I forgot what part of va you moved to>>> **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Moving to the lovely little town of Hillsville. It is in the SW part of Virginia, west of Floyd and east of Galax. If you come straight up interstate 77 from North Carolina, we are located at exit 14. Drove on down to the Blue Ridge Parkway yesterday and spent a little time in Meadows of Dan, shopping at the wonderful country store they have there. It is worth the drive as the view is beautiful and the store is a real treat. Bought my kids some licorice drops and got my husband a couple of pieces of what he calls "streaky meat" (also known as "side meat.") Now here's your country trivia for today--who knows what in the world you do with "side meat?" Kat On Jan 9, 2008 6:24 AM, <EagleScout1974@aol.com> wrote: > I forgot what part of va you moved to>>> > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Kat, you slice the "fat back" as we always called it, and fry it in an iron skillet until crisp, but don't burn it. Remove the meat and set it aside. Then you take your mess of kale, or turnip, or mustard, etc., that you have already boiled, and drain it well before putting it into the hot grease and fry it. Once it's done, you put it on a serving platter and crumble up the meat strips onto it, or decorate the dish with the strips. A sliced hardboiled egg or two puts some color into it, and I could just about "swaller" my tongue just thinking about it. Add a big ol' bowl of pintos sprinkled on top with chopped up onions and a hunk of corn bread oozing real butter... well, there went my tongue! Carolyn HALE BRUCE, DAR, IBSSG, VBGS Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots Rebel King, The Har'ships and Rebel King, Bannok Burn See all the books we publish at: www.bruceandbruceinc.com (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kat Fulcher" <kfulcher55@gmail.com> To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] Not genealogy--more from Virginia > > Now here's your country trivia for today--who knows what in the world > you do with "side meat?" > > Kat > > On Jan 9, 2008 6:24 AM, <EagleScout1974@aol.com> wrote: >> I forgot what part of va you moved to>>> >> >> >> >> **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. >> http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 >> ********************************** >> Note from List Administrator!!! >> The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >> Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us >> something about your Brick Wall person. >> To contact Listowner: >> Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >> ********************************** >> Search this list's archived messages! >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ms. Kat: About your "side meat" - slice it thin and fry it up like bacon. Remember it's probably salt cured and you'll have to soak out some of the salt. You can also use it in strips or chunks to season beans and greens. Sure wish I had a slab of it. I would cook up a big mess of pintos and turnip greens. Meadows of Dan is always on our list of preferred stops. My wife's grandmother and grandfather both came from Carroll County - Baker & Branson. John in Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kat Fulcher" <kfulcher55@gmail.com> To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] Not genealogy--more from Virginia > Moving to the lovely little town of Hillsville. It is in the SW part > of Virginia, west of Floyd and east of Galax. If you come straight up > interstate 77 from North Carolina, we are located at exit 14. > > Drove on down to the Blue Ridge Parkway yesterday and spent a little > time in Meadows of Dan, shopping at the wonderful country store they > have there. It is worth the drive as the view is beautiful and the > store is a real treat. Bought my kids some licorice drops and got my > husband a couple of pieces of what he calls "streaky meat" (also known > as "side meat.") > > Now here's your country trivia for today--who knows what in the world > you do with "side meat?" > > Kat

This meat that I bought yesterday is already sliced up nicely and ready to cook. My hubby introduced me to the joys of "streaky meat" years ago (he has been so helpful in my country education...) Sounds funny to say that I bought my husband a couple of big hunks of fat meat as a souvenier from my trip, but he will be tickled pink. Anyone who comes up to this part of the country definitely needs to drive down to Meadows of Dan and up on the Parkway to Mabry Mill. All my life, I have just loved to visit the Mill and can NOT believe that I will be living so close. One thing I have to get used to is how the weather here can change from one county to the next. Here in Hillsville yesterday, it was cloudy, but reasonably warm and calm. As I drove down Hwy 58, however, and went up hill a thousand feet, it became foggy and windy. In Meadows of Dan, it was rainy and chilly. Drove back down to Hillsville and the sun was trying to come out. Amazing changes in just 20 miles. I went online yesterday to look at a topigraphical map of our area. Our new house sits at about 2450 feet, but the back part of the property is at 2600 feet--quite a hill (and really great view from up there.) Wait until the first good snow next winter when my Florida kids get their first chance to go sledding down THAT slope! On Jan 9, 2008 8:23 AM, John Ford <johnlford@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Ms. Kat: > > About your "side meat" - slice it thin and fry it up like bacon. Remember > it's probably salt cured and you'll have to soak out some of the salt. You > can also use it in strips or chunks to season beans and greens. > > Sure wish I had a slab of it. I would cook up a big mess of pintos and > turnip greens. > > Meadows of Dan is always on our list of preferred stops. > > My wife's grandmother and grandfather both came from Carroll County - Baker > & Branson. > > John in Ohio > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kat Fulcher" <kfulcher55@gmail.com> > To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:54 AM > Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] Not genealogy--more from Virginia > > > > Moving to the lovely little town of Hillsville. It is in the SW part > > of Virginia, west of Floyd and east of Galax. If you come straight up > > interstate 77 from North Carolina, we are located at exit 14. > > > > Drove on down to the Blue Ridge Parkway yesterday and spent a little > > time in Meadows of Dan, shopping at the wonderful country store they > > have there. It is worth the drive as the view is beautiful and the > > store is a real treat. Bought my kids some licorice drops and got my > > husband a couple of pieces of what he calls "streaky meat" (also known > > as "side meat.") > > > > Now here's your country trivia for today--who knows what in the world > > you do with "side meat?" > > > > Kat > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Ms. Kat: Y'all done made me hungry! We've been out of anything salt cured for a while now, and can't get back down that way right away. Back before they discovered cholesterol, we would take the renderings from the "streaked meat", mix it with some vinegar, salt and pepper and pour it over leaf lettuce and chopped green onions. A bowl of pintos and a slug of buttered cornbread makes it a meal. Still do - about once a year. That stuff will make you sassy! We drove out of our way last September to go to Mabry Mill for breakfast - Country ham biscuits. Kat, you're in one fine part of the planet. If you've never been there, you surely want to check out Grayson Highlands State Park for a picnic - of course wait 'til summer. John in Ohio

Johb you make me hungry. Not overly found of turnip greens but do like spinach :o) along with a slab of cornbread. John Sowers Lawrenc, KS ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ford" <johnlford@embarqmail.com> To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:23 AM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] Not genealogy--more from Virginia > Ms. Kat: > > About your "side meat" - slice it thin and fry it up like bacon. Remember > it's probably salt cured and you'll have to soak out some of the salt. > You > can also use it in strips or chunks to season beans and greens. > > Sure wish I had a slab of it. I would cook up a big mess of pintos and > turnip greens. > > Meadows of Dan is always on our list of preferred stops. > > My wife's grandmother and grandfather both came from Carroll County - > Baker > & Branson. > > John in Ohio > .