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Club wants you to get cookin’

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer

Move over Emeril and Rachael Ray, the Carrboro Civic Club is the new inspiration for local chefs, courtesy of its newly released cookbook.

The book is available from any Civic Club member or at Tyler’s Taproom, the OCSC and Curves at Carrboro Plaza. It features hundreds of recipes road tested in Carrboro kitchens and ready for fall cooking season.

It’s the only place you can find Beulah Watt’s biscuit technique typed up exactly from her handwritten recipe or Bobbie Stanford’s tribute to her father: Wimp Andrews’ Cracker Stew — a hit around the Andrews Riggsbee Tractor Company. Throw in Phil Lloyd’s Baby Back Ribs, the sweet and sour Peppered Cabbage by Shirley Ray, Connie Tart’s Cheesy Potatoes, Eddie Womble’s Come Back Sauce and Cantonese Crunch Casserole, Nina Whitaker Hackney’s Chocolate Angel Pie and hundreds of other Carrboro culinary concoctions, and you’ve got more than a cookbook — you’ve got a living history of food around here.

Even Carrboro Fire Chief Travis Crabtree and former UNC system President Bill Friday get into the act. Everyone takes a turn cooking at the firehouse regardless of rank, and Crabtree’s Firehouse Enchiladas, Fire Station Chili and Fire-Rescue Easy Lasagna are three of the entrees featured in the book.
In his contribution, President Friday takes you through the intricate chemistry of a proper Peanut Brittle.

There’s also a lot of useful information such as how to can vegetables, cooking tips, vegetable and meat cooking tables, how to reduce fat in your diet, a quick summary of herbs and seeds and (sigh) a calorie counter.

The cookbook is, of course, a fundraiser for the club, which was started in May 1945 under the name “Carrboro Club for Town Improvement and Beautification.”

Club member Settle Womble (her Amaretto Slush is on page 132) says the club has seen a resurgence of late thanks to a host of new members, and there are high hopes for this book.

“We’re trying to earn some money so we can give away some money to deserving town projects,” she said.

The price is a mere $10. If you find yourself hemming about the cost, note that the book comes with Beulah Hackney’s $100 Chocolate Cake recipe. That’ll put you ahead by $90.

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