Posted by Miss Marcia on September 28, 2000 at 20:08:55:
In Reply to: Re: R & R posted by Yengeese Strumpet on September 28, 2000 at 13:18:14:
: Yooo-Hooo, Miss Marcia? Are you there? Darn, now where could she have got to? Mebbee I should just rest here a while until she gets back. This ham is awfully heavy. Still I am sure that Miss Marcia will appreciate it - and of course I couldn't let it go to waste. It was lucky that I happened to be passing by the Huron Village while they were busy smoking the hams......mind you, I can't think what they were burning to create all that smoke...........
: Now where can she be?
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Whew! Land's Sakes, this Indian Summer afternoon is sure warmer than I expected. *limp...mosey...limp* I guess it was worth haulin' myself on down to the PUMPKIN patch, though, as I did find 2 small ones ready to harvest. Looks like it'll be another week or so for the bigger ones, but these 2 wee ones'll make up a nice pumpkin pie or two for tonight's dinner. Now if I only had somethin' besides CORN to make up a main course! I swear, my mouth starts waterin' somethin' fierce just THINKING about fried chicken, baked 'dillo or roast ANYTHING!!
*limp...mosey...amble...limp*
Hmmmm...looks like somebody waitin' on my my front porch. Why...I DO believe it's that Yengeese Strumpet person from that horrid ol' House of HooHaa! What on EARTH can she be doin' on MY front porch? Me, bein' a respectable, RE-fined & genteel Southern lady, an' all, I don't usually have any truck with those other "ladies," an' I use the term loosely. I'll have to sneak in the back, I suppose. Sure don't want to have to pass the time of day with anyone who has an even SLIGHTLY unsavory reputation. After all, a woman's reputation is EVERYTHING, doncha know!
*limp...tippy-toe...limp*
Now if I can juuuust sneak past the side of the porch here without her seein' me, my own reputation will remain untarnished....*limp, limp...tip-tip-tip...* Huh? *sniff-sniff* I swear I smell...HAM!! *back-up, back-up*
*peek, peek* Yes! By golly, I SEE ham!! Well, now...THAT'S a strumpet of a different color!!!
"Well, howdy there, YS! SO wonderful to see you! How nice of you to drop by!! Can I fetch you a glass of lemonade? I've just been down to the pumpkin patch & found these two little beauties which I am about to bake into a lovely pie for tonight's dinner. I'd just love to SHARE some with you, YS! After all, SHARIN' is what Mohicanland is all about, doncha know! Yessir, I always say, SHARE and SHARE alike! Greater love hath no woman than she would SHARE her pumpkins...or any other available foodstuffs...with her friends and neighbors. Yep. I was AAAALWAYS one for SHARIN'!
What's that? Why you don't say! No, I never noticed that big, delicious looking ham you've got there on your lap! I didn't catch a single whiff of it on the breeze, either. Nope. But now that you've shown it to me, I must admit, it sure looks tasty. Er...ah...were you...um...plannin' to eat that ham all by yourself, YS? WHAT? You were bringing it to ME?? Oh, my! That's the sweetest thing I've ever heard! Why, you are a lovely & kind lass, you are...I don't care WHAT I've read scratched into the walls at Bumppo's...I mean what I've HEARD was scratched there...I mean...well, I'm just tickled to have a chance to finally get to know you.
Do come on in now, and set yourself down, while I start cooking this ham & baking these pies. We'll have a wonderful feast tonight. If I can snag one of those Huron runners lopin' around the outskirts of town, I'll have him post a notice down at the Village Green. Beg pardon? You say YOU never have any trouble catchin' the eye of those Hurons? Well, I reckon we'll have to pool our talents, then, YS. You keep an eye peeled for the next one of 'em to lope by, and I'll get to cookin' here...