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“There’s always something waiting behind, s- mething else to do,” she said. In Martha’s case this is certainly true. In addition to working as the secretaiy at Rappahannock Elementary School, and farming with her husband Geor' Martha has prize winning produ^s of every description. Besides her jellies, she claimed first place for her hand-quilted quilt, third place for her sweet peppers, and first place for her Irish potatoes at this year’s farm show.
A fourth Rappahannock cook to claim honors at the show is Doris Donald of Castleton. Those who read the Castleton News every week know that Doris leads a very busy life, devoting a lot of time to her family as well as to community projects. But she still finds time to can and freeze the produce from her large garden, and to accomplish this with such skill that she came away from the farm show with second place in string beans, second place in grape jelly and first place in blackberry jelly.
Doris is especially proud of her string beans. She uses a recipe given to her mother by a neighbor 50 years ago.
“Everyone who tastes my canned beans asks for the recipe,” she said. “In fact, Sheriff Buntin chased me down in the post office to get it. He said that they were the best canned beans he had ever had!” Doris attributes the beans’ success, both with friends and with the Culpeper judges, to the addition of a cup of vinegar. “This is a preservative,” she said. “It helps keep the color and the flavor fresh.” When Doris
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