And despite what you see, those diaries could have been written at any time before she died.
OK, I now have the “rest of the Cracker story” to tell. I have been going on forward through my notes to do my name list update and found a file I had totally forgotten about when I wrote my last Cracker story.
This was *supposed* to be the ending, but I just forgot about it, with all the other haphazard fact-finding that ensued in the following days.
I was going to post it yesterday and tried to, but there just never was an appropos time - everyone was speculating about Larry’s mysterious custody victory.
The set-up for this Cracker story one is the same as before, but with a big “full-circle” finish to it.
To review my original theory, tied to the Marshall estate and Koch Industries origins and shareholdings:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1813770/posts?page=5189#5189
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1813770/posts?page=5190#5190
more in my next post ...
Continuing about The Cracker name ...
Around Christmastime in 2005, Koch Industries bought paper giant Georgia-Pacific for $21 billion.
Remember, the majority of the Marshall estate is Koch Industries stock, privately and closely held, salable only to other private shareholders, mostly certain Koch family members.
Of course ANS’s legal team follows the public activities of Koch Industries, probably very closely. Here is what Chairman Charles Koch, son of founder Fred Koch, had to say in November 2005, when the deal was about to finalize with Georgia-Pacific:
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11-15-05
(CHARLES KOCH)
Thank you and good morning, and good afternoon, or evening, wherever you are. And, thank you, Pete, for those very generous remarks and even more, I want to thank Pete and-and the Georgia-Pacific team for the extremely professional way they’ve handled this transaction. Because of all the acquisitions we’ve made over the last 40 years, this transaction has been handled by the Georgia-Pacific team in the most professional and the best way we’ve ever experienced. And that gives us a really good feeling and I hand it to you all for that. (AUDIENCE APPLAUSE)
Finally, and last but not least, I-I want to thank Adalee for that great, delicious, Georgia Cracker Pie last night. (AUDIENCE APPLAUSE) And I am not kidding. That was the best pie I’ve ever eaten and I kept waking up last night wishing I’d eaten the whole thing. (AUDIENCE APPLAUSE) I want a repeat on that, Pete.
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more in my next post ...
Some background on Georgia and Florida Crackers from wikipedia and other sources:
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.”Cracker”, sometimes “white cracker”, is a usually pejorative term for a white person, mainly used in the Southern United States, but in recent decades it has entered common usage throughout the English speaking world.
.The term “cracker” was and is used most frequently in the Southern U.S., especially in Georgia and Florida. Since the 1870s, a nickname for Georgia is “The Cracker State”.
Usage of the term “cracker” generally differs from “hick” and “hillbilly” because crackers reject or resist assimilation into the dominant culture, while hicks and hillbillies theoretically are isolated from the dominant culture. In this way, cracker culture is similar to redneck culture.
.”Cracker” has also been used as a proud or jocular self-description. With the huge influx of new residents from the North, “cracker” is now used informally by some white residents of Florida and Georgia (”Florida cracker” or “Georgia cracker”) to indicate that their family has lived there for many generations. However, the term “white cracker” is not always used self-referentially and remains a racist term to many in the region.
.According to the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, “cracker” is a term of contempt for the “poor” or “mean whites,” particularly of Georgia and Florida. Britannica notes that the term dates back to the American Revolution, and is derived from the “cracked corn” which formed their staple food. (Note that in British English “mean” is a term for poverty, not malice.) [3]
Historically the word suggested poor, white rural Americans with little formal education. Historians point out the term originally referred to the strong Scots-Irish of the backcountry (as opposed to the English of the seacoast). Thus a sociologist reported in 1926: “As the plantations expanded these freed men (formerly bond servants) were pushed further and further back upon the more and more sterile soil. They became ‘pinelanders’, ‘corn-crackers’, or ‘crackers’.”
So, of course, I made “us” ANS thread people a Georgia Cracker Pie yesterday. It is yummy!
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Georgia Cracker Pie
3 Egg whites
1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 c Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
16 Soda crackers rolled into very fine crumbs
1 c Chopped pecans
Beat egg whites until stiff; add baking powder. Add sugar slowly then add the vanilla. Mix this with the cracker crumbs and pecans and pour into a 9 inch greased pie pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. Let cool and top with sweetened whip cream or cool whip.
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Georgia Cracker Pie
3/4 to 1 cup saltine cracker crumbs (or about 14 squares)
1 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup chopped pecans
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 large egg whites
1/2 pint whipping cream
2 tbs sugar
Blend the cracker crumbs, sugar, baking powder, and chopped nuts.
Stir in the flavoring. Beat the egg whites til stiff and fold into the crumb mixture, blending well. Turn into a well-buttered 8 or 9 inch pie pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes.
Cool on a rack and chill for several hours.
Whip cream, adding 2 tablespoons sugar. Spread evenly over pie and return to refrigerator.
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Now, what’s funny about all this is that I had never had a Georgia Cracker Pie, nor had I made one. And guess what! It’s my old favorite ... “Mystery Pie”! Too funny, as this is all a big mystery!
And there’s one more little “dollop” ... concerning Florida crackers ...
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Quáqueros
Spaniards in Florida called them “Quáqueros,” a corruption of the English word “Quaker,” which the Spanish used to contemptuously refer to any Protestant.
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J Howard was Quaker.