Paul's family stayed for three months at 1448 Pastel Lane, (Paula started kindergarten in Novato), Grandma Annie would go to the chicken coop (garage?), grab a chicken and break its neck, drop it in boiling water to loosen the feathers, put her asbestos hands into the BOILING water, pull the chicken out and pluck it. She'd then say to Mom, who was getting ill by this point, "Hey Pet, all of you stay for dinner, the chicken will be ready soon." Then she would proceed to cook it until it was way past done. Mom did not like Annie's cooking. Also, being Irish, vegetables were something special and rare and salt was to be use very liberally. Is this why all the Bosque men had heart problems?
Then there was the time that Grandma Annie was burning leaves in a 55 gallon drum. They were slow to ignite so grandma dump gasoline on the fire. Of course it blew up in her face and singed her hair and removed her eyelashes.
Tony
This blog is dedicated to our grandparents, Joseph Bosque and Annie Corbett. It is an ongoing compilation of stories and memories to be shared, remembered, and enjoyed by those who knew them, were affected by them, and are the descendants of them.
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