You really gave me a wonderful sense of thanksgiving when I read your letter. I hope everyone on the list has a great thanksgiving. Beth Martin >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [PERKINS] USA Thanksgiving >Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 08:57:18 EST > >Happy Thanksgiving All, > >Logs have been on the fire all week, we had 1.5-2" wet snow last Sunday. >Down to 20 the last two mornings (here in the sunny South-NC) > >Hope everyone is doing well and their Turkey is in the oven (no comment). > >Ours just hit the heat and is larger than usual as our house is (as has >been >the case since I married Robin some 17 yrs ago) the meeting/eating place. >Her parents, bro and sis with families--and my oldest son and family and my >two other sons, Robin and myself, and lest we forget Molly-our four legged >dau. Makes for a great though cozy get together. My parents live the >winter >in Fla and summers in Upstate NY (Gen T. RUGGLES haunts) my brothers are >one >in NJ-in civilization and the other on top of a mountain in Warner, NH. > >Besides Turkey with STUFFING, there are mashed potatoes with Perkins' >gravy, >butterbeans, collard greens, pork roast (the favorite of her grandfather >SNIPES who passed away a year ago) cornbread, biscuits, PECAN pie, choclate >chess pie, carrot cake, and all the other little things for the table. > >I miss my mom's Apple pie (I just do not like minced meat but everyone said >hers was the best) and my grandmother Perkins cold baked navy beans. I >have >tried to duplicate their works but they never turned out the same. Maybe >it >was not the recipie but the company and the cooks that made the difference. > >I miss all those who I can no longer spend time with and the things that we >used to do. I remember the good times and the not so good. I can still >hear >their voices and see their faces, I hope they were able to do all that they >wanted to do in their lives. > >I am thankful for all that I have been graced with, for all those who I >have >met, for all those who have taken the time to say hello or stopped to stay >a >while before moving on. > >To all of you and yours, I send best wishes for a great day of Family >things. > >God Speed > >Bill > > > >==== PERKINS Mailing List ==== >Are your PERKINS out of Illinois, Maine, North Carolina or some other neat >place? Tell the Perkins List about it! There is Family behind every tree >here! >Our Perkins List Home Page: >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sonyapl/ >http://pages.prodigy.net/kathycorriher/EP/EP.htm >Have a Great Perkins Day > > >============================== >The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 > _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com