[or-roots] Fresh Baked Bread

[Cecil Houk]

I can't think of any thing that smells better than bread baking in the oven.  Yum yum!!

Martha Simpson Ford in the story below was my gr gr grandmother. This took place in the Walla Walla Valley circa 1859/60.

       One bright sunshiny morning Martha Ford had just finished baking a batch of bread and had turned the loaves out on the kitchen table to cool.  A canoe came down the river and in it were five Indians.  They sniffed the aroma of fresh baked bread.  The chief gave orders to pull for the river bank.  Then they all got out and went up the trail to the little log cabin.  Martha went to the door in response to a loud knock.  She asked the Indians what they wanted.  The chief spoke up and said, "We want bread and butter."  So Martha cut slices of the fresh bread and buttered it.  When she came to the chief, he wanted his slice of bread buttered both sides.  Martha said, "No, you don't get butter both sides," and the chief said, "I am chief Crooked Finger.  You butter both sides."  Martha reached over in the corner and picked up her rifle and chased them all down to the river and they got into their canoe and paddled away.

Family legend says that Nineveh Ford was not very happy about this.  :-)
Cecil

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