I Loved Squirrel Brains

Submitted by Dale Ramsey Thanks Dale!

Pictured left front is Barshie Scroggins, Vesta and Verma Sue Villines. Man standing in middle is Frank Clemmer. Lady in dark dress with white hat and jacket and holding hand of little boy, is Ova Villines Carlton. Woman in dark long dress with hat is Gertie Studirean. Then Flora Clark, Orpha Duty and Lucille Clark. Believe the old truck in background belongs to Wert Allred. Getting ready for Dinner On The Ground...

I loved squirrel brains...When I was about 7-8 years old, we were at a Beechwoods Decoration and we usually had Dinner On The Ground, where we would take a bed sheet and spread it out on the ground and everyone sit around and eat the basket lunch they brought and visit at the same time. This one particular time Mom had not brought a picnic lunch, but my Aunt Jewell had brought some loafs of bread and maybe a couple of fried squirrels. I immediately grabbed the heads and was going for the brains, but discovered there was no silverware and nothing to open the head with. So being hungry as I was I grabbed the first thing I could find which was a huge rock and immediately went after the brains. Mom saw what I was doing she started laughing and when other people saw it I felt all of a sudden the whole world was laughing at me. But I got the brains out and they were just as good if I had had used a silver spoon :o).

Just one of those things that happen in life that for some reason I never forgot, probably because Mom laughed so long and hard about it...

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