In the Kitchen
Aunt Bill Bakes Tater Pie
Well, hit jist seems the right time to cook them tater pies that everybody likes. Hit ain’t no trouble to make the pie, but I can’t make a crust like my ma used to do. I know she used plain flour, cause she wouldn’t have self-rising in the house (some pore family down the…
Read MoreSourdough bread
For 20 + years I baked sourdough over and over. I baked sourdough bread for our church’s communion for 15 of those years and now I can’t make the bread. Duh!!! We hosted eight quilt shows here at the farm on behalf of the Geraldine Public Library and one year I sold 27 loaves of…
Read MoreThe Woes of Home Owner 2012
What’s next? Now that this renovated house is 27 years old everything is wearing out and so is our pocketbook!! As I stated in this article before, I can’t remember when all our tools, appliances, etc. all were in working order at the same time. Forever and eternally, it seems there is something that needs…
Read MoreCandied Sweet Potatoes
All my life I’ve called this dish Candied Yams, but now in my later years I’m told that sweet potatoes and yams are not the same. Duh! I have tried over and over to make these like my mother did. Hers were so good and looked just as pretty. I know she didn’t use Karo…
Read MoreAn Autumn Sunday Dinner 2008
Remember as you read this that I speak SandMountain and dinner is the mid-day meal – supper is eaten in the evening. (at this writing John was recovering from open heart surgery) My patient has a bodacious appetite so I have to remove my nursing cap now and then and put on the chef’s hat. …
Read MoreBread 2008
A recent article written by DeKalb County’s own Judy O’Daniel about baking Sally Lunn made me start thinking about the breads I have known, eaten and/or baked. Ms. O’Daniel states there are many versions of Sally Lunn – some say she was French, but England lays claim to the real Sally Lunn. Visitors to Bath…
Read MoreA Week to Remember September 2001
It’s a blank screen as I sit here staring at this machine with the deadline looming in front of me; however, this week at the Windy Knoll has been much like anybody else has had – one of grief, horror and concern. Life on the farm (as everywhere else) has to go on and I…
Read MoreSweet Potato Casserole
Now that fall is here I find my cooking has changed. I told you last week about digging the potatoes and how disappointed we were with the color. At a produce stand we found the pretty red potatoes and bought a box. I’ve baked and put in the freezer all I have room for and…
Read MoreIt’s Sorghum Making Time 1990
As is usual at this time of year we visited the sorghum mill last week to get a year’s supply of the delicious stuff. John can’t make it without Sand Mountain sorghum (and hot biscuits) – or so he thinks. The syrup is dark in color, strong tasting and somewhat sharp. I’ve heard people say…
Read MoreIt’s Apple Season 2000
What a special time of year – fall. This is the season when for many years we made our annual trip to Ellijay, Georgia, to see the sights and buy apples. Over the last 50-plus years tourism and so called progress has changed Ellijay from the quaint little mountain town that it used to be…
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