Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for September 08, 2023

We used to call it …….. the “mystery” “meat!!!”

:-O

From Not Always Right:

I work in a call center for a food manufacturer.

Caller: “I have one of your cans of tomatoes, and I was wondering if it was still good to eat.”

Me: “What’s the expiry date?”

Caller: “August 3rd.”

Me: “Well, today is August 2nd, so you—”

Caller: “—2006.”

Me: “…I wouldn’t advise eating it, ma’am.”

Caller: “Are you sure? It’s still in its packaging.”

Me: “I would strongly advise against eating it, ma’am.”

Caller: “Seems a shame for it to go to waste.”

Me: “I would seriously strongly advise against eating it, ma’am.”

Caller: “I also have this other one from 2013. Do you think—”

Me: “Ma’am, where are you getting these from?!”

Caller: “Oh, I’m cleaning out my cupboards.”

Me: “I would advise throwing away every product that’s past its expiry date, ma’am.”

Caller: “Oh, I’m not doing that; it would be a waste! I’ll just throw it in some pasta and feed it to my husband. He’ll eat anything.”

Me: “Ma’am, I—”

Caller: “Thanks for your help!” Click

I hope the husband was okay!

Turns out I learned something this week, too.

Yeah, many decades ago I learned to take my lunch too. That’s one thing that hasn’t changed.

Well, Baldo learned something of practical use. Also, the cold Canadian meets warm Mexican thing is a simplified version for kids Gracie’s age that she’ll probably soon outgrow as she studies the subject for herself.

Also Canada sends it wild forrest fires smoke our way….

And the place the two fronts usually collide is right over Wichita Falls Texas.

I must have missed Baldo’s class. Never saw any green meat but lots of questionable veggies.

Hmm. So Baldo didn’t know to not eat green eggs and ham?

I’m surprised Baldo wasn’t hospitalized.

When I was in elementary school I had a problem with the lunches. I was and am (though mom insists I wasn’t (but she is 94 now) a picky eater. No dressing on salads, no mustard, no ketchup, etc. In school if one got the school lunch one had to eat EVERYTHING -even dessert. I (a fat person then and now) actually had arguments with the lunch ladies about throwing out things – okay, I understood/understand them wanting me to eat the salad – I would if it did not have dressing on it, but being told that I HAD TO EAT the dessert? My parents were going crazy trying to get me not to eat desserts – but in school I was told that I had to eat it. I would explain that “dessert is something one should eat rarely and never at lunch” but it did not work. So for the rest of my time in elementary school and junior high I had my half a peanut butter sandwich (no jelly) for lunch. In high school I just did not eat lunch.

Go forward 60 something years from my first half a peanut butter sandwich schlepped to school and during most of the past Covid years I am back to eating a peanut butter sandwich – though husband insists I eat an entire sandwich not a half – except the rare days we have eaten lunch out.