Fatback is exactly what it sounds like: the fat from the back of a pig. A hard fat, pork fatback can be cooked whole, sliced, diced, or even ground, and it’s used to add both moisture, fat. and flavor to a wide variety of dishes. If you’ve seen little flecks of fat in salami or mortadella, that is fatback. Fatback is also the name of a traditional dish in the South served on New Year’s Eve....
Fizzy. Sweet. Cherryish. A little bit spicy. It’s hard to describe the unique tastebud journey that is a sip of Dr Pepper. And while Southerners love to claim Coca-Cola as the designated soft drink of the South—so much so that we often call any soda a “Coke”—it turns out that Dr Pepper is just as rooted in our history and tradition as its less enigmatic counterpart. Made with 23 different flavors (of which many remain a mystery to us), Dr Pepper was founded in Waco, Texas, over 130 years ago by a pharmacist to serve in his drugstore, officially making it the nation’s oldest major soft drink....
Go ahead and quote us: Slow cookers are one of the best inventions ever. These handy little appliances mean you can be cooking up a pork roast supper while working on a plate of waffles at that cute new brunch spot a few miles away. Slow cookers mean coming home to beef-and-bean chili on a cold night, barbecue chicken when it’s raining, or returning from church to a sweet potato breakfast casserole....
It was a dream 80 years in the making. Last weekend, 101-year-old Merrill Pittman Cooper finally got his high school diploma. Cooper attended Storer College, a former high school in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, from 1934 to 1938. But his education came to an abrupt halt in his senior year, when he and his mother were forced to move to Philadelphia for “financial reasons.” According to a news release from Jefferson County Schools (JCS), Cooper’s high school curriculum included college preparatory courses in Latin, biology, history, English, and mathematics....
It’s springtime, y’all! Let’s ditch the dining room table and head outdoors. What better way to celebrate sunny skies and blooming hydrangeas than a spring picnic? Rest assured it doesn’t have to be an all-day preparation; in fact, we’re giving you a hassle-free guarantee with three easy, make-ahead recipes that are sure to become your new favorite picnic food. We suggest three courses for a picture-perfect outing, so grab your go-to wicker basket, a soft blanket, and whip up these delicious ideas....
Well, this is the cutest thing we’ve heard all week. A six-year-old girl in Pell City, Alabama, called 911 for help after suffering a toy emergency. Addie Cooper couldn’t find her Barbie doll or her Baby Shark toy, so while her mother was in the shower, she called in backup by dialing 911. After being connected to an operator, she said hello then cut right to the chase. “Some of my toys are missing,” young Addie said....
Julia Reed grew up in Greenville, Mississippi, a place she longed to return to after a successful journalism career that took her to Washington, D.C.; New York; New Orleans; and all over the globe. Her parents, Judy and Clarke Reed, still live there, but she had always fantasized about having her own home in The Delta, somewhere that she could hide out, entertain, and reconnect with her Mississippi roots. She worked with Birmingham architect James F....
This Christmas, residents of Weaverville, North Carolina, will be treated to the sound of a historic church bell that has sat silent for the past six decades. Weaverville United Methodist Church (WUMC) announced this week that the church’s bell will be rung for the first time in 60 years during Christmas Eve services. The beautiful church, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1920. A belfry and steeple were added to the building in the mid-1950s, but a crack in the bell caused it to remain silent....
Santa may have a list, but the folks at Betty Crocker have one, too. The beloved cooking resource has been helping home cooks for over a hundred years and they have been paying close attention to what recipes people have been searching for on their site. After making their list (and probably checking it twice), they are sharing the most searched for recipes from each state. The results show a combination of home chefs looking up recipes for old favorites, like the No-Bake Lemon Icebox Pie that topped the charts in Arkansas and the Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce that was the most-searched recipe in Louisiana....
Spanx never steers us wrong, and its fall and winter-ready collection of apparel is full of staples that you can dress up or down. As the temperatures get chillier and we get more inclined to just curl up inside with some hot chocolate, our wardrobes need to straddle that line between cozy enough to lounge in but polished enough for every holiday soirée that comes our way. Don’t you ever just wish you could wear your activewear set to cocktail hour?...
Jamie Willis has spent the past few years repurposing donated Christmas trees into safe, sturdy, “and not just ugly” canes for veterans. A veteran himself, eight years in the Army left Willis 100% disabled and completely unable to work. After the 50-year-old Texan deemed the flimsy cane given to him by the VA untrustworthy, he turned to Free Canes for Veterans for a more stylish walking aid. The Florida-based organization happened to be out of canes at the time, so founder and fellow vet Oscar Morris taught Willis how to make his own....
Who needs a hug? After nearly two years of social distancing and waves from afar, guests will soon be able to get close to Mickey, Minnie, and other Disney characters for photos, autographs, and even hugs at Florida’s Walt Disney World and Disneyland in California. Disney Parks announced Thursday that traditional character greetings are returning “as early as April 18” to both parks, Disney Cruise Line, and Disney’s Aulani Resort in Hawaii....
Exceptionally sad news out of the Outer Banks this morning. Charlie, this first foal born to the Corolla wild horse herd this season, died “very suddenly” yesterday afternoon. According to a Facebook post from the Corolla Wild Horse Fund (CWHF), the young colt showed “no sign of illness, struggle, or distress.” “He was with his parents by the fire station in Carova around 4 p.m.,” the nonprofit explains. “Security camera footage showed that he seemed completely fine, walking right next to his mom at 4:13....
A confused whitetail buck gave new meaning to the term “Thanksgiving break” when it broke into a Springfield, Tennessee, elementary school on the day before teachers and students left for the holiday last week. The young buck busted through an emergency exit door at Westside Elementary School sometime after school hours on Nov. 22 and then got trapped inside. The next morning, a teacher was surprised to find a new four-legged student had shown up early for class....
Delta has made it possible for the late, great Vince Dooley to accompany the Georgia football team to the National Championship in California next week. The Atlanta-based airline commemorated the life and legacy of the legendary coach with the dedication of a Boeing 767-400 featuring a memorial seal in his honor on Tuesday. The dedication ceremony was attended by CEO Ed Bastian as well as fellow Delta leaders—and UGA alumni—Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Tim Mapes and Chief Customer Experience Officer Allison Ausband....
The next time you’re strolling through the most magical place on earth, keep an eye out for what you’re not seeing. It’s not sleight of hand, but a slightly magical paint that makes unsightly items almost disappear. Disney World uses a lot of tricks to make each visit to the park feel extra special. That extends from MagicBands to nightly fireworks displays to vanquishing mosquitos, making Mermaid Donuts, and even to a specially designed paint color that helps hide the less-than-magical parts of the theme park while you amble past castles....
In the early months of living during the pandemic, we’ll be the first to admit our baking quests were quite ambitious. Sourdough? Sign us up. Luscious layer cakes? Yes, please. Scratch-made birthday cakes? We wouldn’t have it any other way. But now, as our ambition — and patience — wears off, we’ve sought our dessert fix with no-fail recipes we can put together without much effort. (These four-ingredient peanut butter cookies have been calling our names again and again....
People can’t get enough of the Smoky Mountains, especially the so-called gateway to it all: Gatlinburg, Tennessee. And now the east Tennessee town has been crowned number one in Tripadvisor’s trending destinations in the U.S. list for 2021. Of course, the coronavirus pandemic kept many folks at home this year so far and last, but it certainly hasn’t stopped people from daydreaming about their next, spectacular getaway, whenever the time is right....
You may put off cleaning your dishwasher for weeks (ahem, months) when you know it needs it, but now you have no excuse. All you need to get your dishwasher as good as new is a spare packet of Kool-Aid Unsweetened Lemonade. That’s right, Kool-Aid, the beloved flavored drink should also serve as an MVP in your cleaning arsenal. As Huffington Post explains, you’ll first need to make sure your dishwsher is totally empty....
Get ready for a night of hilarious banter! The Country Music Association (CMA) and ABC have announced that two-time CMA Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan and NFL icon Peyton Manning are joining forces to host this year’s CMA Awards. “Being a part of such a historical night that honors my peers and Country Music is such a privilege,” Bryan said in a statement. “When I was asked if Peyton Manning was someone I would consider co-hosting with, I didn’t hesitate....
