Slang Jang (1901)

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"SLANG JANG" FYI: Commerce, Honey Grove, and Dallas are close  together.
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Steve Blow:
PB and  pickles? I'll take your word for it
06:42 AM CDT on Wednesday,  September 6, 2006
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Of all the weird dishes I heard about, the topper may have come from Angie  
Rhodes of Malakoff. "My dad grew up in a small town in northeast Texas in the  
'30s," she wrote.  
"During warm months, families in the community would come together on  
Saturday nights to visit and play dominos. Each would bring an ingredient that  
would be mixed in a giant washtub for dinner. It was a sort of cold stew called  
'slang-jang.' The ingredients were canned salmon, oysters, green onions, dill  
pickles, Vienna sausages and canned tomatoes."  
Angie and her sisters carry on the slang-jang tradition at times – "when our  
spouses are out of town." 
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Honey Grove, Texas
Slang Jang

By Mary Anne Thurman 
Slang Jang is a dish peculiar to Honey  Grove.  The legend says that a group 
of men in a grocery store concocted it  for lunch one day.  Its popularity 
grew until there were many people who  had Slang Jang picnics at the City Lake.  
As a child, I can remember many  weekends we spent at the lake playing and 
then eating the delicious chilled  Slang Jang.  I was a blue ribbon winner in the 
Slang Jang Contest during  the Honey Grove Centennial in 1973. 
Slang Jang 
Mix undrained canned tomatoes with chopped  dill pickles and chopped onion to 
taste.  Add a can of oysters,  chopped.  Add Tabasco, salt and pepper to 
taste.  Add ice cubes to  chill.  Serve with saltine crackers. 
Many people vary this recipe.  Some  add canned salmon or vienna sausage in 
place of the oysters, or in addition to  the oysters. 

Another recipe is from the Cook Book by  the Westminister Guild of the 
Presbyterian Church, Honey Grove, Texas,  1922.   
Honey Grove Slang Jang 
Mix together two 3-pound cans of tomatoes  and three 2-pound cans of oysters, 
1 large onion, 2 large pickles chopped, add  vinegar, salt, red and black 
pepper to taste, 1 large lump of ice to chill, just  before serving.  Add crushed 
crackers to thicken. 
An article that appeared in sportswriter  Tom Lepere's column in the July, 
12, 1974, Dallas Times Herald, also told of the  lore surrounding Slang Jang in 
Honey  Grove.  It detailed the recipe  of Shirley Ausburn, who along with her 
husband, ran the Lake Crockett Lodge at  that time.  Her recipe contained raw 
oysters, boiled shrimp and crab  meat.   
I want to thank John W. Wilson, of Dallas,  who sent me a copy of the 
clipping and the Presbyterian cook book  recipe.   
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Book, Hopkins County Stew, San  Antonio, Slang Jang, Household Hint, Aunt Ruth's 
Practical Cook  Book, First Aid Suggestion ...
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