[Sca-cooks] On "Swet Te" (was Po' Folks)

[Jim Davis]

Way-ull,

I'm originally from what is now the Barony of Iron Mountain, among  
the people of the Alabamans, in what is now Meridies.  I am something  
of an "odd duck" among the congoscenti here in Caid, because, among  
my culinary scholarship is an occasional desire for the Food Of My  
People.

<grin>

Jared

On Mar 29, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Michael Gunter wrote:

>> OH that's PRICELESS!  I am going to forward it to a friend in  
>> Iron  Mountain . . .
>
> It is good and very clever. I have uncovered a manuscript from
> the region once known as "Okieland" or in the language of
> New English "Okalahama" where there is a variation on the
> sweetening process:
>
> an tak i cuppe fayre clene watr an equal mesure wyttte sugar an
> boyle hem togedre untill a syripe of spoon qualitie is made to this
> adde squezed mynt et steppe hem til fragrent
>
> This was then added to the steeped tea and stirred. It was claimed
> that this avoided the "residue" on the bottom of the vessel.
>
> But the "Hokahomans" or "Hokeys" as they were called at the
> time were known to be a rather provincial people so this was
> probably more of a commoner's driink where the more sophisticated
> "Atalanans" and "Gorgons" were considered to be the civilized
> tribes of the southern provinces.
>
>> Jared
>
> Yers,
>
> Gunthar
>
>
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