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By MICHELE MAY
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
It started out innocently enough. This misplaced Yankee wanted to know the appropriate way to celebrate Jackson/Lee Day. Perhaps there was a special recipe one used on this holiday such as the green cream cheese concoctions with which I used to nauseate my playmates on Saint Patrick’s Day? A fancy dessert like cherry pie on Washington’s birthday?
“Great idea!” said the editor. “Why don’t you do some Civil War recipes?”
But wait! As I recall Southern Civil War cuisine based on having seen both “Gone With The Wind” and “Voices of Rappahannock,” there weren’t many ingredients to work with. The Yankees were killing the cattle and stealing the corn meal. Perhaps the column should offer 27 ways to prepare chicory? (For those who don't remember, chicory is a weed they used to brew in place of coffee during the blockade. They still put it in the cafe au lait in New Orleans.) People were poor. Like Scarlett in the garden asserting, “I’ll never be hungry again!”
Here’s one period recipe that survived the War and moved to Michigan during
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