30 • CORNELIUS TODAY • July 2015
Delicious blackberrry cobbler, courtesy of Sharon Washam One of the friendliest people you’ll ever meet in Cornelius is this month’s Cornelius Cook, Sharon Washam. A businesswoman in her own right, she is also the wife of Woody Washam, the highest vote-getter in the 2013 Cornelius Town Board elections. As the top vote-getter, he became mayor pro tem.
Now she’s Woody’s campaign manager, in addition to managing the Washam’s rental properties. Sharon grew up in Boonville in what is now the Yadkin Valley Wine Region. “Back then it was all tobacco farms,” she says. She went on to Gardner-Webb Col-
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lege and “then moved to Winston-Salem—the big city then—and became a fancy secretary, my dream.” After a year or two, that wasn’t challenging enough so Sharon moved on to a career in marketing and sales at companies like Ingersoll-Rand, R-Anell Custom Homes and B. R. Lee Industries where she took the controls of more than one asphalt road paver. “You can’t sell it if you can’t run it,” she says. The couple lives on Chapel Point Lane with their treasured Bichon Frise, Sophie Lynn. “She is also our campaign mascot!” Sharon says. She is also a member of Mt. Zion
Mrs. Hobson’s Blackberry Cobbler with Dip Ingredients • 3/4 cup self-rising flour
• 1/2-3/4 stick butter or
• 3/4 cup sugar
margarine, melted
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 qt. blackberries (or other berries or fruit)
Preparation • Mix flour and sugar, add melted
• Make a “dip” from 1 glass of milk, 3 table-
margarine or butter and milk. Pour
spoons sugar and a few drops of vanilla.
in the bottom of a 9” by 9” pan. Add
Pour over individual servings.
berries. Bake at moderate heat (325 degrees) for 30 min.
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United Methodist Church where she is on the Board of Trustees. Her parents Bobby and Ethel Hobson, still live in Boonville. “My mother is still a wonderful cook at 93 years young. She cooks for my Dad and herself every day.” When it’s time to entertain, it’s “mostly outside and casual, around the pool or lake with lots of friends and family.” What’s special about this dish: “This blackberry cobbler is my Mom’s recipe. We helped her pick blackberries as kids on the farm and always loved the cobblers and jams that she made. This is a simple recipe – so quick, easy and delicious.”
• Mixture will come to the top and form a crust.
• Ice cream or whipped cream is delicious as well.