Brian in Harvest, Alabama, says his grandfather used to offer him a meat-filled biscuit he called hoomlabbas, supposedly eaten by cowboys in the Old West. Did his grandpa make up the word? This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Ever Heard of “Hoomlabbas”?”
We heard from Brian Snyder who lives in Harvest, Alabama, which is outside Huntsville.
And he says, I’m 60 now, but when I was a boy, I would love to go to my granddad’s house for humlabas.
I have no idea of the spelling, but he spells it H-O-O-M-L-A-B-B-A. That’s his attempt.
And he says, a humlaba was any kind of meat on a biscuit. He would tell me that cowboys ate them on the trail, and he was very interested in horses.
I’ve never heard that term from anyone but him. It could just be something he made up, I suppose.
Yeah, I don’t know that one. A humlabas. No, I’d love to find out more about that. That’s a new one for me.
Yeah, well, who knows about humlabas? So this is a kind of meat you’d eat on a biscuit or on bread.
Yeah. If you can help Brian out, give us a call or send us an email, 877-929-9673, or tell us about humlabas at words@waywordradio.org.
