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Country Cookin’* by Marlene Berry At one time, the fireplace, which is used primarily for its warmth today, served two major functions in the pioneer household. It provided heat to warm the family and heat for the women to use for i their cooking. Preparing the fire for any ^ of cooking was a long and drawn out process. The people had to begin by gathering kindling and green wood to use to build and then maintain the fire. Once the wood was gathered and the fire was going, the women had to wait ^proxlmatelyanhour so a hot bed of coals could collect. V^en enough coals were finally »llected, the cooks would begin the family meals. The famny m^ usually included a recipe using com or com meal since com was so readily available. A commwi recipe used was the one for ash cakes. Ash Cakes 2 cups of com m«mi 2 teiuqKwns of salt 1 cup of buttermilk 1 teaspoon soda H teaspoon of baking powder To noake ash cakes, one must first mix the ingredients togrthar making sure the batter is thick enough to bold shape. After it is mixed, you wrap it in a clean cloth. making sure it la weU covered. Itfa then placed in a dean part ot the fireplace. Cover it with the ashes and over the ashes place hot »nnl8 Let it bake like this for about half an hour. Definition of... Boy: “a pain in the neck when he is around, a pain in the neck when he isn't Girl: “one who can tell she is in love and usually does tell...evetybodyI” Diet: “art of letting the hips fall where they sway.” Congress: “where lawmakers huff and pufi and blow up in flation.” Happiness: "being perfectly happy with what you have got and even with what you haven’t” Page 3 The traditional Montreat Movies Ann Murphy wins the hearts of all with “The Rose“. weysgone
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