Kentucky mountain people old canning book

This is one of the newest volumes in our american county histories collection. In an excerpt from an article sohn wrote for mountain promise, the newsletter of the brushy fork institute, summer 2001, he discusses how families worked together. There are two versions of the book check out both to see which is currently available. Each post on handwritten recipes a collection of curious and wonderful recipes forgotten between the pages features a scanned photo of the scribbled recipe, along with a photo of the book in which it was found. See more makes me think of allen, kenneth, and linda at screen door of the old farm house. Hog dressing, log cabin building, mountain crafts and foods, planting by the signs, snake lore.

The february closing is a boon to the wpa library rider. Some of these recipes, like the homemade noodles cooked with a ham bone, go back to pioneer days when settlers from the old country adapted old world recipes such as noodles, to their new environment. Some common folklore and superstitions held among mountain folk written by ethelene dyer jones. The mountain laurel cookbook contains chapters on beverages, breads, desserts, meats, old fashion puddings, pickling and canning, and vegetables. People have been canning for a long time and it appears that not too many people died from it. There is no additional heavy bag of school reference books to carry to.

Marthas blueberry crisp shown, left classic blueberry cobbler is one of the best old fashioned desserts out there. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Even the orange peelings were munched or used to spice up a pot of cooked fruitan old mountain name for applesauce. Kentucky wonder pole bean seeds and plants, vegetable gardening at burpee. An appalachian journey, with recipes clarkson potter, 2016, the practice. Yet we grew up in an area where certain superstitious sayings were often repeated and believed by some people. Recipes sent in from our readers, read and enjoy, and send us one of your favorites. Oldtime methods of preserving food mother earth news. Easy country cooking recipes with stepbystep instructions.

I think all the work put into canning, picking and digging for all that food. Furthermore putting up is a social time that brings families and communities. Most people grew up with either the ball blue book or the kerr home canning book on their mothers cookbook shelf. Enjoy your hardearned harvest yearround with these canning basics and recipes. You cannot be wondering about your inadequacies and how they drove bob off and be making jelly. The kerr home canning book the kerr book is another long time favorite. She learned how to cook from her mother by handfuls and pinches instead of. Corn bread, home grown vegetables that were then canned, biscuits and. My old kentucky home doll maker pride and prejudice historical pictures library books going home book authors book. Canning isnt necessary for these crisptender, tangy pickles.

It has over 200 mouthwatering, easy to prepare heirloom recipes. They may not be as old as time, but after some 480 million years you stop. Appalachian people my old kentucky home mountain living old images coal mining historical pictures vintage pictures vintage travel west virginia. Its been around a long time, but is frequently updated. The ball blue book put out by the company that makes jars and rings. Enjoy a taste of appalachian food with these classic, downhome recipes. To make a stack cake, mountain people would donate cake layers to. If you have any favorite old time recipes, you have an open invitation to share them with our readers. Over 350 of the best canned, jammed, pickled, and preserved recipes may 31, 2016. Oxycotin aka hillbilly heroin and the kentucky crime scare of the late life in eastern kentucky. You know, the kind of home canning where you stood by and watched your mom or grandma do their thing in the kitchen. A fresh look at appalachia 50 years after the war on poverty. In several englishspeaking countries, niggerhead or nigger head is a former name for several things thought to resemble the head of a black person cf.

In fact some of the old ones are nice thick jars and seem sturdier than even new jars. Think it might be called the ball book of home preserving now. We know that food provides the connection between generations of people. Ball blue book salsa, blue book kosher dills, dill slices, etc. Someone might bring a guitar, fiddle, or banjo and provide music. A pictorial history mostly pics, but an interesting part of history of eastern ky life over the years. Its all she knew because convenience foods werent an option. His favorite is this oldfashioned chocolate cream pie recipe with a flaky crust. A man from laurel county, kentucky came to trade some beans after an article about me appeared in a 1987 issue of the rural kentuckian nowkentucky living. The most beautiful mountain singer i ever heard youtube. You know all those dishes your mom and grandmother used to make.

We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. She was bred in old kentucky sound recording by stanley carter. British musician sharp 18591924 and his assistant dr maud karpeles 18851976 collected folk songs from the mountain singers of the appalachians north carolina, tennessee, virginia, west virginia, and kentucky, between 1916 and 1918. Appalachia never really let go of its old canning ways in a poor region where. An account of present conditions with the attitude of the people toward improvement. Simple recipes for simple country cooking just like grandma used to make. These pages are an ongoing project, i keep adding more recipes as i run across them. Old fashioned lemon icebox pie shown, right this recipe is found anywhere from the label of a can of condensed milk to a little old ladys recipe book.

Even their restaurant utilizes traditional recipes and grows much of the food on site. These food recipes are quick and easy, delicious and healthy, and really, will take no time to cook at all. Recipes are handed down by word of mouth or through pencilscrawled. This is an old family recipe that has been passed down to each generation. The nickel bean of morgan county, kentucky, is an heirloom type of white halfrunner which is somewhat longer than the commercial types which now dominate the seed bins of feedseed stores. This book is fully searchable and easy to cite when used by students and writers. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. One of the contestants was top chef finalist and local kentucky chef, sara. Click on the link at left to see more information and how to order it. I could introduce this post by listing all the hackneyed misrepresentations of appalachia. Appalachian soup beans recipe and history, aka pinto bean soup. Great smoky mountains national park east tennessee national parks smoky mountain national park old things appalachian people historical appalachia cades cove what others are saying the walker sisters house in the great smoky mountains national park, tennessee. One taste of these preserves or pickles and youll be sitting right back in grandmas kitchen.

Mountain people carrying a homemade coffin up creek bed to the family plot on the hillside where it will be buried up south fork of the kentucky river near jackson, kentucky. Old recipe book basic home cooking and canning recipes. Canning and preserving archives the mountain kitchen. Women of these hills 3 cultures of appalachia 2000. I found a recipe book from the 1950s at a yard sale. Social welfare history project wpa travelling libraries.

In the mountains of eastern kentucky, such country wakes could last for days, as mourners emerged from the coal mines or drove out from the factories. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Mountain people the faces of appalachia cvlt nation. Photograph taken during cecil sharps folk music collecting expedition. It makes a lot of sense that people are taking an interest in the old ways. The women who rode miles on horseback to deliver library books copy link facebook twitter reddit flipboard pocket a group of book women on horseback in hindman, kentucky, 1940. Slowly roasted chicken makes a wholesome main dish full of rich oldfashioned flavor.

Go to sustainable mountain agriculture center, inc. But as food historian and kentucky native ronni lundy notes in victuals. Kentucky dinner of garey farms greasy beans, slow cooked weisenberger grits, elmwood chicken livers. In the southern mountains, food preservation was long necessary for survival. My parents continued to call it fruit rather than the more modern moniker.

Cake recipe adopted from kentucky state university recipe jam recipes, fruit recipes. During the frontier period and beyond, people in the region helped one another with various tasks such as corn shelling, bean stringing, sorghum processing and barn raising. Colorado is famous for its mountain lamb and it is number one in the nation in. When i say dont use antique jars for home canning, i dont mean just old canning jars. Some people call them retro dishes but to me its just good old comfort food that never goes out of style. If you cant read the handwriting, the recipe is transcribed should you want to try it yourself. Canning and preserving, homemade sauces, spices and seasonings, the mountain kitchen tips by the. These vintage canning recipes bring back happy memories of our grandmothers. Here is a look inside the mountain people of kentucky. Like loretta lynn said in the preface of her cookbook youre cookin it. Kentuckys mountain schools open in early july and close toward the latter part of february. On these pages are all the old recipes for home canning that ive been running across in my old cookbooks. Mountain people prepare their small rocky grain and garden patches early.

Times were tough in the 1930s and people had to be creative with the few ingredients they could find and afford. I buy a new ball blue book or kerr canning book every few years. I was intrigued and curious to learn more about soup beans as i was a fan of bean recipes. She learned how to cook from her mother by handfuls and pinches instead of cups and tablespoons.

Take a glimpse into their lives as they share their memories of growing up not only as. Hog dressing, log cabin building, mountain crafts and foods, planting by the signs, snake lore, hunting tales, faith healing, moonshining, and other affairs of plain living eliot wigginton on. See more ideas about appalachian recipes, food and food drink. For appalachian mountain folk, a perfect winter meal is a hot bowl of soup. Favorite beans for drying were the mountain white halfrunner, the striped cornfield bean, and the kentucky wonder. Thank you for your continued support in these difficult times. I didnt really ever think about old recipes that much, until i found myself looking for some basic, old fashioned, simple recipes i used to cook when i was younger. This heirloomquality coffeetable book offers a glimpse of eastern kentucky from the early years to 1939 through stunning and historic photos. Some common folklore and superstitions held among mountain.

This was a way for neighbors to socialize even as they got needed work done. The following recipes are ones i remember eating as a child. The flavor of the brine is similiar to saurkraut but the corn flavor still comes through. The women who rode miles on horseback to deliver library books. My grandmother lived in the appalachian mountains and always served straightfromthegarden corn. Lady behind the curtain website shares a appalachian favorite old. Vintage cookbook website is focused on antiquarian, antique, vintage, and rare american cookbooks.