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普拉特 (Prater) 的面粉厂
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住在乔治亚西北部的居民，每年会在具历史意义的水力面粉厂内举办两次庆祝当地文化常规的庆典；座落于Coahulla
Creek的普拉特面粉厂建于1855年，建造者是
班杰明普拉特 (Benjamin
Franklin Prater) ；内战时，这间面粉厂
曾被敌对的双方拿来做为军营，因为它是重要的食物来源，所以未遭摧毁；直到1950年前，这间面粉厂的经营者一直是普拉特家
族。
在母亲节 (Mother's
Day) 及哥伦布日 (Columbus
Day) 的周末，面粉厂会重新运作并碾碎黄白玉米，而其他的常规行业也会同时进行示范，如：鋳铁及家俱及乐器
制造；其中一样乐器是扬琴，它是弦乐器的一种，使用轻槌敲击弦线发音，而不是以拉弹的方式演奏。
庆典上所提供的菜单是常规的南方食物，如：hoecake及Poke沙拉，而庆典上的音乐则是阿帕拉契山区音乐；Hoecake是用玉米粉做成的
薄饼，使用铁盘来烘烤或煎；因为人们常使用锄头的刀身来烘烤这道菜，故名Hoecake，而Poke沙拉则是用长于美国东部的一种野生蔬菜所做成。
Twice a year Northwestern Georgia celebrates its cultural traditions on the grounds of a historic water-powered mill. The Prater Mill, located on the Coahulla Creek, was built by Benjamin Franklin Prater in 1855. During the Civil War, the mill was used as a campsite for soldiers on both sides. Since it was considered an important source of food, it was not destroyed. The Prater family operated the mill until the 1950s.
On Mother's Day and Columbus Day weekends, the mill goes back into operation by grinding yellow and white cornmeal. Other old-time industries are demonstrated during these weekends, such as blacksmithing and the making of furniture and musical instruments. One of these instruments is the dulcimer, a type of stringed instrument on which the strings are beaten with a small hammer rather than plucked.
Traditional Southern foods such as hoecakes and poke salad are served at these festivals, and Appalachian music is performed. Hoecakes are made of cornmeal shaped into a flat cake and baked or fried on a griddle. The hoecake got its name because it was sometimes baked on the blade of a hoe. Poke salad is made of a vegetable that grows wild in the eastern United States.
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