The Big Apple: “Harder than eating red beans with a pitchfork”

Above, a plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at west 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Oct. 17, 1931, Turf Play, p. 7.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce The Big Apple, a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

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Entry from August 25, 2008

“Harder than eating red beans with a pitchfork”

"Harder than eating red beans with a pitchfork” is said to be an East Texas saying for something that is very difficult to do. Nobody eats beans with a pitchfork—the beans slip through.

Austin (TX) American-Statesman
State Bar’s client fund provides limited recourse
By Robert Elder
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Monday, June 23, 2008
(...)
“As the old East Texas saying goes, ‘Harder than eating red beans with a pitchfork,’ “ said Austin lawyer Charles “Chuck” Herring, author of a book on legal malpractice in Texas.

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Texas (Lone Star State Dictionary) • (0) Comments • Monday, August 25, 2008 • Permalink