
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, June 26, 1993                   TAG: 9309180300
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Almena Hughes
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

COOKBOOK HAS ROOTS IN HASH FAMILY HISTORY

When the descendants of Jim and Sallie Hash meet Sunday in Franklin County for their 20th annual reunion, they'll literally be able to get a taste of their history through a cookbook that spans over a century of the families' favorite recipes.

Some of the recipes in the 200-page book had to be translated from "a handful of this, a big scoop of that, mix until it looks right and bake til done," said Hash descendant and project coordinator Linda Sutphin, speaking by phone from her Colleyville, Texas, home. Most - from old-fashioned souse meat, liver pudding, oven apple butter or chow chow to quick desserts like pina colada cake - have been updated to give both old and modern instructions, some even using convenience foods.

The project, in which 150 families participated, took about two years to complete. In addition to the 470 recipes, there are 33 pages of family history and photographs. Contributors ranged from a 7-year-old great-great granddaughter living in Grapevine, Texas, to 100-years-young granddaughter Ada Hash, who lives in Roanoke.

The Hashes trace their lines in Franklin County, Patrick County and the Roanoke Valley back to the mid 1830s, when William James Hash immigrated from Ireland and married Elizabeth Ellen Terry. Their youngest son, James Henry "Jim" Hash, married Sarah Frances "Sallie" Thompson in 1866, when he returned from fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War. Jim's and Sallie's descendants put together the cookbook.

Sutphin says the book was not intended to be a money-making project. About 500 copies of "The Hash Family Treasured Recipes and Family History'' have been prepared for family members. If any copies are left after the reunion, they may be available for about $15 each, with proceeds tentatively going to the Ferrum Volunteer Rescue Squad. Interested people can write to Sutphin at P.O. Box 37, Colleyville, Texas 76034.

by CNB