MORE...Stories of Grandma Nancy Sharp

Today is Sunday and Sunday's always make me think of dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's. Grandma made this AMAZING chocolate cake. No one has the recipe that I am aware of today. It had a frosting on it that was more like fudge. After it got hard, you could actually break a chunk off. She always served it with a jar or two of Pickled Peaches. Oh my gosh, how that peach juice would soak into the cake and taste like heaven. There was always a houseful and I have often scratched my head and wondered how she fed so many people with one chicken and one cake. There was always a huge bowl of mashed TATERS and white gravy and often green beans with bacon in them. We must have just filled up on the taters and gravy. After dinner the dominoes came out. The table was cleared in ten minutes flat and the cracking sound of shuffling dominoes lasted all afternoon. FORTY_TWO was the game. They ususally played partners and as soon as one team lost, another set of two players moved in. Grandma was competitive and SERIOUS about the game. She HATED to lose. Everyone else sat around visiting all afternoon. All us kids played outside on the patio and in the alley. Great memories!