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Mae Bongalis at the Pine Knob Ramp Supper

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).

Patrons on the ramp house porch (L-R): Mary Hufford, John Flynn, Mae Bongalis, Lois and Lloyd Burnside

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).

Mae Bongalis and "Aunt" Eva Burnside at the Pine Knob Ramp Supper

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).

Patrons enjoying their ramp suppers. John Flynn, Mary Hufford, and Mae Bongalis at table in foreground.

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).

Mae Bongalis and John Flynn, at the 1995 Ramp Supper

Event: The 1995 Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mae Bongalis in her basement adding more coal to the stove. The basement is where the cracking of the black walnuts takes place.

Black walnut season is marked by the appearance on many porches of coal buckets (as five gallon plastic buckets are called) filled with aromatic green nuts ready to be cured, hulled, and then cracked. The proce More

Black walnut pumpkin roll cake made by Mae Bongalis

Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mae Bongalis cracking black walnuts in her basement

Black walnut season is marked by the appearance on many porches of coal buckets (as five gallon plastic buckets are called) filled with aromatic green nuts ready to be cured, hulled, and then cracked. The proce More

Mae Bongalis in her basement bagging black walnuts

Mae Bongalis strings beans for drying. The dried beans are known as leather britches.

The beans Mae Bongalis is stringing came from Ben Burnside's garden on Rock Creek. The beans are called "Bill Dickens Beans" after Dennis Dickens' grandfather, William, on Peachtree Creek. Event: Visit to the h More

Mae Bongalis's black walnut/pumpkin bread

Event: A visit with Mae Bongalis. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mae Bongalis holding a pail of cracked black walnut shells

Black walnut season is marked by the appearance on many porches of coal buckets (as five gallon plastic buckets are called) filled with aromatic green nuts ready to be cured, hulled, and then cracked. The proce More

Raised flower bed around the tree in the side yard of Mae Bongalis's house

Event: Visit to Mae and Shorty Bongalis. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exterior of Mae Bongalis' home, with daffodils blooming on the bank

Event: Visit to Mae and Shorty Bongalis. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daffodils blooming in Mae Bongalis's yard, with Chrysanthemums behind

Event: Visit to Mae and Shorty Bongalis. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mae Bongalis in her kitchen with locally-gathered black walnuts that she has been canning

Black walnut season is marked by the appearance on many porches of coal buckets (as five gallon plastic buckets are called) filled with aromatic green nuts ready to be cured, hulled, and then cracked. The proce More

Mae Bongalis strings beans for drying. The dried beans are known as leather britches.

The beans Mae Bongalis is stringing came from Ben Burnside's garden on Rock Creek. The beans are called "Bill Dickens Beans" after Dennis Dickens' grandfather, William, on Peachtree Creek. Event: Visit to the h More

Mae Bongalis' front door, daffodils blooming outside

Event: Visit to Mae and Shorty Bongalis. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description