Blueberry Salad
BERRIES: HOMEGROWN AND FROM NATURE Along with fruit, berries have enjoyed great appeal with the folks of Appalachia. For starters,…
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Melons
MELONS Melons have always drawn culinary raves, and who can resist the allure of an icy watermelon, so bursting with…
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Potato Harvest
grab, grabble, gravel verbTo dig up with the hands, esp a potato early in the season, and smooth back the dirt around the…
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A Mess of Fried Okra
mess A noun1 A collection or portion, esp of meat, sufficient for a meal.1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 98 I…
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Ambrosia in the Summer
Last year we celebrated Christmas in July. We enjoyed it so much that we did it again this July. I’ll…
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Pap and Wild Grapes
fox grape noun A woody vine (Vitis labrusca) that bears small, edible grapes green in color but later turning brown. Same as possum…
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From the Archives: Grapes and Fox Grapes-Juice and Jelly
August 25, 2009 Both grape juice and grape jelly were two of the items we “put up” on our farm…
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Fox Grape Jelly
Wild Fox Grapes (unripe) FOX GRAPE JELLY In my family at least, and study of regional cookbooks suggests this is…
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Pork Roast with Kraut
Passing along food traditions to the next generation is widely celebrated in Appalachian culture. When I was first married there…
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The Joy of Sitting in the Garden
I’ve enjoyed sitting in the garden so much this year. With Miss Cindy being sick last summer I didn’t have…
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Easy Trifle Recipe
RASPBERRY TRIFLE Although wild raspberries are the essence of all that is delicious, and both red and black ones grow…
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The Week of Miss Cindy & Blueberry Pie
Miss Cindy will have been gone a year this Friday. Seems like only yesterday she was barreling up the driveway…
