re: What's your mom's best recipe?

She has way too many to pick as best but I do have my list of favorites.

Roasted leg of lamb
Roasted pork butt with gravy. Sliced not pulled. It's much different.

Scones

Ribeye steaks in a hot cast iron dry skillet with salt in her kitchen and you smell it for a week.

Her coleslaw and potato salad

A simple baked chicken

Short ribs that she has made since the mid 50's when they were damn near free. Pisses her off at the price of short ribs

Her fried chicken that she did in the kitchen as well. She always fried seven total chickens because we had a big family and all loved cold chicken. She also said if you were going to make the mess you might as well do a bunch. I always got the wishbone because she country cut her chickens to have this piece. At least she called it country cut since she was a farm gal.

Her fresh snap beans that are cooked down with fatback for hours southern style.

Cornbread

Lemon meringue pie

Homemade banana ice cream

Beef stroganoff every year for my birthday even now.