During my expedition this past weekend (to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina), I met a number of the peoples native to the South Atlantic region. During one of our ritual feasting events (lunch), I witnessed one such individual telling a story about receiving an Edible Arrangements® as a gift. She said, and I quote, "We ate on it for several days."
Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to properly discern the provenance on this young woman's choice of words. But, nonetheless, I wanted to share with all of you this curious, yet beloved, expression.
I think my Grandma Barnhart used to say that too. She was from West Virginia.
ReplyDeleteAnd you thought, "I wonder if she knows Grandma Barnhart?" Funny how a simple little expression, becomes such a personally beloved phrase, and conjures warm memories of a loved one. Elsie used to say, "slow by gradual" for "slow but sure," or "eventually." I've never heard anyone else use the phrase, but if I do, it will forever lovingly remind me of Elsie. For Grandma, she really did mean what she said. I've even heard that she reconstitutes and fries dehydrated food that wasn't quite all eaten on up!
ReplyDeletedid these ladies also pack their leftover food into napkins to be placed in their purses?
ReplyDeleteWell of course! What's the matter with that? Grandma B. was (may still be) Queen of carting food home that way; that's how your Dad received nourishment! I only do it a little, now and then! Sometimes it's just not enough to ask for a take-home container. And they probably didn't have them, years ago.
ReplyDeleteThey used to have little white bags with a cartoon picture of a dog or a bone on it and called it a "doggie bag"- I remember them well, I don't think our dog ever got to see one though.
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