TARBORO —
Second Saturday”at the Blount-Bridgers House offered a full taste of local flavor. Everything at the event was homegrown or homemade, from the old-time music played on the back porch by the Beaufort County Traditional Music Association to the produce, jams, jellies and preserves.
The Bill Monroe bluegrass song “My Little Georgia Rose” and the 1966 Billboard chart hit “The Ballad of the Green Berets” were a couple of the traditional tunes that the group of homegrown string musicians played for the audience. The eclectic group of musicians gets together for “jam sessions” every week. The group’s youngest member, 10-year-old Joshua Buck, of Washington, just began playing the mandolin this year.
Aaron Carpenter had a smorgasbord of local fresh fruits and vegetables and vegetables at his farmers’ market booth.
“You’ll support the economy and the local farmers along with the fact that you’ll eat better,” said Carpenter, of buying produce from the farmers’ market. While Carpenter offered fresh eating options to the Second Saturday crowd, Gloris Tine Smith, a community health advocate with the Healthy Start Program, provided tips on healthy eating habits and how to achieve a healthy body mass index/ weight.
Karen Johnson of Speed had her boiled peanuts, homemade jams, jellies and preserves at Second Saturday. She said she does the “traditional old-fashioned things” like strawberry jam but “loves to experiment,” as well. Among her unique offerings are lemonhead jelly, made with apples and lemonhead candies, cinnamon apple jelly and jalapeno peach jelly. Johnson also offered an old favorite that her mama taught her how to make – chow-chow, which she described as a type of relish made from cabbage, green peppers, tomatoes and onions.
“I think the way that it [chow-chow] came about is at the end of the season, they just threw everything they had left together,” said Johnson. “Nothing went to waste back in the old days.”
Another vendor selling homemade jams and jellies at Second Saturday was Jean Ricks of Rich Square. Ricks also had her handcrafted aprons and placemats for sale.
Jeff Eaker, owner of Tarheel Gardens in Rocky Mount, and his daughter Amber had what Amber calls “old Southern plants,” such as black-eyed Susans, crepe myrtles and carnations, at the Second Saturday event. For those looking for a change of place, the Eakers were also selling succulent plants, such as panda paws, cacti and aloe plants, from Growing Green Nursery in Nashville.
Along with getting a taste of local flavor, event goers at Second Saturday had a chance to sample authentic Mexican food. The Hispanic youth group from First Baptist Church served up fresh tacos, made with handmade tortillas and filled with beef, along with rice, beans and pico de gallo to raise money for the church’s youth.
By the time the church group served up the tacos food at 11:30 a.m., not a breath of air was stirring in Tarboro and the temperature was creeping up into the 90's. Joyce Turner, executive director of the Blount-Bridgers House, said she thinks the heat and humidity kept the Second Saturday attendance down in the late morning hours, but was pleased with the turnout during the early morning hours.
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James Brown (left) on the banjo and Mitchell Causway (right) on the mandolin had the audience at the Blount-Bridgers House Saturday morning tapping their feet to the tune of the old-time music. Brown and Causway are members of the Beaufort County Traditional Music Association. For The Daily Southerner
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Elsa Cruz kneads the dough for handmade tortillas at the “Second Saturday” event at the Blount Bridgers House. The homemade Mexican food was a fundraiser for the Hispanic Youth Group at Tarboro's First Baptist Church. For The Daily Southerner
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