[Curly Early]

OK Al, Here's the Burgoo receipe for crock pot

1 3 to 4 lb stewing chicken
4 C water
2 C tomato sauce and bits
4 med carrots
1 large onion chopped
4 med potatoes diced
1 can whole kernal corn
1/4 head of grated cabbage
2 tbs chicken bullion
1 Tbs powdered Thyme
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1 Tbs liquid smoke
1 Tbs salt
1 Tbs pepper
2 Tbs sugar
2 Tbs butter
1 Tbs vinegar

Start chicken night before in crock pot, make sure it is covered with water. Cook on high for 2 hours , reduce to low and cook all night. Next morning remove chicken and add all other ingredients to pot. Remove chicken from bones, cut in small pieces and add to pot. Some left over roast beef can be added also as most reciepes call for beef and chicken. Cook on high 2 hours and another 8 hrs or so on low, stiring ocassionally.

[Pierre]

Thanks for posting that! I'm going to have Rosemary post the Rocheleau Pasty recipe with the two "trade secrets" when she comes home.

P

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Hey Curley.....400 lbs of peanut brittle? geez...now I bet its that softer kind I can chew with my plate huh...............arrrrrgggghhh temptation is a terrible thing!

[Curly Early]

Hi Ho, I know you'll laugh at this, but the brittle I make is not the real hard kind, it is actually easy to chew. Wasn't my receipe, A woman had this (secret) you know how that goes - receipe, wouldn't give it to me, but would teach me how to make it her way. She made two batches while I watched, then said now you make me two batches.I said well I'll just go home and practice , but wouldn't let me have the receipe till I had did the two, so that how I got it. Receipe much the same as others, but there is certain steps she says you can't change.

[Kkurtz1]

Hi Pierre,
Today I was over at my parents house looking at some pictures and documents of our grandpa, William Monigal. I did a google search and found your post. I do know where grandpa's minature lumber camp is now. It's at the Iron County Historical Museusm in Caspian, MI.
Kris

[Pierre]

Kris?? Krissy??? Sheesh! Small world for sure. Did you know that Al Archie is here??
My Mother shipped all of the old photographs today. Should be here by tuesday.
Kris, I'll call this weekend. Lots of water under the briidge since we last talked. She's my number one cousin, folks.
BTW....... The cast came off today. The verdict: I won't be using a chisel and mallet again. Oh well. I have other things now.... Like cool cuzzins.

P

[AlArchie]

Kris???? Kris Whom??? This is starting to sound like a hometown reunion! Now I'm going to have to take a run down to Caspian.......only I think I'll wake till the spring break-up before I do. My grandparents had a beaver "ranch" up near Crystal Falls so I'm pretty familiar with that area too. There are some other spots I'd like to re-visit.

And I'm trying to remember the last name of Walter????? whom I knew only as "Walt". He was a crusty old logger and an astute student of politics that used to stop into the hardware store almost every morning, where I worked for several years. He was retired due to a leg injury, quite common among the loggers, and was sort of a conflict in appearance as he still wore his old red and plaid work jacket, but dress pants and shirt, tattered work boots, and a wide brimmed brown fedora. He always wore a ready smile, through discolored but sound teeth. But you didn't want to get on his bad side...like I said, he was a crusty old logger.

Maybe one of you folks here can help with Walt's last name...been trying to remember that for years now.

I'll post this short reminisce again in case you missed it back on page 1.


"As a side note, I got transferred back to the UP in 1970 and while patrolling the back roads near Paulding on a sub-zero morning, I had to stop the car and gawk, as out of the pinery reared a team of draft horses, snorting fog, and kicking up the frozen undergrowth as they skidded out a load of fresh cut logs. Behind the team and load strode an apparition in high top leather boots topped off by wool socks. Into the sox were tucked the brown malones of the woodsman. A red, gray, and white checked wool jacket just under a heavy black beard and craggy face, topped by a red stocking cap finished off the scene. If Paul Bunyan ever really existed,(and who in these northwoods would doubt that?) here he was. I half expected a blue ox with a 42 axe handle and a plug of chewing tobacco spread between his horns to be following with another load, but that was only a hope, I suppose.

Is he still around, some 37 years later? I doubt it, but it really wasn't that long ago that a few sturdy souls still plied the pineries with crosscut and team to pull a living from the woods.

Ya know, I hope there's one of these loggers left to stop some young trooper in the road to gawk at a piece of history"

Al

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Originally Posted by Curly Early

Hi Ho, I know you'll laugh at this, but the brittle I make is not the real hard kind, it is actually easy to chew. Wasn't my receipe, A woman had this (secret) you know how that goes - receipe, wouldn't give it to me, but would teach me how to make it her way. She made two batches while I watched, then said now you make me two batches.I said well I'll just go home and practice , but wouldn't let me have the receipe till I had did the two, so that how I got it. Receipe much the same as others, but there is certain steps she says you can't change.

Go ahead! Rub it in! lol.......

[Kkurtz1]

Hi Pierre,

It was great to hear from you. Yes, it has been a long time, since we talked. I'm really sorry to hear about your arm. Maybe you will still be able to chisel in time. Perhaps you just need more time to heal.

I spoke with my Dad today and he remembers the Archie family of Iron Mountain. He mentioned the photography studio.

Al, my Dad is Robert Monigal and his Dad was William Monigal. My Dad grew up in Iron Mountain and left when he served in WWII. He lives in the Milwaukee area now. My Dad also whittles and makes lovely birds.

Pierre, it will be wonderful to talk with you again this weekend.

Take care,

Kris