Comments by "christine paris" (@christineparis5607) on "Lobster for Dinner: A Forgotten History" video.
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@whiterabbit-wo7hw
😂😂 In the 70s, my mom worked full time, but made far less than a man in the same job. It really made her angry! She also was expected by my dad to get a good dinner for us every night, even though she didn't get home till five pm. One night when I was around 10, my dad made a (to him) hilarious comment about her cooking, and just looking at her, you could tell some no mans land had been crossed, she just said, "I'm never cooking for you again, I don't care what you do.", got up and left the room. What was fairly impressive is that she didn't! I mean not EVER. Not at thanksgiving or christmas or anything, ever till the day she died. She would buy us take out or fast food, let us do whatever in the kitchen as long as we cleaned up, but that was it. She and my dad came to some kind of agreement that she would mix up tuna and mayonnaise for tuna sandwiches, I guess it was too hard for him to open the cans, and until the day I moved out at 18, my dad came home from work every night, drank 4 scotches, and ate tuna sandwiches for dinner, and that's it. He would take her out to dinner quite a bit, and they stayed married for over 50 years, but my dad was always pretty careful after that. I had to learn to cook at age 10, and I still love cooking to this day.
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The only time I ever tried lobster was when we invited a girl my husband worked with to spend Easter with us, as she was alone and couldn't go home or see her boyfriend back East. We were in Los Angeles and told her we'd make a brunch and watch movies...so Easter morning, she's there, we're cooking eggs in our apt. and there is a knock on the door. I answer and there is a delivery guy there with a bunch of cartons. I was sure it was a mistake, but he INSISTED that I take the delivery, it was my name, the right address, etc., but we hadn't ordered anything. The phone starts ringing (the early 1990s, no cell phones for us) and my husband answers, while "pam" helps me hustle in the crates, which are really heavy. We open them and there are 6 LIVE GIANT LOBSTER freaking out on ice and the other crate is a case, a big case, of good champagne!! My husband's on the phone thanking profusely whoever he's talking to, and hands the phone to me, and the guy on the line is Pam's boyfriend, wanting to know if I like lobster. He had the thickest New York/Jersey accent I've have ever heard, he was really concerned that we had a good time. I thanked him, telling him I never had lobster, but I couldn't wait, and he said, "there's plenty more where that came from, I'll be in town in a couple a days, we'll go out to dinner some where together." When I hung up, my husband was looking looking kind of pale...
It turns out our friend had neglected to mention that the guy she was dating worked for an important "family" back east, and he just wanted to thank us for keeping her company on Easter, and give us a little thank you gift. We had invited her the night before this Sunday holiday. How he managed to get all that stuff to us in a few hours was a mystery, but he obviously had connections. We had a great brunch, needless to say...and now, every time the "Godfather" is on tv, we look at each other and say, "lobster would be good for brunch."
I'll never forget it...
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@Jordon Carlson
I refused to wait on my dad at all, to the point where he complained of missing "dinner" if my mom had to work late and forgot to open his tuna cans and slice a gherkin into mayonnaise. It had become a symbol of my mothers attempt at some freedom from thankless household slavery and I heartily supported her stand. Of course, later, I ended up marrying an old fashioned Texan and doing all the cooking and cleaning!! But he didn't expect or demand it, and his pioneer family was from Alsace Lorraine in Europe, which has an incredible history of amazing food. He got very interested in cooking after awhile, and it turned out that he had a real love for it, and a gift. He should have been a chef, his dishes are always amazing! I had been a vegan for years, but his unbelievable steaks, roasts, combined game off the grill knocked me flat, i couldn't resist, nothing tastes so good! (In defense though, we have to do some culling of game on the ranch so they don't starve from poor grass, etc. and just wasting it would be terrible too...the only excuse I have, so if anyone reads this and is mad about my meat eating, I apologize).
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@Jordon Carlson
😀 I loved your comment! It's really a joy when someone loves cooking and good food! I never get over how enjoyable meals can be when it's a creative process and a happy environment! I just got home from the store with a bunch of chicken and beef to grill. I've gotten into running (for the first time ever, and I'm 60!) during this pandemic, and I really like it, I don't know why, because I used to think runners were miserable, but it just makes me feel good all day, BUT... I cannot run 5 miles every day on coffee and a cookie, which was my normal breakfast. A lot of coffee! I started making chicken and steaks to eat for breakfast, because if I don't eat that, I get dizzy. So, I'm beef powered, even though I got some plant protien and chia seeds from Amazon....people keep telling me I'm doing it all wrong (I run in cheap shoes, no socks, every day, etc.) but people ALWAYS tell you that you're doing everything wrong, so I got a book called "Born To Run", and it was great and i can run barefoot! My arches got really strong and I've never had an injury or even a pulled muscle. A lot of people in my city are getting out every day and really exercising, a totally different world here than it used to be. I am seeing all these folks just doing their thing, its great!
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