Posted on Saturday,September,19,2009 by bamasteelmagnolia
This little scene captured my eye the other day when Tall & Handsome and I were passing by on US 411. It just leaves me with one thing to say…Who says we don’t take Freedom and Liberty seriously around here in these parts? It decorates some of our lawns…
Yard of the Free…
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Posted on Wednesday,February,25,2009 by bamasteelmagnolia
Today I’m serving on the menu over at The BamaSteelMagnolia’s(TM) Bistro a recipe for Red Velvet Cake Made Easy. This cake is a Southern perninnal favorite and I’ve made it for years from scratch.
This new recipe is a quick and easy recipe I’ve adapted using some low-fat products. I also include a little background on [...]
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Posted on Friday,August,8,2008 by bamasteelmagnolia
Elephant on the Roof…or Storm in
My Hair
Part Two
By Beverly Hicks Burch
If you missed Part One…you can catch it here…
For years I was my family’s advanced warning system when it came to storms…in other words it took me a while to recover from the experience of Memorial Day Weekend 1973…the tornado that hit [...]
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Posted on Friday,April,25,2008 by bamasteelmagnolia
Kung Pau USA
By Beverly Hicks Burch
Tell the children to leave the room. Their eyes just may be too young and tender to read and accept the following…the Fortune Cookie is not Chinese. If you travel to mainland China, good chances are, you will have a hard time finding a fortune cookie. In Hong Kong [...]
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Posted on Wednesday,October,24,2007 by bamasteelmagnolia
Ouch
By Beverly Hicks Burch
Tag sale…yard sale…car boot sale…garage sale…rummage sale…what ever you may want to call it, Tall & Handsome and I have just survived our first one together. We held it at the end of a rather hectic week of getting ready for this move. Yes, “the” move.
It seems like this move has [...]
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Posted on Wednesday,July,11,2007 by bamasteelmagnolia
You Don’t Say
By Beverly Hicks Burch
I am a hard sell. I don’t know if it’s the Scotch-Irish in me, or a touch of Cherokee. It could even be the frugal German. Better yet, a throw back to the East Tennessee Mountain roots that run deep through my veins. They were hardy, independent, self-reliant stock. [...]
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