Some say milk makes it tough, and others say water makes it stringy.
"The Myrtle Reed Cook Book"
Myrtle Reed
Dr. John was right hard hit wif that Miss Hunt what was a-visiting yo' Aunt Clay 'til he seed her wif her hair all stringy an' out er curl that time you all went on the night picnic and the creek riz so and mos' drownded the passel of you.
"Molly Brown's Orchard Home"
Nell Speed
It looked like stringy, chocolate-colored tow, studded with hundreds of tiny ivory buttons.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe