Where's My Supper??

One time Daddy had gone out of town to a horse sale and didn't think that he would be home until late that night. Well, Mom would just "get the itch" to cook a certain something and that day it was pies--coconut and pecan pies to be exact. She cooks a couple of each kind but she still wasn't ready to quit so she prepares a meatloaf and some sort of potatoes. Naturally, vegetables had to be cooked and before she knew it she had a big table of food with no one there to eat it. You know good and well that she didn't ponder what to do about it for very long--she began dividing all of the food up -- wrapping or bagging it. I can just see her doing that and humming or singing all of the while, feeling so good that someone will be happy to be getting their dinner that night..
Well, one of the lucky recipients was the couple that lived next to Mom & Dad--they both worked and always seem to love Mom's cooking....I don't remember who she said she took the rest of the food to -- doesn't matter because that isn't the story!!
The story I loved, was that Daddy got home much earlier than he had expected and was hungry as a bear---whoops--she has given EVERYTHING she cooked away!! It didn't discourage Daddy once he heard that their neighbors had his food on their table he said he would just walk over and see if they had any leftovers. I can imagine what Mom must have told him along with wanting to cook for him but she said that he wouldn't hear of it! So over to the neighbors he goes and as he gets to the porch he stumbles on their step, swearing over the near fall--she opens the door upon hearing the commotion and See's that its daddy than asked "Mr. Sherley are you drunk?
Mom said that Daddy sounded soooo insulted when he answered in a gruff sounding voice" he@@ no I'm not drunk, I'll have you to know I am as sober as a baptist preacher in a dry county!!"
Oh, how I love that story because I can still hear Mom laughing telling it and see the silly looking grin Daddy would have...
Oh yea, Evelyn did have plenty of food left and fixed Dad a plate. He use to joke that sometimes he had to eat at the neighbors because if he wasn't right there when Mom got it all cooked she would give it away.