A Little Friday Humor: Revolutionary New Recipe

During the Revolutionary War, there was a small encampment of Patriot soldiers in the woods.

Before they went to bed one night, they tied some chickens - which they had been saving for a special meal - to the trees around the campground.

Sure enough, some British soldiers were stumbling through the woods that night and frightened the chickens. The chickens' squawks and clucks woke the Patriots, who were able to defeat and capture the entire group of British soldiers.

A few nights later, the cook prepared the chickens for dinner. The soldiers said, "This is really good! What do you call it?"

The chef said that in honor of these special chickens who had saved the Patriots' lives, he called it Chicken Catch-a-Tory.

This "groaner" was sent to my by my friend Romaine V.
Flickr photo by Debbi in California.

Copyright © 2008 by Elizabeth O'Neal

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