This week we tour my own county and visit St. Boniface Church in the New Dixie community in Perry County, Arkansas.
New Dixie began being settled around 1880 with the arrival of folks from Germany, Switzerland and other German speaking countries. As far as the actual original church being constructed, there are conflicting reports. Two sources state that the church was being built and almost finished in 1881 and 1882 but the land wasn’t donated by the railroad until 1883. At any rate, a school was started in 1883 and in 1890 nuns were put on staff.
In 1906, a fire broke out in the nun’s house and rapidly spread to the church. The buildings were lost, but they were able to save the alter. The alter was hand carved and imported from Germany. They quickly rebuilt the church and it was dedicated in September 1906. The present day church is listed on the Arkansas Register Of Historic Places.
On to the recipe!!!
Flipping thru, “Community Cookbook: Compiled By St. Boniface Alter Society And Friends” I came across a recipe for Glazed Strawberry Pie.
Couple things:
- USE THE RED FOOD COLORING OR YOUR PIE WILL LOOK LIKE MINE AND FOLKS WILL THINK IT IS HELD TOGETHER WITH HOT GLUE😆😆😆 I didn’t use any because I didn’t have any🤷🏻♀️
- Really that’s it🤷🏻♀️ Mrs. Zulpo (pretty sure they spelled her name wrong in the book) knew what she was talking about when she said put in some food coloring.
Great flavor and super easy!!!
The Plot Twisted 