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Category: Regional food

The turkey was dressed out the day before

Thanksgiving and Christmas were our favorite days. The turkey would be purchased live and dressed out the day before.

November 8, 2018 Regional food / Wild foraging

Wait until the first frost has kissed the persimmons

Get the ones that have already fallen to the ground, or ones that fall off the tree easily, when shaking the tree. If the fruit falls to the ground easily, it is ripe.

October 4, 2017 Baked Goods / Regional food

Stack Cake

Dried apple stack cake is one of the most popular Appalachian cakes— no surprise considering apples are found aplenty in the mountains.

December 30, 2016 New Year's traditions / Regional food

New Year countdown

The custom of using a baby to signify the New Year originated in ancient Greece, the baby symbolizing in this case not birth, but re-birth.

November 17, 2016 Regional food / Thanksgiving

Cornbread or beaten biscuits? Breaking the food code

When you sit down to your Thanksgiving meal, will the dressing on your plate be made with cornbread or wheat bread?

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