Isn't that the truth. I can remember the huge meals my grandma use to make. Fried chicken (which I hated because I had seen her wring the chicken's necks), and all the fixings. All cooked on a woodstove. I do love chicken now, though. How I would love to see my grandma again, though through this genealogy I can see her in my heart much more clear and I think that you all must feel about the same about your grandmas and grandpas. Those women back then worked harder than we can even imagine, I think. Not that we women nowadays don't work hard, we do. But can you imagine how hard it was "way back when"! Charlene Betty Hollowell wrote: > Thanks to both Barbara and Juanita - my branch of the Tates, > Wilsons, and Hutchinsons left Scott County soon after 1900, but we had > "Chocolate gravy"; in fact, I still make it, but I toast the buttered > biscuits first. I haven't tried to make teacakes in a while, but I > will make them for Thanksgiving, as a reminder. > Is it genealogy? Of course; the most lasting and loved traditions > come from our kitchens. > Betty