# Name my hillbilly locavore food blog **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760 "2009-07-21T18:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/1 "2009-07-21T18:54:11Z")
I’ve decided to take on a project about SOLE (sustainable organic local ethical) cooking in rural Appalachia. There have been some pretty interesting articles about going locavore on a budget recently, including one couple who did an experiment to see how SOLE they could eat on the food stamp allowance, but most of them have been in places like southern California where there’s a ton of arable land, a long growing season, and a strong customer base for local sustainably grown organic food. It’s a whole other world up here in the mountains–not much farmable land, a shorter growing season, serious time and money constraints for a lot of people, and not a whole lot of interest. The parameters of the project are this: using an average food budget and the time I would have available if I worked a full-time job outside the house, we’re going to eat as close to locavore as we can manage and what’s not local will be as local and organic/sustainable/free trade as possible within the budget. I’ll write about what we’re eating, where we got it, how much it cost, and how far away from us it was. And, of course, how it tastes. That’s all been fairly simple to figure out. Finding food resources has been fairly simple thanks to the Kentucky Proud website’s search producers by county function. But naming the thing–that’s turning out to be a right bitch. I got no ideas. A friend made a few suggestions: Shootin’ at Some Food, We Eat Rednecks, Beyond Apple Butter and Deer Steaks, You Can’t Live on Oxy Alone, and On Beyond Possum. I like the Appalachian flavor of them, but would like to avoid ugly and untrue hillbilly stereotypes like suggesting people eat possum around here. So bring on the suggestions, folks! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/2 "2009-07-21T19:01:45Z")
Appalachian Omnivore Cumberland Cuisine Backwoods Bakin’ Eastern Kentucky Eating (or “Eatin’,” as you prefer) All Terrain Vegetables (ATV for short) I can think of more, if you’d like! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/3 "2009-07-21T19:07:46Z")
Ken Tuck In Ken Tuck Eatin’ okay, I got nothin ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/4 "2009-07-21T19:08:31Z")
Roadkill Casserole. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/5 "2009-07-21T19:30:26Z")
Healthy Holler ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/6 "2009-07-21T19:32:06Z")
Eat the Rich No, wait–the rich probably aren’t local. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/7 "2009-07-21T19:39:53Z")
Umm - why not “Hillbilly Locavore Food Blog” ? Kinda kidding, kinda serious - I like the combo of Hillbilly with Locavore… ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/8 "2009-07-21T19:44:12Z")
I don’t know if you want to avoid the word hillbilly, but if not, how about The Homegrown Hillbilly? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/9 "2009-07-21T19:45:37Z")
Living High on the Hills The Bluegrass Bon Vivant ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/10 "2009-07-21T19:55:44Z")
Yeah, I think Hillbilly Locavore is awesome. It’s fun to say and accurately describes what you’re offering. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/11 "2009-07-21T19:55:55Z")
Elliot County Eatin’ Magoffin County Munchin’ Letcher County Locavores Pike County Picnic Floyd County Food Bell County Bites … you get the idea… ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/12 "2009-07-21T20:02:25Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > Yeah, I think Hillbilly Locavore is awesome. It’s fun to say and accurately describes what you’re offering. on a practical basis, having an “accurate” name makes it MUCH easier to find on Google searches…cuter names can relegate your site to obscurity… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/13 "2009-07-21T20:10:30Z")
_The Blue Ridge Kitchen_ ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/14 "2009-07-21T20:12:53Z")
I was going to suggest simply “Hillbilly Locavore” as well. Descriptive and catchy. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/15 "2009-07-21T20:58:32Z")
Someone else suggested Coal Miner’s Dinner, which I thought was simple, funny, and very evocative of the region. Plus I’m a huge Loretta Lynn fan. I see what people are saying about the ease and directness of just calling it Hillbilly Locavore, though. I like easy and direct, it saves time and hassle. What do people think about Coal Miner’s Dinner: The Hillbilly Locavore Project ? ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/16 "2009-07-21T21:45:04Z")
I like it, but I came in here to suggest CrazyCatChow, as an homage to yourself. I’m not sure how people react to hillbilly when it’s, y’know, an accurate description. Maybe Hill Country Locavore Project if you want to be more PC. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/17 "2009-07-21T23:27:37Z")
I like “Shootin’ at some food” “Victual Reality” ETA: “Coal Miner’s Dinner” is good, too. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/18 "2009-07-22T06:50:06Z")
Coal Miner’s Diner? But I really vote for Hillbilly Locavore. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/19 "2009-07-22T06:53:51Z")
Mountain Sage; being a play on the Bluegrass radio show Mountain Stage. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760/20 "2009-07-22T10:03:07Z")
Ramps and Pone (I like it for its word texture and brief descriptiveness, as well as it’s reference to local staples that have been around forever) Holler Hag (Actually, not as bad as it sounds in context…old witchy medicine women were the true locavores of the mountains, they could feed you and cure you.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hillbilly-locavore-food-blog/503760.md?page=2)