, 1885-02-21


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The place was a Virginia picnic resort
IN lhc heart OF the woods, not many
mioa from Washington. Il was partic
larry fitted far = haroocua. being fur
nIshod with a pavilion and a bountlful
spring, while through the hollow ran
little 1ircam, tributary OF the Potomac
The woods around we're clothed in al the
forgoons drsi OF autumn Early in tho
day The farmers began 70 arrive, bring
ing their wives and families in com
modious farm wagons, and pcketing
tho'r horses IA the grove. To them 4
barbecue was not q novelty. They bad
attended those gatherings when they
we've boys, and now as grown men had
come onto again 70 listen 70 the speeches
n1d cal q liarAccle dinner
The NIGHT prlgioas to the barbecue an
o. weighing 800 pounds had been
slaughtered and dressed. A trench
ahout three fet deep, three feet wide,
and rix feet long had been dug IN the
grolnd, and an iron grating laid in It q
few inclcs from the bottom. Upon this
grating an immense iire OF los had
been built The carcass Of tho OK ha
been splttod with long pole. which
waa supported on fiihpia al oacn end o
thc trench AZ one end Of tho spit was
crank, and tbs was turned steadily
By rfl1gs OF mon dur.ng the entire night,
the lr1 beng Kept At as near . uniform
heat as posl L.
Iron twe.vs to fifteen hours are r.
qiired % roast an or in this manner.
The I1as1n ur OF pcpper and salt is
mi ci In a % kel and applied i5eally
Nh 10 tho crank ! beins turned Ths
nesh o1n assumes o rich br WI, and
l1g snail Is most aavury one. Great
care must ta-fn not 10 COO the beef too
qui KY. Genera iy q man who has
perionco 10 IA .becacs Is engaged sseci
ally for the cas;on, and H. must Il
ihc coorine rs entiro attention Il b..
NslcI 10 ma 9 his WORK Satisfactory.
When the oastng Is completed The Ore
Is allow q 70 die oct. tbs ro-
mains W "a the spit. the admiration Of
. lergo crowd nti It IS tme to cut
the mat for dinner
10 the same way three or four sheen
are roasted whole But simply bread
and meat win not do for a bari eour
dinner. The immense iron pot. o e.
which an artd dar ey Is bending Wi.h
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with sweet pontoes. A barrel and a
Ia Of ihcse are consumed at the ar
becue which Z now tang des ribed
The codee. Too. is made on a large sale.
Ton or fifteen pounds are wrapped up 10
. cloth and thrown into a pot holding
nearly 100 gallons Of boiling water. BY
this means there are no loose grounds IN
the pot, and the coiee 10 the Goth loo Is
hke an immense pl1m Pudd ng. ItsA
: crowd easily saiiifed, which does not
require the pot 10 be hlled up two or
throo tines
The dinner 4 served on wooden plates,
each person beng given a tin-cupful Of
coffee, pickle, a sweet potato, a piece
Of beef md mutton. Tread in abundan e,
and rouetimTs cheese. The coffee is
iakpn from the pot to the long tables in
buckets, and the bread is sliced and car.
ried IN barr ls In feeding q multitude
nowadays there is needed something
nom than ave loayes and three fishes.
There is no indication that the barbe-
cue is dying out IL Is a IArt OF the
80 .th, and has had considerable TO do
with making southern history. Il Is
mainly an occasion for joliiy and good
feeling. Sometimes, howel n, il has
been darsened by tie orimes of those
whose feuds have made them forget the
laws Of hosp taliiy and have caused
them 70 raise their hands against each
other.