Trash Tutorial: Fire Starter
We’ve got another trash tutorial for you! Toilet paper seems to be a hot topic these days, but what do you do with the roll when you finish? If you find yourself throwing away these little...
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Woodstove Cooking Class: Cast Iron & Corn Bread
At long last, we are making the Appalachian staple: cornbread. This recipe is just one of many from The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery. Every cook had their own way of making cornbread, often...
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Trash Tutorial: Coffee Hand Scrub
With the current pandemic, many of us are reducing the number of trips we take to the store, and trying to stretch our resources as best we can. But what about food waste? Did you know that many of...
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Log Hewing
Curator Barry Stiles takes us through the process of hand-hewing a log. All log cabins in this region of the mountains were made of hewn logs. This was a process for squaring-off logs to make...
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Fermenting with Wildcraft Kitchen: Sauerkraut
Join Cara-Lee Langston of Wildcraft Kitchen as she delves into the world of fermentation. This week, Cara shows us an easy method for fermenting cabbage at home. Sauerkraut only requires a few...
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It Still Lives Season 2, Episode 5: Moonshine
Appalachia is renowned for its moonshine–that clear, high-proof liquor illegally distilled deep in the woods. Originally, the distilling process came over with Ulster-Scots who settled in the...
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Woodstove Cooking Class: Doughnuts are My Jam
Raise your hand if you miss going out for coffee and doughnuts on Saturday morning! This week we have a quick and simple no yeast doughnut recipe to take back your Saturday morning routine. Straight...
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Gardening with Foxfire: Square-Foot Gardening
As promised, we’ve put together a little video about square-foot gardening and have aggregated some resources for you here. This approach to growing food is especially designed for garden...
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