Well Folks, I never get started on nut'n till Edith starts one, then I get jealous and follow suit.... I started to do a RE: on the first few possum tales, but had to wait on Edith. Yep, I grew up in the 50's just down below Monroe in McMinn. and yep, I've been a possum hunt'n a thousand plus times if I've been once. Occasionally we'd go up to Tellico and Coon hunt... and yep, I've cleaned a few possums... The first of which was when I was 10 or so and ask mother if she would cook a possum like grandma Slack, if I'd clean it... Now mind you, I'd clumb a bunch of trees, and sacked a many possums, but this was the first to nail on the back of the smoke house, and dress. It was a nasty, greasy, bristle haired mess by the time I got the dishpan to mom. She finished the rest, and carrots, sweet taters, etc.. and in the oven to bake. Really good eating.. Then I supprised some yankee buddies I went to Tenn. Weselyan College with, 15 yrs later when I barbecued one, and didn't tell them till afterward. I still have a close relationship with about everything Ms Edith mentioned, for the sowse meat, to pork brains from grandma's house. I've tried to recreate the environment here in Hickman county, with a spring for our water, and a new orchard to replace the one from 50 or so years back left on this place. We've go the chickens, and hounds, and the horses I never had as a kid, and the ones my teenagers have discomfort in feeding daily. The TwoSeat'r Edith had was really uptown... We just had a oneseater, and felt uptown cause we kept good supply of Sear and Roebuck catalogs. No corncobs for us folks. We have an old two seater here on this farm, but not too often used, since we started with buckets and have since upgraded to 3 inside full baths for these two spoiled but appreciative teens. I really miss those hills back in E.TN but I just look out my doors here and have a picture of my heritage, and one I'm instilling in these two kids and their city mom. If'n yall come near Keg County Tn... Stop by. We'll soak our toes in the branch, and sip on whatever's aging at the spring. "Nothing Distilled, but then it don't have to be!" Thanks, Fred, Jess, Jan, and Edith for sharing memories. OH Yea.... I won't mention all that our county VOL's have contributed to the two sites, but there's about 3.24 MB of data and images with 139 files in the Hickman County Project... and 10.2 MB of data and images with 279 files in the McMinn County Project. Thanks for the VOL's !! Love to All, Sam & Family Ecward@aol.com wrote: > Fred your Possim stew brought back some great memories! > I grew up in Monroe County and as a child we had a real up town out house a -- Sam Sneed P.O. Box# 13 Bon Aqua, TN. 37025 (931)670-6552 ----------------- Sam 'n' Tennessee http://www.Keepsake-Photos.Com Old & Damaged Photo Restoration ----------------- Our Genealogy Research ON-Line http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmcminn/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnhickma/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~lineage/ http://www.tngenweb.org/events.htm ----------------- Work http://www.StarTransportation.Com