⅓ stick butter
1 cup sugar
1 lemon, juiced
2 eggs, separated
1 pastry shell, uncooked
Combine butter and sugar; cream well. Add lemon juice then two eggs yolks, beaten. Fold in beaten egg whites. Pour mixture into an uncooked pastry shell. Bake at 350° for 30 to 40 minutes until top is golden brown.
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To purchase Oldies and Goodies: 100 Years of Memories, call the Cherryville Chamber of Commerce at (704) 435-3451.
Split-rail fences don’t shout “keep out.” They lean, they shift, they invite. And in western North Carolina, they remind us that some lines are meant to hold, not harden.
Each May, spring climbs nearly 3,000 feet to the seat of Alleghany County. Here, as the rhododendrons blush, a beloved mountain town welcomes visitors with its food, art, and flourish of color and creativity.
Brief but delicious, soft-shell crab season is cherished by diners as well as the folks who work around the clock to put these native pinchers on our plates.
When it comes to poultry, the best is raised close to home.
