A Free Bath | Popcorn Sutton

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Karl Presnell and Popcorn Sutton in Popcorn's store at the bend of the road outside Maggie Valley, just before Christmas, 2000.
KP: You know, people sold their land nowadays - and, really, they lost their heritage, little bit, you know
PS: They lost it all.
KP: Yeah. [...] There's what that Popcorn likes. That ain't nothin to drink.
PS: What's this made out of?
KP: Huh?
PS: What's this made out of?
KP: That's raspberries. That's just water and raspberries. This stuff right here - lights see what I've got, how I made that there stuff - it's got apples, grapes, its got raisins in it, it's got raspberries. It turned that color right there. I guarantee it, I guess it's about twenty-five percent alcohol. Now it's real stuff. A lot of people drinks it when they got a cold and stuff. Now buddy - it'll knock the flu out of you, if it don't it'll kill you. You know, it can go either dern way.
NH: You make it yourself?
KP: Yeah, I make it myself. I make it in a dern water cooler. Lot of people puts it in an old jug, crocks and stuff - I put mine in a water cooler, cause you can, you know, you can strain it when you mash the button on the bottom. How is that, Popcorn? [...] That boy, I said, see if that lids a-leaking on that thing when we was coming up here. [...] I said, that'll blow to goddam hell.
PS: It will.
KP: [...]
[jug blasts open. laughter]
PS: goddam it. I got a damn bath, didn't I?
[laughter]
KP: You getting a little buzz offa that?
PS: Hell yeah. I got a free bath too!
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