Authentic Patrick Cleburne and Stewed Watermelon

[NH Civil War Gal]

Civil War Cooking: Patrick Cleburne's Stewed Watermelon - Emerging Civil War

Before the Civil War and before he became a Confederate general, Patrick Cleburne floundered a bit as he learned the societal and cultural ways of the American South. An Irishman who immigrated to the United States and eventually settled in Arkansas, Cleburne found work as an apothecary in the...

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I'm loving Sarah Kay Bierle's authentic food posts for November. I never knew Patrick Cleburne was an apothecary before the Civil War. I DON'T recommend stewed watermelon!

 

[Sowbelly and Hardtack]

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Boiling a watermelon is like making ice cube stew.

But I do hope the Irish General tried some boiled peanuts.

 

[Elliot Crumblemuffin]

This is funny . That's awesome, thank you!!

 

[donna]

Great find.

 

[nc native]

Boiling watermelon would be a good idea if you were distilling alcohol. Cleburne like many who move to the South fell in love with it once he got used to its culture and cuisine and ended up giving up his life fighting for it.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

I LOVE watermelon pickles and they were all on the supermarket shelves here pre-Covid and now they are gone.

 

[lupaglupa]

This really sounds awful, I have to say. But hey, whatever makes you happy.

 

[Sheltowee]

This really sounds awful, I have to say. But hey, whatever makes you happy.

Yep. Stewing a melon just sounds black as sin.

 

[TallTallMan]

Looks more like tomatoes for spaghetti:

 

[Pat Young]

Civil War Cooking: Patrick Cleburne's Stewed Watermelon - Emerging Civil War

Before the Civil War and before he became a Confederate general, Patrick Cleburne floundered a bit as he learned the societal and cultural ways of the American South. An Irishman who immigrated to the United States and eventually settled in Arkansas, Cleburne found work as an apothecary in the...

emergingcivilwar.com

I'm loving Sarah Kay Bierle's authentic food posts for November. I never knew Patrick Cleburne was an apothecary before the Civil War. I DON'T recommend stewed watermelon!

He failed his licensing test as an apothecary in Ireland. After his time in the British army he came to America and became an apothecary in Arkansas and later a lawyer.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

This really sounds awful, I have to say.

It does sound gross, but it's actually not that bad.

I LOVE watermelon pickles and they were all on the supermarket shelves here pre-Covid and now they are gone.

In the Deep South, we also have kool-aid pickles.
Yep ... that doesn't sound too appetizing, but it's worth a taste.

I won't mention the ubiquitous gas station jars of "pickled eggs, pickled pig's feet or pickled pig ears ".


I don't eat such myself ... but I do find it ironic that many American "foodies" travel the planet in search of exotic local foods
( such as chicken embryo street food in the Philippines) ... but are shocked at some of the food in their own country.

 

[Philip Leigh]

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[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

Civil War Cooking: Patrick Cleburne's Stewed Watermelon - Emerging Civil War

Before the Civil War and before he became a Confederate general, Patrick Cleburne floundered a bit as he learned the societal and cultural ways of the American South. An Irishman who immigrated to the United States and eventually settled in Arkansas, Cleburne found work as an apothecary in the...

emergingcivilwar.com

I'm loving Sarah Kay Bierle's authentic food posts for November. I never knew Patrick Cleburne was an apothecary before the Civil War. I DON'T recommend stewed watermelon!

When I think of Cleburne and food, I think of the Confederates retreating through north Georgia with Cleburne's soldiers fighting the rear guard action. The soldiers had been on very low rations for weeks, as Bragg had hoarded and failed to release a million pounds of salted pork and beef stored in a large warehouse along the railroad in north GA. Bragg ordered it burned during the retreat to prevent the Union from getting it. As Cleburne's hungry troops fought and retreated, the smell of "bacon" tantalized them.

 

[KianGaf]

It does sound gross, but it's actually not that bad.

In the Deep South, we also have kool-aid pickles.
Yep ... that doesn't sound too appetizing, but it's worth a taste.

I won't mention the ubiquitous gas station jars of "pickled eggs, pickled pig's feet or pickled pig ears ".


I don't eat such myself ... but I do find it ironic that many American "foodies" travel the planet in search of exotic local foods
( such as chicken embryo street food in the Philippines) ... but are shocked at some of the food in their own country.

Only recently found out about Kool-aid pickles. That sounds a strange one but try everything once.