Pumpkin and Pumpkin Pie Recipes from Tennessee

by Amy Campbell


S10:E44. 11/18/2023

James Gann, Music Educator in Blount Co, TN won a blue ribbon for his pumpkin pie at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. James lets us know about the type of pumpkin he grows and his pie.

Haylee Gibadowski describes how to process a fresh pumpkin for pies and shares her recipe for a gluten and dairy-free pumpkin pie that is delicious. (Recipe below, keep scrolling)

Fred Sauceman’s Pot Luck Radio series features novelist Adriana Trigiani, Author of Big Stone Gap, Milk Glass Moon, and Big Cherry Holler describes her Appalachian autumn memories and a little story involving Elizabeth Taylor and choking on a chicken bone.

Links: James Gann - https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-gann-296017122/

Adriana Trigiani - https://adrianatrigiani.com/home/

Emi Sunshine (sang our theme song when she was nine years old) - https://theemisunshine.com/

Haley's Gluten & Dairy Free Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Heat oven to 350°

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups pumpkin puree
  • 12 ounces of coconut milk, or almond milk (the consistency of the coconut milk is more creamy)
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 pre-made deep dish gluten-free pie shells.

Directions:

Beat eggs with sugar. Add pumpkin puree to mixture. Add coconut milk, beat in spices and salt until smooth. Pour into unbaked pie shells. Bake in a 350° oven for 45 minutes or until the middle is set and doesn’t jiggle. Do not overbake.

James Gann poses with his prize winning pumpkin pie at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, Townsend TN.

Haylee Gibadowski’s recipe for gluten and dairy free pumpkin pie.


Appalachian Thanksgiving Recipes and Stories of the Season

by Amy Campbell


S10:E43. 11/11/2023

Appalachian Thanksgiving Recipes and Stories of the Season

Appalachian Thanksgiving recipes include sweet potato casserole and stuffing. Our feature interview is Mary Lynn Snyder originally from Harlan Kentucky. Mary Lynn remembers her mother Ruby's recipes and traditional ways of cooking.

Dee Dee Constantine, retired food writer for the Knoxville News Sentinel has a segment on tips on how to prepare venison roast and venison steak, and she shares a recipe for venison meatloaf.

Fred Sauceman’s Potluck Radio series - we revisit his segment on the annual historic event of turkey herding that used to take place in Hancock County Tennessee.

And I (Amy Campbell) share a story I recorded with my late father, who was an old-fashioned East TN medical doctor. He accumulated a lot of interesting stories in his 60-plus years of practicing medicine, and this story involves a turkey egg.

Links:

Mary Dee Dee Constantine: https://www.instagram.com/Skilletsister/?hl=en

Fred Sauceman - https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman/

Emi Sunshine (arranged our theme song when she was 9 years old) - https://theemisunshine.com/

This image comes from https://thegraphicsfairy.com/