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(Unreadable Header on right upper left) Woods Foods

Mrs. Jane Timko
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When she + her brother went out for
huckle berries they used to carry their
dinners with them. This consisted of
a piece of bread which was eaten
with berries.

The berries grow in sunny areas,
not where there is thick woods;
They like open spaces between rocks;
This was where she used to look for them.

Edible foods from the woods included
huckle berries,
pignuts, chestnuts, walnuts, + mushrooms.
Pignuts grow in burrs on short bushes
+ where not eaten by her + her brother
Chestnuts used to be found by her
family at Sandy Hill, towards Sandy
Valley. They used to pick them off the
road. Now they are scarce. Their
family didn't sell them, just ate
them for food.
Preparation: They are good cooked in salted
water; the shells would then pull off
easily.
Some people would roast them in
the shells on top of hot coal stoves.
The skin wasn't cut - it would burst
by itself. These chestnuts are
smaller than horse chestnuts.
Walnuts were not not found in the
woods in this area, she said. Some people
had walnut trees planted in their
yards, however.