The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-07
4 GEORGIA DARB ECUE.
FOOahsOme Things PrepareA fnp
Hungry People AZ Stone Mount.
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Perhaps the raTess treat that .,aors,.
people furnish Northern. visitors whe eaine
fashioned barbecue. This Is an insti,,iion
o. me state as much in vogue as II MAS
cue i at w sansSfy ago i is the same bsrbe-
ga long before the days ia w SSu Stems Isas.,
lei little TO roast. Not all the spienaor IN
W s,,,;;a,., Atlanta has been rebuilt has been
body down here calls Il BIZ ne f,,,' na mo-
everybody calls the OCCASION. when = daxsn
a 9r,. more S ea,scassss are roasted over a slow
The best known barbecue location In the
s.a.e y ~ stone mountain, sixteen miles
Here are t 1hs aoS On the Georgia railroad:
the Venable family The iii. s,ans ..s cs ..
air. as well as the Inviting summer resii-
e enS o. the venables at the base. are in
srty; Near the site Of the hamssIead ara
the barbecue grounds, surrounded bv cot
ing biaek b Sosaaf 81 s sns the great lower
thousands Of Northern buildings and
streets nave oeen huilt and paved. In the
ss sSr ,, Il which twenty-five tables have
berries Of all esiors. nfnsi lille stream o winas
nstu m s shSoufn the Bcs asass g shs
tive 2, feet sss deep and inres feet wide When
lea With dry Ion rspared s tn.s pit =
ether 9th r, The WOOD is burned down to . long
pea OF redhos coa.s. when 1t is ready for
hs b rSsss nslpa process sss.. - -, -
tuas pH. They generally consist OF nine
Iamos. three kids and three snoats Tho
s sha OF the careases are spread apart until
Two Two sharr pointed hickory sticks 1--WE feet
ion, ion. and as thick as hoe handle are
,thhr IN. .; endwiss through the nesh, q foot OF
on these ends. the carcass is spread out nat
across ., the pif and the roasting process be-
ne mornnT ana are RE s aontso at oSiosk IN
II O'clock In the afternoon. The flre az
m rsi Is th ssps dow1 barely sn,;iet to
creased unsii the earcases are pea' ras Is ,n
through and through. From time to time
they are bas.ed BY the attendants. who
containins a mixture Of ado dozen 'Y inrrsd iH
ems Of the relish character and spread the
h3t ccndimept over the sizzling meat. At
.sos sna and q On R are w placed d
dressed chickens. which are roasted along
with the lambs. kids and shoats. and are
has delicious flavor. But the visitors do
not eat meat alone There is another dish
INDIGENOUS ind. 70 Georgia and no barbecue is
wick stew. Had the soldiers camped at
Chickamauga been permitted to get plate
Of this preparation once q week they would
longer than they did. a pot or Brunswick
stew consists Of the meat Of thirty-five
chickens which have been boiled until the
the fingers. Tiftsen' pounds p., asis Of calves
liver 10 added. the latter being crushed with
the fingers. Then comes thirty cans OF to-
matoes and the same quantity Of green
corn Then the seasoning. consisting Of red
peppers, and finally six pounds OF butter
and four gallons OF sweet milk are dropped
stew commences Two hours after the lambs.
kids and shoats have been put on the fire.
II is not removed until the carcases are
Guests are called to dinner by the blow
ing Of q steers horn. Great Plates are load
ed with the. different kinds of meat and q
ispperfuf OF Brunswick stew. beside each
bread One-haif a iarge-sized pepper pod
is. hlled with the most delicious chicken
salad and placed at the plate OF each guest
The dinner IL served with either tea %
coffee. Beer takes the place Of both. Tho
beer kegs are put inside Hour barrels and
The Georgia barbecue involves an Inn
mensc amount of labor. At least two doz-
en- negroes are engaged in the preparations.
serving the guests. Upward of nifty harbe-
cues a year are given ON the Eenabla
property. The three vsnable brothers are
connoisseurs and they personally engage ia
the preparation OF the feasts. They enter
tain extensively. most Of the barpecues be-
ing gwen to their friends A barbecue was
gently held their annual convention In At
lan,a. On this occasion thev Were taken
to Stone mountain on special train. TIE
Veuable brothers personally received the
clerks. and their wives presided over the
dinner took them around the mountain on
one OF their stone trains and invited them
to their home, where WAS met "A gentle old
lady. the mother OF these weiI-Suown
Southern boys VINO spends the summer in
their delightful mountain home ana the
winter in Atlanta. As lizzie diversion,
while waiting for dinner. big red fox.
which had been captured for the occasion.
was turned loose I'm neiebhorlng cotton
patch. and shortly aftersard "a pack If
Georgia bounds were permitted 20 give
chase This Is the usual sidesnow Of q
Georgia barbecue. Ths cost OF one Of these
entertainments IL much more than enc
who has never attended one would suppose.
The ordinary barbecue costs ali the way
from $50 20 5000.