Happy Thanksgiving!
I’ll spend today down at Granny’s with the rest of the bunch, eating good food, and thinking of all the things I…
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Stamey Creek Creations
Chitter – 2017 Chitter’s Stamey Creek Creations Etsy Shop is continuing to grow by leaps and bounds. She graciously donated a…
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Butchering Day was a Social Occasion
More Than Moonshine – Appalachian Recipes and Recollections by Sidney Saylor Farr “Meats: Game and Tame Butchering time during a…
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Hog Killin Weather
One of my favorite cold sayings is cold enough to kill hogs or the variation cold enough to hang meat….
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Life’s Railway to Heaven
For today’s Pickin and Grinnin in the Kitchen Spot I’m sharing the second video from our Month of the Train…
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Are You Listening To Christmas Music Yet?
Christmas is hands down my favorite time of the year. I love everything about it. Granny is crazy over Christmas…
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Turkey Bean
Photo courtesy of Sow True Seed turkey bean noun 1980 Smokies Heritage 297 Settlers hearabouts tell a tale of how the…
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The Brasstown Economy in the Early 1900s – Part 2
Fred O. Scroggs – Brasstown NC Excerpt from Fred O. Scroggs’ writings about the community of Brasstown I marketed a…
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Big Cats, Bears, and Coyotes
One of my favorite books about living in Appalachia back in the day is Dorie Woman of the Mountains written by Florence…
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He Didn’t Say Pea Turkey – He Just Left!
pea turkey noun A call for turkeys to eat; also in fig phr not say pea turkey = not say…
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Cooking With Family
Instead of sharing one recipe with you today, I’m going to share a whole book full! I first met Janet…
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It’s Train Month on the Blind Pig and The Acorn Youtube Channel!
Today’s post was written by Paul. ———————— We are declaring November to be Train Month on our Blind Pig and…
