First Mess of Kilt Lettuce
Last week one of my friends asked if I’d had my first mess of lettuce and onions this year. While…
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Living Off the Land – Then and Now
“Yeah, we had a big farm up there. Oh, it’s so pretty, big bottom after you get up there. Some…
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Smoke House to Dry Food
“Dad, when he’d kill a beef, we’d dry it. He had a smoke house. He’d hang it up, keep a-smoking…
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Postum Cake
After I posted a video about drinking Postum, the company sent me a nice thank you along with several jars…
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Cheese Potatoes
I’ve been cooking since I was a young girl. There’s a few things I learned to cook when I first…
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Foraging for Food in the Flowerbeds
Several years back I came across a foraging article about eating hostas. I was immediately intrigued, because if there’s one…
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Corn Pone Pie
To make corn pone pie you’ll need 1 pound ground beef, venison, pork, or turkey 1 onion chopped 2 teaspoon…
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Poke Sallet
Poke Sallet is a favorite dish of mountain folks whose tastes run to natural foods. Of all the wild greens,…
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Irish Soda Bread for Saint Patrick’s Day
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Do you have your green on? If not you know you’re going to get pinched 🙂…
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Starting to Cook
“I was married before I started cooking. I didn’t have to cook till then. I didn’t know how to boil…
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Granny Turned 82
Yesterday was Granny’s birthday. She was 82 years young. For as long as I can remember Granny has made her…
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Eating Grits is the Law
Back in the 1960s when the War on Poverty was in full swing, Berea became a center of activities administered…
