Aprons In Appalachia
My Granny Gazzie always wore an apron. I suppose Mamaw did too but I don’t really remember hers. Granny Gazzie’s…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Cold In July…What?
Brasstown was a chilly 49 degrees yesterday morning. We also had a chilly morning or two during the week of…
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Washington County Tenn Feb 16th 1863 – Letter 4
Interior views of Fort Sumter, S.C. taken by a Confederate photographer in 1864 [i.e. 1863] (Library of Congress) ————– Washington…
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Porches
So many good ‘porch’ comments were left on the post Appalachia Through My Eyes – Of An Evening that I…
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Grabbling New Taters
grab, grabble, gravel verb To dig up with the hands, esp a potato early in the season, and smooth back…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 68
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do! Lope Leastways Lastingest Love bump Lopper-jawed…
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Meet The Blackberry Pickers
We’ve been playing the part of Mr. & Mrs. Blackberry Picker this summer. Here in Cherokee County the blackberries have…
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That Lonesome Valley
My favorite song at the moment is an old traditional song The Lonesome Valley. The Blind Pig gang has been jamming…
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Mount Taylor, Carter County Tennessee Jan the 3rd 1863 – Letter 3
Army bridge across the Tennessee River at Chattanooga, L8121 (Library of Congress) —————— Mount Taylor, Carter County Tennessee Jan the…
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The Last Day Of Mountain Flavors
Today is the last day of my Mountain Flavors Class. It has been a blast! Fantastic students-fantastic food-and fantastic fellowship….
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Arsh Potato Cake
Today’s Mountain Flavor’s Class is going to be ‘fancy day’. We’ll be making cakes that mountain cooks usually only make…
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Let Them Eat Pie!
In today’s Mountain Flavor Class we’ll being making pies. We’ll start off by making easy peasy no fail pie crusts….
