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We are Karen and Emily, a mother and daughter from Arkansas. We love the people, food, and places of the south and look forward to sharing them with you here! From the well-known to the obscure come with us as we explore the southern states.
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Easy Chicken Taco Soup
This easy chicken taco soup is one of those recipes I come back to over and over again when I need something fast and filling. I have been making it for years, and most of the time I can pull it together without even taking a trip to the grocery store! It comes together with…
Hey y’all! We are Karen and Emily!
We are a mother and daughter from Arkansas. We love to explore, eat at hole in the wall restaurants, meet interesting people, visit small towns, and get out in nature. We started Somewhere Down South in order to have a place to share the food, people, places, and stories of the southern US.
Our goal is for you to come along with us as we strive to experience and understand one of the most unusual, complicated, quirky, misinterpreted, difficult, underrated, and beautiful areas of the United States.
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Southern Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Topping
If you ask me, sweet potato casserole is basically dessert that somehow got invited to sit at the dinner table. This sweet potato casserole with pecan topping recipe even has a buttery, crumbly pecan streusel to finish it off. And yet, in true Southern fashion we proudly serve it right alongside the turkey and dressing…
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Classic Southern Cornbread Dressing
My husband and I have been married for over 40 years, and we spent our very first Thanksgiving as a married couple with his big, extended family. That’s when I realized that his grandmother, who everyone called Mama Jo, made the very best Southern cornbread dressing that I had ever tasted. Don’t tell my mom…but it…
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Smoked Turkey Dip (aka Turkey Crack) – The BEST Way to Use Leftover Turkey
There is a restaurant in Arkansas called Burge’s that specializes in smoked ham and turkey. They also sell things like hamburgers and catfish, but what they are really famous for is a delectable smoked turkey dip that locals lovingly call, “turkey crack.” It is so good! You can buy it in pints and quarts at…
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Classic Chicken and Sausage Gumbo (No Okra)
I fell in love with chicken and sausage gumbo and, honestly, all Cajun and Creole cuisine my freshman year of college. That was a long, long time ago, y’all! During my freshman year of college one of my hall-mates was from the small town of Amite, Louisiana. She invited a group of us to come…
