Just a silly story to share about green beans. Three days ago, my husband and I were talking about green beans and wondering why/when everyone got so uptight about them being lightly sautéed or barely boiled or whatever. We grew up eating them simmered on the back of the stove all day with a ham hock and potatoes. And definitely butter, salt, and pepper. So this morning I put a big pot of green beans on to simmer with some salty Virginia ham scraps and cooked them all day. At dinner our kids ate them up, asked why we don’t eat them like that all the time, and took home the leftovers. I can’t wait to get ahold of some super fresh beans this summer and cook them the same way. That will really blow their minds. Anyway, thank you for reading my goofy tale about green beans. Any suggestions for making them taste even better?

Thought I’d share a photo from our land. Beautiful time of year, definitely warmer than expected

I recently moved to an area in PA about 30 min from the mountains… at night there’s been something large that doesn’t look like a deer but i can never quite tell what it is. it paces by the window of my room sometimes very close to my house. any ideas and how do i get rid of it

These are my Mom’s in full bloom. I love the fuchsia color. We live in the valley in East TN, but if you drive up towards GSMNP, most of the blooms are white.

Sharing an edited photo I took last autumn and recently turned into a Redbubble design.

https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Appalachian-Barn-Tipton-Haynes-State-Historic-Site-by-CrystalWillette/160827572.EJUG5

https://www.youtube.com/live/_pxEPG-ne-k?si=BpIP6fsTXtmzBb9z

This one is a little different.

Ok, Kentucky born elder Millennial, here. I remember when we had some kind of celebration, and my Granny wanted to impress we had 2 fancy dessert options: 1) Cottage cheese with cool whip/pineapple medley or 2) Jello (usually green for some reason) with a can of Dole fruit cocktail dumped on it.

Do other Appalachian Elder Millennials remember that? It was always stored in those Tupperware with the sunburst pattern on them, I feel like.

I’m trying to find Appalachians who stream at least 2 times a week to watch. I’m not looking for any game in particular, I care more about the streamer than the game. But some categories I frequently watch are RDR2, Fallout 76, Hitman, the AC franchise, and Sims. The focus doesn’t have to be on Appalachia, I just would prefer to watch people from the region :)

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