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IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR


Let me tell you about my latest medical adventure. I had heard the term hernia, but honestly, I had no idea what it really was until I was diagnosed by my primary physician. The solution to the problem is a one-day surgical procedure. And I'm assured that I can take care of myself at home. I've had a lot of surgery in the last couple of years. This is the first time I've been required to have a test for COVID 19.

My best summer's day was on August 19th. It was a Wednesday and two friends and I met at the Benelux in the 3rd ward at a rooftop table. It was warm but not hot and the humidity was more than tolerable. Even though the company, Barb Katz and Anne Wilde, would have been great in any case the weather and the setting made it perfect.

Request: I have been asked to repeat two helpful ideas I've written about in the past in the past. One essay is why you should never cook cabbage, broccoli, or cauliflower. 

The other is how to eat cereal that's not soggy. I will write, today about the least political and certainly less controversial subject, the national soggy cereal crisis.

These simple steps will help you avoid turning your crispy favorite cereal into a paste.

  • Start with a dry bowl. I don't understand those of you who put the milk in the bowl before you measure your cereal.
     
  • Measure one cup of cereal and place in a dry bowl. If you can measure the food for your pets, you can measure the cereal you eat. No dumping random amounts in the bowl!

  • If you're adding fruit to your cereal, now is the time. This would also be true for any sweetener your adding.

  • Pull your chair away from the table, breakfast bar, or wherever you plan to eat your cereal. No Standing and Eating, You Hick. This cuts down on the dwell time of the cereal in the milk.

  • Take your bowl of cereal to your eating surface along with the milk either in the container or a pitcher.

  • Slowly add milk to the bowl until you can see it peeking up at the edges.

  • Stir the cereal, fruit, and sweetener until the cereal is properly moistened.

  • Now, and I realize a lot of mom's are upset at this point, but damn it, it's your cereal right? Pick up the bowl and drink the excess milk.

  • Now you have the perfectly dampened cereal, in the right proportion and you can fully appreciate the taste the way nature intended.

  • Consume the cereal that will be perfect to the last spoonful.



I've mentioned a number of times that if you want to quit getting these emails, please do not hesitate to let me know. I understand that my kind of interference in your life, even though you simply delete the piece when you see it or it goes whirling like a turd into your spam files, is an intrusion. You won't hurt my feelings.

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