I asked him to order for me on Instacart this combination:
Like a lot of traumatized people, I’m reverting to the foundational securities of childhood – a childhood in which my mother basically cooked one dinner – spaghetti – and set out one lunch – a lukewarm Hebrew National hotdog, with French’s Classic Yellow mustard, inside a tasteless white bun.
Under normal circumstances, I would never ask Mr UD to order this for me, to have it in the house, to watch me eat it.
I mean, he would refuse to order it; and if I smuggled it in and he saw me eating it, he’d flee the room.
But when, out of a deep well of need, I – seemingly casual, but trembling inside – asked him to add these things to our grocery list, he unhesitatingly, with a profound and humane expression on his face, did so.
January 13th, 2021 at 11:22AM
A good, and nutritious, meal without dessert is like a day without a sunset.
https://thrivemarket.com/p/tonys-chocolonely-caramel-sea-salt-milk-chocolate-32-bar?utm_source=google&utm_medium=pla_smart&utm_campaign=Shopping_Engagement_Smart_Members&utm_content=858010005603&utm_term=na&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0fr_BRDaARIsAABw4EsGJEqKRgfumEpY1XSAVOpOvPbUqUsOdNAmicSReKYkuNlnKaemX-caAkJqEALw_wcB
Some of the best and, strangely available from Safeway.
My wife has nostalgia for exactly the same product from when she was a little girl. I have only jello-mold salad (with electron microscopic marshmallows); corn salad and any thing from the Southern Illinois Junior League cookbook. When looking at my son I thank god (well you know what I mean) for hybrid vigor.
January 13th, 2021 at 12:32PM
If you’re able to find sesame seed rolls, some sport peppers, a pickle slice, and celery salt, you’re on your way to a Chicago dog!
January 13th, 2021 at 12:51PM
Stephen: Sounds delicious. I’ll start looking for those ingredients. As you know, I am in fact extremely nostalgic about my happy undergrad/grad years in Chicago.