Y'all are making me hungry with all this talk of Smithfield ham and biscuits, which I too remember fondly from childhood and meals at my aunt's house in Colonial Heights. Thank goodness it is lunch time. Eric Eric G. Grundset Library Director DAR Library National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 1776 D St., N.W. Washington, DC 20006-5303 202-879-3313 (phone) 202-879-3227 (fax) [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Excalibur131 Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:25 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Speech patterns Dare I say you let Smithfield ham dissolve on your tongue while sucking the essence and goodness out of it. Never, ever eaten the same way you would eat a regular piece of ham. YES, you have described silver dollar biscuits -- small, light, feathery, soft, nothing to detract from the treat inside. AND if you use butter, it must be the real thing, not some fake butter wanna-be. Tom Eastern Shore & More Forum http://www.easternshoremore.com/forum/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:55 AM Subject: Re: Speech patterns > you don't "bite" a piece of good Smithfield ham, you let it dissolve > on your tongue... and a good biscuit is small and light, not those > huge, heavy commercially available things that could double as > sinkers on a fishing net. Almost unpalatable, IMO. > > Nancy 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