Story: Tastes like SH*T-- But Good

In Canada we each took turns cooking dinner and when my (Scott's) turn came around, as always, I did my best to duplicate my Mom’s best dinner, “Chicken and Rice and everything Nice”. Her secret chicken, green beans with Velveeta, white rice, her famous gravy and cranberry, can’t forget the cranberry with chicken! Now, you have to understand that, when you’re in Canada, you can basically get away with cooking “slumgulion” and, since the air is so clear and fresh and since we always build up such an appetite, even SLUMgulion will taste great! So I thought my dinner had turned out pretty good, if I say so myself. So I set the table and everyone sat down and started eating.

In Canada there is always a looonngg silence as everyone starts eating. It’s like everyone wants to fill up fast and get back out on the lake for the evening – the best fishing time of the day! Well this was more of the same, and as I stood over everyone waiting for a comment from someone, ANYONE!

My good old Uncle Gene looked up at me and, with a disgruntled, angry and thoroughly disappointed look on his face, he blurted out loud, “This tastes like SHIT!!!!” ………. and, as my mouth dropped and my eyes teared up, he then put on this big shit eatin’ grin and said, “but GOOD!!!”

-Scott Henry-

July 10, 2017 Brian Lee