"larrupin' truck"--message from Joan Hall

[Gerald Cohen]

My thanks to Joan Hall for her message below concerning the meaning
of "larripun [sic; misspelled] truck" in the 1913 "hot dog" article
(Atlanta Constitution).
The full quote comes near the end of the article:
  "And now let's draw the curtain, but lest some readers might go
astray, or perhaps not grasp the intent of this effort, we want to
explain that it is not our desire to throw cold water on the "hot
dog."  Quite to the contrary, we want to reiterate that "hot dog" is
larripun [sic] truck, and is all to the mustard with a little catsup
and sauerkraut thrown in."

Gerald Cohen


At 2:51 PM -0500 10/21/03, Joan Houston Hall wrote:
>Subject: larrupin' truck
>
>
>Hi Gerald,
>My guess is that it's "larrupin' truck," or 'delicious  vegetables
>[or food generally].'  "Larruping" is especially common in the West
>Midland, Texas, and Oklahoma.
>
>Best,
>Joan