Mausoleum of Thelma and Leslie Murdock, founders of Paradise Friendly Home, Highway 97, Bell City, KY (south Graves County) We had the extreme pleasure of talking with Teresa Ray of the Paradise Friendly Home an orphans’ home located in Farmington, KY. She recounted her time there as an orphan as well as Paradise Friendly Home’s place in the history of Western Kentucky. She will be the guest speaker at the quarterly meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society on January 16. Now available through iTunes or you can listen to it here. Powered by Podbean.com

“‘I recollect when Daddy made a gritter from a board and piece of metal.  After he gritted the corn, Mom made such good gritted corn bread, crackling’ bread also.’  Editor’s Note…I had never heard of “gritted corn bread” so I asked my parents about it.  They knew what I was talking about immediately.  They said that in the fall, when the corn was beyond ripe, but not yet dried completely, the ears of corn would be pulled and grated and made into something between a bread and a pudding in texture.  They said people used to make their own “gritters”…