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Flossie Williamson, the herb lady of Woodville, left behind a legacy when she died last month.
Scores of Rappahannock gardners have a patch of parsley, a spot of sage or a clump of chives from Oak Forest where Mrs. Williamson raised herbs for the Washington Cathedral’s shop. She taught poison ivy sufferers how to ease the itch with an herbal poultice and Nervous Nellies how to calm their palpitations with a cup of herbal tea. At garden parties and buffets, county cooks pass plates of delicately delicious herb sandwiches, fill tall glasses with Flossie’s refreshing herb punch and crown salads with dressings of herb vinegar.
Friends of Flossie, a loosely knit bunch of the herb lady’s friends and admirers, are determined that this bequest should not slip away. As a memorial to Mrs. Williamson, they’re collecting her recipes with the aim of publishing an herbal cookbook. “Her dearest wish was to have her recipes published,” said Quita Parrish, who will illustrate the cookbook.
But it isn’t just her culinary directions that Flossie’s friends want to preserve. The words of wisdom she dispensed with her recipes, the philosophy of life she shared as she gave a basket of fresh mint, “that’s what endeared her to us,” said Barabara Scherer. ‘We want to save that, too.”
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