Fraternity Kitchen

Special Requests

Monday, March 8th, 2010 | daily

“That was a disturbing post,” Badley editorialized today about my weekend contribution.  “No it wasn’t,” I assured him, “it was perfectly appropriate for the final post.  It’s why I started the blog.  It’s over now.”  But he was having none of it.  “That can’t be the final post!  There’s nothing in it about me!”  And so I had to explain that he was all over it, that it was all about him and all the guys who were part of that story that’s ending now.  But it just wasn’t sinking in.  ”For my final act I’m going to do a great graduation reception for you all,” I said.  “Tell me what you want to eat.”  And it was the perfect distracting move because Badley always has very definite ideas about what I should make for his dining pleasure.  I was expecting boiled eggs for sure, but no, he had much grander ideas.  “That raw fish stuff in those cones,” he said, “and that meat wrapped around lemons.”  “Lemons?”  I queried, “what in the hell are you talking about?”  And he just looked at me expectantly while I did the Badley Speak translation in my head and realized he was requesting that culinary cliche, a thing I made one time when informed fifteen minutes before a major dinner that I needed to offer a little something with cocktails:  proscuitto-wrapped melon.

4 Comments to Special Requests

Kathleen Barnes
March 9, 2010

The proscuitto-wrapped melon canapes would have been delicious.

Stan Rogers
March 10, 2010

I could send you some of my preserved lemons if you want to wrap them in some kind of hog meat.

darlene
March 10, 2010

Preserved lemons, how marvellous! Did you do them yourself?

Stan Rogers
March 11, 2010

Yes, a group of friends and I have different cuisines every so often. So, we had Moroccan night last month. I don’t think the “boys” would do well with it.

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