Cooking, Southern style

Remembering when friends were over to spend the night, company was in for birthdays and holidays, mother's canasta club meeting once a month and company for the Germantown Fair, the aroma from the kitchen and those wonderful meals my mother prepared always come to mind. She also had many entries in the Floral Hall exhibit at the fair each summer and prized her collection of blue ribbons on transparent tarts, beaten biscuits, pecan pie, homemade bread and rolls, her moist jam cake, yummy cherry preserves, yeast donuts and a variety of homemade pickles and preserves.