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The Hot and Hot Fish Club, also known as Hot and Hot Fish Club of All Saints Parish, was a gentlemen's club in the 19th century in South Carolina dedicated to epicurean pursuits: gourmet foods, strong drinks and festive times.〔"Booklet", p. 3〕 It started after the American Revolutionary War (early 19th century) and ended during the American Civil War (1864–65).〔"Booklet", p. 15〕〔(JSTOR Harwell article )〕 == History == Robert Francis Withers Allston, ex-governor of South Carolina in the 19th century, writes at the beginning of the ''Rules and History of the Hot and Hot Fish Club'' booklet that he recalls as a boy of fifteen in 1816 that he would visit his older married sister (Elizabeth) in Murrell's Inlet near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Her husband (John H. Tucker) was a sportsman that would hunt deer and fish in the nearby Waccamaw River. When Allston visited he always enjoyed "club day", which was Friday during the summer months. On that day he would fish with Mr. Tucker.〔"Booklet", p. 5〕 The members of the Fish Club then, as Allston remembers, were * Major Ward * F. M. Weston * Ben Allston * Robert Withers * Major W. A. Bull * John H. Tucker and brother William * J. Barrington Thomas * John Green All these above were Allston's close friends. It was rumored that John Green could eat a ''peck of fish'' during this meal. He would put the fish into one side of his mouth and at the same time spit out the bones of the previous fish from the other side. The exaggerated rumor went on that all the while he would ''drink a quart of brandy!''〔"Booklet", p. 7〕 He was known to say with a southern accent: ''Fish and rice'' ''is very nice;'' ''Pork and 'tater'' ''Is much better.''〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hot and Hot Fish Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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