Sure there are better gourmet chefs, but none of them can make a pasty like hers. The recipe for pasties comes from my Dad's side of the family. Mom says that the wives of Welsh miners used to make a pastry shell full of meat, potatoes, and vegetables that could be carried along into the mine. There are many other family recipes that Mom cooked or invented. Her children, grandkids, other relatives and friends always ask for her chocolate Easter eggs not only for Easter, but Christmas and any other day they can think of a reason.
Mom reads recipe books the way most read novels.
Even Tempered - Mom might worry, but she never panicked. She and a friend, Mrs. Kelley once took the Kelly kids and me swimming. When Mrs. Kelley backed the car into another car, my face went into a cherry snow cone. I had cherry syrup and ice all over my face and the other kids were laughing. Mrs. Kelley was frantic.