[Sca-cooks] Funny Story

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Ha!  Well, why not?  At least it was used as part of a larger composition,
it's not like he unwrapped something store-bought and tried to pass it off
as his own work.

As for gutter-mindedness;  there really is such a thing as Too Much.
Believe me here.  I wasn't always a boring old married lady you know.

Selene C.

On 11/7/03 2:28 PM, "Christine Seelye-King" <kingstaste at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> I just heard a funny cooking story I wanted to share.
> I order food from a delivery company, and my sales rep is a former chef.  He
> said he was in a cooking competition once against such notables as Evergreen
> and White House folks.  He was making a Ballantine (meats wrapped and cooked
> to form concentric circles when sliced).  He had a venison filet to use as
> the center, but as the whole thing was assembled and ready to go, the
> venison could not be found.  It being 2AM and he being desperate for a piece
> of meat 18 inches long and tubular (get your minds out of the gutter), he
> drove to 7-11 and bought a Slim Jim.  It worked perfectly and he won his
> area, no one ever commented on the perfectly round center to his ballantine.
> :)
> I laughed, and told him I knew people that would appreciate that story, and
> laugh with him, not at him.
> Christianna
>