50 foods Donna craves

50 foods Donna CRAVES (in some semblance of order):

Fresh, creamed/fried, Silver Queen corn
Fried pies (apricot is the best, but any dried fruit will do)
Apple dumplings w/ Grandma’s milky-sweet “dip”
Cornbread (to accompany a lot of other stuff on this list)
Fried bacon
Beef steak (filet, rib-eye, t-bone, skirt: most anything!)
Crunchy Cheetos
Vidalia onions (fixed just about any way)
 Fried crookneck squash
 Chicken and dumplings (“slicks”-style)
 Heirloom tomatoes
 Pasta (best plain w/ olive oil & sea salt)
 Ice cream (especially hand-cranked, homemade, vanilla)
 Cheese (just about any kind you can name)
 Lay’s potato chips (plain)
 French fries (the skinnier, the better)
 Smoked pork barbeque
 Fried chicken (thighs are my favorite)
 Pecan pralines (that's pronounced pe-CON, ya'll)
 Black-eyed peas
 Turnip greens
 Meat loaf (I’ll make it myself, thank you, with a little ground pork added in)
 Biscuits and gravy (can't believe my mom doesn't make this anymore!)
 Potato soup
 Egg salad
 Baked beans
 Fried okra
 Chicken salad
 Fried green tomatoes
 Corn fritters
 Bread pudding
 Sausage (most any way)
 Fried fish (No one has ever taken me fishing in my entire life and I'm still waiting....)
 White half-runners (fully cooked & seasoned)
 Baked sweet potatoes
 Salmon patties (ask Edward about this)
 Chess pie
 Fried chicken livers
 Shrimp (any way at all!)
 Cinnamon toast
 Cheesecake (NY style)
 Scrambled eggs
 Turkey w/ cornbread dressing & giblet gravy
 Ground beef tacos (crispy)
 School lunchroom yeast rolls
 Pancakes w/ butter and maple syrup
 Fudge (w/out marshmallow gunk)
 Fried frogs’ legs
 Pumpkin anything
 Grandma Trotter’s Christmas jam cake

OK, load up my plate!  (But come to think of it, mashed potatoes and/or cabbage slaw are de rigueur with several of these dishes; maybe I didn't explore sides quite enough!)  And pour me a table wine or a glass of sweetened iced tea.