Amazing Garden Hose Nozzle / 10-Way Hand Sprayer
There’s nothing more pleasurable then to watch your new garden produce fresh, organic vegetables to use in on of your favorite recipes. However, one of the key responsibilities to a successful vegetable garden is make sure it has sufficient water.
Lifetime Raised Garden Bed – Review
When you start your garden you should start in a quality raised garden bed. I built my garden box (shown below) from untreated cedar because I’m a DIY kinda girl but I know many of you may prefer to buy pre-made boxes like the Lifetime Raised Garden Bed featured in this post.
“What the Slaves Ate” – Book Review
What the Slaves Ate: Recollections of African American Foods and Foodways from the Slave Narratives
About the Authors:
Herbert C. Covey is the author of African American Slave Medicine: Herbal and non-Herbal Treatments
Dwight Eisnach is an independent scholar and editor. He has worked for 25 years at the Colorado Juvenile Parole Board.
About the book:
Through the use of first-person narratives, the authors provide a fascinating account of what the African American slave diet consisted of including the recipes they created from their humble provisions. Luckily for us many of the recipes like, “Okra and Tomatoes”, “Sweet Potato Pie”, and “Turnip Greens and Dumplings” have been passed down from generation to generation and are the basis of today’s Soul Food cuisine.
In the chapter dedicated to vegetables, Covey and Eisnach tells us how on some plantations slaves were allowed to have their own vegetable gardens. According to the authors, the reason the master’s conceded to this was threefold:
1. It cut down on the pilferage of food from the main house
2. It saved the master money on buying food for their slaves
3. It contributed to a healthier workforce
Whatever the reasoning, the vegetable garden was an integral part of the slave diet and sustenance. And, although, they could only tend to their gardens at night or on Sundays, they managed to grow an abundance of vegetables. The book’s “Appendix A” gives a detailed list of the vegetables grown by slaves and are the same vegetables explored here at Soul Food Gardening.
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SFG Recommendation:
Even though What the Slaves Ate: Recollections of African American Foods and Foodways from the Slave Narratives
The book also includes detailed chapters on:
- meat
- wild game and fish
- dairy
- grains, cereals, and baked goods
- fruits, nuts, and coffee