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Your voices: The joy of cooking

Grilled cheese sandwich next to a bowl of soupBy Esther Kinsman

During an unexpected hospital stay for my husband, I found myself sharing accommodations with my son at his apartment in Halifax.

Well, housekeeping was not one of my son's strong suits and therefore I was subjected to making a few meals for us. After clamoring around his refrigerator, I was able to come up with ingredients for grilled cheese sandwiches with fried onions.  

If I do say so myself they were pretty darn good, and after finishing our sandwiches, my son thought he would like seconds. I proceeded to make another sandwich for him and, while I was cooking it, he came into the kitchen – probably to see what was taking so long.  

After viewing the process, he wanted to know where I got the margarine. 

"In the fridge, of course! Why?" I said.  

"That margarine has a green tinge to it," he replied.   

"Why was it in the fridge if it isn’t good?" I asked. 

His logic was that rather than clutter up the counter, he keeps spoiled items in the fridge until garbage day.  

What could I say? I looked straight at him and said, "Well, the first one didn’t kill us, so are you game to go again?"    

Want to share your story like Esther did? Email us at insight@cnib.ca. 

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