I would really love to believe that the author of this recipe from Country Cookin' (Ross Chapel Church, Bolds Fork, KY, 1977) was an early practitioner of reappropriation and happily owning her sexual autonomy.
However, given that this is a church-related fundraising cookbook from 1970s Kentucky, I'm afraid that Rose Schaffner just didn't know how to spell.
Given the can of red beans in chili gravy (and onion) maybe she wanted to get olfactory revenge on someone. Maybe the judgy people who were making a cookbook (and not paying attention to spelling while making it)?
ReplyDeleteOr maybe the judgy people changed the spelling themselves?
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