Mama T’s Cheap, Southern, and Damn Good: the Ultimate Guide to Soulful Cooking on a Budget—beans, Biscuits, and Every Secret in Between T’s Old-world Wisdom Book

Cook like you’re rich—with ingredients that aren’t.In Mama T’s Cheap, Southern, and Damn Good, you’ll learn the sacred art of feeding people well with barely a dime to your name. This isn’t some dry collection of penny-pinching recipes—it’s a survival manual, a Southern memoir, and a culinary rebellion all in one cast-iron skillet. With 30 no-nonsense chapters, Mama T teaches you how to transform beans into feasts, cornbread into gospel, and powdered milk into quiet dignity.Raised in the Southern tradition of “make-do-and-make-it-delicious,” Mama T brings the voice of a seasoned grandmother who’s been there, stretched that. You’ll get her real-life tricks: turning a ham bone into a week of dinners, using salt pork like seasoning gold, and why gravy isn’t just a topping—it’s emotional infrastructure.Each chapter is rich with storytelling and practical know-how, covering kitchen sink soups, biscuit night rituals, and the theology of hot sauce. You’ll never look at a can of tuna or a cup of rice the same way again.Whether you’re broke, busy, or just bone-tired of overpriced recipes that assume you have saffron and time, this book will feed your family and your soul. It’s not about charity—it’s cuisine. Southern. Cheap. And damn good.Perfect for: home cooks, budget-minded families, Southern food lovers, and anyone who believes cheap food shouldn’t taste like punishment.