ISSUE 75, OLD AMERICAN DESSERTS, Part 3: Persimmon Pudding
Persimmon Pudding
Gen. Thomas Sumter, the gamecock of the American Revolution, and defender of Charleston in his latter days gloried in telling stories of the heroic days fighting the British. Many of these tales he imparted at society dinners at which he was a fixture during the 1820s. Hostesses sought to impress the old hero with fancy fare, but he w…