Hillbillies True wilderness survival.

**hayshaker** · 04-16-2015, 08:47 AM

This is a story of a people who really knew wilderness survival in Appalachia.
hillbilly is a word for a people who were mountian folk.
in puerto rico they are called jibaro . people who came mostly from scotch-irish decent
some german many married with native american annt still share a rich and proud heritage
of their ancestors. many brought recipies from the old country to distill the spirits we enjoy today.
names like Jack Daniels,jim beam.early times, popcorn suttons moonshine .In fact Nascar was
born out of the moonshine runners of the 20,s and 30,s. BBQ as we know it today began in the
south. people were there own herbalist with some being grey witches who had an emense knowledge
of local plants to cure and heal.today many still collect plants and make a living at it. they made their own

rifles and powder,furniture ever hear of Thomasville,NC. people who lived in constant hardship
yet never forgot how to enjoy life to it,s fullest amidst it all. they built their own musical intruments,
gardened ,hunted fished,trapped,tanned hides,they were wood carvers, and many other things as well
much knowledge was gained as well from native americans who became part of the legecy in Mountain culture.
a strong and enduring people. the FoxFire books were about these very people. so next time you eat some
pulled pork bbq or sip some fine spirits think of the history behind it all.

**randyt** · 04-16-2015, 07:22 PM

I agree to a point, don't see it as wilderness survival, see it more as wilderness living.

**hunter63** · 04-16-2015, 07:56 PM

I just see it as primitive living, simply because there was availability of goods and services, even though it may have been far a few between.
No different that any other part of the frontier, be it hills, plains, mountains, swamps, rivers or forests.
Just happen to be the area they lived in.

**kyratshooter** · 04-16-2015, 11:41 PM

Still living in the area, knowing some of the folk in question and being one of them myself, I will just sit here and chuckle while you folks run on.

About half what HS said was accurate, the rest was the mythology of popular culture.

**hayshaker** · 04-17-2015, 01:33 AM

Krat ya mean it aint true then i saw Elle mae clampet with a squirrel rifle no less
bounce a shot off a rock and drove a nail in the tree just for fun.i saw it on tv.

**randyt** · 04-17-2015, 06:49 AM

I've known jim beam and jack daniels too LOL.

**Batch** · 04-17-2015, 11:29 AM

BBQ comes from the Caribbean. The Taino indians had a method for cooking meat in the ground. They called that method of cooking barbacoa. It is from that word that we get the word barbeque.

But, don't tell that to no Texans. It'll break their little hearts to find out they didn't invent it.

Also, I think that china boxes are now preferred over the pig in the ground in the Caribbean. With adobo mojado in la caja china.

**kyratshooter** · 04-17-2015, 11:44 AM

Yea, I know those guys well, but they were not Hillbillies.

Almost all the well known distillers, Beam, Elijahh Graig, and my personal favorite Evan Williams, were from the bluegrass region. A big part of the Jim Beam works is across the river in Ohio Even Jack Daniels and George Dickle are distilled in the rolling hills of middle TN and not anywhere near a mountain filled with hillbillies.

And would you believe that the Boone family was actually Welsh, and a large portion of the miners working the coal fields of Appalachia were imported from Cornwall, Italy, and Croatia.

And while some were boiling poultices, fanning smoke and chanting away the evil spirits others were establishing places like the NC research triangle, Transylvania University, University of TN, University of KY and the University of WVA. Even Daniel Boone's home town has a good sized university tucked away in the Yadkin Valley.

And Ellie Mae was from ARKANSAS !!!! That's as far west of the Appalachian Mountains as Chicago is.

Next thing you know one of you guys is going to be trying to convince everyone that Discovery Channel finally found a Big Foot named George, and MUFON has discovered evidence in Hanger 1 that Obama is one of the invading alien overlords.

**Rick** · 04-17-2015, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by Kyrat

MUFON has discovered evidence in Hanger 1 that Obama is one of the invading alien overlords.

Dag nabbit. I knew it! He wasn't foolin' anyone. Now we gotta figure out what planet Clinton is queen of.

**hunter63** · 04-17-2015, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by kyratshooter

Yea, I know those guys well, but they were not Hillbillies.

Almost all the well known distillers, Beam, Elijahh Graig, and my personal favorite Evan Williams, were from the bluegrass region. A big part of the Jim Beam works is across the river in Ohio Even Jack Daniels and George Dickle are distilled in the rolling hills of middle TN and not anywhere near a mountain filled with hillbillies.

And would you believe that the Boone family was actually Welsh, and a large portion of the miners working the coal fields of Appalachia were imported from Cornwall, Italy, and Croatia.

And while some were boiling poultices, fanning smoke and chanting away the evil spirits others were establishing places like the NC research triangle, Transylvania University, University of TN, University of KY and the University of WVA. Even Daniel Boone's home town has a good sized university tucked away in the Yadkin Valley.

And Ellie Mae was from ARKANSAS !!!! That's as far west of the Appalachian Mountains as Chicago is.

Next thing you know one of you guys is going to be trying to convince everyone that Discovery Channel finally found a Big Foot named George, and MUFON has discovered evidence in Hanger 1 that Obama is one of the invading alien overlords.

Psseesh...... everyone know that.....Did you know the Pyramids were a mistake?........."oh, oh".
http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7q1o/geico-ancient-pyramids

**kyratshooter** · 04-17-2015, 12:15 PM

Nope that is absolutely incorrect Hunter. The Pyramids were the first successful microwave oven.

the reason they are still digging around in Egypt is that they are trying to find the instruction manual.

**kyratshooter** · 04-17-2015, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by Rick

Dag nabbit. I knew it! He wasn't foolin' anyone. Now we gotta figure out what planet Clinton is queen of. [/COLOR]

Although no one, including herself, knows where her people were from originally, or how many generations it took to get here, some say her origins were in PA, but she refined her character in Kalifornia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Queen_(Disney)

Are we getting too political here?

**hayshaker** · 04-17-2015, 01:26 PM

hey batch ever been to the islands? went in 71 to see family and visit.
even roasted a lil feeder pig by the river and caught these little crabs in th stream and they
cooked a huge pot of sopa.what a day my father has Taino blood from wayy back.we stayed in Cuamo
PR.it,s in the mountains near Ponce.saay ever eat papitas de cerdo con garbanzos or sancocho?
my spanish is very lacking.PR comfort food.

**Batch** · 04-17-2015, 03:58 PM

I have only been to the Bahamas. But, the islands come over here all the time. We have a huge melting pot in my circle. Family and friends from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, St Lucia. I get dishes and sauces all the time.

Never had the first one. I have had many different soups/stews from the Caribbean and Latin America. So, while I have never heard it called sancocho or at least don't recall the name. I have more than likely had it.

**hayshaker** · 04-17-2015, 07:04 PM

that,s too cool cause where i live nobody has even heard of most of the food i cook.
more than not i cook all ethnic asian,Hawaiian phillipines,vietnamese,puerto rican.mexican and other
carribean type goodies.heck even american too some times. so we don,t starve around here. heh heh.
btw never trust a skinny cook, just saying.