1860s Period Foods - Including Good Down Home Eatin'

[Laurie Verge]

We have two huge catalpa trees at Surratt House. They are beautiful when they bloom, but dirty when the faded blossoms fall - and those pods (we call them cigars) drive us crazy.

In this area, we have an abundance of honey locust trees. Their wood is great for fence posts, but their white blossoms also make a delicious wine that we used to call "poor man's champagne."