Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-07
THAT roornsoME DISH.
An Old Darkey Tells How Plankcd shsd
Was Accidentally Orixin.scd.

An Old Darkey Tells How Plankcd shsd
Was Accidentally Originsscd.
~ sees, sab, dat dey is eaiin' die heah plsnk'd
shad down de ribber aein. But whar de Lawd
dey done got de name NJ plank'd shAd ~ tu
much for this ole niggah, sab.
Yer sees, sab, de shad dey ID rich. nuff
dere amt nuthin under de sun de matter uid
shad, but its de name uf de way ds, dey cooks
en- dat Use sprised Tout For dis heah
plank'd shad amt nuthiu in de wurt but one
uf desc tings dat sort er 60 OF wen yer amt
iookin' fur EN-. One Of desc tings, yer kno'.
sab. dat amt calkerlated fur.
"Acksdents! Yes. sab, dats EN-, sab. Oats
tes zackly rat plank'd shad cum frum. a. n
an nuthin' else, sab. in de wurl An ef yer Il
shuah, sab, dat isn't pursumin' too much on
ssh s tune r., sab, III ies prSp0an de reason
shad dun cum rum CT acksdent
Yer see, sab, Use mighty ole now-nigh on
to de time de Good Book lows ter us chil'en uf
de airth. but my ole gran farder sab. vuz bean
older den I is wen he CROSSED de ribber dat NE
| is all oieeged to cross. An e; wuz frum DO ole
man, sab. dat l learned de fac dat wat dc
white folks call plsnkd shad aint plank'd shad
tall
IN THE GOOD OLD TINE
Yer mus kno, sab, dat my ole gran'taraer
wuz one Of Gineral George Washin'.un's own
servants, sab, an de ginerat sot or heap sigh;
on him, sah De ginerai. AFTER 10 close uf lie
reTeriushunary war, settled down ter tex hrs
ease at Mount Vernon, down de ribber hcah
an nj course nv ole gran'farder he wuz dar
tn De gineral wuz mighty fon' uf shad, an
low dat deere wuznt nuthia' tn tech EN- dis
side uf de ribber Jordan. lie wuznt satisfied
Wild havin 'em jes in de spring. but dose he
cudnt eat den he hung up an dried fur de
winter. An in duin' DAT, ez will lucidate. de
aeksdent cum long wat lowed dat dere wuz
er way nj cookin' de shad dat no I'm ebber
heered tell uf befo'-er way uf cookin' en-
sab, dat no nobody amt yit 'prov'd on. an err
way uf cookin' EN- dat nobody amt a-eoin' tu
prove on onless dc good Lawd whisper de way
HIsself.
ALL ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.
DE way de acksdent cum wuz jes like dis, ez
| ct WIZ tot tn me, sab. by my gran 'farder his
self. My gran'farde he hev a log cabin right
nigh de ole manshun. cause GineraI Washin'-
tun, ez splain'd tn yer, sot er heap sight on
my gran 'farder an want him right dar all de
time Well, san, de log cabiniwuz de bes' on de
place, an wuz made out uf de bes' on de place,
an wuz made out uf de bes' oak logs dat cud
De bed. sab. De logs dey wuz jus saw'd down
de length uf EN- an de fiat side sot out, SO dat
DE cabin pear ez smooth like ez yer please.
sab Durin' de fshin' season de cul-
! lud folks dey fus' dry de ginerars fish.
an den dey dry all dey want fur themselves
Bout de time dat l is a-talkin' bout all uf de
ginerals shad he'd bin dried, an de cullud
loiks on de place wuz dryin' dere's. De day
DAT Is a-taikin' bout, my ole gran farder-
III course he wuZn't ole denied caught or lot
uf de shad, an after he he'd done clean'd 'em
he he'd hung EN- on de side uf his cabin He
hung his bacon dar tn, an ez ct happen'd der
wuz er lot uf de bacon hangin' dar JUS 'bove
de shad dot berry day.
"Arter my gran'farder he'd done hung de
shad up he went off tn tend tn his work
tlnkin' how mighty fine dem shad'n be de
cuinin winter. Well, sab, he hedn't bin gone
I'VE minutes, sab, wen he hured de cry Of
hre an iookin' back he saw er pig pile Of
smoke a-cufnin right up from de cabin itself.
NY gran farder he rush back JUS ez fas' ez his
legs tex him, an wen he gifts dar he sees dat
er Pile OF ire wood right shear his cabin he'd
DIN sot a-hre by sum uf de chil'en.
WHEN THE FIRE WAS STOPPED.
'Dey tried mighty hard to stop dat fire, but
befo' dey cud git any water tall mos uf de
WOOD he'd gone, an my gran'farder's cabin
itself wuz scorch'd up mighty bad. sab. DE
nre wuz on de same side dat de bacon an de
shad wuz, but de folks wuz SO busy fightin' de
nre dat dey nebber once tinkd uf 'em. An.
tank de good Lawd, seq /, dat dey didn't Fur
ez dey march'd up tn whar de fish an de bacon
ned BIN hung, spectin' tn find de whole passei
stroy d, 10 an behor dey foun' dem shad
cook d like dey he'd nebber bin cook'd befo' on
DIS airth. An yer kin b'lieve me ur yer kin
disb 'iieve me, sab, wen tells yer dat de ius'
ting dose niggers du arter dey rekiver'd dere
senses wuz tn pitch in an eat shad tell dere
wuznt eben de bones lef. sab.
w lie dey wuz a-eatin' 'em Gineral WASH
In ton hisself cum ridin' up to see W at wuz de
cunmoshun, an befo' Gawd. sab, ef de gin
eral didn't hev sum uf dem shad sont up to de
manshun for de Madame an GineraI iaffyit,
who had done stopp'd to pay his respecs. Yer
see, sab. de fire sizzled de bacon SO dat de fat
JUS drap an drap down on de shad, an dereby
season 'em heap better den anything else cud.
Oats de aksdent dat glib rise to wat yer
white folks now calls plank'd shad, but de good
l.awd kno's dat dey amt plank'd shad Dey is
log shad, ef dey is anything. sah!'