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Appalachia Through My Eyes - The First Watermelon

We had the first watermelon of the summer last week and man was it good. If you live in my neck of the woods-the watermelon came from the fine folks at Foster's Produce in Peachtree. I really think they should... Continue reading

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Wow! Very nice : )

Commented 2 days ago on FeedBlitz and Typepad: Making Your Feed Better Together at Everything Typepad

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Very interesting! Is the 50% off discount temporary or permanent?

Commented 2 days ago on FeedBlitz and Typepad: Making Your Feed Better Together at Everything Typepad

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Jackie-LOL I'm one of those hot water heater people : ) I don't think I could call it anything else even if I tried really hard LOL! Thank you for the comment : ) Tipper Blind Pig The Acorn Celebrating and Preserving the Culture of Appalachia www.blindpigandtheacorn.com

Commented 2 days ago on The Way Wash Day Used To Be at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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The Way Wash Day Used To Be

Today's guestpost was written by Charles Fletcher. Wash Day written by Charles Fletcher If the words, “wash day” were mentioned today, in 2013, very few people would know what you were talking about. Only the “old-timers” like me and a... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Appalachia Through My Eyes - Father's Day

Father's Day in Appalachia is special dinners with Daddy's favorite cake or pie. It's fathers-young, middle aged, and old-feeling backward and uncomfortable from all the extra attention. Father's Day in Appalachia is gifts of shirts-books-cds-or something as simple as painted... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Bob and Inez-Miss Cindy said she bought the super washing soda at either the grocery store or walmart-both have it. She said it was usually on the shelf close to Borax. Tipper Blind Pig The Acorn Celebrating and Preserving the Culture of Appalachia www.blindpigandtheacorn.com

Commented 4 days ago on Homemade Laundry Detergent at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Tamela-Miss Cindy said she bought the super washing soda at either the grocery store or walmart-both have it. She said it was usually on the shelf close to Borax. Tipper Blind Pig The Acorn Celebrating and Preserving the Culture of Appalachia www.blindpigandtheacorn.com

Commented 4 days ago on Homemade Laundry Detergent at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Sheryl-Miss Cindy said she bought the super washing soda at either the grocery store or walmart-both have it. She said it was usually on the shelf close to Borax. Tipper Blind Pig The Acorn Celebrating and Preserving the Culture of Appalachia www.blindpigandtheacorn.com

Commented 4 days ago on Homemade Laundry Detergent at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Linda Thank you for the comment! Go here for Papaws pickled beans and corn recipe:http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2009/07/pickled-beans-and-corn-the-old-time-way.html Have a great weekend! Tipper Blind Pig The Acorn Celebrating and Preserving the Culture of Appalachia www.blindpigandtheacorn.com

Commented 4 days ago on Mop At The Foxfire Museum at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Homemade Laundry Detergent

A few years ago, Miss Cindy and I discovered recipes for making laundry detergent. Neither of us mentioned it to the other-but when when we realized we'd both been studying the recipes Miss Cindy decided she'd make a batch for... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Wash Day

Wash on Monday, you'll have all week to dry; Wash on Tuesday, not so much awry; Wash on Wednesday, not so much to blame; Wash on Thursday, wash for shame; Wash on Friday, wash for need; Wash on Saturday, you're... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Mop Water

I wrote the article below several years ago as a guest post on a blog that I can't even remember the name of-sad uh? Anyway-here it is-why I use vinegar in my mop bucket. Do you like to clean house?... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Mop At The Foxfire Museum

The Foxfire Museum has amazing household items from days gone by-like the mops in this photo. Harder to use than my store bought mop I'm sure-but I bet they lasted a heck of a lot longer than mine seems too.... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Cleaning Up Summer

Something about Summer always makes me want to clean this place up-you know sort through all the closets, change all the curtains, scrub all the windows. Mind you know-as the years go by it seems like I have less and... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Appalachia Through My Eyes - Fleabane And Me

Fleabane is one of the many daisy like wildflowers that grow in Appalachia. Folklore says the name, fleabane, came about because the plant is a natural repellent for fleas; and people used to add fleabane to their bedticks for that... Continue reading

Posted Jun 10, 2013 at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Pass Me Not

The hymn Pass Me Not was written by Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915). I've read two different stories detailing how Crosby was inspired to write the song. The first: Crosby was visiting a prison as part of a missionary group when... Continue reading

Posted Jun 9, 2013 at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Got Beets?

Our beets are finally coming in! I'm hoping to have enough to pickle-but for now I'm cooking them like this: This post was originally published here on the Blind Pig in June of 2011. We love pickled beets-but we also... Continue reading

Posted Jun 8, 2013 at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Aunt Faye's Chocolate Cream Pie

After my flop pie-I decided when I thawed up one of the frozen easy peasy no fail pie crusts-I better use a pie recipe that I knew would turn out great. The perfect recipe came to mind-Aunt Faye's Chocolate Cream... Continue reading

Posted Jun 7, 2013 at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Appalachia Through My Eyes - Crawdads

Have you ever been pinched by a crawdad? The old saying is: if a crawdad pinches you it won't let go till it thunders. If you have been pinched by a crawdad-then you fully understand the saying indicates a pinch... Continue reading

Posted Jun 6, 2013 at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 55

It's time for this month's Appalachian Vocabulary Test - take it and see how you do. Fall to Favor Fit Flint rock Floweredy Fall to: to begin or start. "We were all just standing around talking when Larry fell to... Continue reading

Posted Jun 5, 2013 at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Appalachia Through My Eyes - Koolaid

Are you a koolaid fan? Me-not so much. A man down the road told Pap the thing he missed most of all while serving in the military overseas-was koolaid (other than his family). When we were growing up Paul was... Continue reading

Posted Jun 4, 2013 at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Easy Peasy - No Fail Pie Crust

I love trying new recipes-especially ones from Appalachia. A few weeks ago, I came across a recipe for Kentucky Pie. I decided to give the pie a try-since I had a store bought pie crust in the freezer. After I... Continue reading

Posted Jun 3, 2013 at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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Crying In The Chapel

The song, Crying In The Chapel, is most often associated with Elvis Presley. However, the song's composer wrote the song with someone else in mind. Artie Glenn (1915-1994) was a musician as well as a songwriter. He penned the song,... Continue reading

Posted Jun 2, 2013 at Blind Pig & The Acorn

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