TheBanyanTree: The Elusive Mince

[B Drummond]

Most young people today don't know what a mince meat pie is or have 
never tasted one.

I could see this happening:
        
Young Bubba Earl invites his friend Michael over to play Playstation 2 
games at his house.  They take a break from the games when Bubba Earl's 
mom calls to them to come and eat.  They sit down at the table with 
Bubba Earl's family and Michael looks over the fixins.  Michael spies a 
big pie among the other goodies on the table (leftover turkey, ham, 
sweet tater soufle', green bean casserole, etc) and asks:

"Uhmmmm . . . what kind of pie is that?

"It's a mince meat pie, darlin',  Bubba Earl's mom replies.

"Mince meat? Michael says with a very puzzled look on his face. "What 
kinda' 
meat is mince meat?"

"A mince? It's a big ol creature what lives in the woods. It's kinda' 
like a deer, honey, but it's even more elusive."  X-Ray (Xavier Ray is 
Bubba Earl's dad, affectionately known as X-Ray)  " X-Ray kilt 'im down 
by the Dismal Swamp last week," answered Bubba Ray's mom.

"That's right," said X-Ray proudly.  "He was a mean 'un.  Came  a       
chargin' at me from about 40 paces and I downed 'im with one clean 
shot from my 30-30.  Dropped like a sack 'a taters.   Had a set of      
horns what looked like a rockin' chair up on his head.  Twelve pointer, 
he was."  After a short pause X-Ray, smiling, looked at Michael and 
said, 

"Can I pass you a piece, son?"

"Uhh, uhh . . .no, thanks." Michael stammered, " Can I have a piece of 
pumpkin pie instead, if you don't mind."

X-Ray tapped Bubba Earl's foot with his foot under the table and smiled 
at his boy.  Bubba Earl smiled back at his dad and then winked.



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Personally, I shoot every mince I see.  Nothin like a mess of mince for 
the
holidays.  Save 'em for dessert, or as I call 'em, after-dinner-mince.

 -- Mike Pingleton