Eric, I don't know about Henrico co., but Ukrops grocery stores hava a version of this cake. It's not as great as the one that Thalheimer's sold, but will do as a substitute. I always try to buy on when I am in Virginia. Anne in Brooklyn -----Original Message----- >From: "Grundset, Eric" <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Jan 12, 2007 7:20 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] southern tastes and other sesnes? > >Whatever happened to FFV cookies? Are they still made or did the plant close? We haven't seen them in Fairfax County for years. > >Also, does anyone know if there is a bakery in the Short Pump area of Henrico County that still makes the chocolate-frosted multi-layer yellow cake that was sold at the Thalheimer's bakery and more recently available at "Chicken's" in the State Capitol Building? I grew up eating that cake, was happy to get it at "Chicken's" and then it disappeared. They told me that there was a bakery in Short Pump that makes it, but I've not been able to figure out which one. > >Eric > >Eric G. Grundset >Library Director >DAR Library >National Society Daughters of the American Revolution >1776 D St., N.W. >Washington, DC 20006-5303 >202-879-3313 (phone) >202-879-3227 (fax) >[log in to unmask] > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Sunshine49 >Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:05 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: southern tastes and other sesnes? > > >Growing up in south Rich'mun, depending on the humidity, cloud cover, >and wind, some days we could smell the cookies baking from the FFV >plant way across the river; at other times you could smell the >tobacco in the tobacco warehouses down on Semmes Ave. It was a nice >smell, I guess tobacco smells nice until you light it. Since we were >only a few blocks from the river, a few times when the river was very >low there was the unfortunate smell of a dirty aquarium, that blue- >green algae smell, I guess. Peanuts baking in the oven, Daddy's fried >egg and onion sandwiches coming up thru the floor- my bedroom was >above the kitchen and he worked shift work at VEPCO. It always made >me hungry. Friends in Varina boiling a haunch of deer meat in a big >pot of water on the stove. I know a lot of people love venison, and >maybe it's all in the way you cook it, but this smelled awful. >Magnolias, lilacs, honeysuckle and roses in summer, and the wonderful >Carolina Allspice bush next door. And in Smithfield, the hickory wood >smoke in the fall. > >Nancy > >------- >Our eyes report to our minds what our minds have told them to see. > >--Anon. > > >On Jan 11, 2007, at 6:57 PM, David Kiracofe wrote: > >> My mother always called it "poor horse" (to make fun of Daddy), but we >> all ate it. >> We've all been talking about the tastes of the south (and I guess >> Pennsylvania and Virginia Germans--our Kiracofes came over as George >> III's mercenaries, but stayed around because they found plenty of >> Germans here), what about the smells?: all this talk of ham, and stew >> and panhaus -- we get some pretty distinctive southern smells (don't >> forget collards!). What are some other smells we associate with the >> south? >> >> David >> >> >> David Kiracofe >> History >> Tidewater Community College >> Chesapeake Campus >> 1428 Cedar Road >> Chesapeake, Virginia 23322 >> 757-822-5136 >>>>> Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]> 01/11/07 6:13 PM >>> >> David, >> >> The valley was settled by the Penn Dutch folks, if I remember my >> geography >> well enough. In my Penn Dutch cookbook it's written as panhaus. When I >> was >> little, my mom used to sometimes go to the family farm and get fresh >> scrapple. It wasn't in a loaf, it was just put in the pan and heated, >> often >> we had it with scrambled eggs. >> >> The local stores sell a scrapple, but it just isn't the same as back >> home. >> But, then what is? >> >> BTW, do they make Shoo Fly Pie in the valley? Do they put hard boiled >> eggs >> in their potato salad? Mom used to cut up the eggs in the salad, then >> put >> some sliced eggs on the top, topped then with paprika and nutmeg. >> First >> time >> I added paprika and nutmeg to potato salad for my Richmond-born >> husband, >> he >> asked if I was poisoning him! >> >> Anne >> Anne Pemberton >> [log in to unmask] >> http://www.erols.com/stevepem >> http://www.erols.com/apembert >> http://www.educationalsynthesis.org >> >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the >> instructions >> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >> >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the >> instructions >> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html