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cornbread

A Pot of Hospitality

by Malinda Dunlap Fillingim A big pot of pinto beans lived at Mama Dunlap’s Stokes County home. Her cast iron frying pan held golden cracklin’ corn bread she made each morning before the sun woke up. When her oven got hot enough to melt the unmeasured lard, she put the cornbread batter in, telling me to… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Food, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: cornbread, Leland NC, Malinda Dunlap Fillingim, pinto beans, Stokes County

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