Food So Good That Even Oprah Winfrey Absolutely Loved
It!
Foods Of The Southland
Published by Dave Franks (former cook
to Alex Haley)
Hello,
I'm Dave Franks. I was born 77 years ago. I started
helping to cook when I was 5 or 6, and I have done a lot since
then. I was just the average guy, helping out in the kitchen,
for many years.
Then, after flying in Vietnam, and getting shot at going and
coming, I decided to get out in 1969. I opened a donut
shop in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. I expanded to a full bakery,
then to full restaurants and a wholesale food business and later
a grocery store.
Needless to say, I had too many irons in the fire at one
time, so I got rid of all of it and started working for my good
friend Alex Haley.
Working for Alex I got to meet and cook for a lot of famous
people. Just to name a few: OPRAH WINFREY, LOUIS
GOSSETT, Jr., MYRA ANGELIA, and Senator LAMAR
ALEXANDER.
I only cook for the fun of it now. I have a cook-out kitchen
that is on wheels. I can Bar-B-Que 24 12lb. Boston
Butts at a time. I can deep-fry cat fish, chicken wings,
hush puppies, okra and taters all at the same time and just
for the fun of it. NOT FOR HIRE.
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"Was I surprised when I found
your cook book. Years ago I over heard Alex Haley tell
the producer of roots that he was trying to get you
to write a cook book at a cook out at his show place
in Clinton. Tn. I don’t know if you remember but
it was a cook out For over a hundred and you were cooking
in old cast iron wash pots there must have been 8 or
10 of them all of them going at once.
I was sitting on a bail of hay behind them and over
heard Alex tell him that You was the only person that
He knew of that could do that.
I am very pleased with Your book and know that Alex
would be proud of it also. I hope to see You at the
fall Festival at the museum of the Appalachia in Norris
this Year
Carol - Oak Ridge , Tn." |
Here's hoping you enjoy our book.
Here are some of the recipes you'll find in this
amazing cookbook (listed alpahbetically). Where you see a recipe
listed more than once, that means that I gave you more than
one version of that recipe.
1234 Cake
Ambrosia
Apple Cobbler
Apple Pie
Apple Sauce Cake
Apple Stack Cake
Baby Link Sausage
Baked Apples
Baked Beans with Apples and Pork
Baked Beans
Baked Ham
Banana Cream Pie
Banana Muffins
Banana Pudding
Bar-B-Q (real)
Bar-b-q Beans
Bar-B-Q Beans
Bar-b-q
BBQ Chicken
BBQ Ribs (easy)
BBQ Sauce
BBQ Sauce
Bean Dip
Beef Gravy
Beef Ribs
Beef Stew
Beet Salad
Biscuits
Black Eyed Peas
Blackberry Jam Cakes
Boiled Cabbage
Boiled Okra
Boiled Shrimp
Bread Pudding
Breakfast Casserole
Broccoli Casserole
Broiled Fish
Brownies
Buffalo Wings Sauce
Buffalo Wings
Butter Cookies
Cabbage & Ham
Cabbage & Ham
Cabbage Casserole
Cabbage Rolls
Cake Icing
Candied Sweet Taters
Caramel Cake
Caramels
Carrot & Apple Salad
Carrot Cake
Cat Head Biscuits
Catfish (fried)
Catfish smoked dip)
Catsup
Cheese Balls
chess Pie
Chicken (oven roaster)
Chicken Delight
Chicken Delight
Chicken Gravy
Chicken Gumbo
Chicken Livers
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken
Chili & Chips
Chili (chicken)
Chili
Chipped Beef
Chocolate Butter Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Fudge Icing
Chocolate Fudge
Chow Chow
Clam Chowder
Cocktail Sauce
Coconut Custard Pie
Coconut Pie
Cold Slaw (easy)
Cold Slaw
Collard Greens
Corn Pudding
Corn Pudding
Cornbread Dressing
Cornbread
Cornmeal Cookies
Country Ham
Crab Cakes
Crab Salad
Crackling Bread
Deep Fried Turkey
Deviled Eggs
Devils' Food Cake
Diabetic Cranberry Preserves
Diabetic Ice Cream
Dilled Green Beans
Dirty Rice
Dump Cake
Egg Custard Pie
Egg Salad
Fish Batter
Fish In A Net
Fish Meal
Fresh Coconut Cake
Fried Apple Pies
Fried Cabbage
Fried Chicken
Fried Corn
Fried Cornbread
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Rabbit
Funnel Cakes
Giblet Gravy
Gingerbread Cookies
Gingerbread Men
Gingerbread
Gravy
Green Beans
Grits
Gumbo Okra
Ham & Biscuits
Ham Salad
Hawaiian Sweet Tater Pudding
Homemade Ice Cream
Hoppin' John
Horse Radish & Cheese Spread
Hot Apple Cider
Hot Chocolate
Humming Bird Cake
Hushpuppies
Jambalaya
Key Lime Pie
Lasagna
Lemon Cookie Bars
Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon Velvet Cake
Light & Fluffy Chocolate Icing
Live & Onions
Mac-n-Cheese
Marinate
Mashed Sweet Taters
Mashed Taters With Cheese
Meat Loaf
Meringue
Mississippi Mud Pie
NO Bake Lemon Pie
No Sugar Added Pumpkin Pie
Non-alcoholic Bloody Mary
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Oyster Casserole
Oyster Stew
Peach Cobbler
Peach Cobbler
Peanut Brittle
Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut Butter Fudge
Peanut Butter Fudge
Peanut Butter Krispies
Peanut Butter Pie
Pecan Pie
Pickled Green Beans
Pickled Okra
Pie Crust
Pig In A Quilt
Pig On A Blanket
Pimento Cheese
Pineapple & Cream Cheese
Poke Greens
Poke Salad Greens
Popcorn Balls
Pork Chops & Sauerkraut
Pork Chops
Pork Chops
Pork Ribs
Pork Tenderloin
Pork
Potato Soup
Pound Cake With or Without Sugar
Pound Cake
Pralines
Prime Rib
Pumpkin Cake
Pumpkin Pie
Raisin Drop Cookies
Raisin Pie
Red Beans & Rice
Red Eye Gravy
Ribs
Rum Cake
Salad Cabbage
Sauce Ham
Sauce Meatloaf
Sauerkraut & Smoked Sausage
Sausage & Sausage Gravy
Sausage-n-Gravy
Scalded Cornbread
Scalloped Taters
Shrimp (fried)
Shrimp (spicy)
Shrimp Boil
Shrimp Dip
Shrimp Gumbo
Smoked Catfish Spread
Smoked Catfish
Snow Cream
Soup BBQ
Soup Ham And Potato
Soup Pinto Bean
Soup Turkey And Rice
Soup Vegetable
Soup White Bean
Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
Southwestern Cornbread
Spanish Omelet
Spanish Rice
Spice Cake Frosting
Spice Cake
Spiced Nuts
Split Pea Soup
Springtime Delight
Stewed Okra & Tomatoes
Stewed Tomatoes
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Sugar Free Egg Nog
Sugar Free Punch
Swamp Cabbage
Sweet & Sour Sauce
Sweet Dill Okra
Sweet Onion Casserole
Sweet Tater Pie
Sweet Tater Pudding
Tarter Sauce
Tater Salad
Tea Cakes
Tea
Tuna Casserole
Turkey Gravy
Turkey
Twice Baked Taters
Watermelon Rind Preserves
Whipped Cream
Wilted Lettuce
Yeast Rolls
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"I have a stack of cook books
I guess I am what You call a collector of cook books.
I will glance through them once and place them on a
shelf and very seldom go back to them again. But when
I found Foods Of The Southland I read
it like a book a lot of history in it.
There are a lot of kids that are my sons age that are
getting married. This cook book makes a great wedding
gift . It is the only one that I would give. You made
a statement that every Kitchen master needs this book
. I do agree with that. You seem to know bar-b-q like
the back of your hand. I saw on one of your recipes
at Post @ chitterlings . com that made reference to
Vol. 2 are you making another volume. Carmon -Kodak
, Tn."
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There are over 250 delicious recipes in our book. Recipes
that go back over 100 years. Alex Haley was on
to me to write a cook book. He was at my house
for supper just 3 days before he passed away. He called
back and told my wife to get me started on it and that he was
going to write a outline and (quote) put his two bits worth
in it. Needless to say He did not make it back.
It's only $19.95 plus $4.95 shipping and handling.
All orders are shipped IMMEDIATELY so you will have your cookbook
in only 2-3 days!
Marketed by Willie Crawford In Partnership
With Dave Franks
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