On the day Mary Ellen Stanley delivered her first child, she also had wrung the necks of three chickens, dressed and cooked them.
It was all in a day’s work.
Today, Stanley has all the modern conveniences of the 21st century. But she still likes things done from scratch.
As for freshly slaughtered chicken? “It’s the best you’ll ever have,” she said, making one feel almost deprived to have store-bought goods.