The landmark New York “appetizer store”, Russ & Daughters, delivered a tasty package to HG in New Mexico. Scallion cream cheese. Red salmon caviar. Chopped liver. Schmaltz herring. Two quarts of matzo ball soup. Pumpernickel bread. To start dinner, HG poured vodka on the rocks plus a beer chaser. Ate chunks of the herring with slices of the bread and washed them down with the alcoholic beverages. Heated a bowl of the matzo ball soup. Refilled the beer glass. Sipped the broth and ate the boiled slices of carrot (both very good). Time to bite into the piece de resistance: The matzo ball. Disaster. Perfectly soft and light ball. However, matzo ball grains lodged in HG’s surgically constricted throat. Uncomfortable evening dislodging them. Is HG doomed to a non-matzo ball life? Sadness.
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