The following is scheduled at The Ozark Folk Center State Park for your enjoyment!!
Mother’s Day Buffet at the Skillet
A wonderful Mother’s Day meal at the Skillet is the perfect way to show Mom how much you really appreciate her. Bring mom and the rest of the family to the Skillet for a great meal.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
11:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.
Elaborate salad bar
Fresh Fruit Tray
Skillets Famous Fried Chicken
Ham Steak with grilled pineapple
Baked Crab Stuffed Salmon, Hollandaise Sauce
White & Brown Gravies
Mashed Potatoes
Wild Rice Blend
Buttered Vegetable Blend
Seasoned Brussels-Sprouts
Corn on the Cob
Regular & Sugar Free Desserts:
Variety of cobblers, cakes, cheese cake,
Strawberry Short Cake
ADULTS $12.95
Children 10 & under $6.99
Young Pioneers Programs Offer Hands On Fun
On Saturdays through the month of May, and then every Tuesday-Saturday throughout the summer, we have a Young Pioneers program especially suited to those between the ages of 7 and 14. Young Pioneer programs are included in the cost of admission to the Craft Village. The Young Pioneers will be able to start and finish projects, giving them a more complete understanding of Ozark pioneer lifestyle.
- Scent Sacks
- Play Parties and Square Dancing
- Making and using quill pens
- Playing Rhythm Instruments
- Bats and spiders (make and take home)
- Pottery
- Corn Shuckery
- Spinning Yarn
- Apple heads
- Ozark Games
- Ozark Stories
Yarb Tales – Poke Sallet
I want to thank Betty Gray for calling me to talk about poke sallet. Mrs. Gray told me that she has eaten poke all of her life. She boils it, just a little, changing the water several times to rinse out the toxins that can give a person the stomachache, though she said that she thought that some people parboil it too much. She likes her poke greens with eggs and bacon.
Mrs. Gray recalls that “Growing up in the Ozarks, poke and dandelion were the first greens in the spring. We picked these with Momma and they were a good spring tonic.” She remembers buying canned poke from the Arkansas company, Allens Canning. They have gone out of business. “My old poke patch wasn’t doing very well so I gathered some seeds to plant. I have a pretty good patch growing and it is ready to eat now.”
Then she asked me if I had ever eaten the early, young shoots. “They taste like asparagus. You just cut the sprouts at ground level. If they are too tough to cut, they are too old to eat. Peel the red skin off, then chop the stalks, coat with flour or cornmeal and fry them.”
Mrs. Gray had been doing some research and related that she wasn’t surprised that she does not read articles on eating poke very often. Poke, Phytolacca americana, has some very toxic properties. The perennial root is poisonous. It plunges deeply into the earth and spreads out horizontally. The root has been used, externally, as a wash for scabies. Any internal use can be deadly. I would only use it under the supervision of a knowledgeable practitioner and no other medication alternatives were available.
Daytime Musicians are located on the outdoor stage at the back of the large Auditorium and performance times are 10:15 / 11:15 / 12:15 / 1:45 / 2:45 / 3:45
Evening Concerts are in the Large Auditorium Wednesday – Saturday. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., concerts start at 7:00 p.m.
- Leatherwoods
- Woodsong
- Prestin Garey
- Odell Jackson
- Jack & Mary
- Carolyn Carter
- Possum Juice
- Peck of Peppy Pickers
- John Severs
- Backwoods Arkansaw
- Nathan Cobb & Friends
- Mulligan Stew
- Mary Parkers & Friends
- Dave Brancecum
- Scott Poole & Gabi Pervis
