So let's start with this quote from the beautiful mind herself:
In a segment at the top of the show on the surge of
evacuees to the Texas city, Barbara Bush said: "Almost
everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to
Houston."
Then she added: "What I’m hearing which is sort of
scary is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is
so overwhelmed by the hospitality.
"And so many of the people in the arena here, you
know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she
chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."
From the woman who has never had to wait in line to use a toilet, obtain water, diapers for her children, or missed a meal served on anything but the finest china, her favorite recipe for these people who, because they are "simple" and don't have great or expensive "taste", and because we have to feed so many of them (where did they all come from?) this easy but nutritious meal which can be served in a bowl.
This recipe meant for a small crowd of 20-25 people. Multiply appropriately for larger crowds.
1. Send servant (if no servant send one of the poor people who will be eating the dish) to the closest market to ask for donations of potatos, onions, carrots, celery, or, frankly any kind of vegetable that the market has taken off the shelves as too old.
2. Have same person collect any kind of meat that has also been taken off the shelves.
3. Pop the cork on a nice bottle of wine (not to be shared with help--they won't appreciate it) because the noise those people make--it is like being at the zoo.
4. Take a long pull on the bottle--don't wait for Riedel because you won't find it here.
5. Find a large stock pot. Brown whatever meat you have collected. Do not drain off grease. Poor people love grease.
6. After chopping vegetables in whatever proportion is easy, throw vegetables in pot. Move around a bit to coat well with grease.
7. Fill pot with enough water that contents are well covered.
8. Add salt and pepper, but especially salt. Those people love salt.
9. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat, cook until you cannot take the noise anymore.
10. Buon Appetitio! Poor devils.
11. Wait for limo in the lobby. Head to trendy restaurant with best pals Buffy and Bif--the country club's help reminds us too much of the people we just served.
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