Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-12-05

OF the pastry. Then the row of PIES |
and bread for the family for a week
were put into the brick oven, which
had been properly heated by a brisk
fre of dry wood and the Goals and
ashes all drawn out from the stone
floor, over which the roof arched. In
this cavern the things to be baked re-
mained for two Or three hours, the op-
ening being closed with wooden door,
lined with sheet tin, until the dough
had assumed the proper consistency
and golden brown covered the tops
of the loaves and of the toothsome
pies. When there was piecrust left in
sufficient for an entire pie mother
used to make what she called turn
over-a little pie with the piece of
crust enwrapping its filing and turned
over from the bottom. This was baked
on broken earthen pie dish or
piece of plate, ard when it was done
and it was given to me, regarded it
as the greatest dainty of the week. Do
you remember the story of the woman
who said she had three kinds of pies
-'openfaced, crossbarred and kivered'
all appIe2 Well, we used to have
apple and minee pies of all three of
these sorts, according as it was desired
to have the upper crust"
/ Well" said listener, you know
| the story Of the old woman who
marked her pies so that she would
know what they were without cutting
them. She put a T On each. When
askedwhct it meant she replied:
We'll. on this it means "'Tis mince,"
and on the other, '' 'Tain't mince'' She
must have had guessing match"
Speaking OF country ways" said
another, stcan any Of you match this?
It was in little town in Vermont at
the village hoste1ry, where we spent
the night while On a walking trip. AT
breakfast the landlords daughter
served as waitress. She brought in
some pancakes, and one OF the party,
who saw that they were not well
enough done to be palatable, sent them
back to the kitchen to get some that
were better done. In a moment the
girl returned and slapped the plate
with it's rale burden down On the ta-
BILE and exclaimed: 'Them's the dun
dest they be- Every word of the SEN
tence save the 1.-THE" is wrong gram
matieally."
Speaking Of apple pies reminds
me" rejoined the first speaker, '.of the
! man who was, telling how many uses
!; could be made of the fruit of the ap-
! pie tree. He enumerated baked apples
apple pies, apple tarts, apple dump
lings, sweet cider, hard cider, apple
Jack, vinegar, and apple toddy. 'fhen
a listener told him he had failed tc
mention the most important produc1
Of the apple tree, especially to boys
: What Is it?' he remarked. Stomach.
, ache,' was the reply
While the apple may be the bes
? fruit Of a tree" said the matter-af
r and pastry think there is nothing
[ like the pumpkin to make tasty pie
2 in the days before and after Thanks
: giving. This is a fruit of the melon OF
, squash family, and it's name seems tt
/ be simply change of form from pum
: pion, or pompion, which is itself an
4
{ other of pepon, from the Greek wore
for kind OF melon, which is believed
/, to be connected with the Sanscri
2 word for something to cook. The In
: dams of this country are believed t.
1 have had pumpkins as well as Indiar
{ corn before the whites came here, bu
? they were known in Europe before tn.
4 16 century, and may have been takel
e there from Asia. The common pump
4 kin which is grown so plentifully il
: cornfelds in this latitude, is vine
j which grows to the length Of 20 or 2!
g feet often, and produces great gouTd
r like fruit, cblong, with fattened ends
5 and weighing from ten to 40 or evei
p SO pounds apieces. There is flesh.
: layer, an inch or two in thickness, I'm
q der the rough rind, and this is the ed
t ible portion Within is a space con