Light Bread or Loaf Bread?
light bread noun A loaf of bread made from wheat flour leavened with yeast, rather than from corn meal. Same…
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Stopped Short Never to go Again
For this week’s Pickin’ & Grinnin’ In The Kitchen Spot, I have a song about a grandfather clock to share…
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The Sweetheart Maples
Today’s guest post was written by Earl Cagle. There is a place I want to take you, way back in…
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Getting Scared in Appalachia
Were you ever scared as a child? I used to get so scared I made Granny and Pap sleep with…
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Something in the Cemetery
“Late one night, a fellow came by Grandpa’s house, frightened out of his wits. He had just passed Buckhorn Cemetery,…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 141
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Saving Seeds, Black Walnuts, and Granny
Over the weekend I gathered up all the seed pods I had drying on the front porch and hulled them…
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How to Make Butter the Old Time Way
A few weeks back I got my good friend Carolyn Anderson to demonstrate how her mother made butter when she…
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Guitar Riffs in My Head
I’m a good sleeper. The Deer Hunter has always joked I’m the thirty second till snore type of sleeper. Sometimes…
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Riddle 28
I’m sharing another riddle from “Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties” by James Still. “Riddle, riddle,…
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Two World Fairs & A Hog Calling Contest
Last week I sat down with Carolyn and David Anderson to talk to them about their life in Clay County…
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Medicinal Spiderwebs
“I am 73, and back in the day, lived in the country, along with my parents and 8 younger siblings….
