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Marietta, GA 30068
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Carter's
Pralines In The News! Interviewed by Mark Hayes on
Fox 5 News - Good Day Atlanta!
My
Story!
I remember when we were kids our mother would give us 5 cents for lunch
money everyday. We often carried our lunch or ate free in the cafeteria.
The 5 cents was given to us to purchase milk ( 3 cents) and 2 cents was
for us to do anything we wanted to with it.
During those times every childhood treat sold
in the neighborhood stores were 2 for a penny. You had 2 for
a penny cookies, 2 for a penny candy and getting 2 peppermint
pillows for a penny was a steal! But we craved Mr. Joe's Pecan
Pralines and they were 5 cents. So what we would do on the way
to school is pass by Mr. Joe's Neighborhood Store which did not
open until 8:30am but Mr. Joe's house was right across the street
from his store. His porch had a swing on it and we would sit
on his porch swinging and singing..."Oh Mr.
Joe O, Come and Open up Yo Store O." Mr. Joe
would get up out of his bed, barely putting his arm in his sweater
as he raced to his store so we could purchase the Pralines and
get on to school. Sometimes he would have them at his house and
sell it to us there. What memories of this delicious treat and
taste of such an old New Orleans Delicacy.
I loved the taste of Pecan Pralines so much that I sought out to learn
how to make this treat from Mama. We never used measuring spoons, cups
or themometers; we just knew when the time was right to stop cooking
to get that authentic praline taste.
The Taste Is Addictive!
My Mama "Mary Lillie Spencer," was a very hardworking woman.
She was an excellent chef cook and I was always by her side preparing
those delicious meals for a family of 10. Although there were seven
girls in the family, I was the only one that really took an interest
in cooking and baking.
My Mama would talk to me while we cooked and
she told me that I could do and succeed at anything I set my
mind to. She said that I was a beautiful miraculous woman...beauty
in my talk, beauty within my walk and beauty in the way I treated
others."