This forum has been to inactive, so for the heck of it...the menu...
Ham shank with root beer and brown sugar glaze
Shrimp and Grits
Green bean casserole
Field peas with snaps
Hash Browns
My kids love the pineapple and cherries after they're roasted on the ham.
Grits are usually prepared with water, these were made with milk and butter, so they were MUCH richer, then the shrimp..nothing special, just some butter and spices.
Instead of milk+cream of mushroom, I made the green bean casserole with duxelle and sour cream/cream cheese. Duxelle is a fancy word for sweated-down, chopped mushrooms and onions. It was excellent this way, and I garnished with house made fried onions instead of the weird store-bought kind.
Field peas with snaps...kind of like black-eyed peas. Hey...what do you want, it's the south.
Just cubed gold potatoes, cooked in a skillet with butter and seasoned salt. Perfect with the ham in my opinion.