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Sorghum with Ronni Lundy, Fred Sauceman, Matt Gallagher & Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine.

We are setting the table with Sorghum, an ancient African Grass adopted to the southern table with a cast of characters including:

Fred Sauceman shares a segment with Dr Mike Fleenor, Sorghum Maker.

Ronni Lundy, 2 x James Beard award winning food writer on differences between sorghum and molasses.

Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine shares a recipe for Butternut Squash and Apple Bake using a recipe from Ronni Lundy’s book “Sorghum Savor”.

Chef Matt Gallagher: On the topic of biscuits and Sorghum butter.

A visit with Khann Chov, former farm manager of CAC Beardsley Community Farm, located in the inner city of Knoxville, Tennessee. CAC Beardsley Community Farm works towards a healthier community in Knoxville by providing culturally relevant produce, accessible education, and land and resources for gardening.

My guest today is Kelly Smith Trimble, an editor, writer, and gardener living in Knoxville, TN. Her book Vegetable Gardening Wisdom, a collection of seasonal advice and inspiration for edible gardeners, was released in April 2019 by Storey Publishing. Kelly is the senior digital editorial director for HGTV. She answers vegetable gardening questions in a social video series called Dig It, with more than a million views collectively. She has also been a writer and editor for Southern Living, the National Park Foundation, and Bonnie Plants. Her vegetable garden was featured in the June 2020 issue of Southern Living magazine. She was born in Knoxville and has spent her life in various parts of southern Appalachia. Today we hear about Kelly’s book, her gardening perspectives, and her thoughts on growing collard greens.

In Fred Sauceman’s “Potluck Radio” series, he features “Soutissa sausage” with a recording he made in 2018 with the Waldensian community of Valdese, North Carolina.

Dee Dee Constantine shares a recipe for sautéed trout with spinach and roasted red bell peppers from the Tupelo Honey Cookbook.

Pumpkin Pie and news of the Blue ribbon Country Fair, Townsend, TN, is taking place Saturday, September 24th from 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend, TN.

Our guests are James Gann, a music teacher in Walland, Tennessee. With a specific type of pumpkin he grows and a description of his prize-winning pumpkin pie that won a ribbon at the Blue Ribbon Country Fair in 2019. Haylee Donahue, an East, TN resident. She’ll share her recipe for a gluten-free, dairy-free pumpkin pie and describes how she processes her pie pumpkin (see her recipe below). And In Fred Sauceman’s Pot Luck Radio series New York Times best-selling Novelist Adriana Trigiani shares autumn memories of growing up in Big Stone Gap, VA, and a little story involving the late actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Tyler Rogers from Chattanooga, Tennessee, makes wooden chairs, the old-style way with hand tools. His chairs are as beautiful as they are functional. Tyler also shares his Grandmother Wyline Lewis's squash casserole recipe. Also, Fred Sauceman shares ham smoker Allan Benton's Red Eye Gravy recipe.

Serving up some news about Slow Food TN Valley and their upcoming 13th annual Pesto Festo event on my latest podcast and radio broadcast. Slow Food TN Vally board members and local food advocates Sarah Bush and Tayler Franke are my guests. Sarah is a forager, farmer and initially helped establish the Slow food chapter, Knoxville, in 2008. Tayler is a homesteader, homemaker, Mother, and baker who helps people with meal prep. The other day she and her husband butchered 40 of their meat birds, and she pressure canned 3 gallons of stock. In my mind, she is a doin' woman!⁣

A visit with Frog, Founder of Frog Juice Artisanal Kombucha made in Knoxville, TN. Our guest today is Frog Greishaw, Founder of Frog Juice Kombucha, who goes by Frog. Frog sources her ingredients from local Tennessee growers and has really made a name for herself with her business. You will find Frog Juice Kombucha on tap at the Black Berry Farm Brewery, served at BlackBerry Mountain, and on tap in and around Tennessee and beyond. In addition, Frog has recently opened a bocheree, a non-alcoholic bar with various flavors of Frog Juice Kombucha, a friendly environment, events, and food trucks in Knoxville.⁣

Bales Farm Cookbook, Lard, and Marshall Bales Egg Program

Today, we are setting the table with news about an excellent cookbook from Bales Farms written by Aliceson Bales. She has been a visitor several times on this show before. Aliceson, her husband Barry Bales, and their 15-year-old son Marshall own and operate Bales Farms in Mosheim, Tennessee. A 6th generation family farm. And Barry is a multi-grammy award winner, having played with Allison Krauss and Union Station for thirty-plus years.

Today Aliceson will share information with us about lard from pasture-raised animals. The differences between lard, how to render lard, some nutritional benefits in lard, and cooking applications. Marshal Bales tells us about his egg program that he runs on the farm and has for several years. Marshall is 15 years old.

Dolly Parton wrote the forward for this brand new cookbook that Aliceson wrote, and I want to share that with you.

And, Aliceson shares a recipe from her new cookbook with us for white cheddar pimento cheese. She suggests pulling this out to handle the crowd when they first show up at the house.

A visit with homesteader Rachel Abbott Davis. Rachel shares her Great Grandmother's recipe for Corn Relish, and also a Fox Fire recipe for Corn Cob Jelly. Plus a beautiful audio essay on corn from author and gardener Kelly Smith Trimble.