tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post6684455636290544401..comments2024-03-24T01:15:08.693+10:00Comments on The Old Foodie: Dinner “Out West”The Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-5566439951976231532008-08-12T11:30:00.000+10:002008-08-12T11:30:00.000+10:00A traveller in the South in the first half of the ...A traveller in the South in the first half of the 19th century complained of a bill of fare that consisted solely of "hog and hominy, hominy and hog."<BR/><BR/>Cooked Injun could also have been a variation of rye'n'Injun bread, coarse bread made of rye flour and cornmeal.Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-66569182185020717572008-08-08T18:00:00.000+10:002008-08-08T18:00:00.000+10:00Hello Ferdzy! Thanks for this. I feel much better ...Hello Ferdzy! Thanks for this. I feel much better about cooked Injun now I know it was pudding. I didnt think of that!<BR/>I had crossed "Out West" off my travel plans - I thought it must be cannibal country ;)The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-89344620205404463472008-08-08T12:29:00.000+10:002008-08-08T12:29:00.000+10:00The Cooked Injun was presumably "Injun Pudding", i...The Cooked Injun was presumably "Injun Pudding", ie cornmeal mush baked in a tin, with or without molasses, eggs, etc. <BR/><BR/>Like most satire, there is a grain of accuracy here. The middle of the North American continent still produces vast quantities of corn, generally used to feed animals; the best adapted to this diet being the pig.Ferdzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842130394749345902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-4265457453543764832008-08-06T12:12:00.000+10:002008-08-06T12:12:00.000+10:00Hello Bob - Yes, I'd love to know a bit more about...Hello Bob - Yes, I'd love to know a bit more about the background to this menu. I did try to find out if there was such a place as Barkis' Hotel, but "the West" is a big place. I am hoping it strikes a chord with someone who can enlighten us. I will pass on the Cooked Injun.The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-69863847152372746372008-08-06T10:33:00.000+10:002008-08-06T10:33:00.000+10:00Wow , this menu is very nasty. It does not appear ...Wow , this menu is very nasty. It does not appear to be something intended a true bill of fare, rather it looks polemical; whoever wrote it was angry, I think.ettltnAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836391227499190970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-27082694866350562212008-08-06T08:08:00.000+10:002008-08-06T08:08:00.000+10:00Janet,Your "Pork Apple Pie" recipe reminded me of ...Janet,<BR/><BR/>Your "Pork Apple Pie" recipe reminded me of my old Dad. He used to tell us that his favorite canned ration during World War II in Europe was "pork chunks in applesauce"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com