General Lee's camp was usally crude, and even when the ground was unsuitable for his tents, he refuse to distrub nearby residents by occupying their homes. Vistors were struck by his Spartan fare. He once entertained quests at a meal of cabbage upon which rested a single small piece of meat, a rarity in the field during the war. Each quest contented himself with cabbage, politely leaving the meat. The next day, when Lee asked his sevent to use the meat for dinner, he got the reply: "We have no meat, General, that yesterday was borried middling." Could someone please tell me what borried middling was? I reas this passage in the book "The Civil War" by Burke Davis Ann

Middling is usually salt cured pork--sow belly or Bacon. Borrowed means just that. It was borrowed from someone else. David ----- Original Message ----- From: akeegan <akeegan@c3net.net> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 12:29 PM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Borried middling > General Lee's camp was usally crude, and even when the ground was unsuitable for his tents, he refuse to distrub nearby residents by > occupying their homes. Vistors were struck by his Spartan fare. > He once entertained quests at a meal of cabbage upon which rested a single small piece of meat, a rarity in the field during the war. Each quest contented himself with cabbage, politely leaving the meat. > The next day, when Lee asked his sevent to use the meat for dinner, he got the reply: > "We have no meat, General, that yesterday was borried middling." > > Could someone please tell me what borried middling was? > I reas this passage in the book "The Civil War" by Burke Davis > Ann > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe > >