Cooking in the West

I receive many submissions from readers, and I love to share them. However, in my 27 plus years of writing this column, I believe this is the funniest piece about shipping cattle any reader has ever sent me. Thanks, Tom Ogle of Paris, Illinois for making me laugh out loud!

“MONTANA FLAT TIRES AND RATTLESNAKES

by Tom Ogle

On October 3, 2015 my dream of becoming "Tom Selleck in Montana" quickly became "Tom Ogle, just make it back to Paris Illinois.” I had flim-flammed a stay at a real working ranch through a friend of a cousin of a friend. I promised to help them at shipping time (AKA ) fall rou...