Ok so today we were making soup. Robbie was over stirring in when I tossed in one of these bad boys (A bay leaf for those who don't recognize it, I wouldn't either don't worry). He threw up his arms and said, "Whoa, Mabe, what are doing? Are you kidding? Did you get that from outside?" As I suppressed my laughter I replied, " No its a spice, its in the recipe." He looked at me, " No seriously is this a joke? Get that thing outta there. Thats gross." I couldn't stop laughing, "No it really is part of the recipe" he looked at me with a very disgusted look on his face and replied, " I'm not hungry anymore." as he walked away. Ahh I love it! He is still asking me what it really is? Gotta love it!
Robbie do you never remember mom doing that at home with sloppy joes? it shouldn't have been a first experience.
ReplyDeleteSarah I am impressed. That is exactly what I was going to say. I think sloppy joes and some soup are the only things I use a bay leaf for. I guess Robb was never in the kitchen. Great post Marybeth!
ReplyDeleteFor the record, I did know that they existed, I was just "cooking the books," a little. I wanted to give mb a good laugh and as you can tell it worked. That doesn't take away from the fact that it is still weird, and it doesn't even disintegrate. I was just saying what I was feeling even though it is kinda strange
ReplyDeleteAnd also for the record I have been in the kitchen many times while Sloppy Joes have been cooked. I think I even mentioned that to Mb at some time after the post. But I am glad that it can share a laugh with a few of you
Hey, the gross part is not when you see the bay leaf tossed into the soup kettle, it is when you look down in the bowl you have just been dished and it is floating there right on top.
ReplyDeleteDad - has that every happened to you??? I don't think so!
ReplyDeleteSounds like there is a lot of good stories that come from Bay Leaves, Maybe we should all share our own stories.
ReplyDeleteDad I thought that yours was very funny