The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

BOILED DINNERS

I REMEMBER MY MOTHER AND HER MOTHER,
MY GRANDMOTHER THOMPSON, SPEAKING OF
NICE NEW ENGLAND BOILED DINNERS. THEY WERE
VEGETABLES, POTATOES, AND MEAT, BUT THE POINT WAS,
THEY WERE ALWAYS BOILED.

Submitter comment:

INFORMANT'S RELATIVES ARE DETROITERS OF ENGLISH ANCESTRY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT