[at-l] Re: AT-L The Virtual Campfire

[Linda Patton <lpatton@mailer.fsu.edu>]

Felix gave me permission to forward this:

> Linda Patton wrote:
> > 
> > ...And I'll bet Felix could come up with a real nice homily on
> > hominy (food of the gods, and probably of the goddesses).
> 
> We have gathered together today for a homily to pay homage to hominy, 
> corn porridge. Its distasteful stuff. It was a concoction of the American 
> Indian, and possibly lead to the downfall of this proud people. As 
> Europeans began moving in to the New World, the Indians would offer them 
> hominy to eat. The Europeans would take the corn and, after a series of 
> events, turn it in to whisky. One thing lead to another and the "White 
> Man" owned all the land of America. The term 'homicide' comes from the 
> fact that the Indians were 'killed' because of the hominy. Until 1842, 
> the "Homing Pigeon" was known as the "Hominy Pigeon". A secretary had 
> trouble reading one of John Audubon's press releases, thinking the 'y' 
> was a 'g'. The pigeon only ate hominy, and is now extinct because of it. 
> Looking back on it now, hominy doesn't seem to be all that good. The only 
> good thing that comes from it are grits, and they're disgusting. But, it 
> will do your heart some good to observe a moment of silence today in 
> honor of hominy, that dried-corn treat of days gone by.
> -- 
> Felix 
> 
> Now with FICTION!!! http://members.tripod.com/~Felixhikes/index.html
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