Food
Some gasket-type thing on our dishwasher lost its seal, and a bit of water got on the kitchen floor, so it's out of commission until we can get a gasket-type repairman.Gloria brought out lunch today for Eli 15.1 (who now lives five minutes from school, so lunch at home is entirely feasible), and when she did, she brought over a red plastic cup.
"What is that?" I asked.
"It's fruit," she said.
"Innovation!" I said. "No bowl to wash. Can use a drinking-type motion to eat fruit."
"No, it's just that the dishwasher's broken," she said.
"I disagree," I said. "This is a breakthrough in zero-footprint fruit consumption and water conservation!"
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At times, I like to have a little cheddar cheese.
"Do we have any cheese cubes?" I asked. I was standing in the kitchen, crackers in hand.
"No, but there's cheese in the fridge," Gloria said.
"Could we buy some cubed cheese?" I asked. "I enjoy cheese, but I'd like to get out of the cheese production business."
"Oh my god," Gloria said.
Eli 15.1 burst out laughing. "Oh, Dad," he said.
"I'm more of a consumer than a producer," I said. "Although if you can buy some metal device where I could press down on the cheese block once and cube it, that would also work."
Eli was still laughing.
"I guess I just want to get out of the single cheese cube production business," I said.
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