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A Leatherwood tradition: Corn Breakfast with the Jessies

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By Johnnietta England Jessie

Faye and Ronnie Jessie of the Leatherwood Community in Greater Nell, Adair Co., KY, has a annual family tradition which continued Sunday morning, October 11, 2009. She calls it "corn breakfast," and this year it was sumptuous.

The menu included fried corn, to give the occasion it's name, and Faye's Homemade biscuits, peach preserves and apple butter, along with fresh orange slices. We also had white gravy, chocolate gravy, sugar syrup, country ham, sausage, fried tenderloin, eggs (fried and scrambled), fried potatoes, fried corn and redeye gravy.

Corn breakfast was also an occasion to do a photo walk with Kenton Jessie, my nephew who is a student at Adair County High School.




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Epicurean Kentuckian: Corn Breakfast, a Leatherwood tradition



2009-10-12 - Leatherwood Community, near Nell, District 4, Adair Co., KY . Fried Corn gives Faye Jessie's annual Corn Breakfast its name, and homemade biscuit and apple butter, for most a breakfast all its own, is just a taste from the groaning board at Leatherwood this past Sunday. "This is Faye's homemade biscuits, peach preserves and apple butter, along with fresh orange slices, above," writes her sister, Johnnietta Jessie, a guest at the feast. "We also had white gravy, chocolate gravy, sugar syrup, country ham, sausage, fried tenderloin, eggs(fried and scrambled), fried potatoes, fried corn and redeye gravy." Fifteen family members enjoyed the feast.
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Corn Breakfast: Faye Jessie, the founder



2009-10-12 - Leatherwood Community, near Nell, District 4, Adair Co., KY - Photo byJohnnietta Jessie. "My sister Faye Jessie had us all over for breakfast Sunday morning October 11, 2009," writes Johnnietta Jessie. "She lives in the Leatherwood community. In the picture is Faye, behind her is her husband Ronnie. Moving from left to right is Kurtis Jessie. in the background is my brother Leonard England and the last is Kenton Jessie. Faye has this breakfast annually it is called Corn Breakfast." ColumbiaMagazine.com Group at Flickr
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Corn Breakfast: Dwayne Jessie and Molly



2009-10-12 - Leatherwood Community, near Nell, District 4, Adair Co., KY - Photo byJohnnietta Jessie. Dwayne and Molly, the wonder dog: "This is my nephew Dwayne Jessie and Molly," writes Johnnietta Jessie. "Molly belongs to my sister and brother-in-law, Faye and Ronnie Jessie. They are also Dwayne's parents. Molly is a wonder dog, she chases bees away and keeps the cats in line. She also keeps the cows in line too. Dwayne and his wife Debbie Burton Jessie live in Columbia."
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Corn Breakfast: A cool mystery plant on walk



2009-10-12 - Leatherwood Community, near Nell, District 4, Adair Co., KY - Photo byJohnnietta Jessie. Cool mystery plant: "My great-nephew Kenton Jessie and I took a fall photo walk on my brother-in-laws farm," Johnnietta Jessie writes. "My brother-in-law is Ronnie Jessie of the Leatherwood community in Adair Co. We didn't know what this was but thought it cool looking. Kenton is a student at Adair Co. High School. ColumbiaMagazine.com Group at Flickr
The plant is identified, thanks to Michael Potter, as a common teasel.

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Corn Breakfast: A lonely tree trunk



2009-10-12 - Leatherwood Community, near Nell, District 4, Adair Co., KY - Photo byJohnnietta Jessie. "Kenton and I found this lonely but beautiful tree trunk on our walk," Johnnietta Jessie writes. It's located in the Leatherwood Community of District 4, Adair County, KY, on the Ronnie and Faye Jessie farm. ColumbiaMagazine.com Group at Flickr
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Corn Breakfast: Photo walk finds foggy spiderweb



2009-10-12 - Leatherwood Community, near Nell, District 4, Adair Co., KY - Photo byJohnnietta Jessie. "While Kenton and I were on our walk we found this spiderweb still covered with moisture from this morning's fog," Johnnietta Jessie writes of a ColumbiaMagazine.com Group at Flickr
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