----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris" <ginlu@charter.net> To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [BS-L] Mother's Day Rockin' 'n Reminiscin' ......... > When I was little, my grandma would get someone in the neighborhood to kill > a chicken or two, and I'd have to pick the feathers while she cleaned and > cut it to fry. > > I complained, telling her that I didn't like the smell of feathers.....and > she said I was much too small to do her job, but when I got old enough to do > it, we'd change because she knew I didn't like picking feathers. > > Well, the time came, and we finally traded jobs....and she said if we traded > we couldn't trade back....so I was the one to clean those hot entrails and > cut that hot meat up.....and I hated it even more!!! But she wouldn't trade > jobs, "A deal's a deal" , she'd say.... > > To this day, I don't like chicken---I used to cook it when my kids were > small, and I never let on that I didn't like it....my husband and kids all > love chicken...and I can fry it great to hear them tell it.....but you > know---I can just still smell those feathers and hot entrails, and I can't > stand to eat it!!! > > Doris....A Texan in Georgia..... > Still shaking the family tree and > dodging the nuts after 30+ years! > IBSSG > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Kelly" <donkelly@grovenet.net> > To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 2:31 PM > Subject: Re: [BS-L] Mother's Day Rockin' 'n Reminiscin' ......... > > > Did she wring their necks then pull the heads off, or just chop them > off. > > I hated to see chickens being killed, but I sure liked to eat them > afterward. > > I guess I was born too late to be killing chickens. > > Don > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BETTYBOAT@aol.com> > To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 9:24 AM > Subject: Re: [BS-L] Mother's Day Rockin' 'n Reminiscin' ......... > > > > Jeanie, you are my kind of woman. I saw my grandmother kill chickens > and I > > still have the best recipe for egg custard pie. I'll send it to you. > Comes > > out perfect everytime. It's an old cherished recipe. > > > > I still bake it quite often and for my father also and family > reunions. The > > elders love it. > > > > Love you Mother's Day memory, wish my moother was here. Miss her so > much, > > not a day goes by that I don't think of her. > > > > > > Bettye > > > > > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > > --- > > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted > by each individual submitter. > > > > http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/resources.html > > search the Rootsweb, UsGenWeb and The Social Security Death Index and > More. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 3/14/02 > > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > --- > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by > each individual submitter. > > The Blacksheep Message boards are at: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organization s.blac > ksheep > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 5/7/2002 > > > > ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > --- > The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by each individual submitter. > > To Unsubscribe: Visit the following website and use the QUIT List or Quit Digest Buttons > http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/ > Contact Jeff Scism, ScismGenie@aol.com for list problems > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >