LINVILLE!! LINVILLE!!

“Livermush is made with liver, cornmeal, and spices.

Scrapple is a cornmeal pudding in which the cornmeal is simmered with pork scraps and trimmings, then cooled and hardened into a loaf. Pork scraps meaning head and offal,etc.”

“I'm with treebait. ;-)”

“I've tasted both...................it's the same thing.

“Livermush is made with liver, cornmeal, and spices."

Don't forget the "fatty pork" that goes in Liver Mush......ha ha!!

The liver in either item is the dominant flavor and the "scraps" are more or less filler.
last edited: 1/24/06 3:03:49 PM”

“i'll try and get my pictures (and video) up tomorrow. sorry i'm so slow. been working.

and yes,

livermush = scrapple

i told marko on the way down there that there was a funny name for scrapple at the rock house.”

“Great report thanks...”

“Sorry I haven't been on here but I've been having computer troubles.Had a great time and am glad you all did too!

Marko I have your groundcloth so send me your snailmail addy and I'll get it in the mail.”

“dang smokygirl, I thought only those of us from PA knew what Scrapple was/is. The only thing I can compare scrapple to is a big block of clay. They look exactly the same.”

“btw, did anyone take any pics whilst on this trip? I hope to see! I wanted to go :(, but no.”

“We are waiting on photos posted by Baume66”

“Iffin Livermush and scrapple are the same thing then WHY does the same companies make Livermush AND scrapple? I'll tell you why! They are NOT the same thing!

By the way great trip report smoky.”

“Hey ENS, too bad you missed it man!

OK Spam!!

What ever the scrapple mush deal is, there is only one Spam!!

Those guys in Marion took care of baume's car in good order and the tow driver was a good dude.”

“some photos.

http://www.thebackpacker.com/pictures/album/dl3nccfs.php

i'm working on the video. it comes up as a very small picture (like trying to watch it on my camera).”

“Great pics Baume66!”

“What happened to the naked photos of Smokygirl???”

“Ha!”

“Dang...........there she is!!


>8^O”

“sorry these are so small. i must have had the settings really low.

the last part of getting her pack across

http://home.comcast.net/~vamccracken/pack.mpg”

“setting up the safety rope.

http://home.comcast.net/~vamccracken/rope.mpg”

“bagged clothes headed across.

http://home.comcast.net/~vamccracken/clothes.mpg”

“the "crossing"

http://home.comcast.net/~vamccracken/swim.mpg”

“Oooo - that gave me chills just watching it! Thanks Baume!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“great pics baume! Thanks for being the official photographer! You got the pups' names right too.

All over again I think you're crazy, smokygirl--but boy are you tough!”

“aAAAAAAAhahahhahahhahahhahahahhah!!! (that's my crazy cackle)
Thanks, Palomino - that's a compliment. How's snaggletooth? :B”

“Snaggletooth is a cool pooch!!

I like Puppy Face too!!”

“They're great, of course. The cat displaced Sula on the bed last night, though--I think she wants to go hiking again so she gets the warm spot. Actually, I Know she/me/we want to go hiking again!”

“I watched the video at the house two hours ago and my nuts are still resting near the back of my navel. I know that water is cold.

Ya'll are making me want some livermush badly”

“yeah, scrapple would include those two, Yerby, but not livermush!”

“Dont that make you wish we stayed and hike in with them..
Great pics baume”

“I just watched the videos. OMG! That must have been the coldest experience ever!”

“Smoky is in the Trail Talk Hall of Fame!

and Baume66 I think these are the first videos posted on TT!”

“Hey Smoke, FYI, when you're done with the AT and all the trails on the east coast, the PCT is 2650 miles long and takes 5-6 months. According to one site, 60% of the 300 hikers who start it each year finish it. I bet there are a lot of glacial rivers out there to swim! Some year soon...”

“sounds like a great time was had by all... wish i could have made it...”

“hey azimuth, good to hear from you. wish you could have made it.”

“Old Azimuth would've came, but he was busy wooing people over the weekend with his guitar tricks!”

“yeah baume i hadn't run anyone else that likes the yukon jack besides you... hope to make the lost cove trip or the next mt rogers adventure - ha ha... well... that's a very generous compliment smokygirl... thanks...”

“who knows what opportunities will present themselves to do this...will definitely look at a map and dream for awhile!”

“Here are the ones I took:

http://thebackpacker.com/pictures/album/lp788egw.php”

“Hey no fair - I look like I am whistling nonchalantly hoping no one would notice that I make off with all those beers!”

“that's nothing smokygirl - how about a little trail maintenance with a big butt (grin)”

“Uh, so I didn't portray everyone in their best light. I thought you'd rather see yourselves looking goofy than not see yourselves at all. You were beautiful to me! We'll work on the glamour shots next time!”

“Some very nice pics Palomino, I especially like the "Gettin Some Air" pic!

Is my belly really that big? Daaaaaang!
last edited: 1/27/06 4:36:40 PM”

“I do like the pics! They are funny! By the way, YOU WILL NEVER CATCH ME DOING GLAMOUR SHOTS!”

“nice pics palomino!

glad you put them up. myriah is looking really cool in the air photo.”

“nice pics palomino”

“Yeah JB I feel like I missed out on a great time.

AFter we left, we dined at Louise's and then went to the Linville Cavarens (growing up around this area and I had never been there) and went over and messed around Spruce Pine.

I am off Wed and Thru and Teasa will have to work so I might take Buffett the dog for a good day hike. Would take him on a bike ride but his feet cant reach the peddles yet”

“well get him a smaller bike,,, where you day hiking at i'm taking my kids to linville this sat...”

“We went just to a county park, Bakers Mtn here in Catawba county. he loved it and I wanted more”

“Hey, wait a minute!!!

What ever happened to Blind Willie!!!

I suspect there was a woman involved.”

“I suspect you're right Marko!”

“I was nearly blinded by that fine hooch, but I got better.”