Monday, October 16, 2006

I Say Tomato, You Ask Why

Sunday night, after I finished learning with my chevrusa, his wife came over and offered me a bag of tomatoes that they grow in their backyard. I brought them home and left them on the kitchen counter.

Monday morning, I was in the other room when I overheard the following conversation in the kitchen:

Daughter: Imma, what are these tomatoes doing here?
Imma: Some friends gave them to Abba.
Daughter: Imma, are we poor?
Imma: No, why do you ask?
Daughter: Then why are people giving us food?

Poor?
My daughter is in 2nd grade.
She hasn't learned yet that poverty is spelled: T-U-I-T-I-O-N.

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3 comments:

  1. Annie10:51 AM

    Your chevrusa is lucky to be able to give them away. One year we grew so many tomatoes that our neighbors and friends stopped accepting them.

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  2. Daled Amos10:55 AM

    They've had that problem too.

    When their son was working for a caterer, there was so much food left over that he brought it home.

    They tried to distribute it to people who needed it, but it was very difficult and on a couple of occasions I came home with meat, kugel, deserts etc.

    Took me a week to finish it off.
    (but it was delicious)

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  3. Daled Amos10:59 AM

    Bagel Blogger,

    Maybe you need one of these.

    Come to think of it...so do I.

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