A Party?

[bethers1217]

In 1861 Missouri, what would someone call a party? It's a bonfire get together with a hog roast. I mean is it as simple as calling it a 'hog roast'?

[Festus]

Bethers, a party would work, also: a get together, a doings, etc.

[Bmwhtly]

Sorry, I can't past the imagined smell of roast pig...

[dpaterso]

It's good enough for The Searchers (1956). Ethan and Marty arrive at the Jorgensens' place and Marty asks, "Hey, you don't suppose they're throwin' a party for us, do ya?"

Tho' just for color, I might call it a hootenany. :)

-Derek

[bethers1217]

Thanks all!

[JeanneTGC]

I think calling it a "hog roast" would be kind of cool, actually. As in, I haven't heard that phrase much, if ever, and so it'd really evoke some images (such as the ones BM can't get past) and such.

[HoosierCowgirl]

Is "hog roast" kind of modern? You know with a pig cooker made out of 55-gallon barrel? It's the ultimate in hospitality here (Midwest) and now.

What about calling it a barbecue?

Ann

[HoosierCowgirl]

Sorry, I can't past the imagined smell of roast pig...

Mmmm .... hungry now ;)

Ann

[JeanneTGC]

Is "hog roast" kind of modern? You know with a pig cooker made out of 55-gallon barrel? It's the ultimate in hospitality here (Midwest) and now.

What about calling it a barbecue?

Ann
I have no idea. I'm from the West and I haven't heard it before, so to me it sounds somewhat older and rather exotic. (Well, so to speak. I mean, exotic and hog roast are not necessarily thought of either together or as exotic, but you get my drift. And not the drift of roasting hog!)

[Cav Guy]

Barbecue actually has Caribbean origins if I remember correctly, so that term might not work well in Missouri at the time you're suggesting.

Hog roast is good, although I think you could get by with "shindy" (short for shindig) as well. See http://www.answers.com/topic/shindig for a quick discussion of the term shindy, which hints at its Western use. Party also works.

[ritinrider]

Is this 'party' going to be just for getting together, eating roast pork, and having a good time? Or is is part of pig-killing time. I remember my grandmother telling about neighbors coming over for pig killing and eating. The meat had to be cooked and preserved (no freezers). While the women were cooking and preserving part of the meat, the men cooked finished up the butchering and cleaning up, then they cooked part of the meat outside as payment to the neighbors for all their help. This was in Arkansas. Remember, you're trusting mine and my grandmother's memories which aren't good at details. In fact, I think I had to add some because grandma was vague on some things.

[Unique]

What no 'box supper'? You ain't gonna bid on my fixin's?

Shoot. You just wait til we get to the Cheyenne Social Club. I'll show ya.

(What time's the party?)