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TomAYto, TomAHto.
This is what my Dad got to listen to.
My version: "So we had brunch at Aunt Anita's on Sunday. She made RubenReuben Lasagna. It was good, you'd like it."
My Mom's version: "So Anita had this recipe for RubenReuben Lasagna she found a long time ago. And one time when I was down there visiting and my mom was still alive, Anita had her make it for us. I think it was in the summer of 1997, the summer when I went to Southern Illinois by myself, and you went to New York to visit Carolyn by yourself. Remember? The two of you did 80 different things each day and forgot to ever drink any water or eat meals and tired yourselves out. So my mom made it for us then, and since we were down there this weekend, Anita said she'd like to take the opportunity to make it again, although she had never made it herself you know. So I dropped Carolyn off and they were going to start making it while I was at church, except I expect they must have gotten to talking as it hadn't yet been put in the oven when I got back from church, so we ate later than I was expecting. It was pretty good, it had corned beef, and sauerkraut, and something like Thousand Island...
[I yell from the other room "It WAS Thousand Island. mixed w/ celery soup, mustard, milk & onion."]
...Oh it was thousand island. It's tangy. It was pretty good and pretty much like a RubenReuben sandwich. I told Anita I had RubenReuben soup before as well, which is fairly similar, you know, with sauerkraut and everything. So Anita copied the recipe for me because Carolyn and I thought you'd really like it. She copied it on her printer. She has a printer like the one Carolyn has, that can function as a copy machine as well. You just put the recipe on there and hit copy and it prints it out. So I'm bringing it home and we can make it sometime."
Classic My Mother.
[This recipe looks pretty similar to what we used, although I could have sworn it was cream of asparagus rather than mushroom. But who knows, I'm crazy.]
Posted by Duff at October 10, 2006
Haha, that's just like all my grandparents and adam's dad when they tell a story!! I don't know why but when they tell stories they think it is ESSENTIAL to recount what damn day of the week every part of the story happened on, and then get super confused trying to remember what day of the week it was and forget the point of the story!
Posted by: jen at October 10, 2006 03:13 PM
You're killing me.
Posted by: Michelle at October 10, 2006 03:30 PM
You're mom sounds like a hoot and I bet you're dad's a good person.
Posted by: Mary at October 10, 2006 03:53 PM
Shit! I totally just put you're instead of your. Twice!! What a geek. Sorry.
Posted by: Mary at October 10, 2006 03:54 PM
Molly will fall off her chair laughing at this.
Though I can't imagine why.
Posted by: Jan at October 10, 2006 04:25 PM
Gotta love moms!
Posted by: monica at October 10, 2006 05:50 PM
Hey, I want to know how to make Reuben lasagne. That DOES sound good.
Posted by: Hope at October 10, 2006 05:52 PM
That. Is hilarious.
Posted by: alison at October 10, 2006 05:55 PM
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Posted by: clare eats at October 10, 2006 07:36 PM
That's freaking hilarious. I can just imagine it too. Now that recipe sounds decidedly...odd...to me. Was it good?
Posted by: Sil at October 10, 2006 07:37 PM
OMG-that's so funny! You *have* to share the recipe...pretty please...
Posted by: sUsAn at October 10, 2006 09:57 PM
okay, but have your mom repeat her part three times.... :)
Posted by: melanie at October 11, 2006 12:17 AM
No, her mom is NOT a hoot.
Posted by: Rebecca at October 13, 2006 02:41 PM