TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH....

I was out scouring garage sales again today and stopped in at a local consignment shop. As I was perusing the breakables a very old man said, "Lady, can I ask you a question?" I said, "Sure." "Do you cook," he asked? Now how the heck am I suppose to answer that question! I mean I do...but just started AND he was holding a large pan in his hands. I hesitantly said, "yes?" like I was even questioning myself. He asked me what the pan in his hands was for. Well lucky for me the very, very small tag said, "Paella Pan...$8.00". I very confidently replied, "Sir, that is a paella pan." I felt so proud of myself. AND then he got me...."what is paella," he said? Again kind of like a question, I replied "a rice dish?" He wanted more details and I really didn't have anymore to tell him. So I finally confessed. "I would like to say that I am a cook, but to tell you the truth I just started cooking for my family a few weeks ago. We are doing good though. Only eating out every once in awhile instead of every day. Maybe I should try paella one night." He quickly caught on that I was not going to be able to answer any more questions and he moved on to the next lady. Phew.

As soon as I got home I googled "Paella". I was so excited to see 'rice' in the ingredients!