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I think it's darned near impossible to separate Ozark culture from Ozark cooking. And with culinary sensibilities long-inherited from a tradition best described as "Southern-by-way-of-the-Cumberland-Gap," I'm happy to now preside as editor over this section.

And the lemon meringue pie pictured at right was very good...
7/20/06, Lemon meringue pie. Photo credit, J. Heston. Lucky13Studios® Archive.
Never Fail Pie Crust

3 cups flour
1 cup lard
1 egg
1 Tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
5 Tablespoons cold water

Cut the lard into the flour and salt. Beat the egg; add the vinegar and mix together, then add the water. Put the wet mixture to flour mixture. Do not handle more than necessary. This will make 2 large double-crust pies. — page 166

Recipe from Margaret Spoon of Corydon, Iowa., Recipes On Parade, John L. Lewis Commission, Lucas, Iowa, 1990.