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Default Southern US food of 1950s and 1960s

And how would this apply to the 1950s and '60?

"de" > wrote in message
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> Have you tried the old Foxfire series books for research. was started in
> Raubun County, GA but if I recall correctly it was all over the South and
> covered periods of late19th to early 20th Century. FoxFire 9 was
> Published by Anchor Books and contains recipes adn Info (prices, services,
> etc for the General Store in Hayesville, NC in the 1840s
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> "JBrizzi" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> I'm looking for information on what people cooked and ate in the South
>> in the 50s and 60s, for a novel I'm writing. Specifically, there is a
>> large poor mountain family in northwestern North Carolina in the early
>> 60s and then a relatively wealthy family in the Outer Banks in the
>> eastern part of the state, later in the decade. One character is part
>> of both families so I will be contrasting both diets. Any information
>> or resources on the food of those regions and at that time period would
>> be much appreciated, and of course credited in the book.
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>> Thank you.
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