Are you serious ? Grocery Stores carry it now ? I shop Wal-Mart I have never seen it.Ofcourse have never looked for it either

My father used to tell us the same story. We did not believe him then either but we loved the story. Sandy On 5/14/07, m m <alabamanonna@webtv.net> wrote: > > Have never heard of Milk Snakes.Have you ever seen or heard of a joint > snake ? I was maybe 6-7 when my PaPaw called me over to the wood pile > beside the smoke house.He showed me this snake,he called a joint snake. > He would cut it up in pieces and it would crawl > back together.Strangest thing you ever saw. > He told me the only way to kill it would be to bury it's head so it > could not crawl back together.Yelling my husband about this,some years > ago ,gave me hysterics laughter.Thought I was crazy.About 6 mys > later,they showed one on these Out Doors Type Shows, > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCANNON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Sandy Cowan HC 69 Box 117 Friars Hill Rd Friars Hill WV 24938 304-497-3553 scowan@hrea.coop

It's "Salet", just like the "Grand Ole Opry" is the "Grand Ole Opry". Once upon a time, I heard a lady call it "The Grand Old Opera". Obviously not from around these parts. You know, it just sounded kinda....... weird. Anyone recall a song from back in the 60s, called "Poke Salad Annie"? If not, here are the words.... http://www.geocities.com/merrystar3/allysongs/PolkSaladAnnie.htm Jess

My Dad and Grandparents always said poke "salat" versus "salad." I wonder why. Probably some more Scottish Highlander speech. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Here are 131 recipes.......... http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,old_fashion_tea_cakes,FF.html Jess

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1732,157180-242196,00.html -or- http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1932,144161-232193,00.html

Kevin: I'm a fairly newcomer to this site. I grew up in St. Louis, Mo., big fan of White Castle, my mothers family came from Auburntown. Guess I was too far north, even got hooked on Steak & Shake in St. Louis, now living in Colorado. David Bryson Ayars ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

More info on "Poke"....... http://slidingthroughlife.blogspot.com/2006/04/poke-sallet-vadalia-onions-and.html Believe it or not, you can pick up a can at your local grocery. What's the world coming to?? Jess

It's "Salet", just like the "Grand Ole Opry" is the "Grand Ole Opry". Once upon a time, I heard a lady call it "The Grand Old Opera". Obviously not from around these parts. You know, it just sounded kinda....... weird. Anyone recall a song from back in the 60s, called "Poke Salad Annie"? If not, here are the words.... http://www.geocities.com/merrystar3/allysongs/PolkSaladAnnie.htm Jess

THAT IS WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD. CHANGE THE WATER SEVERAL TIMES ----- Original Message ----- From: "m m" <alabamanonna@webtv.net> To: <tncannon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] Old times there are not forgotten >I wil ask my friend but I believe you boil the poke salad and drain the > water off several times untill the water runs clear. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNCANNON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I'm having a hard time buying the "Joint snake" story also.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_snake Jess

Have never heard of Milk Snakes.Have you ever seen or heard of a joint snake ? I was maybe 6-7 when my PaPaw called me over to the wood pile beside the smoke house.He showed me this snake,he called a joint snake. He would cut it up in pieces and it would crawl back together.Strangest thing you ever saw. He told me the only way to kill it would be to bury it's head so it could not crawl back together.Yelling my husband about this,some years ago ,gave me hysterics laughter.Thought I was crazy.About 6 mys later,they showed one on these Out Doors Type Shows,

You pick only the very young "shoots". The larger leaves are strong tasting & most folks don't like them. It is my understanding that the purple "poke berries" are actually the only poison part of the plant. Not to birds, though. They love them. Cook the "shoots" a couple of times and pour the water off. Some people cook it with eggs and make a kind of "scrambled combo". There are recipes on the internet. Some look pretty good. Jess

Cecelia, We buy it at Central Market (HEB) every time we go to Plano. Recently we have seen them in cans rather than the small bottles in Brookshire's grocery. I don't care for drinks in cans but my husband got some anyway and I didn't detect that tinny taste! Still, I like the small glass bottles. I keep them for a treat as I rarely drink "cokes", "soda" or "pop" of any type. The cans are old fashioned looking not the same as cans of Dr Pepper. Paula

I've never seen a "covered bridge" in Cannon Co. I wish there were some. They are neat. Jess

I want to know how to make Tea Cakes ! Kevin

Steak & Shake is OK, but those meat patties are getting smaller. Never heard of that joint snake. My Mom said she saw one in KY when she was small ????? I have always been interested in Migration. It is hard enough for us to get around those TN hills in our vehicles, so think how it was in the 1800's for our Ancestors to get from Virginia to Cannon County. I wondered if they followed the Cumberland River or was there a RT 11 Road by then ? Kevin

What a wonderful memory of your Dad... I loved Delaware Punch. Every Saturday, my grandmother and I would go shopping in Colusa, CA. We lived in Princetown, where my Grandfather later ran the ferry across the Sacramento River. We would stop at the end of town and get gas. She would buy a Mounds candy bar and an ice cold Delaware Punch. We share them on the 18 mile trip. So Good! ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Cecelia, Other then in Dublin, I have seen from time to time, Dr. Pepper in little miniature cans at the grocery. Usually they are on an endcap and not with the rest of the soft drinks. Ask your grocery store manager and see if he can get them from your local bottling plant. I am in Wichita Falls, TX the opposite end of the state from you! Julie In a message dated 5/14/2007 3:24:20 P.M. Central Standard Time, cheinric@suddenlink.net writes: Paula, Where do you find the Dr. Pepper with cane sugar in Texas? I'm in Bryan. I have seen it advertised at Bancrofts in Kerens, as being from the plant in, I think the ad said, Dublin. I would have to go back and look. My aunt, who is in the nursing home, wants a Dr. Pepper every afternoon. What a treat it would be for her to have one of the "real thing". But, when we take her for a ride, she always wants to get a Coca Cola. Would be great to have one of the old formula Cokes, too. I just can't take the new stuff. When New Coke came out, we were putting lime juice into the Cokes, to make them drinkable. It didn't help that much. When they brought Classic Coke out, that was like a dose of medicine, but I drank them. After I had thryoid surgery a few years ago, they gave me Sprite or 7Up and orange juice. After that, nothing else tastes right. Cecelia in Aggieland ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Makes me think of starfish. Cecelia >I did look it up on "Google". That was where the attached "link" came from. > The article called it a "Southern Myth", but it referred to a member of > the > lizard family, that if you break off part of it's tail, or even a leg, > after > a period, it would re-grow. That's where they think the story originated > from and folks just built on it. > > Call me a doubting Thomas, but I guess I would have to see it with my own > eyes :^)) > > Jess >