Anagrams, rebuses, cryptograms — Martha and Grant swap stories about the games that first made them realize that playing with words and letters can be fun. Also this week, what’s a jitney supper and where do you eat graveyard stew? The hosts...
A Charlottesville, Virginia, caller says that when she was a child and recovering from an illness, her mother fed her a kind of milk toast she called graveyard stew. Is that strange name unique to her family? This is part of a complete episode.
in-law chaser n.— «Navajo tea/blue corn meal and quiet nights/where is the sage/the mutton stew/in-law chasers/and cool rain.» —“a navajo warrior has gone away” by rustywire Usenet: alt.native July 12, 2005...
chicken a-la-death n.— «While perennial favorites like spaghetti and beef stew please most palates, old classics have fallen out of favor—like Chicken a-la-King, affectionately called by some Chicken a-la-Death.» —“Grub, chow...
ron don n.— «Ron don—”run down”; in local parlance “to cook”—is a stew of local yucca, chayote and other vegetables, usually with meat added, which is simmered for at least a day and traditionally eaten at weekends...
slow elk n.— «The potluck stew was from two “slow elk,” as he liked to call beef cattle poached from particularly greedy entrepreneurs on the public’s wildlands.» —“Edward Abbey: Standing Tough In The...