For more than 100 years, banana pudding has been the Queen of Southern desserts. Every southern state has its specialties: Derby Pie in Kentucky, Bread Pudding in Louisiana, and Key Lime Pie in Florida to name a few. But every Southern cook worth their salt makes Banana Pudding. The origins of the dish are a [...]
Entries from November 19th, 2010
a puddin’ fit for a king
November 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments · food, recipes
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serendipity at mickey g’s revisited
November 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · food, reviews
One of the things that I and other bloggers sometimes forget is that each blog post is a permanent individual record that can be accessed at any time, thanks to these nifty information gathering programs called spiders, sent out by the millions by the various search engines, (Wythenotes receives about one a minute; some sites [...]
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fall abstractions
November 7th, 2010 · No Comments · photos
gettin’ over it
November 6th, 2010 · No Comments · photos
Here in Wythe County, we live in such a way that if the world ends, it’ll take us three days to find out. The election was Tuesday. That was more than three days ago. The world didn’t end. I guess I’m going to have to get over it. Here is as nice a photo of [...]
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back to our roots
November 4th, 2010 · No Comments · food, recipes
The killing frosts are on their way, and we’ve come to the end of the growing season, with a few exceptions. Root vegetables are the glory of the fall. The ones pictured above include heirloom radishes, baby turnips, and scallions from the Artist George Krause, purple potatoes, baby carrots, fresh rosemary and thyme from our [...]
Tags:Cassell Family Farm·George Krause·root vegetables·west wind farm·Wytheville Farmers Market
forgive them father for they know not what they do
November 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · musings, wildlife
The voters spoke yesterday, and anything I have to say would probably be considered sour grapes. So, I’ll just remain silent.