"Harriet,
Kyla, Zammie, and Joseph all sat at a small wooden table eating plates of a
dish Millie called “pot likker”. She had boiled some greens and onions in water
with some salted ham and had used the liquid as a stock to pour over ashcakes
and dumplings she had made from cornmeal.
The
cabin was basically just one room with a small kitchen area although Millie did
most of the cooking outside on a wood stove. The food was good and filling.
Harriet knew it was probably more than Millie could afford to be giving out
under normal circumstances. Harriet had a dollar that she tried to give
to Millie for payment, but Millie refused it. Harriet later gave the money to little
Joseph and told him to give it to his mother after they left."
-- from Time Trip #2:
A Ride On the Underground Railroad
| Greens in potlikker with dumplings. |
Read more about Potlikker in this article from The Atlantic.
TIME TRIP ADVENTURE 4
KILLING FOR COUNTRY
TIME TRIP ADVENTURE 2
A RIDE ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
TIME TRIP ADVENTURE 3
WITNESS TO THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
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