Commonwealth Kitchen February 2019
Stay Warm in February with: Comfort Soups When time is short, it’s easy to pop open a can of soup. By making your own, you’ll not only save money but can also adjust the ingredients to suit your preferences, as well as boost nutrition February 2019 Click here to...Commonwealth Kitchen January 2019
Cooking in Season with: Cabbage & More With its tight-packed leaves forming a firm “head,” cabbage has been grown for thousands of years. Ancient Romans not only ate it soaked in vinegar, but also used its leaves to bind wounds and reduce infection. New World...Commonwealth Kitchen November-December 2018
Cooking in Season with: Wild Game Virginia’s forests continue to yield a wide array of nature’s bounty. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries reports that 190,000 deer were harvested during the 2017-2018 hunting season. In this issue, we present some of...Commonwealth Kitchen October 2018
Cooking up this football season: Tailgating Treats Tailgating got its start nearly 100 years ago, in the early days of pro football, as fans backed their trucks around the playing field to share a hearty picnic before the game got underway. October 2018 Click here to...Commonwealth Kitchen September 2018
Cooking in Season With Apples Did you know that Virginia is the nation’s sixth-largest apple producer? Each year, apples add $235 million to our state’s economy, with about 70 percent of the 5-million bushels turned into products such as applesauce, juice and cider....Commonwealth Kitchen August 2018
Cool Off With Homemade Ice Cream Before electricity, iced desserts were a luxury. American colonists learned to harvest ice each winter and carefully pack it in sawdust to last all summer long. By the late 1700s, confectioners began selling frozen treats to the...Commonwealth Kitchen July 2018
Okra If you’ve ever grown okra, you’ll know it’s important to cut young pods from the plant shortly after they appear, while finger length and still tender. Waiting even a day too long can allow this fast-growing vegetable to become tough and inedible. Try storing...Commonwealth Kitchen June 2018
Cooking in Season with Strawberries & Raspberries Strawberries as we know them today were created in the 17th century by the order of King Louis XIV. French botanist Antoine Duchesne crossed two wild American species to obtain a larger, sweeter berry. The English...Commonwealth Kitchen May 2018
Cooking in Season with Onions Long before our ancestors became farmers, or invented alphabets and writing, they discovered the flavor that wild onions add to fresh-killed game. One of the world’s healthiest foods, onions are full of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals...Commonwealth Kitchen March-April 2018
Celebrate the Season with Easter Brunch A portmanteau of the words “breakfast” and “lunch,” brunch has been a popular weekend meal for more than a century. Here are some reader recipes to try this Easter season: MARCH-APRIL 2018 Click here to submit your recipe for...Commonwealth Kitchen February 2018
Add Flavor With: Maple Syrup February 2018 Early American settlers learned about our nation’s sugar maples from Native Americans. During a brief weather window late each winter, they’d hang buckets under the drilled holes and empty the sap that collected into larger...
Many electric cooperatives observed National Lineman Appreciation Day back on April 8, pursuant to a 2014 directive from the NRECA Board of Directors that sets aside the second Monday in April for the observance. But, today, many other utilities will recognize National Lineman Appreciation Day, due to legislation that cleared the U.S. Senate in 2013. Since there's no such thing as too much attention being drawn to our electric cooperative lineworkers, here are some cute co-op kids who would like to honor the lineworkers of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware's electric cooperatives!
Give your local electric cooperative a call, post on their Facebook page, or make a post on social media and #ThanksALineworker today!
BARC Electric Cooperative A&N Electric Cooperative Community Electric Cooperative Craig Botetourt Electric Cooperative Delaware Electric Cooperative Prince George Electric Cooperative NOVEC Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative Southside Electric Cooperative Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative Powell Valley Electric Cooperative Northern Neck Electric Cooperative Central Virginia Electric Cooperative Choptank Electric Cooperative
Have any of you ever hiked Old Rag Mountain? If so, tell us about it! Or, read Richmond.com’s article about how it was named one of the best hikes in the world!
Also, check out the September 2016 Cooperative Living cover story about Deirdre Conroy, winner of the Virginia Outdoor Writers Association Collegiate Writing Award. Deirdre talks about her experience on Old Rag Mountain. Read it here: lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/i=513498#{"issue_id":"332189","view":"articleBrowser","article_id":"2564334"}
Old Rag named one of best hikes in the world
richmond.com
Old Rag is Shenandoah National Park’s most popular — and most dangerous — hike.
