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Martha Bassett
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Martha is a singer/songwriter/guitarist living and working in the Piedmont. She hosts The Martha Bassett Show, a twicemonthly musical variety show at Elkin’s Reeves Theater. Past shows are featured Saturday evenings on NPR station, 88.5 WFDD. On Wednesday nights she leads music at Roots Revival, an Americana worship service at Winston’s Centenary UMC that explores the intersection of faith and secular music. She's also a longtime scholar of the music of the Shakers. Martha has released 11 records and plays throughout the region and nation. Get more info at marthabassettshow.com.
Gloria is co-owner of The Nest & Hive Shoppe, a home décor business in Fancy Gap, VA, as well as the former host of The Vintage Southern Homemaker television show. Her musings on life growing up and living in the South have appeared in publications and on TV throughout the region. She is an expert antiques collector who grew up in the business and worked many years as a dealer in the Yadkin Valley area, where she currently resides.
Gin is the owner of Ginger Horse Studio. Her focus is lifestyle photography, covering horse shows, weddings, concerts, and doing on location portraits. Gin graduated from the University of Findlay with an Equine Business Management degree, where she also studied music and photography. She is a member of the Mount Airy Ukulele Invasion (MAUI) and the Granite City Rock Orchestra (GRO). Gin resides in Lowgap, NC with her family on their small horse farm.
Sheri grew up in Mt. Airy, NC, and lives thereabouts with her husband. Together they run a couple of small businesses and plan their next vacation. A graduate of High Point University, her first job was as a writer at a marketing firm—and she’s been scribbling ever since. Sheri has several suspense novels in publication and Surry Living was proud to include sequential excerpts from one of her books in each issue from spring 2018 thru early 2021.
Rynn Hennings
Carmen Long
Joanna Radford
Sarah Southard
Rynn is a writer and designer based in the Yadkin Valley region of North Carolina. She loves to share her ideas for adding simple beauty into hectic lifestyles. More than mere recipes, her mission is to offer practical shortcuts for food preparation along with visual tips for presentation. Rynn began her career in Aiken, SC, as a newspaper reporter writing feature articles about food, living, and the arts. For more about Rynn, even more recipes, decorating tips, and much more, visit thehouseofelynryn.com
Carmen is an NC Cooperative Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences. Making quick, easy, healthy food that tastes great on a budget is a challenge. Carmen and her husband have two grown children, both of whom were involved in sports from grade school thru college. With busy careers and lots of time at sporting events, coming up with quick, healthy meals was a necessity. Carmen shares ideas and recipes to make this tough job a bit easier.
Joanna Radford is the Commercial and Consumer Horticulture Agent for the NC Cooperative Extension in Surry County with expertise in entomology, gardening, and pesticide education. She began her career with NC Cooperative Extension in Stokes County in 1995 as a 4-H Agent, later switching to Field Crops and Pesticide Education in Surry County. In 2012, she assumed the role of Horticulture Agent for Surry County. She lives on a farm with her husband and two teenage daughters.
Sarah grew up at Crooked Oak in the Pine Ridge community of Surry County. Raised in the agriculture world, she went on to earn degrees in animal science and veterinary medicine from North Carolina State University. She and her husband, Adam, currently live in Statesville with Oliver the house rabbit, a few cats, Blossom the donkey, and a flock of Katahdin hair sheep.
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What Really Matters? Just a little over five years ago my good friend, Dusty Ball, and I sat down over breakfast and as usual, our conversation turned to this little question, “What really matters?” At the time both Dusty and I were knee-deep in our chosen marketing professions; he with a local telephone company and I with my freelance graphic-design business. But what we really wanted and was often the topic of our conversations – was as yet elusive for both of us – careers that satisfied not just the needs of our bank accounts, but ones that also gave us a sense of fulfillment that came from doing more than just meeting those financial needs. Not that meeting those very real needs wasn’t important, it’s just that we were both longing for something to quench the needs of our spirit and souls, to do more for ourselves and our community, something that really mattered. This particular breakfast in late 2016 was different from our previous monthly meetings though, in that Dusty had the beginnings of an idea and the more he talked about it, the more intrigued and interested I became. Dusty’s idea? What if we put together a local print lifestyle magazine that highlighted the things that were important to our community, to Surry County and the surrounding area, things that mattered to them? An hour later after we had hashed out the early details of the original concept, we made plans to explore the idea in more detail at a later date. I would begin looking over other national lifestyle publications for design and content ideas, and Dusty would seek to put together a team at his company to determine what our next steps would be. As you can see from our rear-view mirror, that germination of an idea took root and a little over five months later, we published the very first issue of Surry Living Magazine to overwhelmingly positive response. What we were after – something that was more than just a way to sell ads space – was a publication that explored the heart, soul, and history of Surry County and the surrounding area. Honestly, that is one of the primary reasons we don’t “sell” our magazine cover space to advertisers. While inside every issue we feature some great companies who showcase their products and services, we also hope that you will find literary and visual content that is timely, interesting, and maybe even inspiring. Fitting for Surry County, our very first issue in May of 2017, focused on that year’s upcoming music festivals. There 8 • SURRY LIVING May 2022 Issue
by Larry VanHoose were featured columns penned by some wonderful – and local – talented and interesting writers. Five years later and while we have made some changes, including change of ownership (my wife and I bought the company), Dusty and I are now both full-time ministers at our respective churches, and several of our columns have changed authorship, we still think that you will continue to find good, wholesome articles with the kind of information that really matters to folks in our neck-ofthe-woods. We at Surry Living believe that even in today’s world full of hand-held technology and mass media, there is still a place for the beautiful, quality, printed publication. And while all of the past and present issues of SLM are available online at surryliving.com, it is the “hard” physical copies that remain in the highest demand. Even in the midst of a world-wide pandemic, folks still sought out a copy of SLM at one of our multiple distribution outlets in the area. I have to say, it was a quite bit more difficult to produce and distribute a magazine with the required sanitizer, gloves, and face masks, but our manufacturing and distribution team took the safety and welfare of our readers to heart and did an outstanding job throughout. Our columnists adapted as well, weaving into their articles those “things that matter” within their stories of travel, dining, and entertainment – all during a global pandemic! With that in mind, we gave our writers the month off for this anniversary issue and instead revisited some of their most popular articles of day's gone by. Finally, we want to extend our sincerest gratitude to our advertisers, columnists, editors, publishing staff, and of course our readers for your amazing loyalty and support over these very difficult last couple of years. Everyone has poured their heart and soul into this effort, and we can honestly say, it shows. We think that our humble little lifestyle publication may very well be one of the best you’ll find anywhere. We hope that you agree with us that the people, cultures, and the relationships of our community matter – and you matter – more than we can ever say. Thank you from all of us here at your Surry Living Magazine! “All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God (2 Corinthians 4:15 NIV).”
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The Wrath of Grandmother’s Grapevine First Published May, 2021 The grapevine at my paternal grandparents’ old home place is long gone. I have many good memories from my childhood associated with the grape arbor. It stood just across the driveway from the house, visible from the kitchen window as well as the back porch, making it a grandmother-approved-place for me to play as I saw fit. The grape arbor was my warm weather spot. That is, as long as Grandmother Brown could see me or at least hear me answer when called. I had better be seen, heard, or both. Okay! I got it. The arbor was between the car shed and the smokehouse, close to an old fig tree. Our path to walk to church went right by it. The way the grapevine grew around the arbor was like a box with one end cut out. This made it the perfect little hideaway for all sorts of fun. I especially enjoyed taking my tea set and picture books under the arbor. That was just fine as long as I always brought everything back inside and didn’t leave tin tea set pieces out to be eaten by the lawnmower. I heard many long lectures about not leaving things out on the ground and all the trouble it could be if a toy and a lawnmower tangled. Okay! I got it. The lawnmower didn’t turn out to be my problem. It was the green Broadman Hymnal with the silver lettering that got me. I’ve told y’all before about how when I was little I would get to feeling very religious and need to do something to show God how I really was trying to be good. This usually happened after I had done something very bad. You know, like sassing my momma, lying about eating candy, or sneaking off to play too close to the road. Or, maybe the time I was going to build a swimming pool in the sand pile and left the spigot running the whole time I was toting water in a sand bucket back and forth from the other side of the house. There I was working for all I was worth and not getting a drop of standing water. It seemed like a good idea. I already had the sand, all I needed was water to play in and I would have had a beach right there under that crabapple tree. Grandmother Brown caught me before I could get ahead of the evaporating water. Busted was the word for it all right. Busted on the backside is more like it. But, back to the songbook. There were some rules I just didn’t break. A rule like messing around my momma’s piano or her piano books. I wasn’t supposed to touch any of my momma’s piano books at any time for any reason. Period. Okay! I got it. However … I had gotten into a little trouble with Grandmother Brown. I thought and thought about what I could do to smooth things over and then it hit me. I’d go get under the arbor and sing some hymns. Not only would she be able to see me, she would hear me. It would make her happy to think that on a regular ol’ weekday I had the Lord on my mind. Yep, that would melt her heart. I remember thinking up that plot like it was yesterday. I proceeded to yell and tell her I was running next door to our house to get something. I didn’t even wait for her to tell me no. After all, I’d be right back, singing like a mockingbird. I ran into the house, straight to the piano, and grabbed the songbook. I raced back to plop under the grapevine, fling open the hymnal and let it fly. It didn’t matter that I hadn’t yet learned to read. To sing a hymn you had to be holding a hymnal. I was sure of that. I sung the parts I could remember to every hymn I could think up. Every time I changed the song, I would flip a page. I’m not even sure Grandmother ever caught on that I was a changed girl, ready to be good and act better. But then somewhere during that performance something came along and called for my attention. I left the book right there for the lawnmower, rain, or the ragman to ruin. I gave it no more thought. That is until that night when my momma wanted to know just exactly who had messed around her piano and where her hymnal was. What? Who? Where? Okay! I was going to get it. 10 • SURRY LIVING May 2022 Issue
home, farm, & garden I came clean. I told her everything. Like how I was a changed girl, being good, acting better. She marched me right across the garden path to Grandmother Brown. I had to tell her the details and how that songbook was under the arbor. They ganged up on me. They insisted that yes, I had to go retrieve it. Yes it was dark. Yes the church graveyard was just a little ways beyond the arbor. Yes I was in trouble all over again. I had ran off without permission to get a book I wasn’t supposed to touch and left it were I wasn’t supposed to leave anything. I’ll tell you, I cried, I begged, I pleaded, and I promised, but they stood firm. I could tell I was beat. I cried and muttered across that driveway while they stood under the light on the back porch. I kept looking back to make sure they were still there and hadn’t slammed the door and locked me out. I finally made it out there, felt around, found it, jumped up, turned around, and yelled back to them, Okay! I got it.
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Apis Mellifera
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First Published May, 2020 There are many heroes in this world. As I think about the horticulture arena, I must give praise to my small hero that often goes unnoticed – Apis Mellifera. This is the Latin name for the European honeybee. The honeybee was brought to the United States by European settlers in the 17th century. There are over 4,000 native bees but the honeybee is not one of them.
Besides blueberries, there are numerous North Carolina crops that depend on honeybees for pollination. Some of these include apples, cucumbers, squash, pumpkin, watermelon, strawberries, peaches, blackberries, and raspberries.
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Honeybees are social insects. They prefer to live together in large groups that are multi-generational. They each have a specific task and perform it perfectly. They have developed communication, defense, and nest construction behaviors to exist in their social colonies. They are fascinating. One of their tasks is to forage for food. This task is performed by the worker bee, which is a female bee, I might add. They collect food for the other adult bees in the hive and for the brood (developing bees). As they collect nectar, pollen attaches to the hairs on the honeybee and is transferred from plant to plant. Eighty percent of all flowering plants require animal pollinators. Honeybees are essential to the production of more than 90 crops in the United States. There are 750,000 plus acres of almonds in Central California requiring 1.5 million colonies of honeybees for pollination. No honeybee means no almond production. There are 72,000 acres of blueberries across the United States that require 150,000 colonies of honeybees for pollination. Blueberries are among North Carolina’s most important crops. And, to bring home the point even more, one out of every three bites of food we
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A partially pollinated cucumber (top) compared with a completely pollinated one (bottom). The seed did not form throughout the poorly pollinated cucumber and consequently the fruit did not grow around that portion. Photo Credit: NC State University
Pollination may not occur with just one visit from the honeybee. It is quite a job. Think about a strawberry. The small specks surrounding the strawberry are the seeds. Each seed must be pollinated for that berry to form and mature. That is a lot of work for the honeybee. And, for some crops, like cucumbers, the lack of honeybee pollination causes misshapen or underdeveloped fruit. Not only does the cucumber look funny it has an off-flavor. Think about what our grocery stores would look like without the honeybee. The variety in the store would be minimal. The shelves might only consist of pasta. This might be acceptable for some of us but without tomato sauce it may be less appealing. Honeybees not only pollinate food sources but also provide beneficial by-products. They are the only insect that I know of that provides food (honey) for human consumption. They also produce wax that can be used for cosmetics, lip gloss, hand creams, moisturizes, lip balm, and the list goes on. And miraculously, honeybee products (propolis, royal jelly, etc.) can be used as medicine. Yes, honeybee, you are my hero.
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First Published September, 2020 A few weeks ago, a friend of mine called with an animal question. A friend of hers had found some young kittens and was concerned about her children handling the kittens before they had been dewormed. She feared her children would become infected with intestinal worms by handling the kittens. My friend said, “I’ve never heard of this in my entire life.” I explained that yes, humans can become infected with certain internal parasites of cats, dogs, livestock, and other animals, but that the transmission usually does not occur from simply handling the animals. I further explained, however, that if the kittens happened to be infested with external parasites, those could potentially be directly transmitted to anyone who handled the kittens. World Zoonoses Day is observed on July 6 every year. This date is the anniversary of the administration of the first vaccine ever given to protect against a zoonotic disease. It was a rabies vaccine given by Louis Pasteur in 1885. Zoonoses are diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans. There are many different diseases which fall into this category and they may be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or internal or external parasites. Fortunately many of the few hundred zoonotic diseases are rare, but there are several which can occur fairly commonly in our companion animals and livestock. We are all familiar, on some level, with rabies. As mentioned above, it is a zoonotic disease which is caused by a virus that infects mammals, including humans. Because of the public health risk associated with rabies, all dogs, cats, and ferrets are required by law to be vaccinated to protect against it. Another common zoonotic disease is ringworm. The name is a bit misleading as it is not a worm at all, but is instead a fungal infection. It can affect companion animals, livestock, or wildlife and can easily be spread to humans who have contact with an infected animal or the environment it frequents. I once contracted ringworm from a patient that I was treating. Other zoonotic diseases include toxoplasmosis (commonly discussed with pregnant women), Lyme disease (transmitted by ticks), round worm infection and salmonellosis (food poisoning, anyone?). This list is far from exhaustive. So, what does all this mean? Who is at risk? How do we minimize the chance that we will get sick from our animals? While young children, the elderly, and individuals with a compromised immune system are at higher risk than the general population, everyone who has contact with animals or their environment is
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FISHIN' First Published July, 2021 When I was a little girl, my daddy was my fishin' buddy. At that time, there were several secret farm ponds on and around the property that is now Cross Creek Country Club. Daddy would set me up in a likely spot on the bank of a pond, armed with my own rod and reel, red-striped bobber, and a can of worms. Meanwhile, Daddy would work the pond with a fly rod, casting for bass. When I’d pull in six or eight hand-sized bream, and Daddy would show me one nice bass, I thought I was a fishing star! Getting bait for my endeavor was no problem— we had a little worm farm in the backyard. When he wanted larger worms, Daddy rigged up a contraption that shocked night crawlers right out of the ground.
had fifty-gallon drums for pontoons, plywood deck, benches for storage and seating, conduit pipe sides, canvas top, center console. Picture my family on the lake: my fancily attired mama chilling under the canopy; Daddy steering the boat shirtless with sun-burned shoulders; my older sister, ever vigilant, hanging onto my baby sister; me and a friend or two dangling off the sides vying for who could get the wettest. I thought it was quite normal to jump into cold, deep water with no life jacket, alongside a father who built his family a boat. Fishing and boating in Surry County may look a bit different today than in the 1960s, but there are numerous opportunities to enjoy either. For a fishing experience that’s easily accessible from the bank or pier, try the Tumbling Rock Reservoir in Mt. Airy’s Westwood Park. Fishing is free, and kids fifteen and under don’t need a license. Through the NC Wildlife’s Community Fishing program, the pond is stocked with channel catfish, largemouth bass, sunfish, and bluegill. Surry County boasts abundant trout waters with Delayed Harvest and Hatchery Supported sections. There are four stocked rivers—Ararat, Fisher, Mitchell, and Yadkin Rivers, plus three smaller waterways—Big Elkin, Lovill’s, and Paul’s Creeks. A helpful pair of maps showing the trout sections and access points can be found online under the Parks and Recreation department at https://www.co.surry.nc.us/ For useful information, including license requirements, maps, stream conditions, safety tips, seasons, and more, go to https://www.ncwildlife.org/ In addition, there are several pay fishing carp ponds in our area for a fun family outing. Remember our local small businesses for your fishing gear. Robby’s Sales in Mt. Airy carries tackle; Feed Saks in Dobson features tackle and live worms; Rick’s Reloading & Tackle in Ararat is nicely stocked with rods and reels plus Zoom baits; and The Rock Bait & Tackle in Flat Rock is home for all your fishing needs, including fly rods, live minnows, and the all-important fishing advice!
One pond was so secret that it was difficult to access and nearly impossible to fish from the bank, but Daddy was certain that the largest bass were surely hiding in its depths. Determined to find out, he set about to build a collapsible plywood boat—with my help, of course. The thing folded up on hinges, small enough for him to tote on a bushwhack to the pond. I followed, carrying a sheet of plastic and a bag of essential hardware. Once we arrived, the plywood was laid out onto the plastic, unfolded into a boat shape, secured with wingnuts, and the plastic was wrapped over the sides to be held in place with butterfly clips. Yes, it floated, propelled by a trolling motor which I operated while Daddy fished. At the time, I didn’t see anything unusual about this; now, however, I marvel that my mother allowed her daughter on such a death-defying adventure. A few years later, bored with ponds, Daddy set his sights on Virginia’s Claytor Lake. This time, he built a pontoon boat. It 16 • SURRY LIVING May 2022 Issue
These days, it’s not necessary to build a boat like my daddy did; you can rent a canoe or kayak from a local outfitter. Here are a few: Yadkin River Adventures in Rockford; Rocky Forest River Run in Elkin; or in Jonesville, choose Hometown River Company or Jonesville Kayak and Tube. If you have your own small watercraft, remember to look for the river access points shown on the Surry County Parks and Recreation map mentioned above. In 2008, after my father had returned home following a long stint in a nursing home, I took a newly purchased fly rod to him. “Show me how to use this thing, Daddy,” I said. Sitting in a wheelchair on my parents’ front lawn, he demonstrated, his arm as smooth and voice as sure as ever. I never did get the hang of it, but with determination, I stood in the middle of the New River and whipped a fly around until I managed to hook a little Smallmouth, just so I could call him and report, “Daddy, I caught a fish!”
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Traces of the Past First Published March, 2021 A few years ago, while rambling around on a Sunday drive, I stumbled upon the town of Rockford. I felt like I’d been transported back a century. I grew up in a place sort of like that, although Mount Nebo, WV, never reached the grandeur of Rockford. But we had a bona fide general store owned by our neighbors, the Kings, where we bought groceries, fertilizer for the garden, and new shoes at the beginning of the school year. The postmaster, Nora, knew everyone and her corner of the store was a bustling hub of news and gossip. Mom would occasionally send me down to pick up a gallon of milk and put it on our tab. The population of Mount Nebo was under 200 back then. I rode miles on my bike to play with other kids. I always wished I were one of the town kids who ran in packs and had tight social circles. All I had was freedom and long stretches of time to climb rock cliffs, build forts, read books, and follow paths in the woods. I thought we were poor because we didn’t eat food from cans, and my mom didn’t buy junk food. Most of the socializing happened at church, and it was at Gilgal Methodist that I attended two singing schools led by Aaron Ryder, the last itinerant singing-school teacher in WV. He traveled the state teaching farmers and coalminers how to sing hymns in four-part harmony using shaped note hymnals. Years later in a college class called “The History of American Music Education,” I read that singing schools were a phenomenon of the nineteenth century. Aaron’s wife, Freda, was my piano teacher and she played the old stride style. Instead of teaching me to play the music as it was written, she taught ear training, chord inversions, and improvisation.
Twice per summer, the WV State Gospel Song Convention, just down the road, was teeming with tour buses and campers, backing up traffic for miles on our one lane road. All came out to hear famous family bands and Southern Gospel quartets on an open-air stage with a sound system so loud you could hear it a couple of miles away. Otherwise, everyone knew everyone, and their business. We didn’t lock our cars and homes. My older cousins told me about a fiddler’s convention, in nearby Clifftop. But I wasn’t allowed to go, as it was a hangout for hippies and flatlanders (my dad’s word for non-West Virginians). Now there are around 1600 people living in Mount Nebo. Houses line the two-lane road that winds through some of the prettiest countryside you’ll ever see. The General Store is boarded up and folks shop at the Walmart in the next town over. The last time I attended the Song Convention there were a few quartets singing along with tracks to a small audience. No bands, no buses, no crowds. At churches, the notes in the hymnals are round, and I hear it’s hard to find a pianist. Seeing Rockford brought all this to mind. If you were born before 1975 you probably have the same sort of tale to tell. I raised my children in Greensboro, NC, where they did not run free or eat directly from a garden. My generation (Gen-X) is perhaps the last to experience that older analog world. Nostalgia is tricky, and some of the past I’m more than happy to leave behind. But through rose-colored glasses I share the good parts, some of which still exist. Clifftop, for example, has grown into a flourishing music festival, still attracting hippies and flatlanders from all over the world. In fact, music is one place where you can reliably find traces of the past, even in the new stuff which always builds on the old, just like a town.
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First Published May, 2020
John Rees, known in the music world as Carolina John Rees, is a Mount Airy native. He was born here and graduated from Mount Airy High School. I met John though my musician husband, and not only did John impress me with his kindness, he shared that he’s a regular reader of my music scene column. Now that’s a sure way to brighten a writer’s day!
While in DC, John also hired out as a rhythm section for national acts, like the Platters and Johnny Tillotson, playing in the capital area. He returned to NC to be the rhythm section for the O’Kaysions, and this gig opened doors in Nashville for John to submit songs to a music publisher. After leaving the O’Kaysions, he performed solo and then formed the John Rees Quartet that played the Greensboro area. Next, it was off to Nashville, where he worked as a professional musician with Donna Fargo. Then he played for Skeeter Davis, who mostly worked the Grand Old Opry and toured abroad. While John worked with Skeeter for over 30 years, he was also able to establish a career in town with various radio and television shows and as a studio session leader. My favorite question for local musicians is “How far have you traveled?” I love John’s response, “I've traveled the world over.” Yes, John has traveled far and touched many people with his music, but fortunately for Surry County, John recently came home to Mount Airy to relaunch his original music. He has been recording those songs and releasing them as singles. On the side, he plays piano at Chestnut Ridge Progressive Primitive Baptist Church. If you are lucky, you might catch him playing at random events in the community, including benefit shows. John does not maintain an online presence on Facebook, and he toots that he doesn’t even have a business card. It's been word of mouth up till now and that seems to work okay, according to him. You can find his music on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Music. Just search for Carolina John Rees. You’ll be glad you did!
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h, how autumn brings a sense of anticipation to our lives for cooler weather, changing leaves, and perhaps the most quintessential autumn ritual of all: festivals. Filled with crafts and food, festivals and fall celebrations let us celebrate the end of the harvest season with a bounty of food from the summer crops. With many festivals and celebrations canceled this year due to the pandemic, we will miss the social excitement of these celebrations, but we can still enjoy festival food by making it at home. Here are two food truck recipes to bring some traditional harvest festivity to your table.
NASHVILLE STYLE CHICKEN BREASTS Servings: 8 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 15-20 minutes Passive Time: 3-4 hours
Ingredients for Marinade • 1 cup buttermilk • ¼ cup juice from mild pickled jalapenos • 2 tablespoons hot sauce such as Texas Pete • 1 large egg, beaten well Ingredients for Chicken • 2.5 pounds thin-sliced chicken breasts (approximately 7-8 thin boneless chicken breasts) • 2 cups all-purpose flour • 1 teaspoon salt •
½ teaspoon white pepper
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Ingredients for Sauce • ¼ cup butter • ¼ cup cooking oil • 1 ½ tablespoons light brown sugar, packed • 2 tablespoons cayenne pepper • ½ teaspoon garlic powder • ½ teaspoon salt • ½ teaspoon black pepper • ½ teaspoon Chili powder •
½ teaspoon paprika
Directions for Marinade 1. Place chicken in a plastic zipper bag. Add the buttermilk, jalapeno juice, hot sauce, and egg. Seal bag and shake to mix ingredients and coat chicken. Marinate in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours. Directions for Chicken 1. Remove chicken from the marinade bag and shake off excess liquid. Pour the leftover marinade into a wide shallow bowl for dipping. 2. In another wide shallow bowl for dredging, mix flour, salt, and pepper. 3. Dredge the chicken through the flour. Then dip chicken into the marinade bowl to coat it again. Then dredge again in the flour mixture so that it is double-coated with the flour.
simply delicious 4. Pour approximately 1/2 inch of cooking oil in a skillet. Heat oil to 325 degrees F. Add a few chicken breasts to the hot oil, taking care not to crowd the pan. Brown the chicken on both sides and cook until the chicken has an internal temperature of 160 degrees F. Remove chicken to a platter. Do not stack the chicken so that the crusts do not stick together.
Directions for Sauce 1. In a small saucepan melt the butter and add the cooking oil. Add the spices and bring the mixture to a boil. Remove from the heat. Brush as little or as much of the hot sauce over the chicken breasts as desired just before serving so that the chicken stays crispy. 2. Serve on a biscuit or bun with pickles and/or pickled jalapeno slices PIMENTO CHEESE & PEPPER JELLY PITAS Servings: 6 servings Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients for Sandwiches • 6 small pitas • 1 tablespoon butter, melted • 12-ounce container of pimento cheese • 1 small jar pepper jelly •
6 strips bacon, cooked
Directions for Sandwiches 1. Brush melted butter on one side of each of the pitas. In a large skillet, place a pita in the pan with the buttered side down and cook on just one side until it is toasted. Repeat the process for all the pitas. 2. Place and spread down the middle 2 tablespoons or more of the pimento cheese on the untoasted side of the pita. 3. Then add a tablespoon or more of the pepper jelly on top of the pimento cheese and distribute evenly. 4. Place a cooked strip of bacon over the pimento cheese and pepper jelly. Fold the pita sides up so that the bacon is in the middle of the sandwich. Serve.
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First Published June, 2020 Ready for some family fun? Vacations don’t have to involve driving long distances or spending lots of money. Themed home vacations are lots of fun. Decide on a theme based on a movie, book, or game, and plan coordinating food and activities. For example: watch a mystery movie, play a game of Clue, or go on a scavenger hunt. Scavenger hunts can be even more fun with the final clue ending at a restaurant (for takeout if needed) you have been wanting to try. Provide a few mystery snacks hidden in brown paper lunch bags to hold your hungry “detectives” over as the hunt progresses. The detectives will have to identify the snacks by touch or smell without looking in the bags. Food is often a memorable part of vacations. When grocery shopping for your home vacation, choose some food items that you associate with special trips or memories. With some of the money you are saving by staying home, you may be able to splurge on a new piece of kitchen equipment you can continue to enjoy when your home vacation is over. Tired of the scenery at home? Use money saved to turn your house into a resort. Purchase new towels, bed linens, or a themed tablecloth to give your space a new look. Remove the clutter from your bathroom vanity and set out small travel size bottles of lotion and shampoo. Take time to pamper yourself with spa like treatments. Give your children the option of room-service for breakfast. Let them design a room service menu and mark their selections before they go to bed. Turn down their sheets and put a piece of chocolate on their pillow for an extra treat. For the outdoor lovers, camp in the backyard. Growing up, we camped on our deck and in the driveway (until the bugs got so bad that we escaped back inside). The planning was as much fun as the campout. No camping equipment, no problem. One year we had big cardboard boxes that we decorated and put together to form a great clubhouse. Many times, we made tents out of blankets draped over folding tables or tied between chairs. Stories are a wonderful part of vacations. Preserve your memories with photos, journals, or scrapbooks. Make your own postcard using a picture or an original piece of art to send to family and friends to tell them about your fun. Just spending quality time with your family and friends makes memories. A simple picnic on a blanket in the yard or on the living room floor can turn that ordinary day into a special occasion. 24 • SURRY LIVING May 2022 Issue
FOR A QUICK SUMMER TREAT, TRY A BANANA SHAKE Ingredients • 2 bananas, sliced and frozen • 1 Tbsp. cocoa powder • 2- 2 1/2 cups of low-fat milk • 3 tsp. honey
Directions Add all ingredients to a blender container. Blend until smooth. Serve immediately. Makes 2 servings. Note: Can use a pack of instant hot chocolate mix in place of the cocoa and honey. A spoonful of peanut butter added to the blender makes it even more delicious.
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MOUNT AIRY EVENTS For more information on Mount Airy, visit www.yadkinvalleync.com/mount-airy FRIDAYS IN MAY: MOUNT AIRY FARMERS MARKET 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.. Located at 111 South Main Street, Mt. Airy SATURDAYS IN MAY: WPAQ MERRY-GO-ROUND at the Historic Earle Theatre, 142 N Main St, Mt Airy. 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM; Admission $8 (includes admission to Andy Griffith Museum) or Surry Arts Council Annual Pass. Call 336.786.7998 for more details. MAY FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: MAYBERRY SPIRITS WHISKEY DISTILLERY TOURS, 431 N. South St. Open Fridays & Saturdays from 12:00 PM until 6:00 PM. Call 336-719-6860 for more info; located at 431 N. South St. in Mount Airy. Private Tours available by appointment. MAY 2022 CONCERTS AT THE BLACKMON AMPHITHEATRE 231 Spring St, Mt Airy, NC. • THE EMBERS FEATURING CRAIG WOOLARD, Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. • NORTH TOWER BAND, Friday, May 6, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. • ENVISION, Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. • THE KONNECTION, Friday, May 13, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. • GARY LOWDER & SMOKIN' HOT, Saturday, May 14, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. • BAND OF OZ, Thursday, May 19, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. • THE TONEZ, Friday, May 20, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. • CAT5, Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. • FANTASY BAND, Thursday, May 26, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. • THE HOLIDAY BAND, Friday, May 27, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. • CASSETTE REWIND, Saturday, May 28, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
MAY 7: BUDBREAK WINE & CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL 12:00 – 6:00 p.m.. Located in beautiful
downtown Mount Airy, NC. The festival features top North Carolina wineries and craft beer producers, wonderful food and great music. Also, special events from our downtown merchants and the Arts Council... and did we mention great music!!! MAY 14-15: LITTLE WOMEN BY THE SURRY ARTS PLAYERS COMMUNITY THEATRE
Performances: Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at the Andy Griffith Playhouse, 218 Rockford Street. Masks are required for all audience members. Reserved Seat Tickets: Preferred $20; Orchestra $15 MAY 20-21: MAYBERRY FARMFEST Downtown Mount Airy Classic and Antique Farm
Equipment, third Saturday in May with parade on Friday, displays, Exhibits, Games, Activities, Live Music. Tractor Parade: Friday, 6:00 p.m. / Festival: Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.. This family-friendly event celebrates local agriculture with food, demonstrations, crafts, children's activities, music, heritage and cultural displays, tractors, interactive fun and more! The event kicks off with a Tractor Parade at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 20 in Downtown Mount Airy. The tractor parade is followed by a kid's parade! Children are encouraged to ride their toy tractors/cars and bikes!
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For more information on Dobson, NC, visit www.yadkinvalleync.com/dobson MAY EVENTS AT SHELTON VINEYARDS Come to Shelton Vineyards for our first concert of the season MAY 6TH WITH DEEPER SHADE OF BLUE playing delightful Carolina bluegrass. Purchase tickets online in advance for a discounted rate. For more details and concert day rules and regulations please visit sheltonvineyards.com/
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We have our annual RUNNING OF THE VINES 5K/10K MAY 21. Join us in the morning for our annual Running the Vines 5K/10K/Kid's Fun Run, then stay for live music during our race cooldown party. For more information, go to https://runningthevines.itsyourrace. com/event.aspx?id=315. Stay for the Sunset Concert that evening from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., BLACKWATER BAND featuring a mix of blues, country, and today’s hits! MAY 28: CORVETTE AUTO SHOW 2022 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.. at Shelton Vineyards. Free Admission. Join us for our 11th annual Corvette Auto Show! To pre-register please send your name, car year, type, and club affiliation to Frank Sancinato at caravan25th@aol.com. Registration is FREE!
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ELKIN EVENTS For more area info, visit https://www.exploreelkin.com/events
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SATURDAYS IN MAY: ELKIN FARMERS MARKET 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.. Located at 226 North Bridge Street, Elkin MAY WEDNESDAYS: OPEN MIC NIGHT AT REEVES THEATER Sign-up: 6:30 PM, Show: 7:00 PM. MAY 21: YADKIN VALLEY WINE FESTIVAL 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.. Come taste the wines of the Yadkin Valley at this 19th annual event. The Yadkin Valley Wine Festival is the valley's biggest, showcasing the best wineries in North Carolina wine country. This popular festival combines tastings from area wineries with live music in a family-friendly park setting. The day is full of tastings, food trucks, live music, contests, children's activities and vendor displays, not to mention the annual stomping of the grapes tradition. For safety reasons, please leave pets at home. A companion event for cycling enthusiasts takes place that morning. Tour de Vino offers five different rides to choose from, with all rides starting at 8 a.m. (https://www.yadkinvalleync.com/events/yadkin-valley-tour-de-vino/) For more details about the wine festival, or to purchase tickets, visit www.yvwf.com or call 336-526-1111. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE REEVES THEATER & CAFE 129 West Main Street, Elkin. Call
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THURSDAY, MAY 5: THE MARTHA BASSETT SHOW WITH GUESTS ANTJE DUVEKOT / BIL LEPP / GOLDEN SHOALS
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PILOT MOUNTAIN PILOT MOUNTAIN EVENTS Pilot Mountain Tourism, 124 West Main Street, Pilot Mountain For more area info, visit www.pilotmountainnc.org MAY 6-8: MAYFEST PILOT MOUNTAIN Mayfest is a threeday festival in downtown Pilot Mountain that features includes handcrafted arts and crafts, plants and flowers, commercial/retail booths, fun games and activities for kids, great local musicians and performers with yummy festival food! Each year this event brings roughly 30,000 people to downtown. Mayfest takes place Mother’s Day weekend and is organized by the Pilot Mountain Civic Club. The Pilot Mountain Civic Club uses the vendor fees to help fund scholarships for local children and grants to local nonprofits. 28 • SURRY LIVING May 2022 Issue
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MAY (GALAX, VA): LIVE MUSIC ON FRIDAY & SATURDAYS AT CREEK BOTTOM BREWERY All events are from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM and FREE unless otherwise noted. Pet friendly! Creek Bottom Brewery, 307 N Meadow Street, Galax, VA. Every Wednesday, Jake Cox from 7-9 p.m. May 6 – Bradley Steele May 7 – Matt Mullins & The Bringdowns May 10 – Creek Bottom Boys Bluegrass (7-9 p.m.) May 13 – Ray Martin May 14 – Anna Mertson George May 20 – Perkins & Morrison May 21 – Chad Cox May 24 – Creek Bottom Boys Bluegrass (7-9 p.m.) May 27 – Dirt Road Breakdown May 28 – Southern Groove
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