Monty
me too.seashells said:
When I was in the service, one of my barracks mates was from Boston, apparently well off and living a sheltered life. He found out I was from Oklahoma and thought my state was on the frontier without paved streets, indoor plumbing and that Indians still massacred wagon trains! He had met my sister when she had come to visit and was kind of sweet on her, so when I went home on leave he went with me. Since he was so naive I told him our favorite food at home was 'possum butt pie. I told him dad went out and scrounged up roadkilled 'possums and brought them home. Mom would throw them away except for their tiny sphincters that she would carefully remove with a sharp knife. I told him they looked a lot like tiny donuts. Then she would bake them into a meat pie kinda' like chicken pot pie. I told him they were kind of chewy and rubbery, but absolutely deliscious! He bought it hook, line and sinker. I also told him mom got her feelings hurt if we didn't ask for seconds when she made 'possum butt pie. Mom and the whole family was in on the joke and when we got home, she was telling him that Thursday was 'possum butt pie day and he was in for a treat. Thursday rolled around and Mom went out and bought a frozen meat pie of some sort and served it telling my bud that it was 'possum butt pie. He ate a big slice and was turning green when he felt obligated to ask for seconds so as not to hurt Mom's feelings. What made it even funnier, mom had cut him a slice that was about 1/4 of the pie to start with while the rest of the family just got a small sliver. She went on about how our guests always got the biggest slice! About the time for his second helping my sister got tickled and started us all laughing out loud! At this time the we 'fessed up that it was a joke. He got kinda' pissed at first but turned out to be a good sport about it. He said he was sitting there imagining all sorts of scenarios about dead road kill and was trying to figure out how to excuse himself from the table before he barffed in the mashed potatoes! So was the saga of the 'possum butt pie! 
Monty
Monty
