A Basket of Chips: An Autobiography

Basket of Chips, page 134

A Basket of Chips little wife, and she did not leave until we were restored to normal conditions. If I ever have the opportunity to serve this woman and fail, it will be a crime. In our last grief we had just such kindness shown by friends, and th eir names wil 1 be ever dea r to us. OUR HOLIDAY TRIPS The lunches she prepared for our trips were most delicious. We would often go up Mill Creek Canyon, a three hour's drive from our home. All would be ready for breakfast by the time we were settled in some little nook. A fire was built between two stones and an old oven grate laid across. Bacon and pota- toes were fried, coffee made for me, and tea for her. There was good cold water for the children. Biscuits were cut in two while hot and spread with a delicious preparation of ground meat between lettuce leaves. This was prepared in the morning be- fore we started. A cloth was spread on the ground and the lunch all laid out. There were hard boiled eggs and a cake with some sort of filling. Cmade city Creek (color etching), 1.928 Courtesy of the Brigham Young University Art Museum Collection 134