Season 8, Episode 21
BattleField Farm & Gardens & the Broccoli Lady
Today we are setting the table with urban community gardening, and broccoli casserole. Our first guest is Chris Battle who created BattleFiled Farms and Gardens in East Knox County his motto is “Fighting food disparity, building community”. We also hear a wonderful short story by Fred Sauceman about the late Glodine Davis of Johnson City known as “The Broccoli Lady” and the recipe and memory of her beloved broccoli casserole.
Links: BattleField Farm and Gardens: https://www.facebook.com/battlefieldfarmandgardens/
Link to a story written by Fred Sauceman that ran in the Johnson City Press February 20, 2018 in memory of Glodine Davis “The Broccoli Lady”.
https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/the-broccoli-lady/article_eee54cc2-a830-59bf-b4fe-4a92267f0ad6.html
Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman
Emi Sunshine (who arranged and sang our our theme song when she was only 9 years old): https://theemisunshine.com/
Glodine Davis “The Broccoli Lady” Broccoli Casserole recipe by way of Fred Sauceman
Ingredients:
2 fresh bunches broccoli, cut into florets and boiled (frozen can be used, but it isn’t as good)
small onion chopped
2 beaten eggs
1 stick of butter cut into thin slices
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1 sleeve Ritz crackers crushed / or Townhouse Crackers
Directions:
Boil broccoli florets for about 5 minutes. Drain.
Mix broccoli with 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup, onion, 2 beaten eggs, grated cheddar cheese and butter slices.
Bake at 350 degrees until it is bubbly
And remember “The Broccoli Lady, GLodine K. Davis”
Sadly, Glodine passed away December 2nd, 2017. This is a link to Glodine K. Davis’s obituary. https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/obituary/glodine-k-davis/article_b9cc0151-3806-5bc9-b8e8-dce6136ab93e.html
Chris Battle of BattleField Farm and Gardens: https://www.facebook.com/battlefieldfarmandgardens/
Glodine Davis in her kitchen. This image appeared in an article written by Fred Sauceman in 2018 in the Johnson City Press: https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/the-broccoli-lady/article_eee54cc2-a830-59bf-b4fe-4a92267f0ad6.html