Friday, July 11, 2003
Meat Extravaganza for President!
I know it's a little early in the game to be throwing my support to any of the candidates for the Democratic primary, seeing as I currently know very little about their positions on...well, anything, really. All I know is what I read about each prospective primary candidate in this month's Esquire article, "Democrats in Their Natural Habitats." And what I read about Dick Gephardt is that he likes to make Meat Extravaganza.
Meat Extravaganza is a dish (the only dish) that Diana used to make, from a recipe she got from Jody Sowell. Meat Extravaganza is just about the most artery-clogging food you can make, involving chicken, beef, bacon and cream of mushroom soup. We never could remember what the proper name of the dish was, so Diana usually called it "Jody Chicken" or "That Jody Thing" until someone (Erik Petersen, I believe) came up with the name "Meat Extravaganza," and it stuck. Mind you, when referring to the dish, you must say it in an announcer-type voice (Meat! Ex-TRAV-a-GAN-za!), preferably while waving your arms around.
Anyway. Last night as I was reading about Gephardt, I learned that he and his family like to make a dish they call "party chicken." When the contents of "party chicken" were revealed, I soon realized that it was Meat Extravaganza, under an alias. I was pleased to see that one of the traditions of Dumas 201 was alive and well in the Gephardt household. I wonder if he also got the recipe from Jody Sowell.
However, I cannot give Gephardt my full support until he agrees to drop this "party chicken" nonsense and refers to the dish as Meat Extravaganza (with proper inflections, of course). Sure, "party chicken" conjures up some fairly humorous images, but it just does not have the pizazz of "Meat! Ex-TRAV-a-GAN-za!" Once I see Gephardt publicly declare his love for Meat Extravaganza, I will give him the full endorsement of this blog.
Until then, this blog is also considering endorsing John Edwards because he's hot.
I know it's a little early in the game to be throwing my support to any of the candidates for the Democratic primary, seeing as I currently know very little about their positions on...well, anything, really. All I know is what I read about each prospective primary candidate in this month's Esquire article, "Democrats in Their Natural Habitats." And what I read about Dick Gephardt is that he likes to make Meat Extravaganza.
Meat Extravaganza is a dish (the only dish) that Diana used to make, from a recipe she got from Jody Sowell. Meat Extravaganza is just about the most artery-clogging food you can make, involving chicken, beef, bacon and cream of mushroom soup. We never could remember what the proper name of the dish was, so Diana usually called it "Jody Chicken" or "That Jody Thing" until someone (Erik Petersen, I believe) came up with the name "Meat Extravaganza," and it stuck. Mind you, when referring to the dish, you must say it in an announcer-type voice (Meat! Ex-TRAV-a-GAN-za!), preferably while waving your arms around.
Anyway. Last night as I was reading about Gephardt, I learned that he and his family like to make a dish they call "party chicken." When the contents of "party chicken" were revealed, I soon realized that it was Meat Extravaganza, under an alias. I was pleased to see that one of the traditions of Dumas 201 was alive and well in the Gephardt household. I wonder if he also got the recipe from Jody Sowell.
However, I cannot give Gephardt my full support until he agrees to drop this "party chicken" nonsense and refers to the dish as Meat Extravaganza (with proper inflections, of course). Sure, "party chicken" conjures up some fairly humorous images, but it just does not have the pizazz of "Meat! Ex-TRAV-a-GAN-za!" Once I see Gephardt publicly declare his love for Meat Extravaganza, I will give him the full endorsement of this blog.
Until then, this blog is also considering endorsing John Edwards because he's hot.
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