Was it Betty or Betsy?

Folks shared stuff in South Hill...Mrs. Baisey our closest neighbor probably a quarter mile away and "Granmaw" traded eggs, butter, sometimes sausage, and middlin meat, just about anything really. Mrs. Baisey had some Damson trees and Crab Apple trees. She couldn't use all the Damsons so once she had gotten her fill she let us go over and pick all we wanted. Grandma canned a right plenty of Damson Preserves and a little Damson Jam. Ain't much better than Damson Jam on a hot out the woodstove homemade biscuit with a big ol chunk of fresh churned butter "ceptin" one thing! And the bad thing is I either never knew, or "cain't member" what it was called. Let's just go with never knew...I like that better. Mrs Baisey didn't like Crab Apples not none, so she let us git what we wanted. Grandma didn't want em till they fell off the tree of their own free will, so we competed with the critters for em! What it was... that was bettern a Damson Jam n Butter biscuit...well it was either Apple Betty, or Apple Betsy, I kinda think it was Betsy....mighta been Betty....don't matter either way it was the one dessert I only got a couple of times a year and yet 55 years later I still cain't git it out of my mind. All I remember is cinnamon, sliced apples, and dumplins and "boy you better leave some of that for the rest of us less you want a little backside adjustment" from Uncle Bo. Grandma made a big bowl and everybody got some and even had seconds...and I ate whatever was left...every time....even at the risk of a belly ache....some things is just worth it!