My Eastern Kentucky Reunion Journal

Welcome to Ida's Ky Mountain Kitchen Recipes... What are recipe cards, recipes on scraps of paper in a kitchen drawer or old cookbooks with notes in the margin? These are more than just recipes. These are heritage recipes ~ our links with our past and our connections to special people and special events are tied to those scraps  of paper.  At Ida's Ky Mountain Kitchen Recipes we are dedicated to the preservation of memories and old recipes. As we move  through our fast paced, fast food world, we are at risk of losing touch with the special moments when we shared a special recipe ~ a special meal ~ with a special person. On of my earliest memories is of my children's Father making steak and gravy for us.  Oh, so tasty. I think of it often and still crave it today. Send Us Your Heritage Recipe You can join us in the preservation of these heritage recipes and memories by submitting recipes that have been passed on to you by someone special in your life.  Along with

Twin Mountain Muffins Ingredients: 1/4  cup butter 1/4  cup sugar 1  egg 3/4  cup milk 2  cups flour 3  t  baking powder Cream the butter.  Add sugar and egg. Sift baking powder and flour and add to the other ingredients.  Add the milk. Stir until well-blended.  Pour batter into buttered  muffin pan and bake 15 to 20 minutes. Then you can dig right in! These are the easiest, most delicious muffins. They go with many main dishes--pinto beans, spinch with vinegar, fish--and they disappear very, very quickly. OTRTE

Pumpkin Nut Pie Ingredients: 1  cup prepared pumpkin (canned or fresh puree) 1  cup brown sugar 1/4  t  nutmeg 1/4  t  cinnamon 1  t  salt 1/2  cup chopped nut meats 2 cups milk 2  T  flour 2  eggs 1/2  cup grated coconut Mix ingredients, pour into pastry lined plate. Bake for 5 minutes at 400 degrees, then 40 minutes at 350 degrees. Olde-Time Recipes To Enjoy ~ OTRTE

Betty's Table for an Autumn Dinner... Chandelier over table makes a soft cozy glow.  Fall garland of faux apples hides the brass on dome.  There are four glass globs with champagne pink border, better seen at  bottom left of picture. Our sunporch is decorated to last all season, and creates the seasons unparalleled beauty by inviting the outdoors in.  By leveraging colorful fall leaves, pumpkins, berries, corn, and more creates fall and Halloween decor' that will last us through Thanksgiving.                                 I'm always redecorating (over and over again), so what you see today is probably not what you'll see next week!  Many things are projects that my hubby, Ed and I work on together.