Caroline Museum

Fred and Hilda May descendants from Chedderville area

Charles and Frances McColl descendants from Shilo District

Today the Community Historical Society of Caroline Hosted Pioneer Days in our new pavillion.

The Community Historical Society of Caroline volunteers welcoming visitors to the Community Registration and Information night at the HUB. Thanks Joy and Karin for sharing your time and talents.

Hello butter makers! Here's the Buttermilk Biscuit recipe from the recipe book Good Cookin' From the Heart of Virginia.
Virginia Buttermilk Biscuits

"A Southern classic."

Yield: 18 biscuits

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon sugar

1½ teaspoon salt

1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon shortening

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup buttermilk

Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into medium bowl. Cut in shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Dissolve soda in buttermilk; pour evenly over flour mixture, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn dough out onto floured surface; knead 10-12 times. Roll out dough 1/2-inch thick and cut with 2-inch biscuit cutter. Place biscuits on greased baking sheet. Bake in preheated 450° oven for 10 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Julia Wallace Chipley

The Buttermilk Pancake recipe I'm sharing is a link.
https://www.momontimeout.com/wprm_print/the-best-fluffy-buttermilk-pancakes

If you think you might like something different Yum and Yummer has an excellent Carrot Cake Pancake recipe.
https://yumyummer.com/carrot-cake-pancakes/
I have made the above recipes with great success. Actually any of the recipes from Yum and Yummer cookbook have been easy and tasty. I highly recommend the cookbook. All recipes have a video you can watch.

The BEST Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes - Mom On Timeout

We were really shaking things up at our fourth museum Make It and Take It event. We had 8 ladies as guests with Ida And Sandy showing how its done. Once the butter was made we could chose from celtic sea salt, fresh dill, fresh garlic or fresh chives to season the butter. Some ladies saved their buttermilk. Please watch for an additional post with buttermilk recipes.
Ladies please comment how you used your butter and what you flavoured it with. Thanks for a fun afternoon.
Our final event will be making a stained glass angel ornament in November. Details to follow.

Our third Make It & Take It event today hosted 9 participants. The ladies created colourful mug rugs with their individual designs. Thank you for making this a success. Our final creative afternoon is butter making on August 30th.

The 2nd Make It and Take Event has 7 participants knitting dish cloths. Thanks for attending ladies😊

A busy day at the museum today. We have the Kids Cancer cyclists stopping for a rest and a slice of pie with ice cream. Thanks to everyone who donated a pie.

The Members of the Commuity Historical Society of Caroline offer our deepest Sympathy to the family of the late Barb Proudler,