Smith Plantation – Clarissa Clifton Food Blog
Hello Everyone,
I know that several of you will recognize me from walking around the Roswell Farmers Market dressed out in clothes from the 1800’s. My name is Clarissa Clifton and I am the food historian at Smith Plantation just across the parking lot from the Roswell Farmers Market. I have been finding all sorts of goodies at the Farmer’s Market from fresh meat and veggies to cook on the open hearth to fruits like strawberries and peaches for desserts and preserves. I’ve frequented it for the last 4 years. I even discovered Smith’s blacksmith at the market.
I cook at Smith on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays each month. Last Saturday we had beef stew, brussels sprouts and peach cobbler. It’s so easy to just walk over and look at the fresh items that were brought in that morning. The problem is deciding what to cook. Everything look so delicious and knowing how much better everything taste when cooked on the hearth make my eyes just open up huge. My parents are shocked even more that I am actually eating veggies without pork fat. I admit before embarking on my food history journey I was very Southern and refused to eat veggies unless cooked in pork fat down to no nutritional value. I’ve fallen in love with salads especially when served with a vinaigrette made from fig balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Also had green beans with red potatoes that were so good. Normally the dilemma in the grocery store is what look fresh enough that I can pretend I’m excited to cook it.
So, feel free to come up and say hello if you see me wondering the Famer’s Market. Also, stop by Smith Plantation and you will see Misha and I cooking up a storm in the kitchen using their open hearth. I’m definitely open to discussions of recipes and just overall sharing knowledge especially from and about those elders of days gone by yet we can still smell and taste those kitchens.
Clarissa