1860s Period Foods - Including Good Down Home Eatin'

[BettyO]

Betty, I'm an animal lover and also can't abide the thought of any creature suffering.

That being said, a snake is the one creature that really creeps me out and I don't want to be in the same Zip code with any snake. I don't kill them without cause, and that even includes venomous ones that have been near enough to bite me, but I detest seeing them.

--Jim

Jim -

I love all animals (including snakes) but spiders are a different thing! HA.... yet I wouldn't torture one but kill it outright - I just don't like to think of any animals suffering. However that said - the ONLY thing I've ever killed in my life (aside from flies and spiders) was a copper head snake. It was in my elderly aunt's cellar and I hate to say that I had to beat the poor thing to death with a sledge hammer! I tried to hit it in the head and kept missing - but finally killed it - and felt guilty afterwards!