Rodney Darling's Blackened Pig*

• 1 medium to large pig
• 1 medium size house
• Sauce (optional)

Run the pig into the house. Shut all of the doors. Set the house afire. Return in 3 days with oven mits. Search and serve. Serve with sauce if desired. Serves the entire Darling family. -Rodney Darling (Andy Griffith Show cast member)

(from the 1991 Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook compiled by K. Beck & J. Clark with recipes edited by J. M. Pitkin and published by Rutledge Hill Press, Inc., 513 Third Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37210)*

Trivia: What was Jimmy Hendrix's favorite TV show? …… The Andy Griffith Show!

*No. I don't own stock in Rutledge Press. But, if you want to see my mom's family recipes for possum and for persimmon pudding, you'll have to buy the book. The book does have real recipes that have real ingredients found in your kitchen cabinet. I have, of course, picked the bizarre.