Everyone who knew Norma Jean McQueen Haydel knew that shes a supreme cook and that she was the steward of the McQueen family recipes. But she didnt measure when she cooked. Or write things down.
Norma Jeans brother Horace got to worrying about this. He cooked, too, but his repertoire wasnt as vast as Norma Jeans. So he began bothering her about writing down how she made her many dishes.
I didnt want Norma Jeans recipes, or our Mamas recipes, to be lost. We have kids coming. And other folks love to eat at my sisters table, too.
So the two got busy recording their treasured family recipes from the South. This collection of more than 250 dishes includes their best ones. This is food you will absolutely enjoy, said Horace. Traditional, full of marvelous flavor, enhanced old-timeys.
Norma Jean and Horace put together the full line-up: crawfish bisque, poblano cream soup, wilted spinach salad, smothered pork ribs, zesty broasted chicken, baked catfish, cajun rice jambalaya, stuffed cornbread, five-flavor pound cake, margarita pie, and on and on.
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