“Amy Ruth
Moore Bass was a native Alabamian. A devout Christian, she was the wife of
Elijah Bass Sr., the mother of 10 children (7 daughters and 3 sons); and the
grandmother of 12 grandchildren. Amy Ruth was also a farmer, a gardner, the
world's best cook and a very friendly person. She was a long time member of Jerusalem AME Church,
where she was a Sunday School Teacher and she sang in the church choir. Above
all, Amy Ruth loved her family.She taught all of her children and grandchildren
how to love each other, to look-out for one another, and to respect themselves
as well as others. By her example, she also taught them how to love God and to
put God first in all they did.
After they
had moved North and started their own families, two of Amy Ruth's daughters,
Inez and Esther would send their children South to spend the summer months with
their grandparents in Alabama.
They knew that Alabama
would be a safer and more enriching place for kids to spend their idle
summertime, less full of opportunities for them to go astray. During those
summer months, all of the kids were assigned chores. The main tasks included
mowing the rather large lawn and picking various vegetables in the vegetable
garden. Most of the boys preferred yard work. But one of Inez's sons, Carl S.
Redding, disliked working in the hot sun; he preferred to seek refuge in the
house, working by his grandmother's side as she prepared meals for the family. He
would help her by shucking corn, peeling field peas, or rolling out biscuit
dough with a broomstick.
"Grandad"
Elijah Bass would often chastise Carl for staying in the kitchen and chase him
out of the house. But Carl always found his way back to his grandmother's side.
It I would never listen to that chastisement, therefore enabling me to deepen
my love for the southern culinary experience. As the years would go by, Hound
myself perfecting the art of canning and freezing fruits and vegetables, as
well as converting many fruits into jellies, jams, and preserves, under the
continued direction of my grandmother, Amy Ruth. It was that, continuous love,
nurturing, and direction that gave me the inspiration to build and name the
most superior and authentic southern cuisine restaurant after my grand-mother,
Amy Ruth Moore Bass. It is with the same love that Carl S. Redding, his mom
Inez Bass & Family, and the Amy Ruth staff welcomes each one of our valued
patrons to Amy Ruth's Home-Style Southern Cuisine Restaurant!”
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