“The inexorable turn of the earth toward summer and fall brought busy days in the fields as days got longer and hotter, moving toward getting crops “laid by.” Some felt they could almost hear the corn growing on warm spring mornings. It was the time of the year when tables groaned under the delights of the season: bounteous harvests of fresh corn and beans and tomatoes and June apples and plums and peaches. Sometimes the big dinners had not a…
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Appalachian Food
“When I was very small, back in the 1930’s, my daddy used to feed me what he called simply “butterbread…
Is there anything better than a green onion straight out of the garden? This time of the year green onions…
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A few years ago my friend Ginger told me she’d started cooking bacon in the oven. I said “Really?” She…
We had ramps and fried taters again for supper over the weekend-they are so so good together! All the ramp…
Last weekend The Deer Hunter and I went on a ramp digging trip with a friend. We enjoyed fellowship, good…
In my latest video I share my favorite peanut butter cookie recipe. I learned the recipe from the Ledbetter family…
We’re still eating kale I planted last fall. It’s beginning to bolt though, so before long I’ll pull the rest…
The violets are blooming all over Wilson Holler. Although I know the little flowers can be invasive I can’t help…