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HI, I'M DAVE SHUFFETT,
WELCOME TO KENTUCKY LIFE
THIS TIME WE'RE GOING
ON A DELICIOUS JOURNEY
TREATS FOR ALL THE SENSES
WE'LL TAKE TIME TO APPRECIATE
THE PEOPLE OF OUR STATE
THROUGH THE EYES
OF A PHOTOGRAPHER
WHO EXPERIENCED
THEIR DAILY LIVES
THE COMMONWEALTH'S FAMOUS CRAFTS
AND THOSE HOW CREATE THEM
TAKE CENTER STAGE
IN OUR SECOND STORY
AND THE TRULY DELICIOUS THINGS
THAT CAN COME OUT
OF A KENTUCKY KITCHEN
WILL BE OUR FINAL SWEET SUBJECT
FIRST, LET ME TAKE YOU
TO MEET WARREN BRUNNER
A BEREA PHOTOGRAPHER WHO SPENT
NEARLY 50 YEARS BEHIND THE LENS
HIS SOMETIMES ASTONISHING IMAGES
REVEAL SOMETHING ABOUT
THE APPALACHIAN PEOPLE
THERE'S BEAUTY AND
DIGNITY IN THE MOUNTAINS
IF YOU JUST TAKE A LOOK
(Playing "Simple Gifts")
I WAS IN... AT THIS HOLINESS
CHURCH, RIGHT HERE
NEAR BEREA
AND I JUST WAS SITTING
IN THE BACK OF THE CHURCH
AND PIDDLING WITH MY CAMERA
BUT I HAD IT SET
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
THERE IT WAS
THAT SNAKE WAS UP OVER THE
TOP OF THE PREACHER'S HEAD
YOU KNOW, AND I DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
OR WHERE IT CAME FROM
BUT ALL I HAD TO DO WAS
RAISE MY CAMERA AND SHOOT
YOU DON'T FOCUS, YOU DON'T
THINK ABOUT PICTURES
YOU THINK ABOUT CAPTURING
THE SPIRIT OF THE MOMENT
(Playing "Simple Gifts")
DOING LOYAL JONES' BOOK
THAT WAS SORT OF EXCITING
IT WAS A HARD TIME
PICKING OUT THE PICTURES
BUT UH, BUT WE GOT IT DONE,
I GAVE HIM A BIG PILE
WELL, WARREN WOULD ARRIVE
WITH ABOUT 3,000, UH...
35 MILLIMETER PAGE PROOFS
YOU KNOW, THAT YOU NEED THE
MAGNIFYING GLASS TO LOOK AT
AND I NEVER COULD DEAL WITH THAT
BUT WHEN UH, HE RETIRED
HE CAME TO ME ONE DAY AND SAID
"YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT
ALL THESE EXTRA PRINTS
"OF THE KIND OF PICTURES I TOOK
OUT THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS
"UH, WHILE I WAS DOING
ALL THOSE THINGS
AND UH, MAYBE YOU'D
LIKE TO LOOK AT THOSE."
WELL, IT SO HAPPENED I'D
WRITTEN UH, UH AN ESSAY
THAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE A POSITIVE VIEW
OF APPALACHIAN CULTURE
AND APPALACHIAN VALUES
AND SOMEBODY HAD TOLD ME
úWELL, THAT'D MAKE A
PRETTY GOOD PICTURE BOOK'
SO I SAID, "AHA"
SO I SAID, "BRING THEM OVER"
WELL HE BROUGHT
OVER MAYBE 2-- 200
200 OR 300 UH, PRINTS, YOU KNOW
AND I WENT THROUGH THOSE
AND I GOT TO THINKING
ABOUT THE, THE VALUES
I'D TALKED ABOUT
LIKE OF RELIGION,
OF UH, INDEPENDENCE
OF PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS,
YOU KNOW AND OF FAMILY
ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT UH,
THAT I THOUGHT WERE GOOD UH
EXAMPLES OF APPALACHIAN PEOPLE
UH, HE HAD PICTURES THAT
SORT OF ILLUSTRATED THAT
SO I PICKED OUT 90-SOME OF THESE
UH, PICTURES THAT
WARREN HAD TAKEN
AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL PICTURES
AS EVERYBODY KNOWS
AND UH, SORT OF
REWROTE THE ESSAY
INTO A KIND OF PICTURE BOOK
I'M VERY PROUD OF IT AND
I THINK WARREN IS TOO
BECAUSE IT SHOWS SOME
OF HIS BEST PICTURES
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Brunner:
SO WE MAINLY CONCENTRATED
ON PORTRAITS
SOME OF THOSE PICTURES
WERE 30 YEARS OLD
AND I HAD TO GO FIND EACH
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
AND ASK THEM IF WE COULD
USE THEIR PICTURE
SO THAT WAS AN
EXPERIENCE IN ITSELF
AND THEN THE EXCITING PART
AND WE WERE GOING UP ONE ROAD
AND THERE WERE A
WHOLE BUNCH OF KIDS
OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
AND, AND UH, THEY HAD A BOY
WAY UP IN THE TOP OF A TREE
OVER THE ROAD
AND HE COULDN'T GET DOWN
AND THEY WERE SCARED
AND THEIR MOTHER WAS
COMING AFTER THEM
AND SO I DROVE MY VAN UP
TURNED AROUND AND CAME BACK
AND I PARKED
UNDERNEATH THAT TREE
AND THAT BOY DROPPED OUT
OF THAT TREE AND LIFTED UH
LANDED ON THE VA-
THE ROOF OF MY VAN
(Laughing)
AND JUMPED DOWN
AND SO WE GOT TO TALKING
TO HIM AND I SAID
I SAID, "WE'RE LOOKING
FOR THIS FAMILY?"
I SAYS, "DO YOU KNOW THEM?"
AND HE SAYS, "OH, SURE"
HE SAYS, "THAT'S MY GRANDPA"
OR "MY PAPAW" AS YOU
WOULD SAY IN THE MOUNTAINS
BUT THAT WAS DIVINE GUIDANCE
(Singing)
I'VE BEEN TAKING APPALACHIAN
PICTURES NOW FOR 48 YEARS
I FIGURED IT UP THE OTHER DAY
SINCE I'VE RETIRED
THEN I REALLY BECAME A
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER
I'D LIKE TO THINK
AND I GOT PILES AND
PILES OF PICTURES
OF SCATTERED THINGS
BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
I HAD A CHANCE JUST
TO STAY FIVE YEARS
ON ONE PROJECT
AND WEAVE THINGS TOGETHER
TO, TO FORM THIS
MOUNTAIN HOLINESS BOOK
SO, IN DOING THIS BOOK
IN FIVE YEARS WE GOT
TO KNOW THE PEOPLE
WE ATE WITH THEM
WE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER
AND WE BECAME MORE
LIKE PARTICIPANTS
INSTEAD OF JUST AN OBSERVER
I READ IN A BOOK ONE TIME THAT
EVERY PHOTOGRAPHER
NEEDS A COLLABORATOR
AND THAT'S WHAT DEBORAH
McCAULEY BECAME
SHE WAS MY COLLABORATOR
SHE TAUGHT ME TO SEE
ALL KINDS OF THINGS
IN LITTLE INSIGNIFICANT THINGS
THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER
NOTICED IN A CHURCH
LIKE, LIKE MAYBE THE OLIVE
OIL BOTTLE ON THE ALTAR
OR OVER IN A CORNER WAS
A PAN FOR FOOT WASHING
IN ANOTHER CORNER WAS
A ROLL OF TOILET PAPER
TO TAKE TO THE OUTHOUSE
IT'S SO MANY LITTLE THINGS
WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
WHAT I HAD UNTIL WE GOT
BACK HOME
AS YOU LOOK AT THESE PICTURES
WE TRIED TO SEE DIFFERENT
THINGS IN EACH CHURCH
THAT WERE ALIKE
AND WE, WE CONCENTRATED
ON THE COMMON THINGS
AND REPETITION, RATHER
THAN THE DIFFERENCES
AND ONE... LIKE WE
WENT INTO A CHURCH
WE WOULD ALWAYS SEE LEONARD'S
LAST SUPPER ON THE WALL
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT
THE LAYOUT OF THE PEWS
AND THE LOCATION OF THE CROSS
AND... HOW THEY
PUT UP THEIR SIGNS
AND THE TYPE OF WINDOWS AND
THE TYPE OF SHUTTERS THEY HAD
Jones:
WHILE HE HAD A BUSINESS
LIKE MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS
IN THIS COUNTRY
OF, OF TAKING WEDDINGS PICTURES
AND DEBUTANTE PICTURES AND UH
YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF
ANNIVERSARIES AND HAPPENINGS
YOU KNOW, THAT HE GOT PAID FOR
HE ALSO HAD HIS EYES
OUT FOR THE GOOD PICTURE
WHEREVER HE WAS
AND TAKE PICTURES, BUT WARREN
WOULD SOMETIMES JUST HITCHHIKE
YOU KNOW, LEAVE HIS CAR AT HOME
BECAUSE THEN HE WAS DEPENDENT
ON WHOEVER PICKED HIM UP
YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING
INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY
DOWN 421
AND HE WOULD UH, MAYBE
GO HOME WITH THESE PEOPLE
AND UH, AND TAKE THEIR PICTURES
AND TAKE PICTURES
OF THE SURROUNDINGS
AND DO ALL THAT SORT OF THING
(Playing "Simple Gifts")
I HOPE THESE ARE, ARE A
FORM OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
AND THEY SORT OF EVOKE
AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE
IN THE PEOPLE THAT LOOK AT THEM
AS THE SAME EMOTIONAL
EXPERIENCE I HAD TAKING THEM
GOT IT
(Playing "Simple Gifts")
WIND THE FILM
AND I'M READY
LET'S GO EAT
WARREN CAPTURED ONE OF THE
MOST SPECTACULAR PHOTOGRAPHS
OF HIS CAREER IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND IT WAS OF A TINY, QUIET
WOMAN NEAR THE TOWN OF JENKINS
HE CALLS IT HIS "SECRET MISSION"
BECAUSE HIS SUBJECT WANTED
TO KEEP HER VISIT QUIET
SHE HAD COME TO KENTUCKY
TO CHECK ON THE MISSION
SHE HAD ESTABLISHED
THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY
SHE WAS OF COURSE, NONE
OTHER THAN MOTHER TERESA
WELL, OUR NEXT PIECE
EXPLORES HOW THE CRAFTS
KENTUCKY IS SO FAMOUS FOR
MAKE THEIR WAY
INTO THE OUTER WORLD
THROUGH THE KENTUCKY
CRAFT MARKETING PROGRAM
MANY ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE
ARE ABLE TO REACH FOLKS
THEY NEVER WOULD BEFORE
LET'S LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM
AND FOLLOW ONE
BEATTYVILLE COUPLE
WHOSE WOODEN CREATIONS
ARE A NEW YORK HIT
(Music playing)
KENTUCKY CRAFT MARKETING UH,
HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS
WE WERE ESTABLISHED DURING THE
JOHN Y. BROWN ADMINISTRATION
HIS WISE, WIFE-- PHYLLIS
SAW THE VALUE OF MARKETING
KENTUCKY CRAFTS BOTH
WITHIN THE STATE AND BEYOND
AND THE CRAFT INDUSTRY IS A
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS
SO OUR JOB WITHIN
CRAFT MARKETING
IS TO PROMOTE BOTH
THE CRAFTSPEOPLE
AND TO WORK WITH THE RETAILERS
SO THAT THEY HAVE READY
ACCESS TO THE PRODUCTS
THAT ARE BEING PRODUCED
WE ARE HERE IN
COMPLETELY KENTUCKY
IT'S A RETAIL SHOP
IN DOWNTOWN FRANKFORT
THEY HAVE BEEN THE
RECIPIENT OF SEVERAL
RETAIL OF THE YEAR AWARDS
UH, THEY RECEIVED THAT
AWARD THROUGH NOMINATIONS
FROM THE CRAFTSPEOPLE
THAT THEY DEAL WITH
SO IT'S A RECOGNITION
THAT THEY UH, CONDUCT
FAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES
AND THAT THEY DO A GOOD JOB
OF SELLING KENTUCKY CRAFTS
UH, IT'S PROBABLY ONE
OF THE VERY FEW STORES
IN KENTUCKY THAT ONLY MARKET OR
ONLY SELL KENTUCKY MADE PRODUCTS
THERE'S NOTHING BEYOND
KENTUCKY WITHIN UH, THE STORE
(Music playing)
NEW CRAFTS PEOPLE ARE EVALUATED
BY WHAT IS CALLED A "JURY"
OR A QUALIFIED SET OF JUDGES
AND 30 TO 50 NEW ARTISTS
ARE ADDED EACH YEAR
OVER 300 CRAFTSPEOPLE
ARE NOW REPRESENTED
BY THE CRAFT MARKETING PROGRAM
AND ALL OF THESE
JURIED PARTICIPANTS
ARE THEN UH, PART
OF THE PROGRAM
AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO USE THE
KENTUCKY CRAFT MARKETING LOGO
AND UH, IT IS A
REGISTERED TRADEMARK
THAT IS A SYMBOL
OF GOOD CRAFTSMANSHIP
AND IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH
RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD
SO THAT'S QUITE A PLUS
WE DO OUR ANNUAL
MARKET IN LOUISVILLE
UH, EVERY UH, FEBRUARY/MARCH
AND UH, WE BRING
IN TOP RETAILERS
FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES
UH, WE HAVE
APPROXIMATELY 150 BOOTHS
OF NOT JUST CRAFTSPEOPLE
BUT ALSO OUR MARKET INCLUDES
UH, THE AUTHORS OF KENTUCKY
KENTUCKY FOOD PRODUCTS
AND MUSIC THAT'S BEING
PRODUCED IN KENTUCKY
SO IT'S REALLY KIND
OF AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR BOTH WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
BUYERS TO COME AND EXPERIENCE
EVERYTHING THAT
KENTUCKY HAS TO OFFER
IN THE GIFT INDUSTRY, I THINK
WOULD BE A GOOD
WAY TO DESCRIBE IT
ONE ASPECT OF THE KENTUCKY
UH, CRAFT MARKETING PROGRAM
IS THAT WE TAKE A VARIETY
OF CRAFTSPEOPLE TWICE A YEAR
TO NEW YORK TO THE NEW YORK
INTERNATIONAL GIFT FAIR
AND UH, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR CRAFTSPEOPLE
THAT HAVE AN
ESTABLISHED BUSINESS
THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCED
IN WHOLESALE TO GO AND UH
DEAL WITH ABOUT 45,000
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS
THAT COME AND THEY PLACE
ORDERS WITH THE CRAFTSPEOPLE
FOR SOME OF THE CRAFTSPEOPLE
THAT'S THEIR ANNUAL INCOME
UH, THAT'S THE BIG SHOW THEY DO
AND THEY TAKE ORDERS
THAT WILL SUSTAIN THEM
OVER THE PERIOD OF A YEAR
(Music playing)
IF IT IS IN FACT
A SMALL BUSINESS
THAT NEEDS TO GROW
WE OFFER THEM THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GO TO NEW YORK
AND MARKET THEIR WARES
UH, IN A WORLD MARKET
ONE EXAMPLE OF A COMPANY
THAT'S BEEN SELECTED BY THE
CRAFTS MARKETING PROGRAM
TO MAKE THE TREK TO NEW YORK
IS AARDVARK WOODWORKS
(Music playing)
CHARLES AND NORMA
PERDUE OF BEATTYVILLE
HAVE HELPED BUILD THE
COMPANY INTO A SUCCESS
ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO
UH, I, I'D RETIRED
FROM ASHLAND OIL
AND UH... AFTER 30 YEARS, SO
UH, MY SON-- JEFFREY,
BOUGHT THIS WOODWORK SHOP
OFF OF ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL
THAT HE'D WENT TO SCHOOL WITH
AND HE ASKED US IF WE'D WORK
IN IT A COUPLE OF HOURS A DAY
SO I SAID, "YEAH,
WE'LL WORK IN IT, UH
I'LL HELP YOU A WHILE"
AND UH, AS IT'S TURNED OUT
IT'S BEEN UH, SIX
AND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
10, 12 HOURS A DAY
SO THERE'S NO LET
UP ON WOODWORKING
KENTUCKY HAS ONE OF THE
BEST CRAFT MARKETS IN...
IN ANYWHERE
SO THE PEOPLE FROM
OUT OF STATE TELLS US
AND UH, THEN WE GO TO NEW YORK
UH, A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR
WITH THE KENTUCKY
CRAFTED UH, PEOPLE
AND MEET A LOT OF BUYERS
AND UH, IT'S AN
INTERNATIONAL CRAFT SHOW
AND UH, YOU'VE GOT TO GET
OUT AND MEET THE PEOPLE
TO SELL YOUR PRODUCT
(Music playing)
IT'S EXCITING ADVENTURE, UH
I GUESS THEY THOUGH WE WAS
THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
WHEN WE WENT DOWN THROUGH TIMES
SQUARE IN OUR PICKUP TRUCK
UH, WE, WE TAKE OUR...
WE DRIVE UP THERE
AND WE TAKE JUST A SMALL
AMOUNT OF SAMPLES WITH US
TO UH, SHOW
AND UH, IT'S, IT'S
A VERY EXCITING CITY
UH, THE PEOPLE
THERE ARE NICE TO US
UH, THEY, THEY
LIKE TO TALK TO US
WE LIKE TO TALK TO THEM
AND UH, AS ONE OF THEM SAID,
ABOUT OUR LANGUAGE AND OUR
OUR, OUR "FUNNY
TALK," THEY SAID UH
I TOLD THEM THAT THE ONLY
TIME WE GET TO WEAR SHOES
IS WHEN I COME UP HERE
AND SO THEY TAKE ALL THAT
INTO, INTO HEART UP THERE
AND THEY KNOW, AFTER WE SHOW
THEM THE UH, PRODUCT AND
SHOW THEM THE ROUTER
THAT WE HAVE
THAT UH, IT'S NOT
LIKE WHAT WE SAY
KENTUCKY IS VERY
TECHNOLOGICALLY ORIENTED
IT'S JUST UH, IT'S BIG
BUT UH, YOU KNOW
I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE THERE
I, I ENJOY GOING, BUT I WOULD
NOT WANT TO LIVE THERE
BUT UH, I... IT'S EXCITING
Charles Perdue:
WE SELL OUR PRODUCT
TO SEVERAL HUNDREDS
OF BUYERS UH, STORES
THEY'RE ALL OVER
THE UNITED STATES
UH, 75% OF IT IS UH, SOLD
IN UH, IN THE NEW YORK AREA
AND BACK EAST
AND WE HAVE SOLD
DOWN IN THE BAHAMAS
AND UH, COAST TO
COAST BORDER TO BORDER
AND UH, AND WE HAVE
IDEAS UH, COMING IN
WEEKLY, UH, THEY'LL CALL US
OUR BUYERS WILL CALL US, SAY,
"WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A BOX WITH
WITH BALLET SHOES ON THEM"
AND WE'LL SAY, "WELL, WE'LL
SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH"
UH, THEY'LL COME UP
WITH A FOOTBALL
THE, THE LADY THAT'S, UH
NEIGHBOR TO THE
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
WANTED A FOOTBALL
BOX IN NEW YORK, SO
WE MADE SOME OF THOSE
AND SOLD THE BOXES
UH, WE JUST HAVE
ALL KINDS OF IDEAS
AND YOU GOT TO
LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC
UH, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT
AND YOU GOT TO BE ABLE
TO UH, FURNISH IT TO THEM
WE WENT TO NEW YORK
AND WE HAD UH, WE HAD A...
SOME PICTURES OF THE
HEBREW STUFF WE HAD MADE
AND WE DIDN'T TAKE THE PRODUCTS
BUT WE TOOK THE PICTURES
AND UH, THEY SAW THEM AND UH
WE SOLD QUITE A FEW
WHILE WE WERE THERE
AND UH, THEN... BECAUSE
THEY CAN'T FIND THEM
YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE HARDLY
AND THEN WE TOOK THEM
TO THE LOUISVILLE SHOW
AND WE UH, SOLD SEVERAL
OF THEM THERE
AND UH, I THINK IT'LL GET
TO BE A REAL BIG SELLER
WE, WE'RE DOING REAL GOOD
WITH THE HEBREW STUFF
Henderson:
THEY, THEY ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE
OF UH, A SMALL CRAFT BUSINESS
THAT UH, HAS GROWN
THEY EMPLOY OTHER PEOPLE SO
IT IS UH, A CRAFT BUSINESS
THAT IS MOVING TOWARDS
A CRAFT INDUSTRY
IT'S STILL VERY MUCH HAND
DESIGNED AND HANDS ON
BUT THEY'RE PROVIDING
UH, EMPLOYMENT
FOR PEOPLE BEYOND THEIR FAMILY
(Music playing)
THE KENTUCKY CRAFTED
PEOPLE AND IN FRANKFORT
UH, THEY HELP A LOT OF SMALL
UH, ENTITIES OR COMPANIES
UH, DO THINGS LIKE THIS
AND UH, I, I BELIEVE THAT THEY
SHOULD HAVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR
WHAT WE HAVE DONE
THEY DON'T UH, HAVE ANY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
BUT THEY DO HAVE
UH, GUIDANCE LIKE UH
GOING TO NEW YORK
OR GOING TO THE GIFT SHOWS
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND THEY'LL HAVE PUBLICATIONS
FROM TIME TO TIME
AND IT ALSO TAKES THE CRAFT
PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK
TO MAKE THEM LOOK GOOD, TOO
SO UH, WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF
THE KENTUCKY CRAFTED UH, NETWORK
(Music playing)
THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF THE
CRAFT MARKETING PROGRAM
KENTUCKY IS ONE OF THE FEW
STATES IN THE COUNTRY
THAT SUPPORTS ITS CRAFT
INDUSTRY IN THIS WAY
NOW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
BUYING KENTUCKY CRAFTED ITEMS
YOU CAN FIND THEM AT THE
ANNUAL FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
UH, THE GOVERNOR'S
DERBY BREAKFAST
JUST TO NAME A COUPLE
WELL, OUR NEXT STORY IS ONE
THAT NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION
THAT'S BECAUSE
IF YOU COULD VISIT
THE HOMEMADE ICE CREAM
AND PIE KITCHEN
THE WONDERFUL SMELLS
WOULD CONVINCE YOU
OF THE WONDERS WITHIN
TODAY, THOUGH, WE'LL HAVE
TO BE CONTENT WITH USING
JUST OUR EYES AND EARS
TO SAVOR THE OLD-FASHIONED
GOODNESS AVAILABLE
ALONG LOUISVILLE'S
BARDSTOWN ROAD
HOMEMADE ICE CREAM
AND PIE KITCHEN
WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1982
UH, WE GOT STARTED...
MY FATHER-IN-LAW
WHO MAKES ALL THE ICE CREAM NOW
HE MADE ICE CREAM ALL
THROUGH HIS ADULT LIFE
SO, WE STARTED THE
ICE CREAM BUSINESS
THEN, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW--
SHE MADE PIES
AND WHEN MIKE AND
I HAD GOT MARRIED
UH, THE BUSINESS WAS
ESTABLISHED THEN
WHEN MIKE AND I WAS MARRIED
I MADE PIES, MY
MOTHER MADE PIES
AND HIS MOTHER HAD MADE PIES, SO
WE PUT THE TWO TOGETHER
AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT HOMEMADE
ICE CREAM AND PIE KITCHEN
BECAUSE THEY JUST
WENT HAND IN HAND
YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE
YOU CAN'T GO TO THE
LOCAL GROCERY AND GET A
A GOOD HOMEMADE PIE
IT'S GOING TO BE CRUST
THAT WAS ALREADY MADE
OR FROZEN PIES AND
STUFF LIKE THAT
AND HERE, YOU'RE GETTING
WHAT YOUR MOM MADE
OR WHAT YOUR GRANDMA
USED TO MAKE
IT'S THE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED PIE
Cox:
TO MAKE A MERINGUE PIE
WE START OUT WITH A CRUST
WE COME IN AND
WE BAKE THE CRUST
AND THEN WE FILL IT WITH
THE PUDDINGS THAT MY HUSBAND
HE MAKES ALL OF THE
PUDDING FROM SCRATCH
AND THEN WE MAKE THE MERINGUE
PUT THE MERINGUE ON THE PIE
BAKE IT
AND THEN LET IT COOL
AND THEN IT GOES INTO THE CASE
OR IF IT'S FOR AN ORDER
IT GOES INTO A BOX
WE MAKE OUR COOKIES
FROM OUR OWN RECIPES
UH, WE MAKE UH, I BELIEVE
AROUND SIX DIFFERENT, UH
COOKIES
NOW THE SUGAR COOKIES,
WE CUT OUT BY HAND
I MAKE THE DOUGH
UH, IT STAYS IN THE
COOLER OVER NIGHT
FOR THE SUGAR COOKIES
'CAUSE IT'S AN OLD-FASHIONED
SUGAR COOKIE RECIPE
AND THEN WE ROLL IT OUT BY HAND
UH, WE CUT THEM OUT BY HAND
DEPENDING ON WHAT HOLIDAY IT IS
BUT WE TAKE OUR HOMEMADE
BUTTER CREAM ICING
WE MELT THAT DOWN
TO A CONSISTENCY WHERE WE CAN
PUT IT ON TO THE SUGAR COOKIE
WE JUST DECORATE IT,
WHATEVER HOLIDAY IT IS
YOU JUST GOT SO
MANY DIFFERENT THINGS
AND, AND A VARIETY OF ICE
CREAMS OVER 30 FLAVORS
AND SO MANY CAKE SLICES
AND PIE SLICES THAT
IT'S HARD TO MAKE THE
DECISION, BUT WHEN THEY DO
THEY'RE ALWAYS SATISFIED
Cox:
THE PROCESSING
OF MAKING ICE CREAM
WE HAVE A DAIRY THAT
MAKES OUR MIX FOR US
THE MIX COMES IN, MY
FATHER-IN-LAW TAKES THE MIX
HE MAKES ALL OF THE ICE CREAM
DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND
OF ICE CREAM HE MAKES
YOU KNOW, IT MAY
NEED BANANAS IN IT
IF HE'S MAKING BANANA ICE CREAM
IF HE'S MAKING MOCHA CHIP
HE PUTS IN COFFEE AND
CHOCOLATE CHIPS IN IT
JUST DEPENDING
ON WHAT KIND IT IS
GOES INTO THREE-GALLON BUCKETS
WE PUT IT IN THE FREEZER
FROM THE FREEZER
IT GOES INTO THE CASE
AND THAT'S THE PROCESS
TO MAKE A FRUIT PIE
WHAT WE DO IS THAT WE START
OUT WITH UH, MAKING THE CRUST
AND THEN I MAKE THE PIE FILLING
WHETHER IT BE CHERRY
OR PEACH OR RHUBARB
OR NO SUGAR
THEN UH, WE FILL IT WITH
WE FILL THE PIE CRUST WITH
WHATEVER FILLING THAT WE'RE
MAKING FOR THAT EVENING
THEN WE PUT ON UH,
EITHER A SOLID TOP
OR EITHER THE STRIPS
THEN WE PUT A PIECE OF PAPER
WRAP IT IN FOIL AND THEN IT
GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE FREEZER
THEN THE NEXT MORNING
WHEN THE BAKER COMES IN
THEN THEY PULL IT
FROM THE FREEZER
THEN IT GOES INTO THE OVEN
AND BAKES
AND THEN COMES OUT AND THEN
THAT'S OUR FINISHED PRODUCT
THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE STORE
IS UH, VERY FAMILY ORIENTED
IT'S UH, TAKES YOU
BACK TO THE OLD DAYS
THE CUSTOMERS COME IN HERE AND
THEY PLAY THE OLD-TIME JUKEBOX
WITH THEIR KIDS AND THEY GET
THE OLD-FASHIONED DESSERTS AND
ICE CREAM SODAS
AND THINGS THAT THEY USED TO
HAVE WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER
UH, AND THERE'S LOTS OF
ANTIQUES AROUND THE STORE
THAT THEY LOOK AT AND THEY
JUST SIT HERE AND THEY THINK
IT'S REAL, REAL HOMEY
AND WE HAVE THE CUSTOMERS
THAT COME IN THAT, UH
THAT WANT TO ORDER... THEY
ORDER CHOCOLATE SODAS
THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT THEY USED TO GET
WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TRAIN
THE KIDS HOW TO MAKE
A GOOD CHOCOLATE SODA
BECAUSE OUR GENERATION
DOESN'T... WE DON'T DRINK SODAS
WE'RE, WE'RE MORE IN THE SHAKES
AND UH, AND THEY DON'T EVEN
USUALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS
SO WHEN I'M TRAINING THEM
ON IT AND HOW IT'S SO...
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO
MAKE IT THE RIGHT WAY
BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING
THEY HAD SINCE THEY WERE KIDS
THAT'S A CHALLENGE
FOR ME TO TRAIN
THE KIDS HOW TO
MAKE A GOOD SODA
UH, BUT UH, THE CUSTOMERS
KEEP COMING BACK
AND THEY KEEP ORDERING THEM SO
I KNOW WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT
WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING IT THE WAY
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MADE
Cox:
THE MOST REWARDING PART
OF OWNING THIS SHOP
AND I THINK WHAT
REALLY KEEPS US GOING
IN THIS BUSINESS
WHENEVER CUSTOMERS COME IN
AND THEY TALK ABOUT
HOW THEY CAN NOT GET
A PIE
THAT IS MADE LIKE
THEIR GRANDMA MAKES IT
AND WHEN YOU HEAR THAT
IT MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE
AH, THOSE ICE CREAM SODAS
LIKE MUSIC, A TASTE
FROM THE PAST
IS AN IMMEDIATE TIME MACHINE
I CAN REMEMBER SIPPING UH, MILK
SHAKES AT THE CORNER DRUGSTORE
IN GREENSBURG, MY HOMETOWN
I ALWAYS ORDERED A HAMBURGER
AND A CHOCOLATE SHAKE
WELL, THANKS FOR
COMING ALONG TONIGHT
FOR THESE SWEET JOURNEYS
FOR THE SENSES
WE'VE GOT ONE MORE
IN STORE FOR YOU THOUGH
SO JUST RELAX AND ENJOY SOME
IMAGES OF THE WILDFLOWERS
WHICH BLOSSOM ACROSS OUR STATE
'TIL WE MEET AGAIN,
I'M DAVE SHUFFETT
I'LL SEE YOU
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[Closed captioning
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[was made possible by a grant]
[from the Honorable Order
of Kentucky Colonels]
[and in part by a grant
from The Lexington Lions Club]
[and a gift from the
Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E.
Deutsch Foundation]