Hi listers, I know this is an "off-list" subject, but it's Christmas! My mom, raised in Altoona, made what she called "beans and rivvels". It was a thick bean soup, made with ham bone, and then she made the rivvels and cooked them in the soup. I liked the rivvels better than the beans. I hadn't thought of it in years. Her family was Irish and German, but I'm sure the recipe was her mother's. I have an old "butcher book" of my grandmother's, with her hand-written recipes in it, for such things as chow-chow, quince honey and green tomoto mincemeat. It's a treasure I am transcribing for the family before it disintegrates completely. Happy holidays to you all! Janet in Va. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com