The Heinz company once manufactured more than sixty products, from the pickles that started it all, to the famous ketchup, plus baked beans and soups. The product offerings far outstripped the mythical “57 Varieties.” Legend has it that H.J. Heinz simply liked the number 57, and coined the brand slogan after being inspired by a…
“You don’t cry when someone dies,” Elsie Czerkovich told the Baltimore Sun in April 1974. “You rejoice because he is going to heaven to live with the Lord.” It was the day after Easter, and Czerkovich was gathering with other worshipers from the congregation of the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church for a picnic. Women…
We have a barbecue tradition in Maryland other than pit beef?
“Ham-Lettuce Mixture”: the awkward title caught my eye. The recipe opened with this: “A hearty country dinner, fit for guests or family. A good conversation menu!” I thought the recipe was so odd, I had to make it immediately. I invited friends over for dinner. I told them what I was making. My friends politely…
Many churches in the Hagerstown area make the dish as a fundraiser.