App Features Magazine - Production Team Publisher: Dru Heldman Editor: Bev Heldman Managing Editor: Donna Mayton Art & Direction: Dru Heldman Staff Photographer: Bev Heldman Accounting and Advertising Director: Donna Mayton Contributing Writers: Donna Mayton Dru Heldman Morgan Hincks
This Issue Feature Artisan for December—Beverly Heldman aka, “Wormy” Page 3 Native American Art –This month’s art form is the Medicine Wheel. Page 5 The story of Coyote and the Stars comes from the Navajo Nation. Page 6
Art of the Navajo Famous Navajo Coyote and the Stars The Medicine Wheel Spirituality of the Medicine Wheel Medicine Wheel Prophecy
Feature Artisans Page 11
Kevin Clark Faye Huskey Judith Grabowski
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice Page 13 TAAS Gallery Feature Artisans Page 13—Page 16
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December 2009 Feature Artisan, Beverly Heldman By: Dru Heldman
The Appalachian Artisan Society is proud to feature the Cofounder of TAAS Gallery Beverly Heldman, aka, “Wormy”, as this month’s feature artisan. Beverly’s creativity is endless as she creates a wide range of unique items that are best described as gifts, keepsakes and trinkets of art and craft. She spends most evenings working on something while watching her favorite TV shows. She is constantly knitting, weaving, or twisting wire into something. One of the most recognized pieces from her collection are her wire bonsai trees. Most of them are perched on a rock or a weathered piece of wood. Each tree is hand twisted into branches that taper off into twigs. She gives each branch a unique series of bends and twists making them authentic and depicting real trees without their leaves. Beverly will make me stop the car when we’re driving somewhere when she spots a perfect tree perched atop of a rolling hill in a pasture so she can see it closer or take a picture. Trees have always been a fascination of hers and I have to admit that being married to Bev has made me appreciate trees much more. Each tree no matter how small and simple is a creation of God, an example of his own creativity. Each tree is different and unique just like people. They live and they grow based on the environmental conditions. In times of drought, they grow less and during times of great rain they grow more. Beverly has captured some wonderful tree scenes in her wire sculpture like the lone tree on a mountain cliff, sculpted by constant winds or the tree that’s battling a windstorm. In her latest series she has experimented with colored wire and has a collection of trees that are made to hang anywhere with a small nail. Many of the copper trees will become more interesting as they age. The copper color of the wire will darken and oxidize with time. Eventually, you will have a tree that dark copper with black and green highlights. Before we had the gallery on East Main Street in Old Fort, we used to go to weekend festivals with mostly just trees. I remember our first booth was made by Bev as we couldn’t afford a fancy pop-up tent. So we made it with PVC plumbing pipes and she sewed a cover to make the booth cover.
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It wasn’t just any booth cover though, she made it unique and added beaded strings and color, the booth cover was a work of art itself. Jewelry made by Beverly includes selections of sterling silver and Swarovski Crystal Beads, hemp braded pieces, chainmail, leather braded and she make he own beads or uses beads from the Pinwilz Bead Store selection. Her jewelry line includes; necklaces, bracelets, anklets and earrings. Bev’s jewelry and crafts have consistently been one of the galleries best sellers. Bev also does jewelry repair on many types of jewelry, restringing, resizing or repair. Beverly has recently made some innovative items with her newly developed skill in crocheting that she has learned during the crochet classes that held every Saturday in TAAS Gallery. She has made some very cool pot handle holders. The pot handle holder slips on over a cast iron pan handle and provides a cool surface to grab onto. Very cool, I think this one should be patented. She’s also made some small item holders that will hold a cell phone or your small electronic devices or may be used as a small purse. You’ll just have to come in and check it all out. All the tables in Catawba Vale Café are painted with different scenes by Beverly. There’s a Kokopelli, a frog, a cardinal a wolf howling at the moon and more. It’s become one of the more unique features of the café and folks try to find their favorite table. Beverly is the most important person involved in Old Fort’s development as far as I’m concerned. Raised here in Old Fort as Beverly Peek, her family roots go back many generations. Through her genealogy research, it has been found that here family has existed here since the first settlers came her in the 1700’s around the time of Davidson’s Fort. She has traced her family back to ties with the Vess, Lackey, Allison, Davis, Lewis Harvey and more. Bev tells me about how Old Fort was a prosperous town when she grew up here and it’s her dream and her vision to bring it back. All of our small businesses are a testament to Bev’s belief that investing in Old Fort is the right thing to do for our family. Bev always stays positive despite the hardships and pushes me forward. I dedicate all my time and energy to making Beverly’s dreams a reality. Beverly is one of those unique individuals that is always herself and she’ll tell you what she thinks, no holding back, but she’s also generous with her time and helping people feel better, and at ease. She’ll welcome anyone into the store and doesn’t judge based on looks or how you’re dressed. It keeps the gallery a very social place where many people just come by to see Bev and shoot the breeze. She can talk about guns and ammo, politics or handcrafts all the same. Always a smile and a friendly hello, Bev never meets a stranger.
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TAAS Gallery invites you to come in for Beverly’s Reception this week that will be held on Thursday December 17th starting at 6:00 PM. With our monthly receptions we give everyone a chance to come into TAAS Gallery and get to know one of our artisan members. This month is special because Beverly is not only one of the artisans she is also the owner, creator and driving force for TAAS Gallery's existence and it’s future. Incase you’ve never been to TAAS Gallery or Catawba Vale Café, it is more remarkable that you may believe. We hear all the time that people are blown away that it’s as nice as it is. The store front definitely doesn’t represent what’s inside. The handcrafts and the art that are in TAAS Gallery are as good as you will see in any other gallery in more prestigious places but it’s right here in Old Fort. All the handcrafts are made locally or regionally since that’s part of our scope for acceptance. Thursday, December 17th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM is the Reception for Beverly Heldman
Other things to check out New in the Fine Art Gallery new works by Susan Stanton. (Right) We also have holiday greeting cards from many of our artist.
Gift boxes of sock by Parker Hosiery. There are all manufactured here in Old Fort, part of the Old Fort Store.
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Native American Art By Donna Mayton This month’s art form is the Medicine Wheel.
The story of Coyote and the Stars comes from the Navajo Nation. The Navajo’s refer to themselves as Dine’. Meaning "The People" in the traditional Navajo language. The Navajo Nation extends into the states of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, covering 27,000 sq miles of unparalleled beauty. Dine’ Bike’yah, or Navajoland is larger than 10 of the 50 states.
There is some evidence that the Navajo may be related to the Khanty (pronounced "han-tee") of Siberia. They have survived the Spanish Conquest of the 1600’s and their own “Trail of Tears” known to them as “The Long Walk” with the American Calvary. The famous Kit Carson was in charge of rounding up the Navajo. In 1864 over 8000 men, women and children were forced to make the “Long Walk” to Fort Sumner from their homeland in the Arizona and New Mexico territories. Today the Navajo Nation is striving to sustain a viable economy for an ever increasing population of over 250,000. Today there is a gaming Casino near Gallup, New Mexico that opened in November 2008. Coal, oil, and uranium have been the foundation of the Navajo economy since the 1920’s. Leases for mineral and petroleum exploration or extraction cover over 400,000 acres. Coal storage and transfers to the generating station Navajo Reservation.
From 1944 to 1986, 3.9 million tons of uranium ore were dug and blasted from Navajo soil, nearly all of it for America's atomic arsenal. Navajos inhaled radioactive dust, drank contaminated water and built homes using rock from the mines and mills. Many of the dangers persist to this day. Navajo Reservation in Arizona
Most Navajo speak English fluently; however the traditional Navajo Indian language is still largely taught and spoken throughout the reservation.
Many Navajo farm and raise sheep for wool to use in the weaving of blankets and rugs.
The origin of the Navajo tribe is the subject of controversy. Academicians, for the most part, believe that the Navajo were latecomers to the Americas, crossing a land bridge that connected the Asian continent with what is now Alaska and western Canada.
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dles, and other items. By the 1890s, Navajo silversmiths had begun setting turquoise into their jewelry. Sand painting, unlike the other Navajo arts, is not practiced for the sake of the non-Indian public. Created for the purpose of bringing the Navajo patient back into harmony and balance, the medicine man and his assistants created the Sand painting (more correctly known as a drypainting) as part of a healing ceremony. Traditional Navajo dress still worn today and Hogan style home still used today. Photo of Monument Valley, AZ.
Navajo artist adopt many art forms from other tribes.
The Hogan is a sacred home for the DinĂŠ (Navajo) people who practice traditional religion. Every family - even if they live most of the time in a newer home - must have the traditional Hogan for ceremonies, and to keep themselves in balance.
Famous Navajo
Art of the Navajo The Navajo are well-known for their many crafts including weaving of blankets and rugs, silversmithing, and Sand painting. Although originally begun as necessity, weaving of blankets became more refined thru influence from nearby Pueblo people. With the sheep given to the Navajo by the American government, they raised, sheared, spun and dyed their own wool and invented many intricate patterns. Through a system of trade set up by some non-Indians in shops known as Trading Posts, the Navajo were encouraged to experiment with different designs which would appeal to the non-Indian settlers. Now, each region of the Navajo Nation is reflected in its own design of blankets and rugs, although individual weavers do make different patterns. Some Navajo learned Silversmithing from the Spanish before the era of the Long Walk and it has evolved as many have become master silversmiths making jewelry, using Mexican and U.S. coins (such as silver dollars) as raw material, these smiths fashion intricate belt buckles, buttons, bracelets, rings, earrings, necklaces horse bri-
Unknown to many, the Navajo language was used to create a secret code to battle the Japanese during WWII. These men are recognized as the famous Navajo Code Talkers who exemplify the unequaled bravery and patriotism of the Navajo people. Because the Navajo language has a complex grammar, and because very few people other than Native Navajo’s speak the language, the military thought it would be an undecipherable code. The first 29 recruits attended boot camp in May 1942. Staged tests under simulated combat conditions demonstrated that Navajos could encode, transmit, and decode a threeline English message in 20 seconds, versus the 30 minutes required by machines at that time. The Navajo code talkers were commended for their skill, speed and accuracy accrued throughout the war. At Iwo Jima, Major Howard Connor, 5th Marine Division signal officer, had six Navajo code talkers working around the clock during the first two days of the battle. These six sent and received over 800 messages, all without error. Connor
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later stated, "Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima. The deployment of the Navajo code talkers continued through the Korean War and after, until it was ended early in the Vietnam War.
Coyote and the Stars A very long time ago, before the two legged walked the Earth, the world was very different from the way it is now. Back then, in the beginning time, there were no stars in the night sky, and there was no moon. The nights were very dark, and the animals could not see to walk around and were always bumping into each other. Finally they talked and decided to go ask the Great Spirit for help. The animals gathered and talked to Great Spirit. They told Great Spirit that they were grateful for all they had, yet they wanted something else. They would like to be able to see at night. Great Spirit nodded and smiled and told the animals "watch me, little ones." He then picked up a bright shiny stone from a stream and placed it in the sky, where it became a star. "This is the home star" Great Spirit explained "it does not move, use it to find your way home when you are lost" (Note, this star is Polaris, the North Star.) Photo of Polaris Nebula North Star from NASA
Then the Great Spirit told the animals to go collect piles of these shiny stones and carry them up into the sky and make pictures of themselves. The animals began this task, but soon the little animals grew tired. After awhile longer, the bigger animals also grew tired.
Back they went to Great Spirit and asked for more help. "Go to Coyote" Great Spirit said "tell him to help you." And so they did. Now Coyote thought he was clever and the wisest of all the animals, and he did not want to waste his time helping the other animals. Still, he also did not want to offend Great Spirit. So coyote told the animals to leave their stones with him, and he would finish the job for them. After the animals left, Coyote began thinking of what a grand picture of himself he would create in the sky, "it will be better than all the others," he thought. It will have the most stones and will be the brightest of all! Suddenly Coyote was reminded that he must finish the animals work. Coyote did not want to waste a lot of time finishing the pictures of the other animals. So, hurriedly he snatched up the bag of stones and flung them up into the air. The stones went here and there, and all over. None of the stones really helped finish the pictures of the other animals. And that is why not all constellations appear finished, and why some do not look like what they are named after. But, coyote was punished for his treachery, for in his haste, he forgot to save stones for his own picture! Coyote was furious and he howled in rage. That is why Coyote howls at night now, because he cannot see a picture of himself in the night sky!
The Medicine Wheel The origins and purposes of the Medicine Wheels differ slightly from tribe to tribe. Medicine Wheel teachings are among the oldest of First Nations people and are based on the seven directions (North, East, South West, Life above the earth, life on the earth, life below the earth). They are vast and limitless and form the basis of most First Nations belief themes. For example, the natural world was created in groups of four to
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honor East, South, West and North. They are connected in An Elder once said the grains of sand on a beach will never equal the number of teachings contained within the center by Mother Earth's heart beat. the mysteries of the Medicine Wheel. The Wheel's sacred teachings assist us along our healing paths, and the relationships among the teachings form the Anthropological discoveries have shown that many wheels (over 100) are mainly clustered in southern Albasis of what it is to be human. After all, humans are the berta, Canada and various spots in North and South Daweakest of all creation and therefore, as the world’s “takers”, we must be aware of what we take, how much we kota, and Montana, meaning tribes such as the Lakota , take, who we are taking it from and why we are taking it. Blackfeet, and Cheyenne (loosely grouped as “The Plains Tribes”) were the main builders and the wheels were This includes: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual created to honor the power of the Stars and Sun. realms.
Spirituality of the Medicine Wheel
A Map of the Stars
The term "Medicine" as it is used by First Nations people does not refer to drugs or herbal remedies. It is used within the context of inner spiritual energy and healing or an enlightened experience.
On a remote peak high in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming lays an intricate pattern traced out in stone. It, and other similar designs constructed by some ancient people, is known as a Medicine Wheel. This medicine wheel measures 213 feet around and has 28 spokes representing the
A good starting point on the wheel is birth dates. The Medicine Wheel is walked in a clockwise direction (the direction of the Sun). The time needed to walk a complete circle is whatever time it takes - time, in other words, is relative to the process of building one's life. The directions on Medicine Wheel assist in helping to seek: strong, healthy bodies (East); strong inner spirits (South), inner peace (West), healthy minds (North). A Medicine Wheel can best be described as a mirror within which everything about the human condition is reflected back to each of us. It requires courage to look into the mirror and really see what is being reflected back because some of it is painful, while other lessons are joyful and reflective. However, it is ultimately facing all aspects with courage that makes each of us a stronger and better person. Stops along the medicine wheel are represented by animals and colors of the four directions that vary from tribe to tribe. The essence of the lessons is how each of us must make our own choices. They are moral guides to our growth as humans who live in communion with one another and all of creation. It is our responsibility to care for each other in a manner that allows us to walk our earth walks in emotional, spiritual, mental and physical balance.
lunar cycle. The Solar System model stretches from the Sun (in the center of the Medicine Wheel) to Pluto. Boul ders representing the planets are spaced in exact proportion to their distances from the Sun (1 foot = 3 million miles). This is an area of incredible beauty – there is no development for literally hundreds of miles in most directions, and the plants in this mountain range are the same ones which have been here for centuries. Although archeologists have dated the Bighorn Wheel to some point between 1200 – 1700 AD, the plateau upon which it sits has shown evidence of use going back nearly 7,000 years. The park was desig9
nated as a National Historic Landmark in 1970. Bighorn wards the rising sun or to certain star nation constellaMedicine Wheel is comprised of seven cairns (a man made tion(s); (b) the performance of specific rituals and cerepile of stones) an outer ring, and 28 spokes. It is 80-90 monies that have been lost to the mists of time. feet across, and has an elliptical shape. The entire structure Native American spirituality is rich in history and culis made of piles of rock. The average height of Bighorn ture, with many of its traditions still practiced within Medicine Wheel is about 4 feet. tribes today. To understand the depth of the faith of Native Americans, one must take the time to learn The Bighorn Medicine Wheel is aligned with the sumabout the various practices and rituals, and, most immer solstice sunrise and sunset, and the stars Aldeportantly, the meaning found behind them. baran, Rigel, Sirius, and Fomalhaut. An observer would sit at the lower cairn and observe the sunrise each morning as summer approached, moving more northward each day until the summer solstice. Only on that day the sunrise would be seen to rise over the middle cairn and between the 2 upper cairns, like a cosmic rifle sight. The wheel was used as a primitive astronomical calculator to set the times of ritual ceremonies such as sun dance lodge ceremony, a sacred event for many tribes. Each of the before mentioned stars come into their alignment with the Bighorn Medicine Wheel 28 days apart from each other. The Bighorn Medicine Wheel has been found to be astronomically aligned for a time between the 12th-14th centuries. This is because the position of Earth's axis changes slowly, and the direct alignment of the stars and the summer solstice sunrise and sunset fit the night sky of this age. It is believed to have been constructed in different stages. The cairns have been found to have been constructed first sometime between 1050-1450 A.D. and the 28 spokes between 1500-1760 A.D. The spokes were dated at this time period due to carbon dating from archaeological excavation. Are Medicine Wheels stone star computers built by Natives? How did they know how to map the stars?
Despite their physical existence, there is a lot of mystery that surrounds the Medicine Wheel, because without written records, so little is understood as to their true meaning. Many theories abound, including: (a) the wheels contain significant stellar and cosmological alignments, specifically designed in other words to point to-
Medicine Wheel Prophecy The Hopi Tribe Medicine Wheel Prophecy symbolizes the four races of the world. The White race represented in the North. The Yellow race in the East. The Red race in the South, and, the Black race in the West. The people were sent out into 4 directions to learn to care for the mother earth. In the times to come all the races must come back together with the knowledge gained and live together in peace and harmony for the human race to survive.
Stones, stars, the directions, and time -- these can speak to us out of an otherwise mostly silent past. Sometimes their language is intuitive, or spiritual. Meanings or awe will be felt by the sensitive person, but can't really be communicated. Anthropologist and archaeologist try their best guess. But when scientists, get interested, the cosmos speaks, and they can hear it through mathematics of the alignment of stars.
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What may have been lost in the mists of time can be found again. Medicine wheels are hung in the home today to remind us of the lessons of reflections, each of us like the mirror. It reminds us to face life’s challenges with courage. It reminds us we are connected with all beings on earth and with the cosmos.
Photo of Medicine Wheel available for purchase at TAAS Gallery.
Gallery Artisans Kevin Clark Kevin Clark a long standing member of TAAS Gallery brings a wonderful offering of products in both styles and price ranges. His wood turned bowls, vases and unique necklace holders all signed and numbered. Each one is made using carefully selected woods and then carefully handcrafted to get the final product. Kevin prides himself if making sure that he offers products that are authentic and affordable for anyone. He enjoys talking to people in the gallery when he’s in restocking his shelves. This year Kevin completed his 1000’s birdhouse Christmas tree ornament. This important milestone piece is on display in the gallery. In addition to the popular birdhouse style ornaments, Kevin has also created some very unique new designs. One that I think really stands out is an ornament that includes stranded wires that he carefully inserted into holes in the wood turned top and bottom. He twisted the wire himself and then shaped each strand to get it perfect. Kevin hand his wife Donna, also a TAAS member, make the Bowed Saltry instruments available at TAAS Gallery. “The talent I have is a gift from the Lord. I am a master carpenter by trade. I got started in the business by making Christmas presents for the family to avoid some of the "commercialization" that is attached to Christmas. Sometimes gifts are bought that aren't really appreciated just because they need to give a gift. Friends of the family seeing the gifts I had made, inquired about the gifts and encouraged me to start selling them.” Says Kevin Clark. 11
Kevin was our feature artisan this past August and you can read more about him and his craft in the August issue of Appalachian Features Magazine on the website: www.appalchianfeaturesmagazine.com or get to it from a link at the top of www.taasg.com
Faye formerly, taught crafts to developmentally- disabled adults and senior citizens, owned an alterations/sewing shop and designed and made pageant costumes.
“I am a North Carolina native born and raised in this beautiful state. Several years ago my husband and I moved to Marion, NC. to be closer to our grandchildren. My favorite beading technique is bead weaving and most Faye Huskey of my pieces are of my own design. Most may be purFaye Huskey from Front Row Beads was one of TAAS Galchased “as a one-of-a-kind piece.” says, Faye Huskey. lery’s first members. Faye is a wonderfully creative person And “One of my most important goals is to help develop that can make just about anything. She particularly loves the natural creativity of my grandchildren and share my making jewelry that people can afford to buy. Many of her "God given" talents. Another is to share my blessings.”
Judith Grabowski
one of a kind jewelry creations are made using the peyote stitch method. A peyote stitch; Many cultures around the world have used peyote stitch in their beadwork. Examples of peyote stitch have been found in artifacts from Ancient Egypt, and the stitch has also been used in historic and contemporary Native American beadwork. The name "peyote stitch" derives from the use of this stitch to decorate objects used in peyote ceremonies by members of the Native American Church. The name "gourd stitch" similarly derives from the use of the stitch in decorating gourd containers Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judith Grabowski and her husband have been with TAAS Gallery for about 8 months now and Judy is someone that can make anything you can imagine with her knitting needles and some yarn. She has made some very innovative new products that are available here like a scarf with mittens attached. Yea, you’ll never lose those mittens again. She makes some really fun items like a boggin hat with big eyeballs on top. She also makes quilted items that are unique as they are handy and functional, like the potholder, notepad & pen holder. It sticks to your refrigerator with a magnet and hold a note pad and pen. Or how about the quillow? It’s a quilt, no, it’s a pillow. It’s actually both. The quilt is sewn so that it can be folded up into a pillow. Great for the car.
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There are her quilted pot holders that sometimes have pictures of the Arrowhead, pine trees or the mountains. Her Kitchen Angels Bless your Cooking and all that you do! The Rub-A-Dub Bath towels or the baby clothes make great shower or grandma's baby gifts. We're always looking for new things to bring to the store to share with folks who enjoy the love of things handmade. Judy is a participant and teacher during the Saturday crochet class in TAAS Gallery every Saturday from 12:00 3:00 PM and she invites you to come to join the Crocheting Class. Judy’s husband John has been making some great things for TAAS Gallery too. He make stained glass and since he’s been here, we’ve seen his creativity flourish. He had made a bunch of Old Fort items like the stained glass arrowhead or the arrowhead lamp. Very cool! John has been making stars and angle ornaments that are really nice and can be seen on the Christmas trees in both galleries and up front in the window display.
body as much as the fond memories that it creates. mull 1 (ml) tr.v. mulled, mull·ing, mulls To heat and spice (wine, for example). [Origin unknown.] Mulled wine was first observed as a way to mask the taste of wine that had gone bad. It quickly transformed into a tradition, each region of the world adding their unique twist. Orange peel, Cinnamon, and Cloves are common in most mulled beverages however many other
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice Written by Morgan Hincks Photos courtesy of http://fslt.org/building/ index.htm
ingredients are used including allspice, nutmeg, lemon, vanilla bean, brown sugar, peppercorn, raisins, almonds, They say that your sense of ginger and honey. Wine and apple cider are the most smell triggers your memory common mulled beverages but tea, other fruit juice, more than any other sense. rum, brandy and vodka are commonly added. My olfactory memory is in love with the tinge of apples! One tradition that involves this spiced winter tonic is Whether they were spiced Wassailing. “Wes Hal” is the Old English greeting that and stewing to become my translates to “Be In Good Health.” Wassailing has hapGrandmothers applesauce or pened on the 12th night for hundreds of years. A group squished under foot running of “wassailers” travel from door to door, gathering comthrough my childhood back munity members and drink on their way to the orchards. yard, the scent of apples Once in the apple orchard they hang cider-soaked pieces holds a special place for me this time of year. Spicing and of bread in the trees for the birds. Much of the drink is heating apple cider, “mulling,” is my most recent fireside consumed while dancing ‘round the apple tree to ensure pleasure. Mulling cider, and other beverages, is a timeits survival through the winter months. tested tradition that holds properties beneficial to your
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“Here's to thee, old apple tree, That blooms well, bears well. Hats full, caps full, Three bushel bags full, An' all under one tree. Hurrah! Hurrah!”
Photos courtesy of http://www.kew.org/plants/festivefoods/cinnamon.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove
photo and song courtesy of http://www.whimple.org/wassail.htm
The meaning of the Wes Hal isn’t far from the truth of the Mulled Apple Cider beverage. It is said that a heated drink can warm you from 1 gallon fresh Apple cider or apple juice the inside and help to fight off any winter flu. The addition of cinnamon and cloves 1 t whole Cloves are not only wonderful 3 sticks Cinnamon, broken scents but loaded with medicinal properties. 1 t whole Allspice Cinnamon has been 1 piece Ginger root, 1 inch, peeled and sliced known to cure the common cold and to aid in 1 organic Orange peel, cut up digestion. Its volatile oil is a powerful medicine ¼ cup Honey or other sweetener recognized most recently as a successful treatment to Type 2 diabetes among Combine all into a crock-pot or stove pot on a low temp. other ailments. Clove is a strong healer that has been used You can tie the spices, orange and ginger into cheesecloth so you don’t need to strain them later. Don’t in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic and Western worry if you don’t have these ingredients, you can use Dentistry. It has the ability to warm the core, help with digestion and sooth an upset stomach, to name only a few. what you spices and fruits you have, experiment! Cover This warming digestive tonic sounds like the perfect des- and cook on low for 5-6 hours. The longer the better! Be sure to spend time inside while it’s cooking; the sert to a winter eve meal, Enjoy! aroma is just as much a part of this experience. Remove spices (strain or remove bag) and ladle into mugs. Cheers and Wes Hal!
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