Rita, I'll bet they didn't give up eating pork. How you been? Haven't heard from you for a while. Don't tune in to MOMARIES very much. You were probably at a pig roast. Did they eat the pig at the reunion? DeVere ----- Original Message ----- From: Rita Myers <mamamia88@hotmail.com> To: <MOMARIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 9:19 PM Subject: Re: [MOMARIES] The way they talked > Devere, > During our local Heritage reunion one year they did this procedure. "Only" > one year....People complained. They hated the idea of actually seeing the > hog hanging there. (So much for that history lesson!) But I'll sure bet they > didn't give up eating pork! :-) > Rita > > > >From: "DeVere Whitaker" Reply-To: MOMARIES-L@rootsweb.com To: > >MOMARIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOMARIES] The way they talked Date: > >Tue, 12 Jun 2001 11:47:38 -0700 > > > >Monty, > > > >A lot of the farmers still use this method. The Friday after Thanksgiving > >was kind of a rule of thumb, because you had to have had a Killing Frost or > >be around 42 degrees so the meat wouldn't spoil. This was a big day and > >took the whole family. That brings back some memories of seeing that pig > >hanging by a rope over a limb waiting for that pot to get hot enough to > >lower it into the water. > > > >Sometimes the neighbors would all get together and butcher together. They > >would do this with chickens also. The more hands the better. > > > >DeVere > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- From: Monty Graves To: Sent: Tuesday, June 12, > >2001 6:49 AM Subject: Re: [MOMARIES] The way they talked > > > > > > > I am sure lots of others on the list have heard "got a good scald on it" > > > > You probably hear more men say it than women. When men butchered hogs, > > > they had to dip them in scalding water. Then scrape off the hair and > > >outside skin. they didn't use thermoters, just by feel (my grandfather > > >dipped his finger!) Scalding water is 150 degrees. If the water was too > > >cold by a few degrees the hair would not slip and it was hard to remove > > >(scrape it off). If the water was too hot by a few degrees, the hair would > > > "set" and it was hard to scrape off too. SOOOO if it was "just right" > >you > got a "good scald on it". In my family this was a friday after > > >Thanksgiving ritual... > > > At 05:58 AM 6/12/01 -0400, you wrote: > >My > >grandmother used to say "forever more" whenever she was surprised. She > > > >also used to say , when she was baking, "We got a real good scald on that > > > >pie". She could not tell me what it meant. While watching Fried Green > > > >Tomatoes, I finally figured out that it meant a nice golden color (I > > > >think~!!) > > > > > > > >==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > >============================== > >Search over 1 Billion names at > >Ancestry.com! > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > ==== > >MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > > >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with > >one easy query! > > > > > > > >==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > >============================== Create a FREE family website at > >MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >