Have you tried the old Foxfire series books for research. was started in
Raubun County, GA but if I recall correctly it was all over the South and
covered periods of late19th to early 20th Century. FoxFire 9 was Published
by Anchor Books and contains recipes adn Info (prices, services, etc for the
General Store in Hayesville, NC in the 1840s

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"JBrizzi" > wrote in message
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> I'm looking for information on what people cooked and ate in the South
> in the 50s and 60s, for a novel I'm writing. Specifically, there is a
> large poor mountain family in northwestern North Carolina in the early
> 60s and then a relatively wealthy family in the Outer Banks in the
> eastern part of the state, later in the decade. One character is part
> of both families so I will be contrasting both diets. Any information
> or resources on the food of those regions and at that time period would
> be much appreciated, and of course credited in the book.
>
> Thank you.
>