LIFE AMIDST THE MONKEY BOYS

Thursday, September 14, 2006

FRIED GREEN WORMS


So I picked up a paper and checked out the movie listings. One caught my eye. "How To Eat Fried Worms". I must say I have been most impressed with the culinary skills possessed by these monkey boys and my mouth watered at the thought of what they might be able to do with a basic staple such as this. Thinking back, I could not recall seeing worms on any menu anywhere since my arrival on Earth.
I drove to the local theatre, purchased a ticket, a big bucket of stuff called popcorn ( an Earth grain dehydrated, blown to expansion via heat and oil and then drenched in a slick, sticky substance called "butter" that really isn't.) and a caffiene iced beverage. I made my way to my seat and munched on my stickie crunchies while previews ran and then settled in as the lights dimmed for the beginning of the feature.
Disappointment.
Kids on a dare eating worms. Apparently earthboys don't have an appreciation of this back home staple. Pan fried, blended, raw, never with an appropriate spicing. And here I was hoping for something a bit educational.
Still, all was not lost. Barfmallow was a dish that showed some real promise. We have never explored the possibility of worms as a dessert. As I left theatre I made a mental note to pick up some marshmallow. first rainy day when the worms were out......
Anyways, I finished my musings as I my car. From the theatre I headed to a local food mart, one of those overpriced little stores crammed through and through with the worst Earth has to offer in the way munchies. I was out of chocolae and hve found that the stuff does provide a mood enhancing pick-me-up. As I passed through the aisles I noted something quite unexpexcted. There, in the cooler, sat an array of bottles of holy water. Seemed a really strange place, but this Earth. So I picked up a couple.
I left the drecky little store and shoved the cold bottles into my jacket pockets before heading home. The sun was setting and it was getting time to work.
I entered me quarters just as Marchell was arising from her slumber and exiting the closet..