The farmer and mechanic., 1909-07-27
s.BUNGIET'' AND @SONKER'' Lux
UKIES.


for favorite dishes that cause envy
by the less fortunate denizens u the
state. A few days ago, III the search
for knowledge by which it advertised
its ignorance, the News and Observer
printed the following editorial plea
FOR light:
THE mountain folks are sure to
have good times in the hot weather.
A few days ago it was noticed that an
Ashe county man was enjoying "a
June apple bunglet for dinner
And now the Wilkesboro Chronicle
tells of a "sOnker supper and cake
'lk'' at Moravian Falls. The Chron-
,tic says that the "sonker pie" was bid
in by Mr.. r. Don Laws.
We call upon the Jefferson Recorder
to give a receipt for making "Bung-
let'' and the Wilk kesboro Chronicle
for a receipt for making "sOnker', so
that these delicacies may be enjoyed
by the hungry of the East who never
heard of these favOrite dishes in
Ashe and Wilkes
The Wilkesboro Chronicle, always
ready to guide the feet of the mex
Deri'"o~' shed light to those who
walk zness, and give a food of
infcrns>. >.on to those who are in the
with pity and com rniseration. Bob Deal,
the veTsat tile editor of that paper who
was "brung up" on "sOnkers" and
'bunglets'' feels like the man who
lacks the knowledge of these two,
1ire-side words is most ignorant Of
mankind, and therefore he gives the
following enlightenment:
''The brilliant editor of the News
and Observer after having travelled
the state from Manteo to Murphey
confesses his ignorance about two of
the favorite and most popular dishes
of the State of Wilkes and other
mountain counties. A "Bunglet,' be-
loved, is just an old fashion family
pie like our mothers used to make,
with our fine mountain apples deftly
intertwined with dumplings after the
fashion Of the eastern chicken pie,
and a ''Sonker' is somewhat after the
same style, but more elaborate and
built in sections, several stories Iigh.
like a modern sky-scraper, and flavor
ed Is only a mountain queen can.
We assure our friends OF the East
that they have never vet known the
real joy OF living until they have had
cne good try Of our apple Bunglet,'
and sported with one of our young
mountain queens at a 'S'onker supper
and cake walk
There is but one thing lacking in
Brother Deals tempting and appe
tiZing description of the ''SOnker,' and
"hunglet'' and that is that he failed
to send down a Fsonker" and a
''bunglet' to Raleigh to be enjoyed by
tie barbarians of the capital. Moth
ing else will convince the Eastern's S
ignorance that "bunglet' is just an
! trlers used to make and that
rIIer'' is a poem in pastry and
r2ountain apples built in sections,
several stories high, like q modern
sky-scraper, and favored as only a
mountain queen can" The editor, Of
course, would prefer an invitation to
Wilkesboro to eat a bunglet on it's
native heath and to sport with "a
young mountain queen at sonker
supper and cake walk if he had an
'-.-'ta ton and a return ticket to
y 'ikosborO. But, in the absence
either of the real tsonker" or ''bung
let" and with no invitation to come
up and sport with a mountain queen
at a sonker supper and cake walk he
declines TO believe that the definition
by the Chronicle is correct 1t is
more than likely that the Rham-
katie Roaster was right when it
said that a ''bunglet was an intoxi
eating drink that comes out of a
hung. and a "sonker'' a new name for
.. beer or "ni-moonshine" that en-
terprising Wilkesboro folks are get
ting ready to put on the market as a
money making scheme. Can it be
that the ordinarily frank Chronicle is
into the ''ni-moonshine' schemes and
into the 'ni-mOonshine'' scheme and
scent? The name 'Bunglet' would be-
as they say in Rhamkatte "a James
Q-dandy'' name for ni-moonshine. 1t