HUNGRY GERALD

The Super Bowl (now an American holiday) can be tedious. Not this time. Even though (in HG’s opinion) Philadelphia was the better team, Patrick Mahomes was miraculous and led Kansas City to a last second win. Exciting. HG/BSK television watched with gifted daughter Lesley R.and her brilliant husband, Massimo R. All was enhanced by tasty food and ample beer and wine. Massimo brought pizza from the prize winning Pizza Marvin in Providence, RI. Ate some lush slices in the comfortable living/media room of HG/BSK’s Central Falls, RI, loft. More food. BSK made green chile pork stew with chiles obtained from New Mexico via the internet. They were labeled (in terms of heat) “Medium”. “Medium”? The purveyor must be kidding. This was the most fiery chile stew HG ever tasted (and HG has much picante tolerance). It became edible when topped with ample sour cream. So, HG presumes the brand’s “Hot” chile would boil HG’s tongue. The next night, BSK added canned San Marzano tomatoes and frozen corn kernels to the leftover fire chile. Good idea. HG had a big bowl of altered chile før dinner. Spicy. Not for the timid. But, not crazy hot.