A Common Shepherdess

North Carolina-style pulled pork barbecue sandwiches Three-Potato Salad 7-layer salad Pepsi Blueberry Sonker North Carolina-style barbecue has a vinegar base rather than a tomato base. I chose the Three Potato Salad because potato salad is great with barbecue and it uses sweet potatoes. North Carolina is the leading producer of sweet potatoes in the US. Pepsi was first made and sold in North Carolina in 1 898. A sonker is a variety of cobbler unique to North Carolina.

I am becoming increasingly disappointed with modern children's literature. Recently I decided to add some literature to our state studies. With the help of a friend, I finally figured out how to search our library's online catalog for children's books by setting. [Do a subject search for "juvenile fiction - (insert name of state or region)". Works great!] After pulling up the books available at our library, I used Amazon.com to get some reviews and synopses. Keep in mind that these books are written for 9-12 year olds. Here is one book I found set in Georgia (opinions of reviewing librarians and educators in bold): Daniel's nickname, D-Man, came from his Uncle Clay, who has been more of a father to him than the boy's mean, beer-drinking, cigarette-smoking dad. One fall morning, Clay gives his nephew his Granddaddy's shotgun and they go out to bag a few rabbits. Daniel's queasiness about hunting is embarrassing, so he tries to mask his qualms

Barbecue chicken Buttermilk biscuits Wilted lettuce Variety of pickled vegetables Strawberry lemonade Molasses stack cake with apple butter I'm sure the barbecue chicken recipe I linked above is very good. But tonight I didn't have time to make my own barbecue sauce. I marinated the chicken pieces for 2 days in Kraft Italian dressing. I used Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce since that is our favorite barbecue sauce. The buttermilk biscuit recipe is the best I've tried. I did add an additional 2 Tbsp of butter. Maybe it's the dry weather here but they turned out better with the added fat. The biscuits are so soft and tender. My six-year-old ate four of them with supper. For the pickled vegetables I used some homemade refrigerator pickles I already had on hand. According to AppalachianHistory.net, the stack cake is one of the most popular southern Appalachian cakes. At holidays and weddings, early mountain settlers traditionally served stack cake in lieu of mor

Grate: 1 small zucchini (or 1 small yellow summer squash) 1/4 small onion Mix together in a bowl: 1 cup gluten-free oat flour (I grind my own from Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Oats.) 3/4 tsp dried parsley 1/4 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp salt Stir in: 3/4 c club soda Add: grated vegetables Drop by the teaspoonful into hot oil. Deep-fry 2 to 3 minutes until golden brown. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with salt. Serve immediately. Sprinkle with lemon juice or serve with sour cream for dipping or just enjoy plain.