Made by Southern Hands: Mail-Order Thanksgiving

October 03, 2011
From easy apps to the whole turkey shebang, these Southern-made products simplify your holiday season—and many make great hostess gifts
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Pepper Jellies

Credit: Photo by: Howard L. Puckett; Styling by: Buffy Hargett; Food styling by: Laura Zapalowski

From Georgia

Merrilily Gardens jellies out of Woodstock, add a sweet or spicy touch to a meal. $7 each; merrililygardens.com

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Compote

Credit: Photo by: Howard L. Puckett; Styling by: Buffy Hargett; Food styling by: Laura Zapalowski

From Missouri

Serve Forever Herbs’ Cranberry Jalapeno Compote from Kansas City, over cream cheese for an instant app. Or try it in place of your traditional cranberry sauce. $9; foreverherbs.com

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Apple Butter

Credit: Photo by: Howard L. Puckett; Styling by: Buffy Hargett; Food styling by: Laura Zapalowski

From West Virginia

Sweet and smooth Ordinary Evelyn’s Apple Butter is handmade in Beckley, one batch at a time over a kitchen stove. $5.25; tamarackwv.com

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Rolls

Credit: Photo by: Howard L. Puckett; Styling by: Buffy Hargett; Food styling by: Laura Zapalowski

From Greensboro

Anna Mae Southern Bread Co.’s Sweet Potato & Molasses Rolls of Greensboro deliver made-from-scratch flavor out of an adorable letterpress package. $6; annamaebreads.com

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Pecan Pie

Credit: Photo by: Howard L. Puckett; Styling by: Buffy Hargett; Food styling by: Laura Zapalowski

From Oklahoma

Feel free to remove the packaging and claim a pecan pie from Oklahoma City’s Pioneer Pies as your own. $32; pioneerpies.com

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Country Ham

Credit: Photo by: Howard L. Puckett; Styling by: Buffy Hargett; Food styling by: Laura Zapalowski

From Kentucky

Serve up Princeton-made Col. Bill Newsom’s Aged Kentucky Country Ham on a small biscuit as a pre-Thanksgiving dinner app (to help keep the hands of your nibbling family members off your beautiful turkey). $6/lb; newsomscountryham.com

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Turkey

Credit: Photo by: Howard L. Puckett; Styling by: Buffy Hargett; Food styling by: Laura Zapalowski

From Texas

Rich and juicy with the right amount of spice, a turkey from Greenberg Smoked Turkey, Inc., out of Tyler tackles the main event—giving you more time to focus on the beloved sides. $28-$67; gobblegobble.com

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Sparkling Wine

Credit: Photo by: Howard L. Puckett; Styling by: Buffy Hargett; Food styling by: Laura Zapalowski

From Virginia

Kick off the festivities with a mimosa made with Thibaut-Janisson’s Virginia Fizz out of Afton. $21; tjwinery.com

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Bourbon

Credit: Photo Courtesy of Buffalo Trace

From Kentucky

With hints of dried figs and butterscotch, Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Single Barrel from Frankfort is a calming armchair companion for the T-Day football rivalry games. $60; buffalotrace.com

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