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Cooking Breakfast From ScratchFiled Under: Family Time

Breakfast is not only the most important meal of the day, it is an art form in the south. It is best when it is fresh out of the oven and on the table and when the whole family gathers around from Grandpa down to the newest grand baby.

I always prided myself on cooking from (mostly) scratch. It’s been a long time since I didn’t use Bisquick to make my biscuits, but I still use buttermilk. Even when I did cook from scratch, it never dawned on me to make my own sausage.

It’s no wonder the women of old didn’t need to go to the gym or work out to stay thin. The act of just cooking three meals a day – completely from scratch – took all day and required so much energy that they didn’t have the energy left to feed themselves.

I have made sausage from scratch – venison sausage. I added some ground pork and lots of spices and even sent it through the food processor to make sure it had a nice texture. My first attempts weren’t thrilling. They tasted more like hamburgers than sausage. A few tweaks with the spices and I eventually found my niche – but it was an all day event. I made sure to make up enough patties that I could freeze them and not have to start fresh every morning.

My hats off to any of you who are waking up early enough to provide your family with a completely home made breakfast. The rest of us will be up later to start our versions of the great southern breakfast.