Recipes
Country Kitchen 2011 March Neighbors
More than 100 entries were judged in the 2010 National Peanut Festival Recipe Contest, but there were two that stood out. One of those became the Adult Grand Prize Winner and the other was named as the Student Grand Prize Winner. more
2010 December Neighbors Country Kitchen
“The best thing that happened to us and our marriage was buying this farm,” says Sheryl Childers of Morgan County.
2010 November Neighbors Country Kitchen
Carol Simpson said she felt a little out-classed when she walked into the Alabama Farmers Federation’s Annual Heritage Cooking Contest in Montgomery Sept. 2. The St. Clair County cook was carrying an Autumn Harvest Pie, her entry in the state cooking contest, in a grocery bag. more
January 1995 Neighbors Country Kitchen
I’m not much of a sitter. I want to work and ‘do’ rather than sit around,” says Carol Simpson of St. Clair County. And true to her word, Simpson keeps busy at home and in her community.
“I belong to several senior clubs, and I enjoy going to Farmers Federation meetings. I sew and quilt, cook and clean, and we have a small vegetable garden every year, and I participate in a lot of church activities. It’s a good life,” says Simpson.
After she and husband James retired, the couple moved to their weekend getaway home on Canoe Creek. “We just fell in love with this place. It’s like living in the last Mayberry,” she said. It was there that she became involved with the Federation.
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Country Kitchen-September Neighbors 2010
“I started cooking as a teenager only because I loved cheesecake, but nobody in my family made it.”
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Country Kitchen October 2010 Neighbors
Gordie Cartwright has earned a slice of national fame, cornbread slice that is. The 10-year- old Alabama 4-H’er won this spring’s 2010 4-H Cornbread Cook-Off, a competition that is part of the National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg, Tenn. more
Country Kitchen-August 2010 Neighbors
Known to many in Lawrence County as the “Cake Lady,” Lisa Terry says she has always loved cooking for the multitudes. “I’d rather cook for 25 than for two any day,” she says.
Country Kitchen-July Neighbors 2010
Sandy Carroll Ward now lives in the city of Ozark, but having spent half her life on the farm has definitely put a love of the countryside in her heart. more
Country Kitchen-June Neighbors 2010
The couple still lives in the Fairview community on the family farm where Bud was born, and that land is currently home to the fifth generation of Hayneses to live there.
“Our son Darrel’s grandson, Jack, is 2 years old, and he loves the cows and the tractor,” says Juanita.
And Juanita still cooks lunch for her family members who work on the farm.
“I cook lunch for Darrel and his two boys every day, and they’re appreciative of it. No matter what I fix, they thank me every day with no complaints,” she says.
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