Entry - January 7, 2008


Good Help Is Hard To Find!


A group of Southern Gospel couples wanted to get together on a regular basis and socialize. As a result, about 10 couples in the Georgia area formed a dinner club and agreed to meet for dinner at a different couples house each month.

Of course, the lady of the house was to prepare the meal. When it came time for Jeff and Sheri Easter to have the dinner at their house, like most women, Sheri wanted to out-do all the others and prepare a meal that was the best that any of them had ever lapped a lip over.

A few days before the big event, Sheri got out her stash of Singing News magazines and looked through the "For The Love of Cooking" recipes and decided to have mushroom smothered steak. When she went to the store to buy some mushrooms, she found the price for fresh mushrooms was more than she wanted to pay. She then told Jeff, "We aren't going to have mushrooms because they are too expensive." He said, "Why don't you go down in the pasture and pick some of those mushrooms? There are plenty of them right in the creek bed." She said, "No, I don't want to do that, because I have heard that wild mushrooms are poison." He then said, "I don't think so. I see the varmits eating them all the time and it never has affected them."


Jeff & Sheri Easter (mushroom experts)

After thinking about this, Sheri decided to give this a try and got in the pickup and went down to the pasture and picked some. She brought the wild mushrooms back home and washed them, sliced and diced them to get them ready to go over her smothered steak. Then she went out on the back porch and got "Little Roy" (the yard dog) a bowl and gave him a double handful. Sheri even put some bacon grease on them to make them tasty. Little Roy didn't slow down until he had eaten every bite.


Little Roy ? ? with Les Beasley

All morning long, Sheri watched Little Roy and the wild mushrooms didn't seem to affect him, so she decided to use them.

The meal was a great success, and Sheri even got Karen Peck Gooch, to come over and help her. Karen had on a white apron and a little cap on her head. It was first class.


Karen Peck Gooch

After everyone had finished, they all began to kick back and relax and socialize. The men were visiting and telling road stories and the women, who would never gossip, but really enjoy sharing the latest news, were hard at it.

About this time, Karen came in from the kitchen and whispered in Sheri's ear. She said, "Sheri, Little Roy just died."

With this news, Sheri went into hysterics. After she finally calmed down, she called the doctor and told him what had happened.

The doctor said, "It's bad, but I think we can take care of it. I will call for an ambulance and I will be there as quick as I can get there. We can pump out everyone's stomach and everything will be fine. Just keep them all there and keep them calm."

It wasn't long until they could hear the wail of the siren as the ambulance was coming down the road. When they got there, the EMTs got out with their suitcases, syringes, and a stomach pump. The doctor arrived shortly thereafter. One by one, they took each person into the master bathroom and treated them accordingly.

After the last one was finished, the doctor came out and said, "I think everything will be fine now, and he left."

They were all looking pretty peaked sitting around the living room, and about this time, Karen come in and said, "You know, that fellow that ran over Little Roy never even stopped!!


This picture should be self-explanatory!


Till next time~

Love you all,

Posted by Jerry Kirksey at 4:00 PM - Send Comments - Email This Post