Posted on 08/08/2007 7:52:55 AM PDT by SmithL
No kidding. My old great-aunts would make them for family gatherings. Yuck.
PS - we were decidedly middle class, but soul food was everywhere and when you went downtown, you ran into the black muslims in their suits and bow ties, selling bean pie and newspapers. They were always clean and very polite.
Years later, my son and some of his friends were hired for the summer by a firm for which I was doing some contract work. One of his buddies was a dark-skinned, clean cut guy who always wore a dress shirt and tie. The supervisor asked me if he was a black muslim, he was so sharp and clean!
A few years back I had business that took me into the area of Farakhans 'temple' on the south side of Chicago. Before I realized where the money was actually going I'd buy those bean pies for a snack. Not too bad.
L
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