What’s for dinner?

 

“Cheeseburger in paradise

Heaven on Earth with an onion slice

Not too particular, not too precise

I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise.”

We all eat. This could be the end of today’s “Snap. Shot.” but I think there is more to say on the topic since this is something we have done since we came into this big world.

Tonight we are having “Shepherd’s pie” for dinner—-a beloved dish from Ireland. Let me think about how often we had it growing up in our household…we didn’t. We should have, it really is good; but my Mom had a number of dishes she was good at preparing, so the closest we ever got to tonight’s fare would be corn beef and cabbage. That’s it.

My parents did enjoy another part of the cow that completely disgusted me. Not the hoofs, brains, or rocky mountain oysters—-they enjoyed the “tongue.” I know, you can stop gagging now. Please note, I never allowed this to get even close to my lips—my folks had leftovers.

True story. I was home from college and came in “well after” dinner hours; I was hungry and opened the refrigerator. There was a large dish with aluminum foil covering something underneath. I took it out of the refrigerator, and lifted the foil. Yes…there was a large cow tongue with its protruding taste buds staring at me. Okay, they were not staring at me, but I for sure was staring at this disgusting piece of whatever. Because it was late, and let’s say I was not in a great state of mind, I kind of sort of got sick. I had never seen such a horrific sight—-well, except for the time I skinned my knee so badly I swear I thought I could see my knee cap. That’s another story another time.

With global food influences now a part of our everyday palate, foods that were not around when I was growing up today are fairly generic today. The other day I was talking with a friend and “bagels” came up. He had no idea of their heritage—he was sure they were invented in the U.S. (Spoiler Alert: Their founding goes back to Poland in the 1600’s as the legend goes.) 

I wonder where Twinkies really came from? 

The photo above was taken at a food fair a few years ago. Certainly not this past summer when everything we might have consumed during the summer…stopped. I have looked at this photo a few times, when I see “The Heart Attack” as one of the options, I thought they were serving tongue.

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