If it's the thought that counts for holiday giving, you can't do better than to buy food gifts from Kentucky and Indiana artisans and craftsmen. The holidays are country-ham days, and the best country ham in the universe is made in Kentucky. They're hams made the old-fashioned way, not rushed to cure by artificial temperature changes. Ky. In addition to the country ham that we love, the company offers several pork products, including smoked boneless loin and country-ham smoked sausage balls.
Sugar pies are just such a dessert.
They need a check before they send the pies. Mail it to Wick's Pies, P.O. Box 268, Winchester, Ind. 47394. Great grits are great food, and some of the best grits you'll ever taste are ground at the oldest operating water-powered commercial mill in the country, on Elkhorn Creek near Midway. Weisenberger Mill grinds white and yellow grits into a coarse meal that cooks up creamy, starchy and corny. The company also makes a wonderful spoonbread mix.