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Brisketman keep recipe in safe but will divulge this one

May 7, 2010

By Katie George
Hundreds of people in more than 20  states feast on Lee’s brisket—yet only one person knows the recipe. “I have the recipe written down in a locked safe,” said Lee Biery, owner of Lee’s Country Market.
Lee Biery started his brisket business in the back of his rural grocery store in Clyde, Kansas [...]

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Grant family cornbread: Simple meals for tough times

May 7, 2010

By Grant Guggisberg
In rural Oklahoma, the Grant family only knew one thing, and that was how to work. Abandoned by her husband, Ila Maude Grant was left to care and provide for five children during one of the most destitute times in American history, the Great Depression.
They all worked hard in the corn fields, earning [...]

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McKibbens potato salad: produce of rich family history

May 7, 2010

By Erin White
1882 was a year of historical markers: the infamous Jesse James was killed, the immigration act was put into place, and the Knights of Columbus was established. However, many less prominent events occurred as well, including the birth of Malcolm McKibben.
Malcolm McKibben’s mother and father homesteaded in northern Hodgeman County since [...]

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No more hog maw at Hess Family reunion

May 7, 2010

By Lindsay Creviston
Liver pudding and hog maw were on the menu at the first reunions at the Hess family homestead.
Every three years the 12 children of Herman and Iva Hess and their families descend on Waynesboro, Penn., to catch up, eat, play games, eat some more, have a family meeting, and eat some more. The [...]

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Blueberry cake: Mrs. Hollis’s secret ingredient

May 7, 2010

By Carolyn Hollis
Even though Jean Larkin Hollis passed away, she lives on through the recipes she created more than 70 years ago and passed to her children.  Mrs. Hollis was a stay-at-home mother of four children in Fairfax Virginia. Relying solely on her husband’s income, Mrs. Hollis learned to pinch pennies.
To save money, Mrs. Hollis [...]

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