a nine-month carrier cruise around the world as an avionics technician on F3H Demon jet fighters. When he came home, he got orders to go back out to sea. My mom balked at that, so he crossed into the Air Force, they took one look at his Navy avionics experience, and put him on their biggest avionics headache of the day, the F-106 Delta Dart, but sent him to Duluth MN, the school system tried to tell us we didn't have to say "ma'am or sir," dad made it clear their job was to teach the three Rs, not sabotage his home training. It took decades for me to thaw out from that place.
ReplyDeleteDad was born in Lyons Georgia, among his assignments was a stint with a Navy Heavy Attack squadron at what was then NAS Sanford. That's where he met my mom, north Florida and south Georgia are nearly indistinguishable. I was born at the Naval Ordnance Test Station China Lake California and lived there, San Diego and San Francisco all by the time I was three. From there, we moved to Duluth Minnesota, to Colorado, back to Florida, Colorado again, and Langley Virginia. Our dad was a true Cold Warrior. I live in Warner Robins Georgia now, my heritage is southern by the Grace of God. Nearby Lane Packing Company has Peach Cobbler and ice cream made fresh (when in season) and they're world famous for it. I haven't eaten there yet, but it's on my Bucket List My mom used to make over medium eggs the way Lewis Grizzard described his mom cooking them. The yolk wasn't runny, it kinda crawled. I did resurrect my mom's Milkyway cake and entered a Christmas party baking contest against about 50 entries by women and snagged first place, the ladies were not pleased, they were even less pleased when I said women are cooks, men are chefs. I also made a big hit with a sweet potato cheese cake!
You don't mention if you decided on a military path but I want to thank your father for his service. Sounds like he had a good career and took advantage of their travel package. (Haha.)
Delete"Ma'am" and "sir" are truly southern. My parents required it also when conversing with anyone who could be considered an adult.
Sounds like you do have southern bona fide's including the cooking. Most southern men my age did seem to do pretty well in the kitchen and the grill.
Unlike most southerners, I did NOT inherit the gene that enjoys sweet potatoes.
Thank you for the outstanding comment and the visit, Dave.