Acute Case Drops in Elaines Lap

Shana, where are you?

I’m at college, Mom, don’t you remember? I’m in my dorm room!

No wonder I can’t find you! Are you sure college was such a good idea?

Mom! Just put the picture of last night’s dinner in The Quiz so that we can get started?

OK, here it is:

And what do we have this time? I recognize the salad, but what’s the other dish?

Potato salad! I make the world’s best potato salad: first I chop up a potato, I leave the skin on since that’s where all the fiber is, and I drop it in boiling water.

When it’s soft, which only takes a few minutes, I drain out the water, dump the potato into a bowl, add some chopped onion, a chopped hard boiled egg, a chopped up pickle….

A pickle?????

Shana, this is the secret ingredient!

I guess that explains why I didn’t know about it!

Oh, and then…did I mention the celery seeds?

No, I don’t think so.

Well, you gotta have celery seeds!

If you gotta, you gotta. S’all right?

S’all right! Then you add the mayonnaise, mix it all up and add a blob of pickle juice.

A blob?

I didn’t mean for it to be a blob. When I tried to pour a small amount of pickle juice into the bowl a big blob surged out and got all over everything!

Ha-ha! I wish I could have been there for that!

And then, Presto! World’s greatest potato salad! I ate the whole thing!

I believe you, it looks like you ate half of it before you took the picture!

That was unfortunate……

Mom, do we have a quiz?

I’ll say we do!

Who is it this time?

Do you remember…oh geez, I should probably come up with a fictitious name!

Here we go again!

“Marcello”.

Mom, how can I remember him if it’s a fictitious name?

Good point, Shana; that’s our little college girl, always thinking!

So, this is “Marcello’s” case?

No.

Mom!

Do you remember “Marcello’s” ADHD son, “Frankie”?

So, this is “Frankie’s” case?

No.

Mom!!!!!

OK, Ok, I’ll explain! I can explain! Oh why won’t someone let me explain???

So, I was trying to help “Marcello” come up with a remedy for “Frankie” who was bouncing off the walls, when “Marcello” informed me that his wife, “Gertrude” was sick and “Frankie” wouldn’t let her sleep! So, I said, “OK, what’s wrong with ‘Gertrude’?” And this was the answer:

Chilliness — my wife is cold. Right now she is wrapped in a comforter. She is not coughing. There is throat irritation and body aches and chilliness. She’s feverish, weak and dull with a headache.

That’s it?

That’s it.

That’s the case?

That’s all I got.

Yeesh! Well, OK….If you know the answer, please write to my mom at: LEWRA@aol.com and let her know what the remedy is. We’ll see you back here in a month with more healthy recipes and this month’s quiz answer. Bye for now!!!