Paul in Raleigh wrote: <<I've lived in North Carolina almost ten years now and have yet to meet a person that has ever heard of salt risin' bread, much less eaten it. But I was born and raised in West Virginia, and toasted salt risin' bread with a smear of butter on it was a real treat. Up there, we could find it in just about any store.
Maybe it's like ramps - a regional delicacy.>> I'm behind on my emails since I started a new job this week, so I'd have to guess that I missed an earlier note about Salt Risin' Bread. So, if you would Paul, please send a note explaining what Salt Risin' Bread is, either to the list or to my email address of roadrunner_hbc82@ yahoo.com Yup, you're right about Ramps being a regional delicacy. The Flag Pond (Tennessee) Ruritan Club puts on a Ramp Festival the Saturday of Mother's Day weekend. Never heard of Ramps until we moved to Flag Pond in April 2002, and the folks at the store in front of the house said, "You're here just in time for the Ramp Festival!" which is held right next door at the old Flag Pond School (now a Community Center). Our first question was, "What are Ramps?" I think there's about a dozen or so Ramp Festival in the April/May time frame in Southern Appalachia. I don't recall the man's name, but there was a Made for PBS program about Ramp Festivals that was made a couple of years ago, and included the Flag Pond Ramp Festival. For those that don't know what Ramps are...they have a taste that's a cross between Garlic and Onions. One comment the old timer's here have said is, "It'll make your tongue reach out and slap the back of your head!" Jim ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
