You are most welcome for the recipe and you may use it any way you like, Gloria. I would be interested in your Mom's recipe for Chicken and Rivels? My Mom made Chicken and Dumplin's--another recipe for extending the meat, the most expensive ingredient. Thus, both dumplin's and rivels could be classified as "Meat and Veggie Helpers"--or, antecedents to Hamburger Helper, don't you think? FYI--> My previous message was my first venture in contributing to VASHENAN. My friend, Nancy Grandstaff Shrum, introduced me to this means of sharing Shenandoah Valley history. After more than 40 years, Nancy and I reconnected in October, 2007, when we were both enrolled in a genealogy class at Edinburg Library. I am consistently learning interesting and new information from Nancy; she is a creative and artistic genius...and a very generous one, to wit! My husband and I are now living in the Valley, following his career w/ the USCG. I am a native of the Valley and my ancestors are deeply rooted here. My Mom, a Dellinger, loved sharing family history w/ others. Unfortunately, I was not ready to appreciate, really appreciate my heritage until later in life, and unfortunately, that did not occur until the passing of my parents. As a matter of fact, my husband and I are both researching our families and enjoying the process and the wonderful people we are meeting along the way. He completed the genealogy class w/ me. My husband is a native Virginian, whose relatives hail from Orange and Fauquier counties. At this point in our research, neither of us seems to be connected to the Bushong family. HOWEVER, if we trace our lineage and do find a Bushong, we'll surely advise you. Will you do the same? Thanks for asking. Best, Jane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] A recipe for Rivels Thank you Jane! That is what we are looking for. In Mattie's diaries she mentions Rivels many times. People used to stop in and get them from her so her family must have made good ones Yes, you are right about there being no lunch in the Valley. Mattie just refers to dinner and supper for what we would call lunch (dinner) and dinner (supper) today. My mother made Rivels with chicken added. Her roots go back to Maryland and Pennsylvania but she never wrote the recipe down and for some dumb reason, I never asked her for that particular recipe. She was a great cook and I have many of her recipes, just not that one! Thank you again and we will give you credit for the submission. Any Bushong branches at all in your family trees? Gloria B. **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp0030000 00025 48) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message