Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Messin with the Kings English

I got an email letting me know about all my misspelled words and punctuation errors. The misspelled words are on purpose, I try to write the same way I "talked" as a kid....now as to the punctuation errors...naw, thems just bad English on my part. Every year I do the R.T. Arnold Holiday Bazaar Show in South Hill, Va. and I sell my homemade jewelry. I usually ask just five bucks for a pendant in a gift box.....but I enjoy the show and I make some folks happy. I feel like I'm "giving back" to the community. Not every person could afford to wear jewelry in my neck of the woods growing up, and I been trying to change that over the years. One of my favorite things about the show is the chance to get a bowl of "Brunswick Stew" Brunswick Stew is a big part of Southside, Va culture. We have in my opinion, the best Stew Masters on the face of God's green Earth! My Uncle Page used to cook Brunswick Stew from time to time, his was heavy with game, Deer, Rabbit, Squirrel, as well as Chicken....rarely much, if any Beef. He used the standard old Cast Iron Stew Pot you see in so many yards now holding flowers. They are beautiful....but them pots need to be put to better use! I hope the tradition survives the next generations to come. Uncle Page would start before Dawn and the whole family would come and bring a covered dish and enjoy quite a day. Just the smell from the hickory fire, the sight of the stew bubbling in the pot, the laughter from the men as they "passed the bottle, or Mason Jar" around....was added excitement. Uncle Page used an old hand carved boat paddle to dip in at an angle and remove bones as the meat slowly cooked down and garden vegetables were added towards the end. We always got a "quart" or two to take home and usually made "Cream" (Ice Cream) Aunt Juanita made fudge using Hersheys Cocoa....I never figured out how....but I did figure out where she hid it...ONCE....you guessed it..."whuppin" not from her, from Daddy...I was a "whuppin" magnet...but I earned em, every one! In fact looking back...I can honestly say I most certainly deserved em all...but I shore had fun causin em! Good thing he never knowed about my English!
   

3 comments:

  1. My dad used to always make a piece of furniture for that show...he loved it! I've been askin' Momma for some Brunswick Stew for about two weeks now, ever since I heard she got some of it from the folks down in the county. She has yet to respond. Enjoyed this...I can hear you tawk...cause I tawk like 'at too.

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  2. Jimmy, stews in the freezer! Come on over....sorry, no deer, squirrel, or rabbit. Just chicken, pork and beef. I remember how wonderful those Brunswick Stews were that cooked outside over a real fire. Mine is the inside version. So, to make up for that, mine cooks for two days. BTW, I like the way you tawk too! I can hear every word. Jan

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  3. Jimmy & Jene, I brought some home from Lawrenceville last week. Uhh...it might be gone soon, but I'll visit Jan and steal hers and we can all share.

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