Food and Calendar Conversations

Recent Common Household commentary about food, including food as it relates to holidays both secular and religious. 

Me:  “There is banana bread here.”

Son:  “I don’t think I’ve ever had banana bread.  Is it like monkey bread?”

Me:    “No.”

Son:  “Or is it just bread for monkeys?”

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Common Household Husband:  “To me, pie is just something you eat when you have no cake.”

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The Common Household Son was complaining that there were no more frozen waffles, which is what he usually eats for breakfast.  I said, “Can’t you eat cereal?  Every red-blooded American eats cereal for breakfast.”   Younger Daughter shouted from the other room, “Who says our blood is red?!”

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Me:  “What kind of cheese do you want for your sandwich?”

Husband:  “There’s some low salt, low fat, low self-esteem cheese in the fridge.”

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Me:    “On Tuesday we are going to the Pancake Dinner at church.”

Husband:   “Why are they serving pancakes?”

Younger Daughter:  “On Tuesday it is the tradition to use up all the fat.  Before Lint.”

Husband (thinking of pre-Passover traditions):  “You mean, you go through the cupboards with a feather and brush away all the fat?”

Me:   (speechless)

YD:  “What?!  There’s no feather involved in Lint.”

Husband (rhapsodic about Passover):  “As a people, we have gone through the cupboards with a feather. … How long is Lent?  Is it a 30-day countdown?”

Me:  “Lent is 40 days, not including Sundays.”

Husband (explaining the Jewish calendar):  “You know there are two months of Adar this year.  How does that affect Lent?  Maybe Lent is 80 days this year instead of 40 days?”

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Me: (reading the newspaper about an event for Presidents’ Day):  “Oooh!  A Cherry Pie hike!  What a great title for a hike.”

Husband:  “Is there a chocolate cake hike?”

Me:    “No.  George Washington was not famous for chocolate cake.”

Husband:  “I have no use for it if it doesn’t involve chocolate cake.”