Jay: I had this same conversation with one of my co-workers today. We may have been poor but we didn't know it so it didn't make a difference. She said they were lucky to have one piece of meat and one piece of cheese on a sandwich. Then she met her future Jewish husband and made him one of those sandwiches. He asked what it was (you know they put at least a half lb. of meat on their sandwich). Doris Snyder

Yes Doris, I can recall many, many meals of beans and potatoes, cornbread or biscuits. We managed to farm and grew most of our food, including the meats. My dad was, of course, a coal miner (which ultimately killed him with "black lung" disease) and me an my siblings worked our farm. Ton of work, but lots of fun too. Had a really good life, for which I thank God every day. Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [WVSUMMER] Vale, WV > Jay: > > I had this same conversation with one of my co-workers today. We may have > been poor but we didn't know it so it didn't make a difference. She said > they > were lucky to have one piece of meat and one piece of cheese on a > sandwich. > Then she met her future Jewish husband and made him one of those > sandwiches. He > asked what it was (you know they put at least a half lb. of meat on their > sandwich). > > Doris Snyder > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Message transport security by GatewayDefender.com > 10:18:18 PM ET - 1/16/2006 >