My son and I were discussing heinous food over dinner. That’s because we made a mutual decision to abandon our efforts to enjoy broccoli rabe. I made it badly, and then I used my sister-in-law’s recipe for my second effort, and although her recipe was good, we just didn’t love it, and I said
“Rabe is the haggis of Italian vegetables.”
And then I had to explain what haggis was, and at some point I inserted, “Haggis is why the Scottish people are thought of with disrespect.” And Arthur laughed because he’s an easy room and everyone needs an audience like that one. And then he asked
“Did Scotty of Beam Me Up fame like haggis?
Which, as questions go, stands on its own.
