Georgian native India Lee’s okra recipe had been so impressive that the food editor wrote a profile of her before sharing her recipe with readers.
I came across a source that describes how a Thanksgiving détente occurred during the Civil War (1861-1865) on a day like what later became a federal holiday under FDR.
Baked beans cooked all night long on the back of the black stove with plenty of black molasses on top and hunks of salt pork inside.