In the recent issue of The New Yorker, David Sedaris, amongst other writers (Donald Antrim, Gary Shteyngart, etc) writes about the family dinner.
For me, our family dinner consisted of several items, most completely devoid of nutrition.
1) Liver. Yuck. Liver coated with flour and then pan-fried with old bacon drippings found in a small crock above the stove. Mmmm....
2) Jell-o. Not so bad. But, how about Jell-o (lime) with celery and apple bits encased within it? Mmmm...
3) Spaghetti w/sauce. Not so bad. But, how about spaghetti (sticky enough to stick to the ceiling for hours) with a small dabbling of Western Family spaghetti sauce? Mmmm...
4) Powdered milk. Mmmm.....
Of course, my mom had to feed six of us kids and she did the best she could. Thanks mom! Though I'll never forgive her for the tuna sandwich/carrot raisin salad combo thing. Never.
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