Stark wrote:
> In article >, jmcquown
> > wrote:
>
>
>> I first tasted these while attending a Civil War reenactment dressed
>> in full regalia, from the corset to the hoop skirt, carrying a
>> Battenburg lace black parasol and sporting a lovely hat with a veil.
>> The only good thing about that day was the cheese straws and the
>> artichoke/lemon "pesto", both of which I immediately had to recreate
>> at home.
>>
>
> Lawdee! Us southerners is shorely honored that a world-travelled lady
> would stoop to participate in a reenactment of that dread
> Conflict--second only to the Fall of Adam in the blessed garden. Pray
> tell what battle was it? I prefer the Battle of Shag's Mill where
> Colonel Beauregaard dressed his troops as Cherokee Indians to confuse
> the Yankees. Actually it only confused his troops, many of whom
> remained on the reservation rather than return to the war.
>
> As for riding a bicycle wearing a hoop skirt, I hope you were wearing
> pantaloons. Hmmmmmm.

Honey, that wasn't a bicycle, it was a standard-shift automobile The
battle was - LOL - the Battle of Collierville. Yes, apparently there was
one. I'd never heard of it. I just like dressing up

Jill