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Appalachian Home Cooking Index
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Sacred harp singing, 57
Salad dressings
     see Sauces
Salads, 194–204
     coleslaw, 198
     composed wilted salad, 196
     cornbread, 198
     deviled eggs, 194, 195
     killed lettuce, 66, 196–197
     pork, 200
     potherb with hot vinaigrette, 195
     wild greens, 114–118
     wilted lettuce with hot vinaigrette, 196
Salmolux, Inc., 315
Salting, 49
Sandwiches
     souse, 254–255
Sauces, 188–193
     apple butter, 192
     apple filling, 267–270
     blue cheese dressing, 190–191
     cheese sauce, 196, 216, 233–234
     chicken cream gravy, 248–249
     custard, boiled, 265, 272, 277
     float, 277
     hot sorghum syrup, 191
     hot vinaigrette, 195–197
     pasta, 138
     spiced apple butter, 192
     tomato gravy, 189
     see also Gravy
Saucy macaroni and cheese, 233
Sausage gravy, 189–190
School lunches, 69
Scottish and Irish connections to Appalachian food, 9
Scripture cake, 263–264
Seasoned flour mix, 243
Sheep, 138–139
“She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain,” 83
Shepherd’s purse, 117, 195
Shuck beans, 43–45, 207–208, 293, 296, 300, 305, 309
Shucky beans, 43–45, 222, 293, 300, 306
Simple cornbread, 184, 199
Simpson, Glen, 32
Skillet, cast-iron, 95
Slick dumplings, 247
Smith, Effie Waller, 157–158
Smithfield Companies, 315
Smoking, 51
Snack foods, 279
Social class, 63
Soda, 160–162, 238, 265–267, 279, 290
Sohn, Mark F., 46
     about the author, 332
     web site, 332
Sorghum, 141–143, 181, 188, 193, 210, 213, 262, 266–269, 285, 288, 291, 298, 301, 305, 308–309, 316
     hot sorghum, 181, 191, 212, 266–267
     syrup, 141–143
Sorrel dock, 115
Soul food, 8–9
Soup beans, 69–72, 184–186, 197–198, 205, 209, 217–218, 222–225, 234–235, 293–294, 296, 301
     menu, 6
Soups, 109–204
     bacon potato, 203
     bean soups, 70
     butternut squash and potato, 202–203
     potato soup, 203–204
     soup beans, 184–186, 197–198, 205, 209,
     217–218, 222–225, 234–235, 293–294, 296,
     301
     spiced butternut squash and potato, 203
     U.S. Senate bean soup, 234
     winter vegetable, 201–202
     winter vegetable, about, 44–45
Sour milk, 128–129
Souse, 254–255, 301
South American food, 19
Southern food, 8
Spiced apple butter, 192
Spiced pickled beets, 54, 218–219
Spring greens
     wilted, 66
     see also Potherbs
Spring houses, 123
Squash, 45–47, 188, 202–203, 212–214, 236, 257, 296, 301, 306, 309–310
     cushaw, 45–47, 202, 213–214, 296, 301,
     304, 309–310
     cushaw casserole, 47, 213–214
     Tex-Mex casserole, 214
Squash and potato soup, 202–203
Squirrel gravy, 22, 301
Stack cake apples, 147–150
Stack cakes, 267, 270
Starchy vegetables, 220–232
Stew, 218, 237–239, 290, 307, 331
     hot pot, 77
     lamb, 77
Stuart, Jesse, 64, 89
Stuffed bell peppers, 235–236
Stuffed cabbage rolls, 49, 236

Succotash, 221
Sugar glaze, 268, 270
Sulfuring, 51–52
Sunnyland Farms, Inc., 316
Sweet potato biscuits, 182–183
Sweet potato casserole, 229–230
Sweet potato pie, 257–258
Sweet potatoes, 78–81, 182–183, 192, 229–231, 240, 257–258, 315
     about sweet potatoes, 78
     baked, 78
     history, 78–81
Sweet potatoes and apples, 230
Sweet tea, 282–283
Sweeteners
     sorghum, 141–143
Switzerland of Ohio Black Walnut Festival, 286

Tater Hill, Georgia, 79
Tea, 189, 209, 237, 251, 263, 282–283, 300, 305, 309, 313
Tex-Mex squash casserole, 214
Tinware, 16
Tomato gravy, 32–33, 188
     sandwich, 188
Top Appalachian foods
     top 10, 5
     top 100, 5–6
Townsend’s Sorghum Mill, 316
Traditional mountain foods
     list, 4–8
Trout, 118–120, 214, 233, 242–243, 301, 305, 315
     fried trout, 242

U.S. Senate bean soup, 234

Vegetable soup, 186, 201–202
Vegetables, 205–232
     beans, shucky, 222, 293, 300, 306
     beets, 52–54, 99, 210, 215, 218–219, 303,
     306
     bell peppers, stuffed, 235
     broccoli casserole, 215–216
     butternut squash, purιed, 212
     cabbage rolls, 236–237
     coleslaw, 198
     cooking greens, 205
     cresses, 115, 213
     cushaw squash casserole, 213
     dandelion greens, 115
     dryland fish and onions, 207
     fiddleheads, 115–116, 296, 302, 304, 309
     fried apples, 34, 181, 191, 210–211, 253
     fried morels, 207
     fried ramps, 216
     green beans with bacon, 205–206
     greens, 185, 195–197, 205–206, 210, 222,
     228, 235, 242, 244–245, 296, 300–301,
     303–304, 308–309
     morels, 107–108, 191, 209–210, 299, 304,
     306, 309
     pickled beets, 53–54, 208, 215, 218–219,
     306
     poke, 110–114, 209–210, 250, 289, 297,
     299–300, 302, 305, 309
     poke sallet, 211–212
     purιed butternut squash, 213–214
     ramps, 108–110, 196, 216–217, 285, 290,
     300, 305, 308–309, 314
     rape, 64–65, 208–209
     shucky, 211
     succotash, 221
     starchy vegetables, 220–232
     sweet potato casserole, 229–230
     sweet potatoes and apples, 230
Venison stew, 237–238
Virginia Pork Festival, 290

Walnuts
     defined, 160
Weisenberger Mills, Inc., 316
Whipped cream, 210, 257, 259–261, 263, 265–267, 273
Whiskey Rebellion, 103
White fudge, 172
White gravy, 31–32
White Lily Foods Co., Inc., The, 317
White sausage gravy, 189–190
Wild game, 118–120, 237–238, 300
     raccoon, 118, 300
     stew, 237–238
Wild greens, 114–118, 195, 300–301
     growing poke, 116
     poke, 116
     salad, 115, 195–196
     see also Potherbs
Wilted lettuce, 1976
Wilted spring greens, 66
Winter vegetable soup, 201–202
     about winter vegetable soup, 44–45
Working class churches, 63
World Chicken Festival, 287

Yardbirds: homeplace chickens, 126
Yoakam, Dwight, 43