appalachian food Archives - Appalachian History

Those men would eat like hungry men do eat, you know

When they threshed that wheat? Somebody came in with a threshing machine. He made a business of traveling around to all the farms.

July 31, 2019 Regional food / West Virginia

The frog legs contracted in the pan and appeared to jump

Turtle soup was a monumental French culinary delight. The men in French families often “felt” for snapping turtles in local streams.

Grethel Boardwine Henderson and son Sam _Sambo_ Henderson making Apple butter

July 30, 2019 Kentucky / Regional food

Apple butter thick enough to slice

Cider for apple butter must be perfectly new from the press. The sweeter and mellower the apples are, the better will the apple butter be.

November 21, 2018 Kentucky / Regional food / Thanksgiving

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.

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