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Cooking ... From The Kitchen O f The Chowan Herald
By Mildred Huskins
Within the past two weeks
we have had occasion to be
in the North Carolina
mountains where har
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INTERESTING BREAD— A golden loaf of Anadama
Bread is a welcome addition to any meal. A delicious
molasses flavor blends well with the mild corn flavor that is
provided by packaged corn flake crumbs.
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vesting apples and grinding
cane for molasses were in
progress. More recently we
wery in the extreme eastern
counties where soybean
harvest, peanut digging and
the pumpkin and sweet
potato crops are being
gathered.
There must have been an
abundant crop of pumpkins
of all sizes and shapes for
they were piled high on the
lawns of most of the country
homes along the highway.
Some of them had been
made ready for Halloween
celebration with the faces
already drawn in black and
turned towards the touring'
public.
At this time of year we are
apt to begin thinking of
some of the traditional foods
using ingredients which
come from the fall harvest.
Although Southern cooks
excel in baking hot breads,
most of us have about lost
sight of Yam Biscuits. Yet
Yam Biscuits have been
with us since at least 1871
when a recipe for them
appeared in a cookbook
copyrighted that year by
an author who lived in
Raleigh.
This recipe came from a
little cookbook compiled by
the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service of
Ocracoke. We know that
outer banks island was
settled in the 17th century so
Yam Biscuits may go back
further than 1871. The recipe
which follows was adapted
from the Ocracoke recipe.
Yam Biscuits
1A» lbs. yams
*2 cup solid white shor
tening
11/2l l / 2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking
powder
1 teaspoon salt
*/» cup sugar
Scrub yams. Place in
saucepan, cover and boil
until just tender. Drain, peel
and mash. Measure two
cups. With a spoon beat
shortening into the mashed
potatoes until blended then
cool. In a medium bowl stir
together then flour, baking
powder, salt and sugar. Add
the yam mixture and work
together until blended. If
dough is very sticky, add
flour sparingly. On pastry
cloth with rolling pin, roll
out one-half-inch thick and
cuC with two inch" r hi§csit :
cutter. Bake at 450 degrees'
until browned or 15 to 18
minutes. Bottoms of the
biscuits will be very dark
but will not taste scorched.
Rush to the table while they
are puffy and hot and serve
with plenty of butter. (This
is a Hilda Scarborough re
cipe and she says of the bis
cuits: “They are crusty out
side and soft inside.”)
This New England bread,
which uses some of your
molasses and has been
made easier by the use of
convenient corn flake
crumbs, has an interesting
history. The story goes that
Anadama Bread came
about as a result of a lazy
wife who never used her
imagination in preparing
meals for her husband.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
After days on end of
receiving nothing but corn
meal mush with molasses
for supper he decided to do
something about it. He
threw together his own
concoction using the mush,
yeast, molasses and flour to
create a delicious bread.
And out of his frustration
with his apathetic wife, he
explained, “Anna, dam
n’er” thus giving this honje
style loaf of bread a unique
name to match it’s corn and
molasses flavor.
- Anadama Bread
IV2 cups hot water
1 cup packaged corn flake
crumbs
Vi cup molasses
One third cup shortening
1 tablespoon salt
4 to 4Vi cups all-purpose
flour
2 pkgs. active dry yeast
1 egg
Measure hot water and
corn flake crumbs into
medium-size mixing bowl.
Stir in molasses, shortening
and salt. Let stand until
lukewarm. Stir together one
cup flour and the yeast.
Add the crumbs mixture
and egg. Beat well, add
remaining flour. Stir until
combined. Turn dough out
onto lightly floured surface.
Knead about eight minutes
or until smooth and eleastic.
Place in greased bowl,
turning once to grease
surface. Cover and let stand
in warm place until double
in bulk, about one hour.
Punch down and divide in
half. Cover and let rest 10
minutes. Shape each half
into round, slightly flattened
loaf. Place loaves in op
posite corner of baking
sheet. Cover and let rise in
warm place about 45
minutes. Cover with foil to
prevent overbrowning and
continue baking abouf 20
minutes longer. While still
warm brush with melted
butter, if desired.
A hearty different dish for
Saturday night supper could
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be Down East Supper Pie.
This combines saugages and
oysters with a biscuit crust
and is easy to make. Serve
with a tossed green salad or
a fresh fruit salad.
Down East Supper Pie
% lb. breakfast sausage
1 dozen oysters
IVt cups biscuit mix
Cook sausages until nicely
browned and drain. Drain
oysters saving liquid. Place
oysters in buttered nine-inch
pie plate. Stir one-third cup
oyster liquid with fork into
Awards Candidates Sought
James M. Bond, president
of the Rotary Club of
Edenton, has announced
that the club is searching for
young people as candidates
for Rotary Foundation
educational awards for
study abroad in 1979-80.
The awards, for graduate
and undergraduate
students, teachers of the
handicapped, students in
technical training
programs, and journalists,
provide round-trip tran
sporation, educational and
living expenses for one
academic year, and funds
for intensive language
training, if necessary.
Rotary Foundation
educational awards have
been given to over 10 area
RE-ELECT
James C. “Pete" Dail
Councilman-at-Large
Tuesday, November 8
Experienced. Active Willing
YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT WILL BE
GREATLY APPRECIATED
biscuit mix to make a stiff
dough. With dough on
floured surface, pat it with
hands to make a nine-inch
round to fit pie plate bottom.
Carefully place over
oysters. Lay cooked
sausages on top of dough to
make an attractive pattern.
Press sausages down into
dough so they are half
submerged. Bake at 375
degrees until biscuit is
golden brown, about 30
minutes. Cut into wedges
and serve hot. Makes six
servings.
students in the past.
Since the program began
in 1947, The Rotary Foun
dation has sponsored more
than 10,000 students at a cost
of $35-million involving 127
countries. A trust supported
by voluntary contributions
from Rotarians, Rotary
Clubs and others in more
than 150 Rotary countries,
the foundation will spend
825.4-million over the next
three years.
The deadline for ap
plication to your local
Rotary club is March 1,1978.
Contact Ashton Wiggs,
Atlantic Christian College,
Wilson, N.C. 27893
Telephone: 237-3181, Ext.
213, for further information
on eligibility and application
procedure.
Sgt. Midgette
In Exercise
With Allies
U.S. Forces, Germany—
Sgt. Danny A. Midgette, son
of Mrs. Sara R. Midgette of
Roper, N.C. recently par
ticipated with other
American and allied troops
in Exercises Reforger *77.
Some 12,000 U.S. based
soldiers and more than
37,000 tons of equipment
arrived in Europe in late
August as the massive
exercise got under way.
After arrival, Reforger
troops drew equipment from
ships and from
prepositioned stocks, then
joined with U.S. Army
Europe troops to begin the
exercises.
Reforger, conducted by
NATO’s Allied Command,
Europe, emphasized the
orderly dispoetion of forces
and stressed deployment
procedures and tech
niques.
Sgt. Midgette, a squad
leader with the 36th Infantry
in Kirch Gons, Germany,
entered the Army in June,
1973.
He is a 1973 graduate of
Plymouth High School.
I BINGO! I
I EACH HONDA? NIGHT 1
I Beginning at BP. M. I
I American Legion Building I
I U. S. 17 South I
I OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
Thursday, October 27, 1977
Church women
Slate Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Edenton District Church
women will be held Oc
tober 26, at Christ Church iib
Elizabeth City. 1
Registration begins at 10
o’clock with a service of
Holy Communion at 10:45
A.M.
Guest speaker for the
meeting will be Rev. Wendy
Raynor of Coalition 16 and
Rev. Clifton Daniel will
present a slide presentation
on Christmas at the
National Cathedal in
Washington, D.C.
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482-8421