This recipe started by accident. Mamaw was making strawberry cookies which is a family favorite (recipe in a previous post) and accidentally used a white cake mix instead of a strawberry cake mix. Of course we all had to try them and we all agreed they would be fabulous if she added some cranberry raisins … Continue reading The Don-Ella cookies, a yummy recipe accident
This recipe started by accident. Mamaw was making strawberry cookies which is a family favorite (recipe in a previous post) and accidentally used a white cake mix instead of a strawberry cake mix. Of course we all had to try them and we all agreed they would be fabulous if she added some cranberry raisins … Continue reading The Don-Ella cookies, a yummy recipe accident
We always collected black walnuts as a kid and they are my favorite nut for cooking and snacking. Please don’t get them confused with English walnuts… totally different! Black walnuts are HARD to crack! But there is a method to the madness if you’ve been around hill folk in the Appalachians and learned how to … Continue reading Fall is Black Walnut Time!
There is a trick to home canning green tomatoes, that I found by accident, if you want to fry green tomatoes this winter and not have them a falling apart soggy mess! It is the season (early fall) to grab those green tomatoes off the vine and put them up for a winter and spring … Continue reading How To Can The Best Green Tomatoes and What To Do With Them
My husband hates grape jelly. Store bought grape jelly is taboo in our house. But I wanted to play and make some homemade grape jelly just for fun! So I bought 4 LBs of dark purple grapes (they are in season and cheap!) and brought them home. He reluctantly agreed to experiment with it “just … Continue reading Homemade grape jelly
We used a lot of jewel weed as kids to combat poison ivy. It grows almost everywhere in the US along creek banks and funny enough is often found growing next to … yep you guessed to it… poison ivy! Jewel weed salve has been an amazing relief for my itchy skin problems as I … Continue reading Jewel weed salve
When you get older you find you have to write things down in order to remember them! So a lot of my blogs are for me to remember things like recipes lol but also to share cool stuff I’ve found or learned! One of the things I’ve learned is that store bought salad dressing does … Continue reading Salad dressing recipe
For years now we have been using washeze laundry sheets (see other blog post about those) which I discovered in the commissary many years ago when I was in the military. They were so easy to pack and use when in the field! Much easier than powder, liquid or tablets that could crush in a … Continue reading New washing machine detergent sheets for our RV and home (review and a gift giving subscription idea)
https://gilmercountywvhistoricalsociety.wpcomstaging.com/2021/12/01/mamaw-gilberts-apple-sauce-cake/?amp=1 This is another short blog post with a redirect to another site (which is a local historical society website) that I wrote an article for with another famous family recipe. Since people keep asking me for this recipe( and I’m too lazy to write another article lol) I’m posting the link here so everyone … Continue reading Mamaw Gilbert’s Applesauce cake recipe
Every year I have to try and find this recipe because it’s a family favorite! Which means looking thru old Facebook messages from my sister to find it again lol…So this year I’m going to be smart and I’m just going to post it to my website. I’m assuming “mamaw” probably got this recipe from … Continue reading Strawberry cookie recipe
Conestoga Chuck 