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Enjoying the scents of Autumn
with Skillet Apple Pie
Azure
Rountree
Fun, Delicious
and Festive
F all is right around the
corner, and nothing
hits the spot this time
of year like Skillet Apple
Pie. This hearty dessert has
tender apples baked in a
sugary cinnamon mixture
nestled in between two
flaky crusts, and when
served alongside vanilla
ice cream, it is absolute
perfection to savor this
September.
Skillet Apple Pie
6 cups peeled & sliced thin
Granny Smith Apples
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
1 stick Unsalted Butter (1 /2 cup)
(cold)
1 cup Light Brown Sugar
(unpacked)
1 (14-ounce) box of 2 rolled
frozen Pie Crusts (thawed)
1 Egg White
2 Tablespoons additional
Granulated Sugar
Vanilla Ice Cream (for serving)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Remove the box of both frozen
pie crusts from the freezer to
thaw. Peel apples and slice thin,
then toss with the ground cin
namon and the 3/4 cup granu
lated sugar and set aside. Add
butter to a 10-inch cast iron
skillet and put in the oven that
has been preheated. Once the
butter has melted, remove from
oven and add the light brown
sugar, then stir together and
add back to the oven for 10
minutes. Remove from the oven
and add one of the pie crusts.
Spoon the apple mixture into
the pie crust, making sure to
only add about half of the juice
leftover in the bowl. Top the
apples with the remaining pie
crust, then, using your fingers,
crimp the edges of the crust all
the way around the pie. Whisk
the egg white until foamy, then
brush the top of the pie with it.
Sprinkle with the remaining 2
tablespoons granulated sugar.
Cut 5 slits on top of the pie for
venting. Place a pan that is just
a little larger than your skillet
on a lower rack in case the pie
juices spill over, then add the
apple pie to the 3rd (middle)
rack and bake uncovered for
1 hour. Serve warm with vanilla
ice cream.
Kid Friendly Recipes from the
Kitchen of Azure Rountree is
available at The Advance. A
portion of the proceeds from every
book sold will go to benefit children
with special needs.
Cabbage Stalks
Star
continued from page 7A
Am I predicting
another civil war? God
forbid.
But the depth of
animosities now is looking
less like the healthy
discourse of a free country
and looking more like
unraveling of our social
fabric. It’s dangerous, and
we should be aware of what
is going on.
A new survey released
by Pew Research Center
bears out this trend,
showing animosities
between those identifying
with the two parties getting
increasingly sharp and
increasing numbers of
Americans, particularly
younger Americans, not
happy with either party.
Per the Pew report, in
1994, 21% of Republicans
had a “very unfavorable”
view of the Democratic
Party. Today it is 62%. In
1994, 17% of Democrats
had a “very unfavorable”
view of the Republican
Party. Today it is 54%.
Seventy-two percent of
Republicans now,
compared to 45% in 2016,
say Democrats are more
dishonest than other
Americans. Sixty-three
percent of Democrats,
compared to 42% in 2016,
say Republicans are more
dishonest than other
Americans.
According to the
survey, in 2022, 27% of
Americans now have
unfavorable opinions of
both parties compared to
6% in 1994 who held
unfavorable views of both
parties.
This is all consistent
with a new survey from
Gallup showing that more
than half, 52%, of young
Americans born between
1981 and 1996 identify as
independents.
Forty-four percent of
those born between 1960
and 1980, 33% of those
born between 1946 and
1964, and 26% of those
born between 1928 and
1945 identify as
independents.
Just as the presence of
slavery challenged the core
values and beliefs on which
the nation was founded, so
today issues such as
abortion, sexual identity,
and the nature and
existence of marriage and
family are dividing the
common ground on which
we stand.
Related to this is the
core question of
government and its role in
the lives of private
Americans.
When our divisions
become so deep that civil
discourse can no longer
mend what has unraveled,
we need to tread carefully.
Another recent Gallup
poll shows 53% of
Americans saying they
worry “a great deal” about
crime and violence.
How can a nation
remain intact when large
parts of the population
have absolutely nothing in
common with each other
regarding how they see the
world?
Limited government
and individual freedom are
the classic American
answers. Unfortunately, we
seem to be going in the
opposite direction.
Star Parker is president of
the Center for Urban Renewal
and Education and host of
the weekly television show
"Cure America with Star
Parker." To find out more
about Star Parker and read
features by other Creators
Syndicate writers and
cartoonists, visit the Creators
Syndicate website at www.
creators.com.
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COM
From the Porch
By Amber Nagle
I’ve eaten them since I
was a child, and I consider
them a comfort food of
sorts.
Let me paint a memory
picture for you. Sometime
in the Seventies, my moth
er stood at the countertop
of our gold and avocado
green kitchen — a large
head of cabbage balanced
on a wooden cutting board
in front of her. First, she
tore off the dark green outer
leaves and set them aside.
“The dark green leaves
are tougher so you have to
cook them a little longer.
They make it prettier in the
pot,” she said.
Next, she split the head
of cabbage into two perfect
halves with a large knife my
father had sharpened to that
of a dangerous razor blade.
She sliced each half making
four quarter wedges.
Mom carefully shaved
off thin strips of cabbage
leaves and placed them in
a big pot of seasoned water
boiling on the stovetop. She
chopped and chopped, until
she reached the tough parts
of the cabbage near its core,
and then she paused.
“Who wants a cab
bage stalk?” she turned and
asked.
“I do! I do!” I shouted,
racing over to her side.
She handed me a fresh
ly cut cabbage stalk followed
by a salt shaker. I stood over
the kitchen sink and show
ered a generous amount of
sodium crystals onto the
white stem. Then I opened
my mouth wide and bit
down — the crunch making
a loud noise comparable to
an earthquake. Mom salted
another stalk and chomped
on one, too.
We gnawed our cabbage
stalks like two wild rabbits.
Eating a salted cabbage
stalk was sort of a ritual, and
everyone in my family loved
to eat the cabbage stalks
when Mom made stewed
cabbage or coleslaw. I love
the taste (sometimes they
have a bite like that of a hot
radish), and I love the tex
ture. I suppose eating cab
bage stalks was one of many
practices passed to my mom
by her mother — much like
patting out a baby biscuit
from the remaining flour in
a bowl, pouring milk over
crumbled cornbread in a big
drinking glass or pouring
syrup in a hole poked in the
top of a buttermilk biscuit. I
don’t think my friends’ fami
lies did these things.
Cabbage is known as a
“cole crop,” a general term
referring to any of vari
ous plants belonging to the
Cruciferae or mustard fam
ily that prefer to grow in
the cooler temperatures.
The mustard family in
cludes crops such as Brus
sels sprouts, cauliflower,
broccoli, cabbage, collards,
kale, mustard, and turnips
— most of which are leafy
veggies that we Southern
ers love to cook in big stock
pots with a hambone bob
bing up and down in the wa
ter. All of these green garden
plants can trace their history
to a common cabbage an
cestor that grew wild in the
Mediterranean and Asia Mi
nor region.
As for cabbage, it’s not
only versatile, filling and
delicious, but also an excep
tionally healthy food with an
outstanding nutrient profile.
It boasts especially high lev
els ofVitamins C and K, and
some researchers believe
eating cabbage may even
help lower the risk of certain
diseases, improve digestion
and combat inflammation.
But my family eats it
because we like the taste,
always have and always will.
And let’s face it — cabbage
is affordable and easy to
cook.
Last week, at 57 years
Monthly
Meeting—
The September
meeting of the
Toombs County Re
tired Educators Asso
ciation will be this
Thursday, September
1, 2022, 10:30 a.m.,
at Grace Commu
nity Presbyterian
Church, Lyons. The
program will be to
meet and welcome
our new members. A
brunch will be pro
vided.
Gospel Sing—
A Reunion (5ospel
Sing will be held on
Saturday, September
10, at 5:00 p.m., at
Lovely Hill Baptist
Church, Mississippi
Ave., Soperton, fea
turing The Anointed
J.K. Smith Gospel
Singers.
Everyone is in
vited to attend.
Pastor
Anniversary-
Better Together
Christian Commu-
old, I stood with my bare
feet in my mother’s Ohoop-
ee kitchen and watched her
work on a head of cabbage
to complement some po
tatoes from the garden and
some fresh-from-the-hot-
grease fried chicken we had
purchased at Bobcat’s Diner
in Collins. She whittled and
whittled then asked the
same question she’s asked
since I was a young, tow
headed girl.
“You want a cabbage
stalk?” she asked.
That’s a question I will
never tire of hearing, no mat
ter how many decades I live.
Suddenly, I was seven years
old again, and I reached for
one of the stalks with a grin.
I salted it and bit down with
my back molar teeth with a
crunch that would wake the
dead.
They say that each day
is made up of hundreds of
simple moments that when
woven together form a
beautiful tapestry of a per
son’s life. For me, eating a
fresh cabbage stalk along
side my mother is one of
those simple moments — a
simple pleasure.
nity Church, 202
Church St., Mt. Ver
non, will celebrate
the 10th anniversary
of Pastor Craig and
First Lady Latoya
Snead on Septem
ber 11 at 2:00 p.m.
the guest speaker
will be Rev. Arthur
Gordon of New
Bethel Baptist
Church in Macon
and Jordan Stream
Baptist Church in
Toomsboro.
Everyone is in
vited to attend.
Lyons Citizen of
the Year—
The Lyons Citizen
of the Year event will
occur Thursday, Sep
tember 22, at 6:30
p.m. at the Calloway
Community Center
at Partin Park. Ticket
sales will end Mon
day, September 12.
Tickets are $25 each
and must be pur
chased in advance
at the Lyons City Hall
or through a Lyons
Lions Club member.
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