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• ‘ttlk. *-• - yri|p^-' v <»’ «w iffitoidS//^/ftk i jM . Jr * v 4 4*l* JP agj -■" :• 1 ■';. .: y£.’-*'.:. ___l ■.-.. ; _, ■_... I AtlJ.. , . . . • Summer Fun At Carolina Hemlock liflrOf 1 niimhprG nf tnin>llltll otul l/\Anl auMit<lnn4ii LmtA Laax am !a..l m .w aL> b .a Baa n a • . • • • •• * a . • ■ numners ot tourists and local residents have been enjoying the area and the highway 80 bridge has been weU womT»y tubers who ride the swimming and tubing opportunities offered by Carolina Hemlock. The rapids again and again. . . Photos by Brian Westveer sparkling South Toe has even been warm! The trail between the swimming ?*■*?>* R^lUs ’*’'*’*■■** ■'t- *’~ - <3 . y*. iitfMtlf ittniii fl - rii&iftT,"' •'•- KJqP : ———^.^ ' * •, *, »*«^ * j *--£-)7' -jKa_^^" _ W*^x*:.»:.»k.:.vv.v«w.ms‘.v and One of the distinctive traditional crafts of Appala chia is rug hooking, which involves drawing loops of material through the mesh of a loosely woven cloth to form a design. Normally the material used is wool, but in recent yeirs a rug technique involv ing hooking burlap through burlap has been developed. One of the better known practitioners of this art is Mrs. Elsie Trivette, an Avery County native, who has been hooking rugs since the age of ten. She understands the why ME | From The Yancey Extension Homemakers I JKJL . food news & cues I I » Phone 682-6186 or 682-6187 I BY DONNA McLAIN Extension Homemaker Are you ready for some new pickle recipes? Here are three to add to your own favorites. SWc.ET PICKLE STICKS Use fresh, firm medium cucumbers. Wash and cut them into sticks. Pour boiling water over them and let stand 4 to 5 hours. Drain and pack solidly into sterilised' jars. Makers solution of: 3Vi cups vinegar 3 cups sugar 3 tblsp. salt ’4V4 tsp. celery seed 4VI tsp. turmeric Vi tsp. mustard seed Boil the solution for S min. Pour boiling hot over the cucumbers to within Vi inch of top of jar. Put on cap, screw band firmly tight. Process in boiling water bath 5 minutes. of burlap--cheapness and availability. Tow sacks repre sented an available source of material and in her life she has unraveled countless num bers of these bags for their yarn. She also recalls dyeing the yarn with natural colors obtained from flowers, plants, berries, nuts, and bark and hooking It through a piece of burlap backing, using about five strands per hook. The result: a coarser and more primitive effect than that offered by wool. Recently Mrs. Trivette was questioned about her reasons for following this Solution fills 6 pint jars. NOTE: if sweeter pickle is desired, double measurement of sugar. (Taken from Ken- Home Canning and Freezing Book). DILL PICKLES Fresh Kosher Style 30 to 36 cucpmbers (3-4 in. long) 3 cups vinegar 3 cups water 6 tblsp. salt ' Fresh or dried dill Garlic Mustard Seed Wash the cucumbers. Make a brine of the vinegar, water and salt. Bring to boil, _ Place a generous layer of dill, Vt to 1 clove of garlic (sliced) and Vi tblsp. mustard seed in bottom of each sterilized quart jar. Pack the cucumbers into the jar. CRISP-SWEET PICKLES ft Ih* rwnmhu's < _ . . . ... . I craft. “Well, it was mostly a matter of supporting my family. I had six'children and I had to have some means of bringing in a little money.” Little is apparently an apt expression. Mrs. Trivette remembers hooking rugs throughout the long winter months and then selling the finished products (usually two feet by four feet) for fifty cents each. Now, she notes, the same rug would bring thirty dollars. “Turns out I was working for three cents an hour,” she said ruefully. Her designs are those passed down by her mother, l-H'/i gram bottle lime (the kind available at drug stores; 3 pints vinegar * 4 pounds sugar 1 tblsp. whole allspice 1 tblsp. whole cloves 3-4 sticks cinnamon 3 i-inch pieces whole ginger Make a solution of the lime and one gallon of water. Slice the cucumbers into it and let sit for 24 hours. Wash cucumbers next day, chang ing water every 20 minutes for 4 hours. Combine vinegar, sugar and spices that are tied in a clean, thin, white cloth; heat to boiling. Pour over cucumbers and soak over night. The following day cook . the cucumbers and syrup for one hour. Remove the bag of spices and pour in clean hot jars and seal. Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath. •sa pFT $S$5' . /V plus those she “makes up” herself. With a felt pen she draws each design on the burlap backing after it has been stretched on a frame, but she remembers 1 the times when she had to rely on a walnut hull or pokeberry for her marking device. Some of her most com monly used patterns are the block, the diamond, the flower, the rolling stone, the wedding ring, and the cross, the latter inspired by the configurations she noted in her churn dasher. Several years ago she created a large rug in this design which was pruchased and displayed by the Smith sonian Institute. Today Mrs. Trivette spend little time in rug-making, primarily because it is close work that is extremely taxing on her eyes. From time to : time, however, she does • demonstrate the technique at • crafts fairs and other folk • expositions, “along with a : little carding and spinning.” i In addition she has made : sure that the hooking tradition j: will survive, for she has j: passed on the skill to each of j; her daughters. And if that :j fails she has a young \ ■ granddaughter already in the j: learning stage. Readers are invited to J send folk material to Rogers ij * »i :' . - mrnmmmmmmmmmmmmzmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmj 3rd Annual I 10Mirr% ™ ON THE SQUARE Ml Xvi I SHIRTS by them famous folks at $8 Lm - _ M'-k P™ J JR. Career Club, Creighton, Jockey, |JjI |W S® 118 Ilf* C p» Bl ■ Monticello. They know shirts 1J 1 § B±j 111 Wl Iwjl II j I ■ “ we p “‘ ||j | “Great” Savings On Leisure Suits, | | Suits, & Sports CoalsTSlacks, & Shirts. SPECIAL SALE on Levi’s For I jjjJJSEEJHI Once A Year Sale J|- | Remember We Have Lad]MLevl’s, Landlubber, & H.I.S. I | All Summer Tops the Ladies. j "N THE TOWN SQUARE OP BURNSVILLE m j BOOK CORNER I | Mrs. Gladys Colette ,S nPFI ■ - i ■■■- *, ■ »;■ : **&& ■ ¥ .•■ • ••* ■*'<• >,.v! 'sH£ TOUCH NOT THE CAT By Mary Stewart. 1976. Pp. 423. WElllam Morrow & Co., lac., Publishers. Touch Not The Cat by Mary Stewart is a new masterpiece of romantic sus pense. The title, When ac tually completed, becomes more ominous throughout the story, as the reader realizes the implications of the warn ing on the medieval family crest: “Touch not the cat without a glove.” We are intrigued with the opening sentence of this romantic mystery, which states: “My lover came to me on the last night in April, with a message and a warning that sent me home to him.” The stage is set at once for a story of precognition, telepathy, and other wonders. The author makes it all seem so plausible and authentic that we believe both the possible and impossible to b«e real. Such is the power of her storytelling. A sweet and endearing facet of Miss Stewart’s art is her flashback method employ ed throughout. Sweet, be cause it tells of a tender romance of long ago, and endearing because of the warmth and the relevance to *" ~~~\ -x tan a*/ The SumrnorXtiearence Sale x Continues At The Glnny-Usa Shoppe JffWV <&* u *es XixfTj All Summer Merchandise Reduced In Some Depts. The Selection Is Still GoodV*rA V/ «^Ginny-Lisa Shoppe ?anks Family Square Shopping Center Phone 682-2447 - - THE YANCEY JOURNAL AUGUST :5, W 6 1,, tfry-tfltfcj: "«4 >. ’••?•«.. sjvf the characters of today. The flashbacks explain both the past and the present, thus serving a double purpose. Not sugarv-sweet nor . 'v ★ All Kinds Os Insurance ★ l f r . j_* A Get'Protection | Against ★ Auto Accident ★ J * Hospitalization * ** *f heft| ★★ * ★ \ All Kinds of ib^urance^^jp" Yancey Insurance' Phone 682-2325 CLASSIFIED ADS m&vagL a— i; W> mournfully sad, Touch Noe* , The Cat abounds with aig . sample of both, as well as mixture of suspense, authen-H . 'tic background, and humlap emotion. *2* PAGE 9
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