Deviant Thanksgivings

I had a guest a couple of days ago, so I bought a pair of Cornish game
hens as a sort of preThanksving.  I would have bought one for me
today, but there were no single ones, so instead I bought a little box
of four lamb chops for the luxury of eating them with my fingers.  I
do not dare to eat lamb chops in company, because I am too clumsy to
eat them with a knife & fork.  (I remember a struggle to eat one in my
childhood, which I gave up in tears, shouting "It's not worth it".)  I
also had kasha and, having forgotten to buy a vegetable, a salad, for
which I had lettuce & scallions on had.  Candied pomelo peels for
dessert.    Could have been worse.

I remember another deviant Thanksgiving, must have been in 1962 or '3,
when I was in California and was invited by a old childhood friend of
my family.  She served roast beef, and told us that she had mentioned
in a class she taught that was going to do so.  "Oh, they must have
thought you were a Communist!" said the only person in the company who
was not aware that she was in fact a Party member.  This was followed
by an amusing silence.
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---  Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net

||:  The prince of virtues is courage, and the crown of courage  :||
||:  is contempt for public opinion.                                                    :||