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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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Classic KFC Style Coleslaw (Easy Copycat Recipe)
If you love that classic KFC-style coleslaw, you know, the creamy, slightly sweet, slightly tangy kind that went perfectly with that “finger lickin’ good” chicken and its eleven herbs and spices, then this KFC Style Coleslaw copycat recipe is for you. It’s easy to make at home and hits that same nostalgic flavor. We love…
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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Homestyle Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
We love a good breakfast casserole around here. It’s the kind of thing I like to make when the house is full and nobody’s in a hurry to go anywhere. This Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole is a special favorite that I actually discovered by accident. Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole I love to make a breakfast…
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Marinated Vegetable Salad with Shoepeg Corn
This old-fashioned marinated vegetable salad is full of peas, green beans, crunchy vegetables, and pimentos tossed in a tangy marinade. Marinated Vegetable Salad with Shoepeg Corn I’ve heard people call this recipe Shoepeg Salad, and on my mother’s handwritten recipe, she simply calls it Christmas Salad. That always made sense to me, not just because of…
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Classic Southern Chicken Salad Recipe
I consider myself to be a bit of a chicken salad connoisseur. This Classic Southern Chicken Salad recipe is a long-time favorite. It was originally based on an older “Southern Living” magazine recipe, but over the years I’ve made it my own. Classic Southern Chicken Salad This is definitely a more traditional chicken salad. There…
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Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
These old-fashioned oatmeal chocolate chip cookies have crisp edges, chewy middles, and just enough raisins to balance all that chocolate. They are the best! We used to make these all the time when I was a kid and I remembered them being one of my favorites. My sisters and I made them so often around…
