Submitted by Janet Gerber Weeks, Harmony, Florida My Mama and Pa owned and operated a deer hunting camp, pack outfit, and guest ranch in the beautiful Ruby Mountains of northeastern Nevada. Mama did all the cooking for everybody. Our family and guests all ate meals together family-style in a big rock-walled room that had been one of the original pioneer homes in the valley. The rest of our house was attached to that room later, but even our house was very old. We had a lot of famous guests (movie stars and politicians). They would come to stay with us just to hide out from the hubbub of the world. We weren’t impressed with them at the time because we didn’t have television and rarely went to the movies. I think it was Mama’s good cooking that made our place famous. Pa said he was the one who taught her how …