, 1888-06-07
PIE m THE SOUTH.
sew ErgIand's Pet is Very Highly Is
fsrruPd in New orleans.

feefued in New orleans.
-75s-s are 4 great many different kinds
,f re. from the Curr&nt and pumpkin
r-.Tstv of colder climate TO that juicy
Southern confectiOl, sometimes cooked in
an c1r-hpn plate and then again cmbroid-
,.aI with leather trErpings, called the
..rataa TaEc. Not feeling competent 10
grasp Tie complex subject fully, or give
an Intelligent synopsis Of the question
uruiGcd. tie reporter visited some of tie
most prominent merchants and merchant
-e-s.~ u New Orleans, gathering few
Interesting facts in regard TO the trade.
Tna first celored pastTyman called on
was tHiI. powerful man, whose unUs nj
development Of muscle showed the c!lcCt
II lis labor in this line. He makes a
toGr 81 The town twice every day, save
sunday. when the law confines his sales
10 a few local and strictly private Gus
fp,acC..
Pes vary with the season. all except
dried apples known TO the craft as the
odd reliable" You sre," the yender
continued. y have all kinds-peach, po-
tGtoc. cocCauut, cherry. apple and cram
berry. I believe / am the only merchant
in this civ able TO show cranberry pie
IL JUnc, and m prOud Of il. They ain'J
easy things TO keep neither, but q person
must study and understand their nature.
Now, 1 know you can't aiT-bouEd cram
hcrrics-'taint possible. Just as fast as
you get 'em stewed down and stopped M
lust that soon they blow the very heaGs
OF the Jars. They make such strong vim
Cgar you can't hold them down. ! humOr
things like that. | bile mine down, leave
the jars open, give 'em plenty Of room,
and they never seem to care about
making fuss. say now what | said
-, Of
air-bound, and it amt any use to try.
Il find" he went on, that most in
general its clerks aud newsboys eats the
biggest number Of pies, straight along
durin' the week. Bosses eats 'enl, too
hut they have so much stayin' up at night
to do and treatin' customers that il kinder
| spiles their taste for sweets. l make ev-
cry last one ot them yOd see in my basket
| fresh every morning, and / make 'em my
self, l won't have any woman fU55in'
round my work. They amt got the
strength or the discretion TO make pics
| accordin' TO my notion. l slap up the
| pastry light and easy, and have my 'gredi-
| enJs ready TO have iilli in. Some lattice,
| others the tops lett clean OF, and the TeSt
| have all over covers.
Bout pGyiu', l amt fooled easy.
can tell most every timei when man
| picks over my pies, SmeIlin' and snilin' g,
| ashin' il I'm shore thcy'S clean and if
make certain the fruit wasn't spilled,
! know his change is scarce I cut the pie
mighty slow, givin' Him plenty of time To
| get the nickel before / lay the pie down.
| The neXt party interviewed was an an
cicnt bright colored mUlatto woman,
| wearing a purple dress and sun bonnet,
| the picture of cleanliness. She sat on a
stool Ieside her stand, the wares protect
| ed by tent of mosquito netting. All the
| day long her stick moves ceaselessly, its
| many streamers tiuttering TO the terror OF
every sort of insect. The marchGnde was
sociable and communicative. Said she
| WAS Creole woman, and had cooked il
Il rich family before the war. After free
| time came she drifted into restaurant
LIE, but had It rough experience. Gave
that up and tried private catering again,
but things were 50 different from old
times she couldn't endure it, and set III
her little stand, which had beer land
mark fOF ten years past. Now, mon
sieUr, it pay poor" she answered her in
teTroGator. Some days, yes; some days
and an expressive shrug told the dull
ness and depression in business that occa-
sionGlly reigns over the tiny pie baZar.-
| New Orleans Times-DemoCrat.