FRIED CHICKEN

No, this is not a recipe. Its a comment in reply to Ben's concern on being a parent and how is he going to teach his son everything. Well , Be n . when your dad and his sisters were growing up at 817 Lincoln Hwy. chicken fried chicken was still a special dinner. This was before KFC. T o feed our family took two chickens. We bought whole chickens complete with necks, livers and gizzards. I cut them up as I was taught, two legs,two thighs,two wings, a wishbone and two pieces of white meat along with a back and ribs. Grandma is, and was a superb fryer of chicken. No b lend of special herbs ala Col. Saunders, just flour and salt and pepper fried in deep Crisco. If we were lucky she'd also fix some onion rings fried in the leftover grease. After Grace and the chicken was passed, I took the livers, gizzards and back, Grandma took the wings and the kids got the better parts. This was not done with any sense of self-denial. Parents just do these things and I'm sure Ben will, too. We learn from our parents and usually that's enough. When your son is old enough, don"t try to teach him how to fish, take him fishing. Or, like I did (your dad will say), let Grandpa do it! Wish I could! Kiss the babies for us