Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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- Click on "comments" on this webpage. Send an e-mail to blejwek@auburn.edu. Write to: Moon Pie Memories, P.O. Box 40752, Mobile, AL 36640. If you would like your submission to be considered for inclusion in the book, please include contact information. Questions? Call 334.414.2323.
This book idea is so exciting and I can't wait to read it! As for moonpies though, I have to admit that I have never liked them! I remember them being served in the school cafeteria when i was a little girl. I live up north but moonpies made their way to New York. In New York they were called "Scooter pies". While I thought they looked pretty I always thought they were gross. But I've always loved Mallomars, go figure.
ReplyDeleteYours truly, Lori
I have very fond memories of growing up in Mobile and partaking in Mardi Gras with my family. We'd catch as many as we could, back when they were in clear wrappers. There were only chocolate and banana ones, before orange, peanut butter, mint, etc. were introduced. After another successful Mardi Gras season, we always knew what snack Mom would pack in our lunchboxes for the following week(s). Moon Pies!!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of your book. Moon pies are what make Mobile Mardi Gras unique. When I moved to New Orleans for med school I realized they didn't throw candy and but most of all they did not throw moon pies. My best memory......I never like moon pies and never finished one, yet they were still a trophy to catch at a parade. I'll never forget cathching an entire box of "banana" moon pies when I was a child. I was so proud of my acquisition. It didn't matter that I would never eat one. Even my brothers were impressed. Good luck with your book. Theresa Roca rocatt@bellsouth.net
ReplyDeleteall i remember is the moonpie hitting me in the eye. then it all went black. thank you.
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ReplyDeleteI grew up in Mobile County and attended Mardi Gras faithfully with my parents as a child. We moved away in 1971 when i was 12 and I did not see another Mardi Gras parade until I moved back here in 1994.
I was so moved by that experience, that i went home, sat down and wrote a poem:
Moon Pie Taste Like Mardi Gras
Mobile, 1994
Sitting across from friends
At a bistro on Dauphin Street
Someone said,
"The Parade's here"
I started out
And hesitated at the rain.
Not enough to stop the parade,
But enough to dampen my excitement.
I eased out under awnings, along store fronts
And was stopped,
At the curb,
By the sight of the first float I had seen in twenty years.
I forgot about the drizzle.
I just wanted to catch something,
Beads, doubloons and
foil coverd cakes-
Moon Pies!
Ummm-
Moon Pie taste like Mardi Gras!
WPCannon
1994
I have tried my mind and hand at many more poems since then, but this was inspired by Mardi Gras and after reading of your projrct in the Mobile Press-Register, I wanted to share this with you.
William P Cannon
P.O. Box 112
Mount Vernon, Alabama 36560-0112
cannonw59@yahoo.com
I was blessed with nineteen years of the most wonderful memories living in Mobile, always waiting for the moonpie madness to arrive each year and all that went along with it. Our Mobile Mardi Gras was all about family and friends and still is. Collecting the moonpies as the parades rolled past was a reason for loved ones to hook up and let the good times roll. That simple little goofy treat inspired quite a lot of love and laughter over the years. It helped put a big piece of Mobile, Alabama in my heart forever. Mardi Gras is in full swing as I write this sitting in my home in Virginia. Throw me something mister!
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