Hiro Protagonist

When Kim was still living in Baltimore and working at Evergreen House a co-worker gave her a copy of the Official Cookbook of the 1982 World's Fair. This was the World's Fair that was held in Knoxville, Tennessee.

She showed it to me to illustrate what sort of recipes it contained. The claim of "600 International & Appalachian * Southern recipes" was striking. At the start of the Appalachian recipe section (titled, actually, "Appalachian Mountain and Country Favorites") I found an interesting preface:

                       GLOSSARY OF COUNTRY DIALECT
dreen         -           drain             tase          -          taste
air           -             are             vittles       -        vittles 
sho           -            sure             fraish        -          fresh
agin          -           again             lif           -           lift
stidder       -     in stead of             fo'           -           four
fer           -             for             aigs          -           eggs
aint          -           isn't             kilt          -         killed
po'           -            poor             drap          -           drop
houn'         -           hound             okry          -           okra
dawg          -             dog             'taters       -       potatoes
er            -              of             cawn          -           corn
em            -            them             sarvin        -        serving
'stonishin    -     astonishing             fergit        -         forget 
mawnin        -         morning             tother        -      the other
kiver         -           cover             sich          -           such
keerful       -         careful             whupped       -        whipped
git           -             get             holpin'       -        helping
bile          -            boil             younguns      -    little ones
stiddy        -          steady             som'ers       -      somewhere
kin           -             can             poke          -           sack
jes           -            just                                        
yo'           -            your              Take time to understand us. 
mus'          -            must                    You will like it!    
ter           -              to                                        

                 Expressions You Might Hear in the Mountains

             I dogged if I know                      I don't know
             Aw shucks                                     Really
             He come back                            He come back
             They git sheda                            Get rid of
             Chock full                                 Filled up
             Stone col'                                  Ice cold
             Pretty nigh                                   Almost
             If you have a min                        If you like
             Yer innards                             Your stomach
             Lef ter yer gumption          left to your judgement
             Go fetch it                                Go get it
             Too yer whistle                        Talk too much
             This here's fittin                       Really good
             Mess or batch                            Good amount
             Tote the grub                         Carry the food
             Moonshining                       Making corn liquor 
             Rite smart                               Quite a bit