Yes...I’d bet even if WBZ would sign Howie (prob no chance—no room for him and they want news during the day)
no way in hell would they allow stuff like the illegal horn.
The sponsors, etc would be pissed off....
It seems that at least two of her “special recipes passed down through the Five Tribes families” are identical to ones from The New York Times that were printed in 1979.
And they’re not just from any eatery either — the recipes came from Le Pavillon, the fabulous French restaurant that dominated le haute cuisine in Manhattan from 1941 to 1966.
Amazing, too, that Granny’s recipes for Crab With Tomato Mayonnaise Dressing, and Cold Omelets With Crab Meat, while no doubt popular along the Trail of Tears, were likewise tres populaire with Le Pavillon’s Beaut-iful People clientele.
As Pierre Franey, the Pavillon chef and original author of the recipes put it, “The dish was a great favorite of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Cole Porter.”
Cole Porter was an Indian? Who knew?
Granny’s 1984 Crab With Tomato Mayonnaise Dressing is a word-for-word recreation of Franey’s 1979 recipe. And I do mean, word for word.
As for Cold Omelets With Crab Meat, it’s more of the same.
Franey: “Use a small omelet pan or, preferably, a seven-inch Teflon pan.”
Warren: “Use a small omelet pan or, preferably, a seven-inch Teflon pan.”
Franey: “Heat about one-half teaspoon butter in the pan.”
Warren: “Heat about one-half teaspoon butter in the pan.”
A call to the Warren campaign seeking comment on the uncanny similarities between the two recipes was not returned.
There are also some questions about a third recipe, “Herbed Tomatoes.” That one includes a seldom-used phrase, “Add tomatoes cored-side down.”
We Googled that phrase and came upon part of a 1959 recipe from Better Homes & Gardens. By press time, we hadn’t found the actual recipe.
So let’s review. First she was an Indian, then she wasn’t. First she was poor in her childhood, then she became middle-class. She’s not rich, but she is worth up to $14.6 million, and her wigwam is assessed at $1.7 million.
Meanwhile, it appears Granny must have known that this fake-Indian cloud was hanging over her. On the page describing her induction last year into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, it says, “She proudly tells everyone ... she is ‘an Okie to my toes.’ ... ‘Being an Okie keeps me grounded.’ ”
I’m going to have to refer this question to Merle Haggard, who wrote “Okie from Muskogee.” Do real Okies like cold omelets, Merle? Do real Okies lift recipes calling for cognac from hoity-toity French restaurants in New York?
No? Well, la-de-da Harvard professors do.
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