WV cuisine (Huntington, Fairmont, Shinnston: house, tax, live)

[harborlady]

gourmet ramp:
http://www.cuisinecapers.com/?s=+Ram...+Mustard+Sauce

http://www.cuisinecapers.com/?s=Orec...Peas+and+Ramps

http://www.cuisinecapers.com/?s=Ramp...n+Garlic+Pesto

this one is for tuna & ramps
Morel Mushroom Recipe - Wild Harvest Spring

there's a ramp cook off happening in elkins, but they haven't set a date. last years was late april

[Lone Star Rebel]

Originally Posted by Lone Star Rebel

The best hot dogs I have ever eaten (and I have eaten a ton) in my 26 years of roaming this great nation of ours... is undoubtably Shorty's Hot Dogs in Washington, PA. I believe it's located on Chestnut Street downtown.

"undoubtably" did I spell that right? LOL.

I don't think that's a word, is it?

[David Kennedy]

Reb: I'm going to make it a point to get to Shorty's for a Dawg...
and a comment about these Wv festivals...They are the greatest place to get to know the Wv family..experience the spark that still exists in gathering...it harkens back to pioneer days of gathering in at the forts...
Now, in this present time, we can laugh and eat precious foods and even comicaly watch the 'flatlanders' as they arrive for the gatherings in their BMW's and Saab's...

[snorpus]

LoneStar... you were close. I think the word is "undoubtedly".

[David Kennedy]

everyone misses a word or two...its one of the blips of our 'ebonic' age and the aging process in general... if those things never happened at all, the editors would have little work.

Business is downsizing already by about 30%...some manufacturing moving to Mexico to help arrest the flow of illegals and give our ex-con's work in the El Paso area. I'm told they are trying to make some profit in the next 12 months to stem the negativity expected with the new change in our government when the Democrats take over.
This from a business aquaintance in Savannah. The recession is not here yet, but is coming in a big way..
Wv will not be affected much unless the government strangles coal use.

[harborlady]

DK I'm confused why a car would be funny at a festival.

Local business is downsizing by 30%? Here are some other statistics perhaps few know about.
The benchmarks being from 1980 to the present time, American productivity has increased 40%. Americans have gone through many rounds of downsizing, those remaining on the job being charged with double the work. Quality isn't job one anymore. The american workers wage has seen a decrease if you consider inflation and cost of living as factors.
1980 to present time, CEO's of corporations have gone from a wage that was 40 times the average worker in their company, to over 500 times, regardless of their actual performance. All the while, people were being layed off, facilitated by the Republicans. Way to shrink the tax base! ^5

What are you afraid is going to happen when dems are back in the white house? Will they auction WV on ebay to china??? ROFLMAO

Local & state control has more impact on your everyday life. Whatever environmental whatnot, I think it's clear to anyone, even outsiders, that WV cannot part with coal yet. It's not economically possible to let it go. Power plants in other states are still running on coal, and its a huge undertaking to convert them to another source. Another industry hasn't arrived to replace it, which to me is the more constructive/progressive way to solve the problem. Liberals see this too. Those same liberals who won WV coal workers a living wage are more likely to put pressure on federal level to influx money for economic redevelopment.

Everytime the rescue bell went off, I had to go past a sign as I ran down the stairs to jump on the boat. It said "Can't never did a damned thing". We the people can solve our problems, only if you believe we can.

Now... back to marketing ramp.....

[David Kennedy]

Briefly...as I am working today..
Car: Can you see someone driving up to the Metropolitan Opera in NY in a West Virginia Mud bog buggie...reverse image...

Coal mine wage at 16/21 per hour with benefits when it should be comparable or certainly greater because of the hazardous environment...in the mid 30's to low 40's per hour would be realistic...Miners forced into a 60 hour week to make about 100k...ridiculous even in this country.. My brother works in the mines...after being in Ohio for 22 yrs...came back here for a pension and the health card...a pair of boots cost him $280 and they wear out in a year...only 2 companies make the coal miner boot...what a joke on these guys...
and they get killed day after day...The maimed are at the company everyday getting their wages to keep the MSHA people at bay and pad the Workers Compensation logs...

What will happen when the Dems get in?...for WV, nothing if they leave coal alone. For the remainder of the country...a good lesson in Carter Economics...we have forgotten those years...a president with no actual managerial experience, Romney: no Hope, McCain: too old will die in office, Obama: a dreamer, Hillary: just the same old nothing except the graft and sleaze. must go...
The better candidates have lacked the money to endure the campaign and have been smothered out by the media.

[harborlady]

Originally Posted by David Kennedy

Briefly...as I am working today..
Car: Can you see someone driving up to the Metropolitan Opera in NY in a West Virginia Mud bog buggie...reverse image...

Coal mine wage at 16/21 per hour with benefits when it should be comparable or certainly greater because of the hazardous environment...in the mid 30's to low 40's per hour would be realistic...Miners forced into a 60 hour week to make about 100k...ridiculous even in this country.. My brother works in the mines...after being in Ohio for 22 yrs...came back here for a pension and the health card...a pair of boots cost him $280 and they wear out in a year...only 2 companies make the coal miner boot...what a joke on these guys...
and they get killed day after day...The maimed are at the company everyday getting their wages to keep the MSHA people at bay and pad the Workers Compensation logs...

What will happen when the Dems get in?...for WV, nothing if they leave coal alone. For the remainder of the country...a good lesson in Carter Economics...we have forgotten those years...a president with no actual managerial experience, Romney: no Hope, McCain: too old will die in office, Obama: a dreamer, Hillary: just the same old nothing except the graft and sleaze. must go...
The better candidates have lacked the money to endure the campaign and have been smothered out by the media.

Two party system symbiotic relationships with lobbyists will result in that. That's what made me register as an independent in the early 90's. Third parties don't have a shot in hell, even by popular vote, so long as electoral college is controlled by the two parties. I posted a solution on another thread, but it was ignored wholesale.
Fiscal mismanagement? OK, then why was Bush elected, since his private sector track record literally bankrupted everything he touched? Dad bailed him out with mergers that hid it. Reagan, Bush sr, and Bush jr have all used credit cards to create an illusion of prosperity. Clinton yrs were the only years where debt was ACTUALLY being paid using budget surpluses.

Osama: dreamer. OK, but can he deliver is more the question. Hillary: sleaze and graft? After what amounted to a $70 million witch hunt, our tax dollars commandeered by republicans too cheap to pay for their own sleazy agenda, BILL was guilty of lying about an affair. Naturally, this should be an appropriate use of federal justice system?
I find it bizare how that translates to hillary being sleazy. Chalk it up to the byproduct of Rupert Murdoch propaganda spending millions to warp peoples minds? I defy anyone reading this to endure the irrational hatred put upon hillary, originating in the south, for the better part of two decades. Let's put a camera crew in your bedroom, see how you look on reality tv.
It's a hard life
It's a hard life
It's a very hard life
It's a hard life wherever you go
If we poison our children with hatred
then, the hard life is all that they'll know
And there ain't no place in Belfast for these kids to go
And there ain't no place in Chicago for these kids to go
And there ain't no place in This world for these kids to go
~ lyrics, Nanci Griffith

[brandonparrish]

Oh, come on. Pepperoni rolls! You guys should be ashamed...

[harborlady]

Originally Posted by brandonparrish

Oh, come on. Pepperoni rolls! You guys should be ashamed...

HEY! I love those, especially when they have the mozzarella inside. YUM!