Democratic messenger., 1881-10-15

Sakes. but is DAT wine good =
+" You shall taste it. Aunt Melinda,
and judge for yourself; aud | poured
out some in cocOauut dipper.
. Bless Us 'tis so-real stuff-iest
like We bad forty years ago. When [
wor a gal aud mars. ders is some
swing it. Tarrapin stew?
We are just goiug to fetch it Now,
you set dawn on dat settle and Jess
watch me. Most anybody can brile
chickens. bile corn, stew tomatoes
but It's science wil tarrspin. Sc had
desc tsrrapiu il now an hour, billing
hard, and now Use going to shuck EN-.
takes dem out and cools dem ia dis
spring water. aud off, you see, comes dc
black hide"
Then Melinda tonk ofF the black skin
and divided the terrapin 10 two. Then
she separated the gall carefully aud
cbopp I'd up the liver. She took two
large tablespnoBiuls Of butter and tea
spJon'ui of liur, and set that on her
wood fire in an earthern crock, stirring
it with wooden spoon, aud then shc
called me. = ess as soon as de butter
foth and take mua'to color you jess
stop uddrrwise you burn him don't
want none Of dis yerc spice in my tar
rapiu 1t jess kills EN- You see me
salt him ever so little. Now. put dis
yere billed ,arrapin what is chopped up
F. foe in that there butter. and warm
him, tut don't bring him TO the bile. -
Whar's your cream? | tits into dis
just dis yere tumblerful of cream aud
shakes liul. Now whar's dis yere wine
THAI you was braggiHg about! Thers
is most four quarts OF tarrapiu here.
am g~ine 10 take jess four winegIassfuI
of dat port wine aud put in dis yere
tumbler. aud am gwine TO break dis
egg and take dc yaler of ii aud beat it
up wid de wina. Is you ready for your
dinner? For by de time you's sot to
table dis yere mess of tarrapin will be
ready. Tor de wine and ]e egg is do
very last thing puts in aud don't
bile 'em, but stir em up while de tarra-
piu is bot-dat's cooking enough. -
Thar's one thing wanting and dat's
z, cen pepper. Alonzo ibis was ad-
dressed to a little darkey-' you 20
qnick and pull me in de garden one
small green pepper. aud hurry" In a
trice AIonzo was back. Meioda cut
piece OF the green pepper. not larger
than teaspoon aud cut 1t up wonder
fully fine AID StreSed it on the hct tar
rapn.
g Dey dou't do dat ere on the Vir-.
ginia side" said Melinda "but dey
don't know no,hiu' over dar," and she
pointed deGantly with a spoon over her
shoulder at some imaginary place land
NE and Miss Fitsbugh's cook. Venus.
come Bear wunst to blows over dat pep
per She don't know muffin. a.cram-
ming nutmeg~ aud PAISLEY. aud all sorts.
of garden stuff in her t@--~y'n. nn ub-
4 county nigger vat never did know nutflD
more dan how TO bake johnny cake
\ Now you 60 to put that gr'ea pepper
in 10 hunks, and you spite tarrapiu Sbo'
hcney. DIS old woman ought to have
Just oue more cup Of dat wine TO set her
up, for dis ere kitchen is mighty close,
aud COW IN bile dis fish, aud give dis
yere chicken fry. Go eat your dinner
young man. mind you tell mars dat dis
yere iarrapin take every drop Of dis
!. yere wiue-you hear" Aud Melinda
handed the dish Of tarrapin to AloDzo,
i and followed it into the diniOg-rOom i.
i There never was such tarrapin stew.
nor kinder host. Fortunately. there
Was another bottle OF port. The cap
tain brewed punch. Oh. the good old
days on that Maryland coast. when ter
rapiu were plenty Bob, the Sea Cook.