Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-04-14
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Westminster, r. F. D.,
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Westminster, r. F. D.,
March so, 1920
Editor Keowee Courier:
Bein' as how l haint seed many
letters in your paper from our local
philosakers lately, I thought l would
rite and tell sumthin' about peas.
They tell me there is as many diff
ferent kinds o. peas as thay is hairs
on a mans he'd. I think it depens on
hoose he'd is ment. OF course there
is kinds an more kinds O. peas, and
many kilds I've never seed yit.
Sometimes when l go in q store
my vanitie farely bristles with envie
to see a big fat bari O. peas under
the merchants arm-of a varietie 1
eve lade ise on befor.
There is about as menny waze to
cook this vegitible as there Is kinds
O. peas to cook, and ever ladie clames
her way is the best. Here is our
way:
We swing the pot on the rack n
I'LL 1t har full Of peas an add a little
water. After a while we pass aroun'
an throw a han'ful Of skins in it. A
little later on we throw q han'ful o.
salt in 1t. When dun we flop the con-
tents of the pot into q long dish on
the label n surv with tablespoons.
Skins N salt are the only kinds Of
f1ayorfn' extracks we want in peas.
Howsumcver, there is people Of diff
ferent tastes. Here is a reseat hat
some folks likes:
To hat a pot O. peas add n dub
BILE hanful sour crout, one can o. to-
matters, fore large onions, one quart
kanned squashes, six blades o gar
lick, six pods O. red pepper, thre pars-
nips, seven cloves an eight nutnegs.
When dun surve with pale blue cof-
fee and whipt cream.
I think N mess of mortar like
the above would put Billie out of
business for all time; whereas, on
the other hand, If goodies like this
was put in the troft three times q
day fer Gotliebe Gotcenstofr, he'd
git so d~adgousted fat in o few monts
that . couldn't keep his lie priced
open with a t%en-foot poll.
Yet, Jes becase some people would
jump a 2O-feet hay-stak to git their
Dill In a dish O. peas, that amt no
a that everybody Is q Ounce err
bout 'em. Take Lon fer instinct. Hit
used to be that he druther be fog
ged with a. cat-o'-9-tales than be
drenched on a mess o. peas. It peared]
like fer this caws an no other that
everwher he worked they give him
three messes o. peas and mother snak
o. peas afore he went to bed ever
day he worked.
(I'on: "How much more?" you
axe. ANGER: Lon, my bruther, NV
corse.) I reckin he was the best ham
ter fire a shingle mill engine ever
wus, an others soon found 1t out,
case they wanted a good han. One
time he hired to fire a engine fer sum
fe!lers, an they agreed to borde him.
The bill affair run this way: Peas n
pone fer brexter, pone n peas fer
diner, an peas n pone fer super.
I think the resin they made a site
change in the meanu at each meal
was becase thay WIS afrade their fire.
man would elbow up" an go home
to stay.
One awful cold day Toatsweet's
mill pond was froze frum bank to
bank, but this didn't bother the shin
gle-m1llers. Lon rose UP while OIL
Pleads still shined abuv, an he went
a long distanc to "fre up" as thay
called 1t, like common. Erbout da-
lite the too other fellers come to the
mill bearin' a fore-bushel dinner
bucket on a pole betwixt 'em, an 1t
scanned thay wuz about give out from
the heavy lode they carried. Lon he
thought the bucket contained hat a
beef. three doz. fride aigs, ten lbs.
of leen fride ham, eight doz. big,
white biskits, an ten inches of froze
red sop in the bottom o the buckit.
That mGrnin' he made that engin
cut the buck n wing flirt, n dance
the merrie wilder walce. At noonda
thay three went out n fell acrost
the hillside, n set the buckit twixt
EN- to eat. Lon reached over to lift
out a peace Of beat, when 10, and
b'gosh, he seen
Pana nooa naaaI