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Estelle’s Corn Salad Recipe

Estelle’s Corn Salad Recipe

Estelle’s Corn Salad Recipe Estelle Pillow is Connie Thompson’s younger sister (the one she talks to on the phone all the time in More Things in Heaven in Earth.) Well, in Each Shining Hour, she is moving back to Watervalley and believe you me…she is large and in charge. She has a PhD in chemistry, […]

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Watervalley’s Best Tomato Pie

Watervalley’s Best Tomato Pie

Hey, Everybody! Lida Wilkins here. It seems like in summertime everything has tomatoes in it. Well, everything except cereal. Starting in June, we start fixing Tomato Pie down at the Depot Diner and I swear you’d think people would get tired it. But noooooo. Here is it September and people still ask for it everyday. […]

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Lida Wilkins’ Roasted Tomatoes and Grits

Lida Wilkins’ Roasted Tomatoes and Grits

  “In the South, we love our grits. If the rest of the world tried them, they’d love them too. It could be the foundation for world peace. In the Carolinas they make shrimp and grits. Tennessee is short on shrimp, but we have lots of tomatoes. Down at the Depot Diner, we make this […]

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Connie’s Truly Southern Chess Pie

Connie’s Truly Southern Chess Pie

“Chess pie is Southern and simple – flour, sugar, eggs, butter. I add a couple of extras to give it some zing. Enjoy, and be sure to bless it before you eat!” Connie   Preheat oven to 300 degrees. -1/2 cup butter, melted -1 tablespoon white vinegar or 1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (if you’re out […]

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