Blind Pig & The Acorn

A Go Devil & A Mystery

2009-11-19T10:32:21-05:00

I found it surprising that many of you-who usually know all the vocabulary words, were in the dark about go devil. A few of you guessed what it is-a splitting maul. Makes me wonder if its a local saying or...

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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 13

2009-11-18T11:34:39-05:00

Time for this month's Vocabulary Test: Gall Gander Give out Give in Go devil Gall-nerve. "The gall of her to talk about me after I bent over backwards to help her!" Gander-look, stare. "Take a gander at that set of...

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Hominy

2009-11-16T14:02:32-05:00

Making hominy is yet another way Appalachians used dried corn for food. While it was a time consuming process-it added a little variety to their daily diets. I've heard folks compare hominy to rice or grits-somehow it always reminds me...

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New Shoes

2009-11-15T11:15:37-05:00

New shoes-we all get them-we all like them. For the last 24 hours there's been a girl walking around my house on cloud 9-cause she got new shoes-or in her case new boots. We've all heard the stories of days...

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Freezing Pumpkin & Roasting Pumpkin Seeds

2009-11-12T18:42:07-05:00

I'm taking a short intermission from corn recipes to put some pumpkin in the freezer. There are 2 recipes I make that call for pumpkin and I like to have it on hand-especially during the holidays. First up-prepping the pumpkin...

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Appalachian Writers

2009-11-11T14:22:45-05:00

Today's post starts a new monthly feature on the Blind Pig & The Acorn-interviewing writers from Appalachia. I have a delightful writer to introduce you to, Shirley Bullock from Kentucky. Last summer I had the pleasure of reading Shirley's latest...

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Veteran's Day

2009-11-10T08:48:45-05:00

I usually attend a Veterans Day program each year. I'm ashamed to say-I never went to one until the girls started school. Over the years of attending school programs-I've come to think of Veteran's Day as being almost synonymous with...

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Cornmeal Mush

2009-11-08T08:44:36-05:00

One way our ancestors used cornmeal-was to make mush. Folks think of cornmeal mush as a breakfast food comparable to grits, however in Paps family it was often eaten for supper as well. Cornmeal mush was an inexpensive food to...

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Cornmeal

2009-11-06T09:38:22-05:00

After folks had gathered in their corn, came the process of making it into cornmeal for human consumption. Most of the cornmeal we buy today has been ground with steel rollers and the hull and germ have been removed to...

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Planting By The Signs - Finally A Test That Worked

2009-11-05T09:29:12-05:00

My fall garden is producing a bumper crop of radishes, greens, and turnips. Some of you may remember-I made sure to plant my seeds on the appropriate day-dictated by the zodiac signs. Back in the summer I attempted a sign...

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