Grandma Fryer might all the time be counted on to serve “ribbon salad” at Thanksgiving, together with on different holidays, particularly Christmas. We ate it as both a facet dish with the entrée or, due to its sweetness, typically as a dessert.
Lengthy after Grandma handed, the purple and inexperienced layered gelatin delicacy with cream cheese within the center layer together with traces of pineapple, continued to seek out its technique to the desk of our meal gatherings. And although Grandma actually didn’t “invent” ribbon salad, we felt like she might need.
Roger Garrison’s broccoli casserole dish (Submitted picture by Roger Garrison)
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Being curious concerning the particular dishes of different Kentucky households, I checked round to see. I couldn’t discover others naming ours however discovered loads of fascinating variety in responses, and I’d need to strive a number of of them.
Roger Garrison, of Nicholasville, stated his household’s featured meals was a transplanted one.
“My aunt in Florida began the custom by bringing her broccoli casserole to Thanksgiving dinner,” stated Roger. “To the very best of my recollection, it first appeared after we celebrated Thanksgiving on the dwelling of my grandparents. This was a proper affair with linen, china, a lot of silver, and an enormous fowl, carved by Pawpaw.
“It was Pawpaw, Grandmother Garrison (not simply “Grandmother,” he famous), Fowwie (the aunt in Florida), my dad and mom and 5 children.” It grew to become a staple of Thanksgiving and different Garrison vacation gathering dinners. “I bear in mind the time that the broccoli casserole didn’t seem at Thanksgiving,” he stated with a smile. “I threw a match! It’s my job to convey broccoli casserole now.”
Steve Flairty is a trainer, public speaker and an writer of seven books: a biography of Kentucky Afield host Tim Farmer and 6 within the Kentucky’s On a regular basis Heroes sequence, together with a children’ model. Steve’s “Kentucky’s On a regular basis Heroes #5,” was launched in 2019. Steve is a senior correspondent for Kentucky Month-to-month, a weekly NKyTribune columnist and a former member of the Kentucky Humanities Council Audio system Bureau. Contact him at sflairty2001@yahoo.com or go to his Fb web page, “Kentucky in Frequent: Phrase Sketches in Tribute.” (Steve’s picture by Connie McDonald)
As a teenager at about seven or eight, Brooke Corridor appreciated her grandmother’s “inexperienced jello salad in a jello mould” each vacation and she or he acquired “upset if individuals ate a lot of it as a result of it will be much less for me.” As an grownup, she purchased a mould and has her grandmother’s hand-written recipe to hold on the custom.
Many people get pleasure from recreating the distinctive and genuine style of a household meals favourite. Not simply any will do. Carrie Thomas, a Grant’s Lick Elementary trainer who grew up in Pendleton County, acquired excited way back concerning the particular rolls served at their desk. “My Grandma all the time made her do-it-yourself yeast rolls with strawberry preserves,” she stated. “We as soon as requested her to jot down out the recipe for us so we might make them. Her measurements had been troublesome to observe since she stated to make use of (phrases like) ‘sufficient’ flour and she or he used oleo as an alternative of butter.
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“We tried however might by no means grasp them like she made them. The women then requested her to make them and so they watched and took notes, however nonetheless, her particular contact was wanted to get them excellent. Now that she is gone, her great-grandchildren get pleasure from making them and naturally consuming them for Thanksgiving and Christmas. They style similar to I bear in mind!”
Miche Branscum, of Frankfort, famous that her grandmother all the time had jello slush punch and a dried apple stack cake, calling the punch “superb.” In Henderson, Stephanie Brown talked about that Granny all the time had a cannery of dumplings on prime and a roasting pan stuffed with cornbread dressing contained in the range.
It was do-it-yourself oyster stew for Erlanger resident Lucy Riffle’s people and candy potato souffle for Lexington-raised Susan Gall’s kin. Not removed from Erlanger, in Walton, Janet Windgassen-Prepare dinner grew up consuming oyster stew and oyster dressing at Thanksgiving, and the household of Mary Lynn Collins, of Frankfort, most well-liked scalloped oysters.
On the day earlier than Thanksgiving, Darlene Godman, of Falmouth, stated that her mom made do-it-yourself biscuits for the dressing.
“She would crumble up the biscuits to dry out for the dressing she made on Thanksgiving and Christmas,” Darlene defined. “I assume she did this so the crumbles would soak up the scrumptious turkey broth. One of the best half was she made an additional pan of biscuits for nation ham and biscuits for breakfast.”
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Susan Gall factors to her household’s conventional dish, candy potato souffle (Submitted picture by Susan Gall)
One other Falmouth resident, Fran Carr, supplied pretzel salad, inexperienced bean casserole, and pumpkin torte as meals which have stood her lineage’s check of time.
Possible a favourite for a lot of is what former Fayette County trainer Jenny Bronaugh talked about.
“For 5 generations, our household all the time had and continues to have candy potato casserole topped with mini marshmallows,” stated Jenny. “As a toddler, I didn’t look after the candy potatoes however was allowed to eat these completely browned, melted marshmallows, solely on Thanksgiving. I grew to like your complete casserole and nonetheless make it, now including a jigger of bourbon, which was all the time an ingredient within the authentic recipe.”
Observe, additionally, that Jenny replaces her marshmallows when reheating leftover casserole.
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Lexingtonian Foster Ockerman Jr. insists that his favourite whereas rising up was a turkey and cranberry sandwich the day after Thanksgiving. Sharon Turner, of Versailles, remembers her “superior” household’s dressing/stuffing.
“Mom would save bits of bread for 2 weeks and let it dry out earlier than breaking it into crumbs, including chopped onions and celery, melted butter and broth from cooking the neck and giblets,” she stated.
Apart from the oyster dishes, for which I by no means acquired a style, my mouth begins watering when Kentuckians sit down for this week’s feast. Could all of us be lucky and grateful to be well-fed for this particular time.
Now that the ink has dried and his signing with Kentucky has been made official, Jasper Johnson was finally able to be formally introduced to the Rupp Arena crowd during the Wildcats’ 87-68 win over Western Kentucky on Tuesday night.
Johnson, a class of 2025 five-star point guard born and raised in Lexington, sat courtside with his family to check out his future team in action against the Hilltoppers. During the second half, former Kentucky player Ravi Moss brought out the future Wildcat to midcourt where he was met with a chorus of cheers from the packed crowd of Big Blue Nationites.
After initially committing to Kentucky back in September, Johnson signed the necessary papers to play his college basketball at UK earlier this month. He’s been inside Rupp Arena plenty of times before over the years (and even played here with Woodford County as a sophomore), but never while wearing street clothes as the center of attention in front of over 20,000 screaming fans.
The smile says all you need to know.
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Johnson is one of three signees from Mark Pope‘s first recruiting class as Kentucky’s head coach, joining four-star center Malachi Moreno and four-star point guard Acaden Lewis. The 6-foot-4 guard is ranked No. 14 overall in the nation by the On3 Industry Ranking. He’s currently finishing up his high school career at Overtime Elite as a member of Rod Wave Elite (RWE).
Alongside Tay Kinney, a talented class of 2026 guard who is also from Kentucky and is being recruited by Pope, the two Bluegrass natives form arguably the deadliest backcourt duo in all of OTE. Through five games played this season, Johnson is averaging 19.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per outing while shooting 47.9 percent from the floor and 42.9 percent from deep.
This time next year, we’ll hopefully see him do the same thing in Kentucky blue and white.
Johnson family – Dr. Michael Huang, Kentucky Sports Radio
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Clara Strack scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Teonni Key had 16 points and 13 rebounds and No. 14 Kentucky defeated Arizona State 77-61 on Tuesday in the Music City Classic to remain unbeaten.
Kentucky nearly had four players with double-doubles as Georgia Amoore added 20 points and nine rebounds and Amelia Hassett had eight points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats (6-0), who shot 42% and scored 13 points off 14 Arizona State turnovers.
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Jalyn Brown scored 16 points and Nevaeh Parkinson added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Sun Devils (3-3). Arizona State shot just 30%.
The Sun Devils cut a 19-point deficit to 11 after three quarters but a 6-0 burst with baskets by Key, Amoore and Strack built the lead back to 15 midway through the fourth.
Kentucky led 42-23 at halftime after outscoring the Sun Devils 27-9 in the second quarter, scoring the first 13 points of the period with Struck putting in the final seven in the run. A couple ASU free throws later, the Wildcats went on an 11-2 run capped by a Hassett 3 and the lead was 20. Strack scored 14 points and Key 10 in the half.
The teams continue play in the Music City Classic on Wednesday with Kentucky playing No. 19 Illinois and Arizona State facing South Dakota.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Rivalry week has finally arrived. The Louisville and Kentucky football program are set to do battle once again, facing off in Lexington for the annual Battle for the Governor’s Cup.
Here are the depth charts for both the Cardinals and Wildcats:
Changes from Louisville’s Depth Chart vs. Pitt:
Quarterback
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9 Tyler Shough (6-5, 230, Gr.) 10 Pierce Clarkson (6-1, 190, R-Fr.) OR 15 Harrison Bailey (6-5, 230, R-Sr.) OR 12 Brady Allen (6-6, 220, R-So)
Running Back
25 Isaac Brown (5-9, 190, Fr.) 21 Donald Chaney Jr. (5-10, 210, R-Jr.) 26 Duke Watson (6-0, 180, Fr.) 22 Keyjuan Brown (5-10, 210, R-Fr.)
Wide Receiver
0 Chris Bell (6-2, 220, Jr.) 81 Cataurus Hicks (5-10, 180, R-Fr.)
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