Well hell....!!!! Just when you might think there are no miracles left in the world...I actually think there might be a few out there, BUT they are flying beneath the radar...Until a few moments ago...
A guy I worked with in the restaurant game and thought was dead, just showed up on my doorstep bearing a gift. He was a truly talented culinarian from whom I learned much. He took a wrong turn, got into drugs...sold drugs...dropped out of sight and was actually presumed dead by his family.
He is recovering from the drugs but is still struggling with alcohol..although he was sober tonight. He is making the rounds to people that he remembers...a short list by now...He won't say where he's staying or what he's doing but he has a little money apparently...He made me a gift of a bottle of a locally made Eau De Vie...
..a fruit flavored brandy...
We shared a soda water and talked for a few minutes and then he was off...like the ghost of Marley...
Having a tad of the brandy now as I listen to a new cd for the 12th time... This brandy is plum...Imagine if you will, a plum filled to bursting with rubbing alcohol...pop it in your mouth and bite into it as you breath on a lit match...now swallow...that's what I'm doing... Whew...I think I need another...
Here's to Christmas and the spirit of it...sometimes these are two different things...
The bar is open...
Wait...I just thought...I'll make pork pate...with the Eau De Vie...One miracle calls for another...
A guy I worked with in the restaurant game and thought was dead, just showed up on my doorstep bearing a gift. He was a truly talented culinarian from whom I learned much. He took a wrong turn, got into drugs...sold drugs...dropped out of sight and was actually presumed dead by his family.
He is recovering from the drugs but is still struggling with alcohol..although he was sober tonight. He is making the rounds to people that he remembers...a short list by now...He won't say where he's staying or what he's doing but he has a little money apparently...He made me a gift of a bottle of a locally made Eau De Vie...
..a fruit flavored brandy...We shared a soda water and talked for a few minutes and then he was off...like the ghost of Marley...
Having a tad of the brandy now as I listen to a new cd for the 12th time...
This brandy is plum...Imagine if you will, a plum filled to bursting with rubbing alcohol...pop it in your mouth and bite into it as you breath on a lit match...now swallow...that's what I'm doing... Whew...I think I need another...Here's to Christmas and the spirit of it...sometimes these are two different things...
The bar is open...
Wait...I just thought...I'll make pork pate...with the Eau De Vie...One miracle calls for another...