Saturday, November 26, 2005

Potatoes with panache?

Buffet-style restaurants can be such a mixed blessing. On one hand, you can get something for everyone in your family that they'll like to eat, but then on the other hand, you have to deal with other people and their peculiar food practices.
We went to the local buffet last night, and as I passed the spot where all the condiments are, I saw a lady holding a scoop full of cottage cheese right up to her nose with a crinkled look upon her face. In her hand she held a small plate with a baked potato. She sniffed the white substance, sniffed again, and sniffed a third time. She turned to the lady next to her and asked, "Thelma, does this smell right to you?"
Thelma stayed at a distance and said, "I can tell just by looking at it that that's cottage cheese. If you want sour cream, it's in the container next to it, on the left."
"Oh," responded Sniffer Lady.
Then she looked again at the spoon full of cottage cheese, gave it one last whiff for good measure, shrugged her shoulders, and plopped the cottage cheese right on top of her potato.

Could somebody please contact our flavor expert, Flava Flave?

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