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COUNTRY ROADS

30 Years Ago in Blue Ridge Country

Lep Cookies
"My mother made these. They were a German recipe we
made during the holidays." -Sadie Kinsinger, owner of
Kinsinger's Kountry Kitchen near Stuart's Draft, Virginia,
quoted from the January/February 1989 issue.
3 pounds brown sugar
3 ½ pounds flour
1 pound lard or margarine (go a
little scant if lard is used)
1 quart buttermilk with 3 teaspoons
of baking soda
1 teaspoon of cream of tartar or 1
tablespoon of tartar in buttermilk
1 teaspoon of salt in the flour
Peanut halves
Beat lard and brown sugar until creamy. Add buttermilk,
cream of tartar and flour and beat until smooth. Put in
a cooler overnight. In the morning, roll out the dough
using powdered cane sugar on the top and flour on the
bottom. Cut them and dot with peanut halves before
baking. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes until done.

Three Land Tracts Protected
in North Carolina Mountains
Virginia and North Carolina join initiative to cut carbon emissions.

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onservation groups in
western North Carolina
worked through three land
transactions recently to expand
protected and public recreation lands totaling 700 acres.
In Jackson County, the Open
Space Institute partnered with
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
to protect the 5,200-foot peak
called "High Knob," once slated
for development. Visible from the
Blue Ridge Parkway, the biologically rich, 154-acre tract harbors
rare plants and wildlife, and high
elevation seeps.
In Ashe County, the New River
Conservancy and the state will
soon add 350 acres to the New
River State Park. The property,
with three miles of river frontage,

UNMATCHED

expertise

including a sharp bend that forms
a beach, belonged to the Methodist Church and was used
as a camp until 2015.
And lastly, the Blue
Ridge Conservancy
transferred 211 acres
to the Grandfather
Mountain State Park so
that it can be enjoyed
by all citizens. The tract
includes numerous rare
plants and natural communities that contribute
to the mountain being recognized
globally as a natural treasure.
openspaceinstitute.org/news
newriverconservancy.org/
blueridgeconservancy.org/
recent-news
-CAT MCCUE

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