Ms. Gennie’s House of Chicken – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
My Air Force friend and colleague Al Garcia once shared one of those amusing anecdotes that will leave your head shaking in disbelief even as you’re practically rolling on the floor with laughter. According to Al who grew up in the Socorro area, his parents had to make a daylong trip to the big city (Albuquerque), leaving him and his sister at home to finish their chores. At around lunchtime, he and his sister got hungry and decided to prepare some rice. Never having cooked rice before, they poured an entire bag of rice into a pot, added water and turned the stove on high. In a few minutes, rice began spilling out over the pot like lava flowing from a volcano. Cooked rice covered the kitchen floor. Not wanting to anger their parents, Al and his sister decided to get rid of the evidence. They scooped up all the rice and fed it to their chickens. The chickens gorged themselves on the all-you-can-eat feast of rice, eating so much that they (and this is the part I found hard to believe) burst, fowl feathers exploding all over the yard. When their parents got home, Al and his sister…