LL-L "Delectables" 2005.05.03 (10) [E]

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From: jpkrause <jpkrause at sunflower.com>
Subject: Delectables

>Heather wrote:
>
>>Mutton suet is what's traditionally used in
>>plumpudding.
>
>My Appalachian (Irish immigrant, a true Fenian
>lady)grandmother taught me the song once popular in
>West Virginia and Virginia:
>
>"An ye want to git te heaven,
>let me tell ye how to do it:
>Just grease yore feet in mutton suet.
>Slip out of the Devil's hand,
>And slide on over to the Promised Land.
>Go easy,
>Go greasy.
>
>Down in the wildwood, sittin' on a log,
>My hand on the trigger, my eye on a hog
>   (wild boar).
>I pressed that trigger and the gun went zip,
>And I grabbed for that hog with all of my grip.
>Eatin' hog eyes,
>An' I love mountain oysters (pigs' testicles)."
>
>Does this mean that West Virginians were referring
>back to an Eastern European origin?
>
I don't know about referring back to an Eastern European origin; however
the song quoted was recorded by Robert Lunn, a popular performer of the
1930s and '40s.  The piece was so popular, that Woody Guthrie took the
form, and used it as a vehicle for protest, his "Talking Dust Bowl
Blues" being the most famous.  Later on in the '60 and '70s the form
became  popular once again as a vehicle for social protest.  The full
text to "The Talking Blues" can be found here
http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5669  Scroll down to the
bottom of the page.

Gruss,
Jim Krause

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From: Thomas Byro <greenherring at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2005.05.03 (01) [E]

Gabrielle

I believe you.  Euell Gibbons stated in Stalking the Wild Asparagus
that his mother used to give him the juice as a tonic when he was
little.  My feeling though is that there are far less dangerous plants
to focus on in the edible wild.  I am not a thrillseeker.

Tom Byro

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