Thursday, April 18, 2013
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Thanks Poppy
Today Rachel and I delivered the fresh, never frozen, hormone and antibiotic free, free-range, certified humane turkey to her Nanny and Poppy's house (that's grandma and grandpa to the rest of the gentiles out there). The ordeal surrounding the turkey is a topic all on it's own- maybe I will blog about it at a later date.
Anyway, we were hanging out with Poppy, enjoying his usual editorial commentary on the little things in life, when I asked him: "Poppy, what is your favorite Thanksgiving food?" Poppy paused. He always has a quick and witty response to questions, despite his 90 + years on this earth- but he clearly wanted to give this one some thought. He loves to eat. He loves food. So this was a tough one.
Finally, he leaned forward a little in his chair and said, "You're going to think I'm crazy". I said, "No, I won't." He said, "Beef stew". Really? Why hasn't anyone made you beef stew if it's your favorite? he replies, "because I like it".
This is probably true. All the ladies in his life- wife, three daughters, three granddaughters- don't slow down to ask Poppy what he wants. Poppy goes on to elaborate on all the virtues of beef stew- how it has all your favorite foods in it, how it can feed you for days, and how you can get all of that for 7 or 8 bucks, and so on and so forth.
Not wanting to disappoint- and to make up for the fact that I have the audacity to bring a ham to a Jewish household for Thanksgiving just because I want it- I google a recipe for beef stew. I go to the store and pick up all of the ingredients. The 8 buck thing is a fallacy- the bay leaves alone were 8 bucks, and with all of the other ingredients I had to buy, this shopping trip set me back more like 50 bucks. But Poppy is always entertaining and has been more than wonderful for letting me be a part of his family. So, Poppy, here's to you and beef stew for Thanksgiving. I hope you like it. I'm sure you'll tell me if you don't.
Anyway, we were hanging out with Poppy, enjoying his usual editorial commentary on the little things in life, when I asked him: "Poppy, what is your favorite Thanksgiving food?" Poppy paused. He always has a quick and witty response to questions, despite his 90 + years on this earth- but he clearly wanted to give this one some thought. He loves to eat. He loves food. So this was a tough one.
Finally, he leaned forward a little in his chair and said, "You're going to think I'm crazy". I said, "No, I won't." He said, "Beef stew". Really? Why hasn't anyone made you beef stew if it's your favorite? he replies, "because I like it".
This is probably true. All the ladies in his life- wife, three daughters, three granddaughters- don't slow down to ask Poppy what he wants. Poppy goes on to elaborate on all the virtues of beef stew- how it has all your favorite foods in it, how it can feed you for days, and how you can get all of that for 7 or 8 bucks, and so on and so forth.
Not wanting to disappoint- and to make up for the fact that I have the audacity to bring a ham to a Jewish household for Thanksgiving just because I want it- I google a recipe for beef stew. I go to the store and pick up all of the ingredients. The 8 buck thing is a fallacy- the bay leaves alone were 8 bucks, and with all of the other ingredients I had to buy, this shopping trip set me back more like 50 bucks. But Poppy is always entertaining and has been more than wonderful for letting me be a part of his family. So, Poppy, here's to you and beef stew for Thanksgiving. I hope you like it. I'm sure you'll tell me if you don't.
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