Purefoy Hotel Pickled Eggs Recipe 1941

Pickled Eggs Pickled Eggs recipe from the Purefoy Hotel Cook Book – Talladega Alabama 1941 24 cloves 6 hard-cooked eggs 2 cups vinegar 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp ground mustard Heat vinegar. While cooling, add remaining ingredients. Cool and pour over eggs. Cover and let stand for two weeks. Appetizer American Pickled…

Purefoy Hotel History: From Monroeville to Talladega

HISTORY OF THE PUREFOY HOTEL – from the Purefoy Hotel CookBook   The Purefoy Hotel had its modest beginning in 1916 in the little town of Monroeville, Alabama. Mrs. Eva B. Purefoy had been reared in a hotel atmosphere and her love of the business drew her again into that fascinating calling.   A successful…

Gunter Hill Campground, Cold Weather Camping and SEC Football

Revisiting a camping trip we took several years ago… A couple of weeks before Thanksgiving the weather was so nice we planned a long weekend camping trip.  How bad could it be?  The daytime temps were in the upper 60s to mid-70s and the nights weren’t too cold either.  So I logged onto Reserve America…