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Turkey Mayonnaise, 140

Turkey Purloo, 144

Main dishes—seafood

Baked Bluefish or Red Snapper, 148–49

Baked Shad (1780), 154

Bronzed Shrimp Creole, 154–55

Charcoal-Grilled Shad Roe with Tomato-Mint Salsa, 152–53

Charleston Shrimp Pie, 156

Chesapeake Crab Boil, 164–65

Crabmeat Norfolk, 168

Crispy Soft-Shells, 169

Curried Shrimp and Chicken, 162–63

Eastern Shore Crab Cakes, 164

Hatteras-Style Drum Fish, 165

Herbed Crab Salad, 169–70

Inner Harbor Crab Imperial, 166–68

Kim’s Shrimp and Crab Cakes, 158

Rick’s Crispy Fried Oysters, 171–72

River Road Deviled Crab, 166

Shrimp ’n’ Grits, 160–61

Shrimp-Stuffed Mirlitons, 157

Skillet Trout with Parsley-Pecan Pesto, 151–52

Southern-Fried Catfish, 147–48

Sun-Dried Herring, 149

Tennessee Barbecue Shrimp, 161–62

Tidewater Scalloped Oysters, 172–73

Mango-Pecan Bread, 241–42

Maque Choux, 192–93

Maria Harrison’s Batter Bread (Spoon Bread), 256–57

Marsh hen, defined, 395

Marshmallows

Frozen Fruit Salad, 298

Martha White flour, about, 324

Maryland Hot Crab Dip, 38

Maryland Stuffed Ham, 98–99

Maxwell House, history of, 317

Mayhaw Jelly, 385–86

Mayonnaise

Chicken, 140

Fresh Herb, 170–71

Ham, 140–41

Mrs. Duke’s homemade, 230

Turkey, 140

Maypops, defined, 395

McCormick, Willoughby M., 186

McCormick’s Spices, history of, 186

McIlhenney, Edmund, 52

Meat. See also Beef; Lamb; Pork; Venison

Pies, Main-Dish, 17

Pies, Natchitoches, 16–17

Meatballs, Barbecued, 14–15

Meringue, preparing, xxi

Mess o’ greens, defined, 395

Milk, Bonney-Clabber or Loppered, 291

Milk Dip, Surry County Sonker with, 274–76

Mints, Pulled, 356–57

Mint-Tomato Salsa, Charcoal-Grilled Shad Roe with, 152–53

Mirliton(s)

and Beef Casserole, 104–5

Shrimp-Stuffed, 157

Soup, Creamy, 68–69

Mississippi Fresh Fig Ice Cream, 295–96

Mississippi mud pies and cakes, about, 395

Molasses

Moravian Gingerbread, 345

Old Virginia Gingerbread, 345–46

Pie, 150-Year-Old, 314–15

sorghum, about, 314, 398

Molded Vegetable Salad, 232–33

MoonPies, history of, 308

Moonshine, about, 396–97

Moravian Gingerbread, 345

Moravian Sugar Cake, 266

Mountain dew (moonshine), about, 395–96

Mount Olive company, 362

Mousse, Heavenly Chicken Liver, 17–19

Mrs. B’s Apricot Chiffon Salad, 235–36

Mrs. Julia Reno Phillips’s Recipe for Egg Custard, 290

Mrs. Lee’s Cake, 321

Mudbug (crayfish), 396

Mudcat (catfish), 396

Muddle, Rock, 57–58

Muddles, about, 45, 57–58

Muffaletta, defined, 396

Muffins, Corn, 252

Muffins, Rice, 254

Mule ears, about, 396

Muscadine Jam, 380–81

Mushroom(s)

Baked Pecan-Stuffed, 200

Caps, Sausage-Stuffed, 20

Turkey Purloo, 144

Mustard, Creole, about, 392

Mustard-Glazed Ham Loaf, 100–101

Mustard-Tarragon Sauce, 159–60

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Nana’s Lima Beans, 178–79

Nannie Hall Davis’s “French” Pudding Pie, 317–18

Natchitoches Meat Pies, 16–17

New Southern Collards (or Turnip Greens), 189–90

New South Okra, 202–3

Nut(s). See also Peanut(s); Pecan(s)

Black Walnut Bread, 239–40

Grated Sweet Potato Cake with Coconut Topping, 348–49

Huguenot Torte, 283–85

Lady Baltimore Cake, 326–27

toasting, 42

Wild Hickory, Brown Sugar Pound Cake with, 341

Wild Persimmon Bread, 241

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Okra

Cajun Shrimp or Crawfish Gumbo, 61–63

Cakes, Aunt Bertie’s, 202

Fried, and Crawfish, Appetizer Salad of, with Basil Vinaigrette, 10–11

and Green Tomato Fritters, 205–6

Ham, and Tomato Soup, 65–66

New South, 202–3

Pickled, 371–72

Pilau, 201–2

in Southern cooking, 201

-Tomato Tart, 204

Old Kentucky Home Biscuit Pudding with Bourbon Sauce, 280–81

Old Salem Sugar Cookies, 350–51

Old South Egg Salad, 35

Old Virginia Gingerbread, 345–46

Olives, Mount Olive, about, 362

150-Year-Old Molasses Pie, 314–15

Onion(s)

Bacon and Caramelized Vidalia Quiche, 94–96

Deviled Vidalia Dip, 40

Vidalia, about, 207

Vidalia,