In Memory of John

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Lise and I had seen the sign for months on an informal eatery near town. It said, “Prime Rib Wednesday.” Two visits ago we said we had to try that, because a prime rib dinner was John’s first choice on his birthday. I treated him to that dish at a steak house the last few years of his life. It was so expensive that I ordered something with ground beef. Last visit, Lise and I went to the casual restaurant for lunch, not knowing prime rib was only served after 4 in the afternoon. This time, we were there at “prime” time. Frankly, our expectations were not high. This restaurant serves meals on paper plates with plastic utensils and styrofoam cups. Lise noted that our choice was twice as expensive as regular meals, but I approved the gamble.

I was shocked when plastic plates, stainless steel forks, and steak knives came to our table. Each piece of meat was huge and over half an inch thick! The waitress said they were at the rare stage, and that’s what we wanted. Oh! My! How good it tasted! Toke ate everything but the bone, but I brought half home, along with the baked potato. This was a good pre-Thanksgiving meal that stretched our stomachs for turkey the next day.

While walking one morning, Lise saw two deer in the woods near the big bend, and she was able to point them out quickly enough that I saw them, too. Others in the neighborhood see deer all the time, but they are rarely in the open spaces around my house. This visit was special, since we saw both deer and a bear on different days.

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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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  7. Anne, what a great meal that was! Some of us ate steak for TG and some ate turkey. I eat smaller portions of most everything these days. I would bring some home too! Hope you had a lovely TG and enjoy the weekend. oxox

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