Memories of Summer Supper
“Summer supper at Mom-Mom’s kitchen table. A big bowl of fried whole potatoes. Little new potatoes, the skin scraped off with…
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Papaw Tony’s Tarter Sauce
I’m foolish about fried fish. Pap and Granny loved it when I was growing up and I reckon I inherited…
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The Blackberries are Ripe
The blackberries are getting ripe around my house. Over the weekend I picked about three quarters of a gallon from…
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I’m Teaching Mountain Flavors this Week
I’ll be teaching my Mountain Flavors class at John C. Campbell Folk School this week. You know I have to…
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Best Eating of the Year
“The inexorable turn of the earth toward summer and fall brought busy days in the fields as days got longer…
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Butterbread & Coffee
“When I was very small, back in the 1930’s, my daddy used to feed me what he called simply “butterbread…
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Green Onions Straight From The Garden
Is there anything better than a green onion straight out of the garden? This time of the year green onions…
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Cowcumbers?
cucumber noun variant form cowcumber.1928 (in 1952 Mathes Tall Tales 72) Bet ol’ Nelse is settin’ on a rock waiting’…
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Cooking Bacon in the Oven
A few years ago my friend Ginger told me she’d started cooking bacon in the oven. I said “Really?” She…
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Ramps and Church
We had ramps and fried taters again for supper over the weekend-they are so so good together! All the ramp…
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Come Dig Ramps With Us!
Last weekend The Deer Hunter and I went on a ramp digging trip with a friend. We enjoyed fellowship, good…
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My Favorite Peanut Butter Cookies
In my latest video I share my favorite peanut butter cookie recipe. I learned the recipe from the Ledbetter family…
