So my friends and I were joking around that we would be partaking in the 'Appalachian Slimdown" over break. We figured, hey , we're going to be working all day and making food for ourselves. Let's not kid ourselves, we won't be cooking, we'll probably be surviving on pb and j all week.
Well...we were definitely wrong. One of the ways in which we experienced the West Virginian hospitality and kindness was through food. The gift of food was unexpected and really was probably better than any material or monetary gifts we could have received. This really demonstrated the positive values that West Virginians hold and reminded us to take time out of our day, slow down, and enjoy good meals with each other.
Why did the "slimdown" not occur??
We were given homemade bread, "cinammon rolls the size of a face", chess bars (ingredients = cream cheese, butter and sugar), birthday cake upon birthday cake and...my favorite...calico casserole. According to Donnie it's ingredients are"ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, all types of beans, ground beef and onions chopped so fine you cant see". And that, my friends, is why the slimdown was so unsuccessful.
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