Yep, went to the little patch of land down the country and dug a bushel of North Carolina 'taters here on the 27th of January. Wanted to prove again that old William Queen and the others back in the 1700's, 1800's and early 1900's knew how to keep food without 'frigerators and the like. Last fall, after the ground had begun to cool down; I buried a few bushel under a mound of dirt. (I believe that the older folks put them in a hole in the ground.) Anyway, pleased to report that it still works. Got me some good 'taters this afternoon. Might have the missus "fix" a pot of 'tater soup this evening. But, don't guess anyone on this list knows about 'tater soup. (No, don't have to eat 'tater soup; but as an old uncle told me years ago.... I don't want to get too far above my raisin' that I forget lots of the good old "stuff".) Have a good 'un. Gene

We eat tater and onion soup - gotta cut those taters up small - lot of onions, lots of bacon grease and cook it REALLY slow. Then a plate full of fried corn bread to go with it - gotta have my onions in that as well. Even the grandkids love tater soup for supper. Carol R ----- Original Message ----- From: "O. Eugene Queen" <EQueen@Lexcominc.net> To: "QResearchers" <QUEEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 3:04 PM Subject: [QUEEN] Digging 'taters > Yep, went to the little patch of land down the country and dug a bushel of > North Carolina 'taters here on the 27th of January. > > Wanted to prove again that old William Queen and the others back in the > 1700's, 1800's and early 1900's knew how to keep food without 'frigerators > and the like. > > Last fall, after the ground had begun to cool down; I buried a few bushel > under a mound of dirt. (I believe that the older folks put them in a hole > in the ground.) Anyway, pleased to report that it still works. Got me > some good 'taters this afternoon. > > Might have the missus "fix" a pot of 'tater soup this evening. But, don't > guess anyone on this list knows about 'tater soup. (No, don't have to eat > 'tater soup; but as an old uncle told me years ago.... I don't want to get > too far above my raisin' that I forget lots of the good old "stuff".) > > Have a good 'un. > > Gene > > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you > are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES > AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners > >> http://webpages.charter.net/rlqueen/DNA/queenmarker.htm >> >> http://www.familytreedna.com/public/queenDNA/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QUEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >