Lunch today began with vegetable soup. Martha found a bay leaf in her soup and put it on the table. Either she knew that the bay leaf is for seasoning only or after having tried to eat it, she set it aside.
I told Martha the story about the bay leaf and my family. My mother would use two or three bay leaves in any one of a number of soups she would make. She would try to find the bay leaves and remove them before serving dinner but it wasn't always easy. And/or she didn't try too hard?
When one of the family members would find the bay leaf, mom would announce, "That means you have to wash the dishes. Who ever finds the bay leaf has to wash the dishes!"
"So," I said, "pointing to the bay leaf, Martha, you have to wash the dishes from today's lunch!"
Martha replied, laughing, "You are a card, aren't you!" We both got a good laugh.
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