> (humor)
>
> Cowboys had an unusual way of selecting the cook on a Long Trail drive...
> Who ever offered a complaint....about the food served, became COOK!
>
> So it was that around the fire one night a cowboy bit down on a "bean"
> and broke his tooth clean off...and mummered, "Ouch!"
>
> "What's that! A COMPLAINT?" said the tired Buckaroo... "You COMPLAIN'N?"
>
> "No...but I didn't know yur Beans could bite!"
> "THAT'S IT! You DO IT!"
>
> and so the title of Cowboy Cookie was transfered to another helpless cowpoke.
>
> Time went on..and the new cook didn't like his job at all, not one bit,
> yes-sir-ree-bob! He'd have to get up before everyone else to make
> **>A-no.1<** Cowboy Coffee... (send for recipie)
>
> and, stay up wash'n the tin plates in a bucket...and he was gett'n dish
> pan hands! NO WAY!
>
> He tried cook'n up "Pine floats" and "Grass soup" and no matter what he
> "cooked" NO ONE WOULD SAY A WORD!
>
> He tried MOOSE NOSE JELLEY w/o pick'n all the hair out, and still no
> complaints...the cowboys simply munched away... for no one wanted the job.
>
> During the day, Cookie came upon some "Moose Sign"....
> as he drove the chuckwagon accross the plains...he stopped to water
> his team, right by a BIG FRESH PILE OF..."Moose Berries!"
>
> suddenly a scheam hatched in his mind....
>
> He got a board and carefully scooted the pile into a piepan, and later
> that day stopped and built a big fire to do some "Baking"...
>
> He went to a lot of effort on the crust for this was his one chance and
> he wanted out! He made the "Pie" with a criss-cross basket weave pattern,
> and decorated the edge with little "puckers"...
>
> He had a LOT of "Fix'ns" left over..so, He made enough for everyone to
> have there fill! hehehe....
>
> Later, at dinner time the "Boys" all rode in...
>
> "Hey! What smells soooo Goood!" "Cookie, you finely come accross yur call'n"
> "Yummmm! smells like HOME COOK"N TO ME!"
>
> and with that, the Trailboss stepped up and cut himself a GREAT BIG SLICE!
>
> "What kind of PIE..you make Cookie?"
>
> "well,hehe..it's just-a-little something I picked up along the way..."
> hehehe...yuka-yuk...
>
> "Just give it a try...see what you think!"
> "Why, Think I will cookie..THANKS!"
>
> and with that..the Trail Boss took a big fork full in his mouth....
> and munched down on it! Suddenly his mouth stopped, and his eyes began to
> buldge....his face got real RED and his neck started to pulseate....
>
> He Looked at Cookie like he could KILL!
>
> Cookie just stared back and said quietly... "Moose berry pie, like it?"
>
> The grizzled trailboss gasped for air..
> "WHY, THAT TASTES LIKE..............Ahhhh, Errrrrrr, eeeeeeeee!
> I LIKE IT!...Cut Me another slice Cookie and Pass it around to the Boys!!!
>
> ;') ->A-Number 1<-
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> ****>A-No.1<****
> FCF Charter Member July '66 **** Pioneer Commander Outpost 207
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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