As we start in to cook-out season here in the Coal Region, the requisite potato and macaroni salads show up. As much as I am fan of both of those, I...
My Dad was not a simple man in many respects. As a young boy, he quit school and went to work to help support his family which included his parents,...
When I was a kid growing up in Schuylkill County in the Anthracite Coal Region, one of the rituals my family participated in was a weekly (or almost...
We Pa. Dutch and Coal Region folk are a frugal lot. Not only do we use just about every inch of a butchered animal for food and sustenance, but we get...
Many a breakfast in Pa. Dutch country and the Coal Region, both in the past and present, includes fried cornmeal mush. Sliced thinly and fried in fat...
Mozhee (aka Moshee, Moche, Mozhy among others; meaning molasses related), a hard molasses candy, is a Coal Region favorite often sold at bake sales and...
While the heart is an organ, beef heart doesn’t actually qualify as organ meat. It’s a muscle, so it has a texture more similar to steak than liver....
In the Coal Region, churches and organizations turn out tens of thousands of handmade candy Easter eggs, selling them to raise much needed funds. It...
