30 years since Elvis took his last dump

[Darwins Selection]

because Elvis used to eat squirrel..

I thought it was burgers? 

Squirrelburgers silly.

[Nick]

because Elvis used to eat squirrel..

Well he did come from the Deep South.

Written by Tony Joe White
Originally recorded by Tony Joe White
Also recorded by Elvis Presley

[spoken]
If some of ya'll never been down South too much...
I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this,
So that you'll understand what I'm talking about
Down there we have a plant
That grows out in the woods and the fields,
Looks somethin' like a turnip green.
Everybody calls it Poke salad. Poke salad.
Used to know a girl that lived down there and
she'd go out in the evenings and pick a mess of it...
Carry it home and cook it for supper,
'Cause that's about all they had to eat,
But they did all right.

[sung]
Down in Louisiana
Where the alligators grow so mean
There lived a girl that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame

Poke salad Annie, poke salad Annie
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was working on the chain-gang
(A mean, vicious woman)

Everyday 'fore supper time
She'd go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess o' polk salad
And carry it home in a tote sack

Poke salad Annie, 'gators got you granny
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her mama was aworkin' on the chain-gang
(a wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman,
Lord have mercy. Pick a mess of it)

Her daddy was lazy and no count
Claimed he had a bad back
All her brothers were fit for
Was stealin' watermelons out of my truck patch

Poke salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was a working' on the chain gang
(Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need a mess of it)

So where are the squirrels then?

[Barman]

because Elvis used to eat squirrel..

Well he did come from the Deep South.

Written by Tony Joe White
Originally recorded by Tony Joe White
Also recorded by Elvis Presley

[spoken]
If some of ya'll never been down South too much...
I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this,
So that you'll understand what I'm talking about
Down there we have a plant
That grows out in the woods and the fields,
Looks somethin' like a turnip green.
Everybody calls it Poke salad. Poke salad.
Used to know a girl that lived down there and
she'd go out in the evenings and pick a mess of it...
Carry it home and cook it for supper,
'Cause that's about all they had to eat,
But they did all right.

[sung]
Down in Louisiana
Where the alligators grow so mean
There lived a girl that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame

Poke salad Annie, poke salad Annie
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was working on the chain-gang
(A mean, vicious woman)

Everyday 'fore supper time
She'd go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess o' polk salad
And carry it home in a tote sack

Poke salad Annie, 'gators got you granny
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her mama was aworkin' on the chain-gang
(a wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman,
Lord have mercy. Pick a mess of it)

Her daddy was lazy and no count
Claimed he had a bad back
All her brothers were fit for
Was stealin' watermelons out of my truck patch

Poke salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was a working' on the chain gang
(Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need a mess of it)

So where are the squirrels then?

He ate them

[Nick]

 

[Snoopy]

He was also said to eat fried banana and jelly sandwiches but he didn't sing about those either.

[Nick]

Fried jelly?

No wonder he's dead

[Snoopy]

Now you know, my much travelled friend, that what we call Jelly the Yanks call Jello and what they call Jelly we call jam.

[Nick]

Why would you fry jam?

I may have to go and try it. COuld be interesting. Is that deep fried or just normal fried?

[Snoopy]

Why would you fry jam?

I may have to go and try it. COuld be interesting. Is that deep fried or just normal fried?

Make a sandwich of bread, jam and mashed banana. Cook it in your toasted sandwich maker (you'll find that in the back of the tallest/highest kitchen cupboard where it has lived since you first used it and discovered how hard they are to clean)or dip the sandwich in beaten egg and fry it in shallow pan like French toast.
Don't forget to seal the edges of the sandwich with beaten egg or your filling will spill out and you will be in trouble with You Know Who.
If you are shallow frying it turn once after about four minutes or so (when the base is golden brown and cook other side) Enjoy.
BTW it is supposed to have been his last meal.

[Nick]

I fear it would be mine too. I may have to give that one a miss.

And I wouldn't describe it as "a meal", but I may be using that term in a specialist sense unknown in the US of A (or parts of Barrow)

[Berek]

as a child, Elvis ate squirrels, (o') possums, pig's feet, pig's ears, sweet potatoes, turnip greens and cornbread,

source
http://deltaboogie.com/rockabillydays/elvisfood/

[Nick]

So you are implying that he grwew out of this.

The butchers' shops round his way must have amazing window displays.

I am sure there are devotees hereabouts, but wouldn't pigs' feet be a bit crunchy?

[Barman]

I am sure there are devotees hereabouts, but wouldn't pigs' feet be a bit crunchy?

Depends on what they've just walked through... 

[Snoopy]

So you are implying that he grwew out of this.

The butchers' shops round his way must have amazing window displays.

I am sure there are devotees hereabouts, but wouldn't pigs' feet be a bit crunchy?

No but quite gelatinous.

Personally I dislike them but my late father loved Pigs Trotters with vinegar. Usually on a Saturday Night.

Times have changed as we have prospered as a nation. Same with the Yanks.

I doubt that Elvis' area had a butchers shop as we would know it. More likely they shot most of what
meat they ate. That was the "American Way"

[Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits)]

So you are implying that he grwew out of this.

The butchers' shops round his way must have amazing window displays.

I am sure there are devotees hereabouts, but wouldn't pigs' feet be a bit crunchy?

Oh, no, not if you know what you are doing!

Pig's feet (or pig's trotters as she used to call them) were a great favourite of my old Granny (bless her cotton socks), along with such other delicacies as lamb's brains and tripe! Mind you, this was back when I was a nipper in the early 60's! And she was in her 80's then!

The pig's trotters had to be boiled for some time, were then served with lashings of salt/pepper and eaten with bread and butter. I recall it being a somewhat messy operation, they being eaten with the fingers as they had to be dismembered and each individual bone gently 'gnawed' to get any nutritional bits off it!

To my knowledge though, she never tried squirrel - though her rabbit stew was one of my favourites.