Coffee with a Conspirator

[jonathan]

I'd prefer a burger with Booth instead of coffee also, if that's okay. Though I might change my answer if I could have a steak with a Surratt.

[BettyO]

(08-02-2012 12:09 PM)jonathan Wrote:  I'd prefer a burger with Booth instead of coffee also, if that's okay. Though I might change my answer if I could have a steak with a Surratt.

I'd settle for alligator with Powell!

[Laurie Verge]

To show you how screwy we were in our younger years (and haven't changed much now!), Betty and a group of us "girls" used to dream up names of foods with a Lincoln assassination twist to it -- just like Booth Burger! We also did it by naming carnival rides after the conspirators.

BTW: Someone asked me today when we became known as the "Boothies." To the best of Joan Chaconas's and my recollections, only the people who made fun of those of us who researched Lincoln assassination called us that. It was meant to be derogatory.

We remember occasionally referring to ourselves as "Booth Buffs." In fact, either Bob Cook or Mike Kauffman had that on their license plates. "Boothies" seems to be of fairly recent coinage.

[BettyO]

(08-02-2012 05:05 PM)Laurie Verge Wrote:  To show you how screwy we were in our younger years (and haven't changed much now!), Betty and a group of us "girls" used to dream up names of foods with a Lincoln assassination twist to it -- just like Booth Burger! We also did it by naming carnival rides after the conspirators.

BTW: Someone asked me today when we became known as the "Boothies." To the best of Joan Chaconas's and my recollections, only the people who made fun of those of us who researched Lincoln assassination called us that. It was meant to be derogatory.

We remember occasionally referring to ourselves as "Booth Buffs." In fact, either Bob Cook or Mike Kauffman had that on their license plates. "Boothies" seems to be of fairly recent coinage.

Ah yes....I remember once, Joan Chaconas and I thought of a "Booth-Buffet!"

[Craig Hipkins]

Let's see, what kind of foods would be on a Booth Buffet? How about Powell fried steak.... or maybe a Mudd pie washed down with an Atzerodt shake. For dessert how about indulging in a Surratt brownie explosion

Craig

[LincolnMan]

A Booth Filet of Tyrannus

[BettyO]

(08-02-2012 06:03 PM)LincolnMan Wrote:  A Booth Filet of Tyrannus

How about a Chocolate Mudd Milk Shake; Mom Surratt's Chocolate Chip Cookies; Booth Burger; Powell Skewered Paprika Chicken and Herold Hush Puppies? And don't forget that Arnold's Bread, Atzerodt Apple Struddel and O'Laughlen's Oreo Cake with Spangler Sprinkles!

[LincolnMan]

I was gonna say it sounded "sic"-just for fun-but actually it's sounds pretty good. Let's eat!

[BettyO]

(08-02-2012 06:45 PM)LincolnMan Wrote:  I was gonna say it sounded "sic"-just for fun-but actually it's sounds pretty good. Let's eat!

I have a twisted sense of humor! Most of the Boothies do....HA!

[HerbS]

Betty O,I have had Alligator Bitts in Fla.and they tasted like chicken! SO,no harm-no foul with Powell !

[BettyO]

(08-02-2012 07:02 PM)HerbS Wrote:  Betty O,I have had Alligator Bitts in Fla.and they tasted like chicken! SO,no harm-no foul with Powell !

I 've had alligator in Florida as well (so did Laurie, Joan and Louise Oertly) -- to me it tasted like clam - I loved it!

[L Verge]

I agree that the alligator tail was very good, but I agree with Herb that it was more like chicken. I was introduced to it (as were Betty, Joan, and Louise) in a very nice restaurant in Tampa when treated to dinner by Powell family members.

Betty's book on Powell had just been released, and she was invited to Ft. Myers for a speaking engagement. Of course, the other three of us could not let her make the trek alone! We went down to Sanford on the AutoTrain, visited with Lewis's mother (in the cemetery) and then trekked across to Ft. Myers and Tampa. We then drove back across the state to St. Augustine and back home.

What a trip it was. Some day you can ply me with Jack and Gingers, and I will tell you about our escapades. Some are really funny. One was especially scary. Ask Betty about having to dive to the floor of the back seat and entering a cemetery after dark with a pick-up truck of yokels tailing us. Then there's the story of the March storm with freezing rain and winds in St. Augustine.

There were about 6-7 of us ladies who did lots of history traveling back in the 1970s and 80s, and we could always count on some disaster happening whenever we took a trip. It became the standard joke.

[BettyO]

(08-02-2012 07:02 PM)HerbS Wrote:  Betty O,I have had Alligator Bitts in Fla.and they tasted like chicken! SO,no harm-no foul with Powell !

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(08-02-2012 07:19 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I agree that the alligator tail was very good, but I agree with Herb that it was more like chicken. I was introduced to it (as were Betty, Joan, and Louise) in a very nice restaurant in Tampa when treated to dinner by Powell family members.

Betty's book on Powell had just been released, and she was invited to Ft. Myers for a speaking engagement. Of course, the other three of us could not let her make the trek alone! We went down to Sanford on the AutoTrain, visited with Lewis's mother (in the cemetery) and then trekked across to Ft. Myers and Tampa. We then drove back across the state to St. Augustine and back home.

What a trip it was. Some day you can ply me with Jack and Gingers, and I will tell you about our escapades. Some are really funny. One was especially scary. Ask Betty about having to dive to the floor of the back seat and entering a cemetery after dark with a pick-up truck of yokels tailing us. Then there's the story of the March storm with freezing rain and winds in St. Augustine.

There were about 6-7 of us ladies who did lots of history traveling back in the 1970s and 80s, and we could always count on some disaster happening whenever we took a trip. It became the standard joke.

Yes, indeed Laurie! And be sure to ask about the Perfect Rest Motel in Gettysburg -- sounds more like a funeral home...but what happened was certainly more lively than a morgue!!

[L Verge]

Have you ever dried your clothes with a hair dryer in a motel whose ceiling had just caved in because the dope above stopped up the shower drain?

[HerbS]

No,I have never had that pleasure,however I have used a hair dryer to dry my clothes!