Oh, I had fried clams once, ages ago, at some Rhode Island shoreline place I can't recall the name of, the memory of which lingers to this day, at least 4 decades later. I remember that we drove there again the following summer, hoping for an encore, only to find them closed forever. I'm still bummed out.
February 9, 2016 at 4:59 PM
Usually, you can't pinpoint
the time you ate
the best version
of any particular food,
especially everyday food,
so those times
when I can
stick out in my mind.
The first time was
a basket of french fries
I had at Holy Smokes
(now defunct) BBQ
in Hatfield MA.
They were so great that
when the cook
came around
to ask how everything was,
I said they were
the best fries
I'd ever had,
and asked how come.
He said that they
double-fry them,
but it also depends on
the moisture content
of the potatoes
and that depends on
things like the weather
while they were growing,
so they can't control that.
The other time
I was a fruititarian,
so I ate a lot of kinds of fruit
just for variety
in such a restricted diet.
I decided to give
golden delicious apples
another chance
one day at Atkins
(fruit stand - not defunct).
I bought one
and it was amazing,
and for a few days,
all the golden delicious apples
from there were
actually delicious
and then that faded,
for a still undetermined reason,
and I have not
truly enjoyed an apple
of that variety since.
"Specific Memories of Particular Food"
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Oh, I had fried clams once, ages ago, at some Rhode Island shoreline place I can't recall the name of, the memory of which lingers to this day, at least 4 decades later. I remember that we drove there again the following summer, hoping for an encore, only to find them closed forever. I'm still bummed out.
February 9, 2016 at 4:59 PM