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Perfect Potatoes a.k.a. Sentimental Spuds

6/30/11 6:48pm by syrupandbiscuits
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As a writer, I rely heavily on my memory to help me make connections between food, my past and my heritage.  Or maybe it’s more likely that I depend on food to help me make connections between my memories, my heritage and the present.  What I am sure of is that food memories are powerful.    Whether the memory is triggered by sight, smell, feel or taste, it can be as strong as a lightening bolt and jar a memory that may have been hidden for years.  Read more >

The Life Within a Southern Tea Cake

6/27/11 5:17pm by syrupandbiscuits
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The old-fashioned tea cake served as  a  treat for generations of Southerners prior to commercialized bakeries.   They could be baked up by the dozens with simple ingredients that were usually on hand:  flour, sugar, eggs, butter, milk and, if you were really lucky, vanilla extract.  This unpretentious treat was representative of the simple, hard luck times that befell so many residents of the rural south.  It was easy and quick and that appealed to hard-working, poverty-stricken families who looked for every way they could to scratch out a living.  Read more >

The Little Girl Who Wanted to Be a Mommy: A Modern Fairy Tale

6/26/11 6:36pm by syrupandbiscuits
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Today we celebrated Amy’s birthday even though her birthday was a week ago.  Our family members could coordinate and harmonize their calendars better today than last Sunday.  A celebration can take place anytime plus I firmly ascribe to the ‘birthday zone”  theory.  A birthday is really too special to confine the revelry to just one day.  Read more >

Toad-in-the-hole

3/1/11 6:33am by syrupandbiscuits
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 Good morning from the land of Syrup and Biscuits. Girl Scout cookies are on sale and I always think about my experiences as a Brownie and Girl Scout this time of the year. Here's a quick breakfast dish that I learned in Girl Scouts.  Read more >

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Full Name
Jackie Garvin
Member Since
February 2011
About Me: 

Being born and raised in Alabama and entrenched in southernism was a gift. It gave me an identity. I am part of a culture that embraces gracious hospitality, manners, love of God and country, frugality, family values and good honest food. That’s who I am and that’s what I’m all about. A career move in 1985 brought my husband, two daughters and me from Mobile, Alabama to Tampa, Florida. Mobile is a southern city that has retained its southern personality. Tampa is a city located in the southern part of the United States that doesn’t have a southern personality. While raising our children in Tampa, it was important to me that I teach them about southern culture and their heritage. They don’t have my accent, but they are Southerners. I’m proud of that.

Since retirement in April 2009, l have busied myself with doing anything I wanted to and nothing I didn’t want to. My days are filled with writing my first cookbook, “Apron Strings”, maintaining my foodblog, Syrup and Biscuits (http://syrupandbiscuits.wordpress.com), gardening, enjoying grandchildren, family and my husband. Life is good. I always knew that.

You can find me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Syrup-and-Biscuits/153548271368279 and Twitter at @syrupnbiscuits.

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retired
Location: 
Valrico, FL
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