SwissCowgirl's postcards: December 2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Postcard from a friend/direct swap with Georgia

1 egg, beaten

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup self-rising flour

½ cup cornmeal

½ tsp salt

6-8 green tomatoes, cut into ¼ “ slices

bacon drippings or vegetable oil

Mix egg and buttermilk in a shallow dish. Working in batches, dip tomato slices into the egg mixture, allowing excess to drip back into the dish. Coat with flour mixture. Fry in hot oil (375°) in a large, heavy skillet until browned, turning once with tongs. Transfer to drain.

Yield: 6 servings.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Direct swap with Oregon

JFK

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Direct swap with Spain

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Perhaps the most distinctive and famous Louisiana food is crawfish. It is more tender than lobster, more delicate than shrimp, and has a unique flavor all its own. Historically, most of the crawfish consumed in the

United States

are produced in Louisiana. Acadians have perfected the use of crawfish in many Cajun dishes like étouffée and the ever popular jambalaya.

Direct swap with Tennessee

This park has been laid out over the crest of the bluffs, in the actual location where much of the tragic battle was fought. It is a unit of the National Park System.

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Direct swap with Texas

A great selection of Texas recipes. Thank you very much arthistorychick! :-)

Direct swap with Colorado

Friday, December 23, 2011

Direct swap with Oregon

The Lewis & Clark expedition of 1804 paved the way for the westward exodus of an estimated 300,000 pioneers by wagon train along what became known as the Oregon Trail.

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Declaration of Independence: On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence represented the birth of a new nation as it declared the separation of the thirteen colonies from England. The document was drafted by Thomas Jefferson who based its structure from the philosophies of John Locke as well as other English and French ideologies. Image Courtesy of the National Archive and Records Administration.

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The first one of another series of five.

clockwise from top left: Young Harbor Seal, Orcas, Double-Crested Cormorant, Tufted Puffin, Sea Urchins, Sea Otter, Seagulls, Spouting Gray Whale

Direct swap with Arkansas

Direct swap with Georgia

The Confederate flag (center) was adopted September, 1861, after General Beauregard decided that a new flag was needed in the Battle of Manassas, July, 21, 1861, to be less confusing than the Stars and Bars; or the First National Flag of the Confederacy, which resembled the U. S. Flag (Union) in the dust, smoke, and heat of battle. (A vintage card, dated 1965)