Appalachian Home Cooking Index D

Dandelion coffee, 37
Dandelion greens, 66–67, 115, 195
Davis, Peggy, 147
De Soto, Hernando, 13, 46
Death, 124
Desserts, 271–283
     Appalachian, list of, 7
     apple crisp, 273–274
     banana pudding, 272
     bread pudding, 271–272
     pawpaw custard, 274
     peach cobbler, canned, 276
     peach cobbler, fresh, 275
Deviled eggs, 194–195, 316
Dinner on the grounds, 56, 61, 194, 287–288
Dock, 65
Dressings
     Black walnut vinaigrette, 206
Dried apple stack cake, 267
Dry beans, 69–71, 207, 211–212, 293, 296
Drying, 49, 254
Dryland fish, 207
Dumplings, 81–86, 217, 238, 245–247,295, 300
     and Appalachian food, 11
     slick dumplings, 247, 300
Dutch oven, 95–96
Dutch oven chicken dinner with gravy, 240–241

Earthy Delights, 304–305, 308–309
Education
     one-room schools, 72
     school lunches, 72
Eggs
     deviled, 194–195, 316
     poke sallet, 113–114, 209–210, 289
Elk restoration, 120
English, Scottish, and Irish connections to Appalachian food, 9
Environmental policy, 22
Equipment, 16
     see also Housewares
Ethnic foods
     Hispanic foods, 19, 21
     Southern, 8–9
Ethnic groups
     in Appalachia, 17–23
     Native Americans, 17
European
     attitudes and values, 17–19
     foods, 15
     immigrants, 19

Fall greens, 64–65, 208, 244
Family farm, 316
Fancy cheese grits casserole, 231–232
Fancy poke sallet, 211–212
Fancy potato casserole, 227–228
Farms, 122–123, 214, 254, 303–305, 312–313, 315–316
Fast food restaurants, 20, 22
Feast of the Ramson, 290
     ramp dinner, 308
Fermenting, 47, 51
Festivals
     apple festivals, 285
     black walnut festivals, 286
     Feast of the Ramson, 290
     moonshine festivals, 288
     National Cornbread Festival, 287
     National Grits Festival, 288
     North Carolina Apple Festival, 285
     peanut festivals, 289
     Pittsburgh Irish Festival, 290
     Poke Sallet Festival, 289
     sorghum festivals, 291
     Virginia Pork Festival, 290
     West Virginia Molasses Festival, 291
     World Chicken Festival, 287
     World Grits Festival, 288
Fiddleheads, 115–116, 296, 302, 304, 309
Fish, 242–256
     fishing, 118–120
     fried trout, 242
     trout, 118–120, 214, 233, 242–243, 301, 305,
     315
Flag Fork Herb Farm, Inc., 309
Float, 277
Floyd Skean’s Marathon, 212, 303, 305, 309
Food history, 12–23

Food of the late twentieth century, 19
Food preservation, 47–52
Freezing, 49
Fresh apple cake with black walnuts,266
Fried apples, 181, 189, 212–213, 253
     about fried apples, 34
Fried bacon, 250
Fried catfish menu, 6
Fried chicken, 181, 188, 199, 210, 213, 215–216, 221–222, 247–249, 287
Fried dry land fish with spring onions, 209
Fried morels, 209
Fried potatoes, 181, 185–186, 189, 197, 212, 216, 222, 226, 235, 250, 253
Fried ramps, 216
Fried trout, 242
Frontier
     cooking tools, 19
     dinner, 19
     kitchens, 19
     pewter, 16
     pottery, 16, 309
     settlers, 16
Frostings
     buttercream, light red velvet, 261
     sugar glaze, 268, 270
Fruit
     about apples, 144
     about grapes, 146
     about peaches, 144
     about pears, 145
     pawpaws, 152, 274–275
     peach cobbler, fresh, 275
Fussell, Betty, 46

Gallery Crafts, 304–305, 309–310
Garden Cafe, The, 309
Gas-and-go service stations, 20
Gingerbread patties with light butter cream frosting, 261–262
Grapes
     about grapes, 146
Concord, 146–147
     muscadines, 146–147
Gravy, 30–34, 181, 189–192, 208–210, 213, 228–229, 234, 238–241, 246–250, 252–253, 258, 296, 298, 300–301
     about gravy, 31
     chocolate, 193
     morel, 108
     new potatoes and, 228
     sausage, 189–190, 210, 301
     tomato, 188–189
     white sausage, 188–189
Green beans, 39–43, 201, 206, 213–215, 220, 233, 240, 246, 250, 254, 293–294, 296, 314
     bush, half-runner, pole, 41
     greasies, 41, 206, 293
     greasy cut shorts, 40–41, 293
     growth stages, 40
     leather britches, 43, 293, 304
     Logan giants, 42
     October shellies, 41–42, 293
     Pine Mountain, 42, 149, 307
     pink half-runners, 41
     pole, 41
     shelly, 41, 43, 293, 300
     shuck beans, 43–45, 207–208, 293, 296,
     300, 305, 309
     stringing beans, 42
     varieties, 39–43
     white half-runner, 39–41, 205
Green beans with bacon, 205–206
Green beans with hot black walnut vinaigrette, 206
Green pepper tomato gravy, 189
Greens, 64–67, 185, 195–197, 205–206, 210, 222, 228, 235, 242, 244–245, 296, 300–301, 303–304, 308–309
     fall, 64–65, 206, 208, 244
     rape, 64–65, 208–209
     served with pot likker, 196
     spring, 64, 209–210
     spring, list of, 64–65
     see also Potherbs
Gregg, Cissy, 75
Grilled lamb chops, 255
Grits, 34–35, 210–211, 217, 231–232, 288, 295, 297, 303–304, 307, 309, 313, 317
fancy cheese grits casserole, 231–232
Grits-Lover’s Prayer, 35
Grove Park Inn, 20