Sharpen Your Southern Roots!

Here's some things to Sharpen Your Southern Roots Ya'll! (Some might be considered Red Neck, but, you still know these or won't admit you do!)

1. Lyrics To Sweet Home Alabama

Big wheels keep on turning,carry me home to see my kinsinging songs about the southland.I miss ole bamy once again and I think it's a sin. Yes.Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her.Well, I heard ole Neil put her down.Well, I hope Neil Young will remembera southern man don't need him around anyhow.Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue.Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor. Oooh hoo hoo.Now we all did what we could do.Now Watergate does not bother me.Does your conscience bother you, tell the truth.Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue.Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampersand they ve been known to pick a song or two.Lord, they get me off so much,they pick me up when I'm feeling blue, now how about you.Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue.Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.Sweet home Alabama where the skies are so blue.Sweet home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you.

2. Lyrics to Free Bird

If I leave here tomorrowWould you still remember me? For I must be travelling on, now,cause theres too many places Ive got to see.But, if I stayed here with you, girl,Things just couldnt be the same.cause Im as free as a bird now,And this bird you can not change.Lord knows, I cant change.Bye, bye, its been a sweet love.Though this feeling I cant change.But please dont take it badly,cause lord knows Im to blame.But, if I stayed here with you girl,Things just couldnt be the same.Cause Im as free as a bird now,And this bird youll never change.And this bird you can not change.Lord knows, I cant change.Lord help me, I cant change.

3. Recipe for Southern Biscuits

Southern Biscuits Recipe Ahhhhh, hot, flaky biscuits right from the oven. It takes a little practice, but you can easily make these delicious breakfast favorites.Southern Biscuits

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour

2 tablespoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

pinch of salt

3 oz. Crisco shortening (3 oz is just under 1/2 cup)

1 cup buttermilk

Southern Biscuits Directions

1. Combine the dry ingredients. Gently kneed (cut) in the shortening until the mixture looks like "meal" (a very course powder)

2. Add the buttermilk, stirring GENTLY until a dough starts to form.

3. When you get a "sticky" dough ball, turn out on board, flour lightly, and form a flat mass. Cut out the biscuits with a biscuit cutter.

4. Place the biscuits on a cookie sheet and then into a 400-degree preheated oven. Bake until tops are a golden brown (about 10-12 minutes).Yields 8-10 biscuits according to the size of biscuit cutter you use.

Tip 1: If you do not have a biscuit cutter, check your drinking glasses for one with the diameter the size you want your biscuits. While not the preferred tool, it will work.

Tip 2: Obtaining the correct consistency of the dough takes a little practice. Just add the buttermilk a little at a time and watch for the dough to form as you stir. You may be tempted to add too much flour to prevent the dough sticking to your hands. Don't! It should be light, puffy and sticky when you take it out of the mixing bowl. You can sprinkle lightly with flour after it is on your board to prevent sticking. Don't over flour.

Tip 3: Do NOT handle the dough any more than necessary. Over handling will make tough biscuits. When you turn the dough out on your board, try to double the dough over on itself only three times while flattening it out.

Tip 4: Use buttermilk rather than regular milk. If you do not have buttermilk, you can make a substitute by adding 1 tsp white vinegar in 1 cup regular milk. Stir and allow to sit for 1 minute before use.

Tip 5: Make sure to preheat the oven. Never start your biscuits in a cold oven.

Tip 6: When cutting out the biscuits, push straight down and back up with the biscuit cutter. Do not push down and "twist" or turn the biscuit cutter. This can cause uneven cooking and flat biscuits.

Tip 7: If you want fluffy biscuits, leave a 2" space between the biscuits on the cookie sheet. If you want crispier biscuits, place the biscuits with their sides touching.

4. HOW TO MAKE GRITS:

Ingredients
2 cups water
1 1/4 cups milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup quick-cooking grits, not instant (I use Quaker)
1/4 cup butter
Directions
1In a small pot, bring water, milk, and salt to a boil.
2Slowly stir grits into boiling mixture.
3Stir continuously and thoroughly until grits are well mixed.
4Let the pot return to a boil, cover pot with a lid, lower the temperature, and cook for approximately 30 minutes stirring frequently.
5Add more water if necessary.
6Grits are done when they have the consistency of stiff cream of wheat.
7Stir in butter.
8Serve with additional butter on top of each portion, or serve with fruit or with a savory meal.

5. HOW TO MAKE FRIED CHICKEN

Ingredients
3 quarts water 1 tablespoon salt 1 (2- to 2 1/2-pound) broiler-fryer, cut up 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 cups vegetable oil 1/4 cup bacon drippings
PreparationCombine water and 1 tablespoon salt in a large bowl; add chicken. Cover and chill 8 hours. Drain chicken; rinse with cold water, and pat dry.
Combine 1 teaspoon salt and pepper; sprinkle half of pepper mixture evenly over chicken. Combine remaining pepper mixture and flour in a large freezer bag. Place 2 pieces of chicken in bag; seal. Shake to evenly coat. Remove chicken, and repeat procedure with remaining chicken, 2 pieces at a time.
Combine vegetable oil and bacon drippings in a 12-inch cast-iron skillet or chicken fryer; heat to 360°. Add chicken, a few pieces at a time, skin side down. Cover and cook 6 minutes; uncover and cook 9 minutes.
Turn chicken pieces; cover and cook 6 minutes. Uncover and cook 5 to 9 minutes, turning pieces during the last 3 minutes for even browning, if necessary. Drain on paper towels.
Note: For best results, keep the oil temperature between 300° to 325° as you fry the chicken. Also, you may substitute 2 cups buttermilk for the saltwater solution used to soak the chicken pieces. Proceed as directed.

6. Sweet Tea!

7. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America,and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible,With Liberty and Justice for all.

8. The Blessing

Southern: Sense of Family, Friends, Country, Church