Recipe By : Dr. Ruth Ann Musick
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:45
Categories : To Post Vegetables
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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4 Large Carrots -- washed and pared
1 Medium Onion -- chopped
1/2 Red Or Green Bell Pepper -- chopped
Salt And Pepper -- to taste
3 Tablespoons Butter Or Margarine -- divided
Boil carrots for 30 minutes or until mildly cooked. Cut in halves.
Scoop out centers and mash. Chop onion and pepper and add salt, pepper,
and t tbs. butter. Add to mashed carrot centers and stuff the eight
remaining halves of carrots. Bake in a dish greased with 1 tb. butter
for about 30 minutes at 350 .
Serves: 8
Source: "Mountain Measures" --Junior Leauge of Charleston, WV
ed. 1974
HISTORICAL NOTE:
A former professor of English at Fairmont State college in Fairmont, WV,
Dr. Ruth Ann Musick lived and taught in WV for more than twenty years.
During this time she gathered folklore of WV which she published in
articles for various journals and in book form. The late Dr. Musick was
a long-time editor of "West Virginia Folklore."
