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Chili dogs are the lunch special at Nanny's in Davis this Thursday... 2 dogs and a side of mac and cheese for $5.99. I'll have to see which variety of chili dog hers are.
The "official food" may have to be several... Ramps are unknown in the NP (and possibly the EP), pepperoni rolls are centered on Fairmont, while WV dogs seem to be a southern WV thing.
What about scrambled eggs, with onions and peppers as part of the mix?
Ramps are pretty well known in the EP (at least with folks that have lived there for a while). A favorite of mine was making an omelette with sausage, ramps, morel mushrooms and cheese.
My old neighbor had a spot for ramps in Hampshire County. He came back one day with 3 feed sacks loaded and gave me one. I made 30lbs of venison summer sausage with that batch, and boy was that ever good.
Ramps, Fat Back, and Puddin' and you all thought it was fast food that ranked us so high on the fat meter. Also, maybe some good old fried chicken livers and gizzards. Now that's some Mountain eatin'
How about anything from Tudor's Biscuit World, a WV based chain of restaurants with great food. The menu encompasses lots of different dishes like several different biscuits, potato dishes and even a biscuit version of the pepperoni roll. Southern food with a WV twist. Tudor's Biscuit World
I found this page about old-time WV cooking during one of my Google searches. I tried to access the "current" page instead of the Google "cache", but I couldn't. Anyway it's a nice read. If you get a pop-up for a password just click "cancel".
Does anyone still eat dandelion greens? Do they taste good?
I've never had them but my mom grew up poor in WV and in summer that was sometimes all they had for dinner. Being dirt poor used to be a lot tougher than it is nowadays.
We have them in the spring...the Lady to this Tramp was impressed that a person could take a small box and walk through the woodlands gathering un-planted food stufs from the soil. Australia had some edible snakes and lizards but was shy on the veggie side...
Wv was a wonderland to her...berries, ramps, cat-tails...mushrooms...all sorts of new food creations...and some were very good.
They are excellent when first out of the ground..simply wash and wilt them in bacon grease to be authentic...a pinch of salt...and a dousing of vinegar is the pioneer method.
I'm sure they can be used in a salad...and certainly pose no danger..we are purists here...and wanted to pass on some of the family food history to the young ones...now the grandchildren, who wrinkle up their noses..
Just don't pick the dandelion greens where the Ortho man has been...
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Don't wanna move to PA
