My grandmother's Christmas Card, from 1946?
Lots of love.
Friday, December 21, 2007
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Saturday, August 25, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Cake, and Susan
Susan with Grandmama's silver. I remember her letting me play with a tiny silver tea strainer, and it feeling like the most special thing in the world.
I've started uploading scanned family photographs to a new Flickr account. Check them out- and many, many more to come. I wish it was so easy as going to Phar-Mor with Grandmama to buy more photo albums, but this process will ensure that our kid's kids get to see her at her best.
I've started uploading scanned family photographs to a new Flickr account. Check them out- and many, many more to come. I wish it was so easy as going to Phar-Mor with Grandmama to buy more photo albums, but this process will ensure that our kid's kids get to see her at her best.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Scrambled Dog Fourth
We observed the fourth of July one day early with Scrambled Dogs, friends and fireworks. Our guests, both historians, had done some online research before they came over. (I love academics who know how to eat.) What they found at gwinnettforum.com seems accurate, and I was relieved that they had learned not to insult this sublime mess by calling it a “chili dog”. This article doesn’t mention the original Dinglewood Pharmacy location at the crossing point of Wynnton and Buena Vista Roads, across from the statue of “the lady looking for her clothes” (Granny Jones’ story). We could walk there from our house on Jeannette Avenue, and that’s where I had my first taste of Scrambled Dog. Mama always told me about eating them at Firm Roberts’ when she was in high school in the ‘30’s.
She served them on any occasion that called for something delicious, filling, cheap, and requiring no attention from her once her chili was made. They were a Christmas Eve tradition at our house. Caring people in Columbus have even been known to order a pot of Lieutenants’ chili and bring scrambled dogs over to the house when somebody dies; they are said to taste especially good “after all that funeral food”.
I’ve served them to people from California to Paris, and I’ve never known anyone not to love them. (The Parisians were especially fond of them and always ate two.) I don’t know why they aren’t made very far outside of Columbus and have remained a truly local dish. Maybe I can make my fortune by opening a Scrambled Dog stand in Paris and calling it “Edith’s”.
Scrambled Dogs
Hot dogs
Buns, toasted if you like
Chili, your favorite or Edith’s recipe
Oyster crackers
Mustard, ketchup, pickles, tabasco
Cole slaw, chopped onion
Chop up the hot dog and bun and smother them with chili. Don’t hold back on the chili—it should cover everything so that you have to eat it with a fork and maybe even a spoon. Add the crackers, and any condiments. Some people like to put their slaw on top (Mama) and some like onion (me). They should be served in an oval plate, shaped something like a banana split dish, only not pointy at the ends.
She served them on any occasion that called for something delicious, filling, cheap, and requiring no attention from her once her chili was made. They were a Christmas Eve tradition at our house. Caring people in Columbus have even been known to order a pot of Lieutenants’ chili and bring scrambled dogs over to the house when somebody dies; they are said to taste especially good “after all that funeral food”.
I’ve served them to people from California to Paris, and I’ve never known anyone not to love them. (The Parisians were especially fond of them and always ate two.) I don’t know why they aren’t made very far outside of Columbus and have remained a truly local dish. Maybe I can make my fortune by opening a Scrambled Dog stand in Paris and calling it “Edith’s”.
Scrambled Dogs
Hot dogs
Buns, toasted if you like
Chili, your favorite or Edith’s recipe
Oyster crackers
Mustard, ketchup, pickles, tabasco
Cole slaw, chopped onion
Chop up the hot dog and bun and smother them with chili. Don’t hold back on the chili—it should cover everything so that you have to eat it with a fork and maybe even a spoon. Add the crackers, and any condiments. Some people like to put their slaw on top (Mama) and some like onion (me). They should be served in an oval plate, shaped something like a banana split dish, only not pointy at the ends.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
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