S11:E11. 03.16.2024

Tyler Rogers, Chairmaker from Chattanooga, Tennessee

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 Wyoline Lewis's squash casserole recipe. Also, Fred Sauceman shares ham smoker Allan Benton's Red Eye Gravy recipe.

Links:

Tyler Rogers https://www.instagram.com/tr.chairmaker/

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

Allan Benton https://bentonscountryhams2.com/

Emi Sunshine (sings our theme song): https://theemisunshine.com/

Photo: The book Tyler references in the podcast and snacks he had for our visit. Photo: Amy Campbell.

Season 8, Episode 22. 06/12/2021

Lye soap, Hydrangeas, Posh Squash Casserole, and Elderberries

Today we are setting the table with Lye soap. Hydrangeas, posh squash casserole, and elderberries. Our guests are Rachel Davis of J & R Farms. She makes her own lye soap. We also visit with Josh Lowans and hear about elderlies and the syrup that he is involved in making at Salubrious Farms in Walland and Knoxville, Tennessee. Food writer and food historian Fred Sauceman shares a memory and recipe for Posh Squash casserole. I (Amy) have many growing and care tips for growing and caring for blue and pink hydrangea

Links:

J & R Farms where you can find Rachel Davis’s step by step directions for making cold process lye soap: https://www.jandrfarmstn.com/?p=2748

Salubrious Farms (Where Josh Lowans works and makes Elderberry syrup): https://salubriousfarms.com/our-story/

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

Emi Sunshine (Sings our theme song): https://theemisunshine.com/

Rachel Davis’s Lye Soap. Follow this link to J & R Farms where you can find Rachel Davis’s step by step directions for making cold process lye soap: https://www.jandrfarmstn.com/?p=2748