Fried Squash

Tonight my husband requested one thing when I asked "what do ya want for dinner?" His reply, "I'd love to have some fried squash" Instead of telling him I didn't know what I was doing, I decided to just go for it... I mean really, how hard can this be?  Actually kinda tricky. 

I love my grandmothers fried squash and I remember watching her make it once, and noticed she used cornmeal.  Since I have never bought cornmeal in my life, I decided to use some fish fry mix I had in my pantry. First I poured the pouch out into a plate, then I thinly sliced my squash.  I took my large skillet out and placed it on the burner. Scooped out two big spoonfuls of Crisco, and waited til they heated up (med-high heat) and melted.  After the crisco was fully melted, rolled around each slice of squash in the cornmeal mixture, coated on both sides and placed in frying pan.  Once the squash gets the desired color on bottom, flip over until 2nd side is also brown. Then take out of pan with fork and put on a paper towel (on a plate), this drains off excess grease.

While I was cooking tonight, I caught myself saying something I NEVER thought I'd say, "honey, I'll get it in a minute, I got my hand in the fryer!"

Southern Bread

Southern Bread is a blog I am writing to document my journey through southern cooking and living.  I was born and raised in Small Town, North Carolina, and although I was raised in the south.  My way of living was not typical Southern living or Country living.  My family ate takeout every night, we had a lawn boy to mow our yard, bought our canned goods at the local grocer and never went hunting, fishing, camping or hiking. We never had a garden, never did any canning, and didn't cook at home enough to know how to fry anything.

When I was 21, I started dating my next door neighbor... soon there became a running joke in my family and his, that even though we were raised across the street from one another, we were from two completely different worlds.  I was from the "city" and he was from the "country".  In the past 6 years I have taught myself how to cook (with the help of Rachel Ray), I have became pretty good at fishing, and planted my first garden.

Also in the past 6 years several things have changed, we got married, had a daughter, who is now 2, and are getting ready to purchase our first home.  Since our wants and our needs keep growing we have decided that we need to use our resources more so we can go out less and save more dough.  Which brings me back to my Southern Bread Blog. I have decided to document my journey of Southern Living... Join me won't you. Hope you enjoy!