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They boast of their terrapin,
But once taste Ca“ne,
And you taste something which is fine.
Fricassee Ca“ne (Pig-skin).
Don't tie your dogs with sausages.
Jambalaya Tchourisses (Rice and blood-puddings).
A Creole dinner is not complete
Without a little suckling pig.
A runaway pig, stuffed and roasted.
Sweet salad with chickory.
A bird in the hand
Is better than all the birds flying in the woods.
Snipes with laurel leaves en baguette.
Watercresses from Bayou des Herbes.
CHAMPAGNE--G.H. Mumm & Co.
Lagniappe is something very good (a corruption of a Spanish word which means
thrown in a market basket
over and above).
Popcorn, Sugared pecans,
Sweet potato bread, Thick molasses.
The last drawn from the pots in the sugar-house before it turns to sugar.
A fourth of an ice cream. A fourth of a piece of cake.
Ice cream biscuit. Mulatto stomach (gingerbread).
Tante Zizine's poundcake.
There are no Skipenon grapes and no persimmons,
But we'll give you what there is.
Bananas, Oranges, Sugar cane, Mandarins.
Black Creole coffee ("Morning Joy").
A singed cat fears the fire.
Brulo.
Cigarettes perique--corn paper.
Creole cigarettes--yellow paper.
When you have no horse, you ride a donkey;
When you have no donkey, you ride a goat;
When you have no goat, you go on foot.
Designed and executed by George G. Voitier, Steward
New Orleans Press Club.
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