The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-24
PCSSUM AND GOOSE
 PUMPKIN AND TOBACCO
By SAVOYARD

I lN llk llNl B Ill hI IlI |lli Hl H Nl 1lf DBD 1 him to his legitimate destiny and make l him a constituent element of bread. | When l was boy the forest area of l Barren County, Ky, was perhaps ten times what 1t Is now. and frost, Kill l ing' frost. was always tardy, and oft | times as late as All Saints Day. Every | farmer had his late patch of corn for 1 roasting ears during October. In the 1 last days of that month the corn was l in the dough" and when 1t got lft- l tie harder, it was plucked. shucked and | grated, as you would a nutmeg on tin l grater as big as full sheets or fools | cap paper, pended over board. Talk about corn meal.--that's the stuff; but | ing on such, daily, we would not die at | weeks, otherwise we would get too proud to die. And it is likely that feed | ing nsuch. daily, we would not die at I all, we would stay so virtuous. Remem- I Der Enoch and Elijah.
 l We'll there's your meal. Now get | your pumpkin, not one of those pale, l yellow chaps, but one of muddy red, a great big fellow. Take the pulp from | the rind and stew it to mush. On no account put any sugar in it. Pumpkin | pie without sugar is insipid, and with sugar it is abomination, fit only for pa- | gans. Sift your meal, grated meal new l from the cob; put in some cracklings-- | the pig killed the day before afforded 1 then-and your stewed pumpkin. and make into a mess of consistency be- tween batter and dough. Now, shovel | up the ashes where the hearth joins the l fireplace, wipe the surface clean with l a dishrag, put your stun down In CO., pious quantity; lay 1t over with big | cabbage leaves, white and crisp; cover | with hot embers, and then rake all live | coals in the fireplace on top. When done and served with rich. sweet milk, nut 1 ty, fresh, and sweet butter, and the loin l of a 'possum, the man who has just l swallowed a hog driver of old Burbon | would not leave that board at the in- | vitation of Lucullus to feast with Lu- I cullus. When Lucullus supped with Lucullus.
 | In the absence of the 'possum, fat green goose will serve; but to get the best results from that the feast must be pulled off at still house, and a moonshine layout is about as good as | any, so far as the savor of the dish is concerned. The goose must have been a goslfng in April and fed for the pur- | pose all the rest of the spring, all of summer and throughout autumn until actual winter. Now it is fat and ready for the artist. Execute it by the bleed- ing process in the roof of the mouth. Not on your life shall you take q feather off. Dress 1t by splitting down the back, caring for the giblets. Let that goose take the frost for at least one night before 1t is dressed, three nights would be better with added days. Then when the doubling Is off"- moonshiners know what that means have ready your goose with the feathers on and stuffed with onions, cornbread crumbs sausage meat. the real sausage none of your dog or bull beef--a clove of garlic cut up, a spice clove or | kxyA fnnT Then alIrTOt1nd that goose. so prepared. with a wall of clay such as brick are made of roll the thing, now nearly as big as a whiskey barrel into the furnace whence the fire had been drawn; put the coals back over the mass. sit down and play a game of seven-up with three other good fellows and good players, with stakes just big enough to excite in- terest and too small to arouse cupid ity; keep tbe thing up till a-couplt o'clock in the morning, when the crock cry is drawn From the fire, broken wit , a sledge, the skin and feathers adher ing to the crockery, and there you hav' a dish that, had it been set before him E would have caused Adam to reject thu apple. Imagine that with pumpk II bread, 'possum, and-moonshine whis-, in which you could taste the corr silk!
 
 should follow a feast of pot-licker. broth of equal excellence with 'possun of goose. and as promotive of felictt and longevity. I allude to quid tobacco. I have not now that compo sition before me: but when I saw 1t fl print I realied that I had been guilt. of a series of omissions and as I hay
 been esked to repeat the thing by sun dry persons. who never Knew 1t excep from hearsay. I shall now propose
 new and more accurate edition as fol
 lows viz:
 Tn the first place. the "barrens" c
 Kentucky is the land where the tobac
 co plant attains it's acme. There, on
 frosty morn in autumn the virgin woo
 exudes saltpetre and the soil Is fertil
 enough for hemp or turnip without en
 barrassment to it's exsaustless energies
 That was when I was boy, Rock!
 rough, a snkTole on every tract; suf
 terranean streams draining ever
 square mile: the Mammoth Cave, jus
 across the line; the vegetable growt
 scrub hickory scrub post oak, vii
 grapevine. dense hazelnut thicket. her
 black walnut. there a red dogwood-
 everywhere May apple, perhaps frol
 the mandrakes with which Leah hire
 Jacob of Rachel. N
 Go here and clear patch in the lat
 June or early July, digging up all tn - stumps possible; pile the brush and gt
 all the rails you can, of the post oak
 and haul off the fire wood. Leave tn
 debris to rot till dry spell in Januar,
 then set it afire, and dig up the remain
 ing stumps. Now blow 1t with JumI
 ing cutter ahead of a very narrow "bu
 tongue" and harrow. piling the root
 Repeat this operation when the winc
 of March have made the ground dr
 enough for the blow after the rains tf
 sleets, the freezes, and the thaws
 February. Get every root out of tf
 way. and again in April go over blow and harrow. In May, about tf
 18th. blow and harrow fourth tim
 Hay the ground off' as for corn. thr'
 feet each way. and then transplant tf tobacco from the bed. They used
 make hills for this. but that has bee
 found to be useless labor. When tf
 plants have been set for some eightes
 days. go over the ground with the h'
 and destroy all vegetable grown b'
 the tobacco and be sure that your plai
 is of the yellow prior variety. If yo
 neglect that precaution all your lab'
 is vain. Your tobacco Vih not be fit | oh