Lemonade

Cooking Without Photos – Lemonade Cake

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Oppelo “The Turn Off”, Arkansas. Did y’all know Oppelo used to be part of Perry County as did Petit Jean Mountain…until county lines were redrawn and Conway County overtook it ALL!!!!

I digress. Oppelo. Oppelo was settled around 1850 when L.B Opolow arrived with his family from Maryland. Upon their arrival, L.B. started up a sawmill and other timber related operations to the area.

The settlement developed around a spring that was named Oppelo Spring. It was a place where folks came for fresh water, the women socialized and individual family clothes lines were kept. Today, Oppelo Spring is on private land and is the source of water for a stock pond.

In 1867 the first post office opened in Oppelo and operated until 1913. At one time, Oppelo had schools, a drug store, general store and more.

Today, Oppelo is a quiet community. They have a beautiful park and walking trail. Maybe stop in next time you’re on your way to Petit Jean…that used to be in Perry County….we aren’t bitter about that.

While flipping thru, “Variety Pack: Favorite Recipes From Oppelo Kitchens” I stumbled across Lemonade Cake. Yum! Let’s get into it!

Couple Things:

  1. I figured out “coil” was oil pretty quick.
  2. Back in the day, they used to make a 6oz can of frozen lemonade. You’re going to have to use half of a 12oz can, kids.

That’s it. It turns out looking really plain, but it is packed with flavor. You won’t regret it.

Cooking Without Photos – Icie’s Punch

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We head out west this week to Carnegie, Oklahoma. I’m certain I picked this cookbook up somewhere other than Carnegie, since I’ve never once been there.

Carnegie, Oklahoma started out as North and South Latham. The Rock Island Railroad arrived and combined North and South Latham. In 1903 Latham became incorporated and the town’s people voted on changing their name.

They voted to be renamed Carnegie in hopes that Andrew Carnegie would build them a library. However, that plan sadly backfired. Carnegie does have a library, just not built one by Andrew Carnegie. Sad day, fam.

On to the recipe!

We’ve been on a fruit punch kick at our house and this recipe is spectacular…sort of…

I found this week’s recipe in: “Heavenly Dishes: Carnegie Church Of The Nazarene Women’s Ministries”.

Couple things:

  1. This calls for strawberry Kool-Aid packets. I could find: orange, cherry, black cherry, grape, tropical punch and watermelon. I decided to substitute with watermelon. I wasn’t wrong. Are y’all surprised?
  2. This also calls for 6-8 CUPS OF SUGAR!!! No. No, Icie Voorhies this doesn’t need ANY sugar. NONE!! DO NOT PUT SUGAR IN THIS!!! Icie must be trying to kill somebody…must run in their family.…
  3. I halved this recipe because I wasn’t going anywhere and we didn’t need to drink two gallons of fruit punch. Next time you go to a function, do it!!! Everyone will love you!!!

Perfectly tart and refreshing!

Enjoy!!!