Appalachia Through My Eyes – Granny’s Lemonade
The past week has been hot here in western NC. It’s felt more like late July than early June. When…
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Chocolate Gravy
One of my favorite make do recipes that has been passed down through our family is chocolate gravy. I grew up…
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Granny’s Biscuits
A while back I showed you how I make biscuits-today I’m going to show you how Granny makes hers. First…
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A Make Do Recipe From The Great Depression Years
Am I the only one who’s noticed prices at the grocery store are creeping higher and higher? After buying groceries…
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The Best Way To Cook Asparagus
This is the first spring we’ve been able to harvest from our Asparagus bed. It’s been 3 years since I planted the…
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Dandelion Jelly
Dandelions are often considered the lowest of the flowers. I’ve never minded them myself-I find their cheery yellow faces hard…
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Ever Been To A Ramp Tramp?
Today’s post was written by Charles Fletcher. ————————– Ramp Tramp While hunting in the mountains of North Carolina, I saw…
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Ramps
If someone ever gives you a mess of ramps-then you know you have a real friend. When I returned home…
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Have You Ever Eaten Soakey?
Several months ago, Vera Guthrie sent me a cook book she had published-called Vintage Vera a Collection of Old Timey…
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Biscuits
Since we’ve been talking about make do foods many of you have mentioned biscuits. When I was growing up Granny…
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Making Yogurt Is Easy
All the comments left on the Bonnie Clabber post got me to thinking of other ways folks use milk to…
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Ever Eat An Owl?
When I picked the girls up from school yesterday they were starving, as usual. Chatter asked “what’s for supper?” (like…
