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[Trinity]

Trinity wakes from his deam about Geese to see Lucky Irish Tom holding up two dead geese and making them dance.  Rubbing his eyes, he looks over at stoneypete and begins to turn away but takes a double take at stoneypete.  "You look differ'nt!!!"

He turns his attention back to Lucky Irish Tom making the geese dance while humming show tunes.  There's a crowd gathered around him this time and it seems that everyone is enjoying the show.  Then he notices the FFG sitting in her rocker sewing a small dress from purple calico. 

With that Trinity struggles out of the hammock, picks up his jug and walks into the house, shaking his head and muttering.

[Brazos Bucky Smith]

  This "dressing" the dead geese has just about run it's course,  I say we get to cookin't these dead birds before they start to smell bad! Has anybody stated the oven?   Or is Del going to BBQ them?

Whisper mode (Maybe he will come up with some idea to quick cook 'um so's we can eat real soon!)     

[Sod Buster]

Has anybody stated the oven?   Or is Del going to BBQ them?

I got some spare buffalo chips if you need some fuel to cook with.

[Delmonico]

Havin' got tired of children who play with their food, Delmonico gets some pastrami and Swiss Cheese and makes a samwhich.   (On Sourdough)

He writes a note to Slim to check up on that guy who is turnin' the grass upside down and perhaps Slim can cut his fence and slip some cattle in to eat his corn.

[Lucky Irish Tom]

Irish Tom does the big finish to his show and the geese are tossed in the oven.  Then he busy's himself helping some of the other prepare side dishes to go with their goose dinner.  Further inspection reveals that the calico dress the Frumpy Fairy Godmother is making is about Slim's size!

[Stoney Pete]

Glad to have joined Del in having samiches last night.  Stoney wakes to the smell of cooked goose.  Or should I say cooking goose.

"Finally.  Well that won't be done for breakfast so I'll cook eggs, buscuits and gravy, with bacon on the side."  Stoney get the coffee brewed then takes his food and coffee to, you guessed it, the rocker on the porch to watch the sun come up.

[Lucky Irish Tom]

Irish whispers to Del, I think the aliens have got Stoney, he don't look hisself!

[Delmonico]

<Authors note:  They ain't got him, it's too much whiskey's done it.  The al-ee-inn's take you, probe you in places you never want to be probed,  they bring you back wearin' a night shirt that ties in the back.   I know, they got me three times and I'm scarred for life from the experince.>

[Silver Creek Slim]

...Further inspection reveals that the calico dress the Frumpy Fairy Godmother is making is about Slim's size!

Slim goes to the kitchen, gets coffee and grub, and takes a seat on the porch. "Morning, Stoney. Nice sunrise this morning."

[Delmonico]

Delmonico sees Slim and tells him, "The be rumors there is a nester down in Custer County on Clear Creek, go see what ya can do afore he turns all the pasture upside down and plants it to corn"   

"Oh and don't tell Trinity about him or he'll be down there stillin' it up and that nster will never leave."

[Lucky Irish Tom]

Irish gets a cup of coffee and goes out on the porch and stares at the strange lookin bozo that claims to be Stoney Pete!

[Silver Creek Slim]

When Slim is done with breaking the fast. He milches the cow and gathers eggs. He, then, goes to the barn, saddles his horse, and stuff a wire cutter in his coat pocket. He rides toward Clear Creek.

[Stoney Pete]

Not having left the ranch in months, Stoney saddles his horse and heads out with Slim.  He bring only his  sxs and leaves the six guns behind.

[Trinity]

Trinity sits on the porch happily munching on some goodies he found in a bag.  "What kahnd of chips didja say these were, Sod Buster?  *Crunch*  They's good!"

With a worried look on his face he asks: "Did Ah hair someone say somethin' bout Korn?"

[Sod Buster]

While tending his garden at his shack, Sod Buster sees company arriving on the horizon.  He gets excited as he hasn't has company in months.  Out comes the coffee, beans, and the sack of candy he has been saving since last Christmas.

[Sod Buster]

Trinity sits on the porch happily munching on some goodies he found in a bag.  "What kahnd of chips didja say these were, Sod Buster?  *Crunch*  They's good!"

Um....dried Buffalo Dung.  Does it taste good?  For fun you can fling them like Del's frisbees.  But they have a more practical use - fuel for burning.  They are more plentiful than firewood out here on the prarie, burn surprisingly well and produced an odor-free flame. I've never tried eating them though.  I would suggest taking a good long tug on your jug to get an extra kick. 

I have read that eating them could lead to heartburn, since they could be mistaken for chipped beef which is an item the military considers eatable and serves on toast with some gooy glop flopped on top. They call this indigestible delicacy SOS ('S' on a Shingle—the shingle being the toast).

With a worried look on his face he asks: "Did Ah hair someone say somethin' bout Korn?"

Yup...got some corn over at my place. Wanna set up a still? 

[Lucky Irish Tom]

Irish looks over a Trinity jjust munching away on the bag of chips from Sodbuster.  Every so often he stops and takes a pull from a jug.  Irish decides to move to the other end of the porch before Trinity decides to light a ceegar or something.  Trinity seems perfectly content with his new found snack!

[Delmonico]

Delmoico comes into the greasy kitchen, grumbling he cleans up the mess the heathens left from their goose cookin'.      He then goes into the cellar and starts bringing up the cucumbers he picked before the snow storm.   He goes to the pantry and gather vinegar, salt spices and jars and gets to work making sweet, dill and bread and butter pickles.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother stands beside Delmonico, quietly helping him with the pickling.

"I've some beets, too. Been a while since I had pickled beets."

There is a small pause, then she looks at him.

"Delmonico, why aren't salt water fish pickled when you catch them?"

[Arcey]

<---takes a puzzled look around.

Damn, Toto.  This ain't Kansas.

Aunty Em?