Also the wonderful mixed smells of the State Fair of Virginia, in Richmond. The occasional vanilla smell from the Sauer's place on West Broad Street. And English Boxwood. I am one of those who loves the smell, to me it is the smell of antiquity, great age, generations passing, you can just feel the history a boxwood has witnessed. And always cool, even on a hot summer's day. Maybe it was the brick walkways they always seem to be planted alongside, that stayed cool in the rich shade of the boxwoods. Nancy ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --Daniel Boone On Jan 11, 2007, at 6:57 PM, David Kiracofe wrote: > My mother always called it "poor horse" (to make fun of Daddy), but we > all ate it. > We've all been talking about the tastes of the south (and I guess > Pennsylvania and Virginia Germans--our Kiracofes came over as George > III's mercenaries, but stayed around because they found plenty of > Germans here), what about the smells?: all this talk of ham, and stew > and panhaus -- we get some pretty distinctive southern smells (don't > forget collards!). What are some other smells we associate with the > south? > > David > > > David Kiracofe > History > Tidewater Community College > Chesapeake Campus > 1428 Cedar Road > Chesapeake, Virginia 23322 > 757-822-5136 >>>> Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]> 01/11/07 6:13 PM >>> > David, > > The valley was settled by the Penn Dutch folks, if I remember my > geography > well enough. In my Penn Dutch cookbook it's written as panhaus. When I > was > little, my mom used to sometimes go to the family farm and get fresh > scrapple. It wasn't in a loaf, it was just put in the pan and heated, > often > we had it with scrambled eggs. > > The local stores sell a scrapple, but it just isn't the same as back > home. > But, then what is? > > BTW, do they make Shoo Fly Pie in the valley? Do they put hard boiled > eggs > in their potato salad? Mom used to cut up the eggs in the salad, then > put > some sliced eggs on the top, topped then with paprika and nutmeg. > First > time > I added paprika and nutmeg to potato salad for my Richmond-born > husband, > he > asked if I was poisoning him! > > Anne > Anne Pemberton > [log in to unmask] > http://www.erols.com/stevepem > http://www.erols.com/apembert > http://www.educationalsynthesis.org > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html