slang-jang (1901)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

One of DARE's requests published in the Jan. 2003 issue of NADS was for
"slang-jang" (the favored dish of slangologists?):

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http://www.americandialect.org/NADS35-1.pdf
slang-jang -- a dish containing oysters, onions, pickles, peppers, etc. We
have a single citation from Arkansas, but a Google search suggests that
this is still known, especially in the South and South Midland. Is this
part of your culinary background?
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The Dallas Morning News archive has this from 1907:

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1907 _Dallas Morning News_ 2 Mar. 6/4 The Honey Grove dish, their national
dish, is slangjang. It is said to be made up of what generally gets in the
receptacle for a pig's dinner, and it produces all sorts of things,
including nightmares and new candidates.
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But Newspaperarchive beats that...

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1901 _Commerce Journal_ (Texas) 23 Aug. 6[?]/2 About fifteen couples
enjoyed a "slang jang" party at Iceland Monday night, where dancing and
music was had until a late hour. All report a most pleasant time with the
"slang jang" as delicious.
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--Ben Zimmer