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Each month, The Kentucky
Explorer magazine receives literally scores of letters from
our faithful readers. Among those letters we often find queries,
ranging from requests for words to songs and poems to trying
to locate former classmates and military buddies of long ago.
Here are a few queries from November
2005
Wants Kentucky
Cornbread Recipes
Dear Editor:
I need help. For several years I have tried everything I know
to come up with cornbread like my granny used to make.
I do all the things I remember, but it's still no good.
I want Kentucky cornbread that is crusty on the bottom (I have
that down pat) and is moist but not doughy in the center (mine
turns to mush the minute bean soup hits it).
I don't want to use sugar, but I would be okay with buttermilk,
sweet milk, or even water.
Come on ladies, send me those recipes. I'm hungry.
Gerry Koch
1116 Crestwood Drive
Lima, OH 45805
Greenbriar
Schoolhouse
Info Wanted
Dear Editor:
I would like some information on the Greenbriar schoolhouse in
Carter County, and, also, Jacobs Post Office located nearby.
Jack R. Dennis
410 Woodland Street
Channelview, TX 77530
Arrowood's
Book
Wonderfully Written
Dear Editor:
I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to the staff of The
Kentucky Explorer and to all those who contribute the warm, funny,
historical, and informative stories and photos that fill the
pages of a remarkable little magazine that is such a big blessing.
Every time an issue arrives in the mail I head straight to my
favorite reading place, the couch, and read it from cover-to-cover,
treasuring every word and picture, as well as the memories they
evoke.
Also, thank you for allowing authors to advertise their books
in The Kentucky Explorer. One of those books, They Came To Save
Us, by Larry Arrowood, has become my all-time favorite. It is
a deeply poignant, wonderfully written story that gives one a
deeper understanding and appreciation of the values, humor, strength,
courage, and perseverance of our remarkable Appalachian people.
I have always been grateful and proud to have grown up in southeastern
Kentucky, and since reading The Explorer, even more so. Larry
Arrowood has a true gift for writing, and his book is a priceless
journey back home to a place and a people that have handed down
a sense of belonging that can never be taken away. No matter
where we end up, we never doubt where home is, nor do we lose
what Larry Arrowood calls "that sleeping urge to return."
I hope that generations to come will be reading Mr. Arrowood's
book and by all means reading The Kentucky Explorer.
Carol Porter Fisher
631 Stevens Lane
Mitchell, IN 47466
efisher@iq.quik.com
Seeking Quilt
Patterns
And Blocks
Dear Editor:
I have received The Explorer for several years and was born and
reared in the Appalachian Mountains. I find people and places
I know in every issue of the magazine.
I am seeking quilt patterns, quilt blocks, and the "old-timey"
potato onion bulbs.
If any reader has any of these items I would enjoy hearing from
you.
Marie Graves
77 United Lane
Cynthiana, KY 41031
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