Facebook post June 29 2012. To expand my Southern food repertoire (rumor has it there may be another restaurant in the works…..hmmmmm?), yesterday I hung out with my old and dear friends Wade and Betty Mountz and combed through Betty's hundreds of family recipes. I worked for Wade just out of college at Norton Healthcare (he was president of the AHA in the early 70s and a fixture on Capital Hill years before that). This walk through nearly 100 years of culinary history was a great way to spend a steamy afternoon … and truly one I will never forget. I love this recipe of the famous Senate Bean Soup from the Senate Restaurant in the U.S. Capitol that dates back to 1901. And Grandma Claudia Mountz' Dutch Lettuce Salad from 1935. Betty couldn't quite recall who Nellie was (per the pic) but we all agreed that her Orange Cake was worth recording. It was such a great experience--I highly recommend hanging out with a piece of history! It will become a memory!
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