![]() It was a sacrificial gift from our family because our father did not have a steady job at the time. After draining them, the crispy treats were delicious with Jim’s very tasty burgers.Īfter Jim decided to move to New York City, my mother and father put money in his jacket pocket to help him get established in the big city so far from Sweetwater, his birthplace. Next, she dunked them into flour which she shook off before dropping them into melted Crisco bubbling inside a hot iron skillet. Mother taught him how she soaked sliced onion rings in milk for a little while before draining them. Our father never cooked, so it was fun to see Jim don an apron while he mixed mustard into the ground beef before he made patties. Jim and Mother worked in our kitchen preparing hamburgers and onion rings during one visit. ![]() Jim laughed when I told him, “Cousin Jim, your car looks like a banana on wheels”. It was the first convertible we had seen except for the few we had seen in movies. My older sister and I were thrilled when he invited us to take a ride in his pretty car. Jim wore elegant clothes and drove a yellow convertible. Some of the ranchers in my dad’s family thought Jim was really different. Jim Boothe, my father’s first cousin, visited us in Sweetwater, Texas, while he stayed with his parents Ruth and Joe Boothe who also lived there.
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