Eating Gourds and Tubers From Your Garden This Fall

Sweet Potato and Peanut Stew, recipe below

As part of our series on the Fall harvest we turn to the U. S. Civil War.  Samuel H. Sprott served in the Fortieth Alabama Regiment of the confederate army. He had this to say about food supplies lines during the war: “There is no reason why there should not have been an abundance of meal, sweet potatoes, dried fruit, fresh pork, fat cattle” and other food items delivered to soldiers in camp, “brought in either by water or rail,” he says. “But the Commissary Department, one of the most important branches of the government, was badly managed throughout the entire war.” As result as the war continued confederate soldiers survived on foraged foods like sweet potatoes to supplement their rations. The recipe below originated in Africa but became popular in the south. 

Sweet Potato and Peanut Stew recipe: http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/recipes/5074

Gourds and Tubers Series: http://frederickdouglassopie.blogspot.com/search?q=Gourds+and+Tubers+Series

Eating From Your Garden Series with Recipes: http://www.foodasalens.com/search?q=Eating+From+Your+Garden+This+Fall

Harvesting and Cooking From Your Garden: [Listen Now 53 min 58 sec]  http://beta.wosu.org/allsides/harvesting-the-summer-garden-and-other-tips-for-gardening/