No Vampire Worries
“When I was very young and living in my first apartment, I invited my sister and brother-in-law over for my first big dinner party. I planned chicken cacciatore, pasta, and salad. As I was preparing the main course, I thought it was surely a lot of work, and I probably wouldn’t pick this entree again. I finally got it into the oven, though, and it was almost ready when my company arrived.
“When my sister came in, she said she could smell the garlic from a block away! The main dish was good, but the garlic was overwhelming. My sister began questioning me about the recipe, and we soon discovered my error. The recipe called for 2 cloves of garlic. No wonder I’d wondered why it took so long to peel and mince them — I used 2 whole heads of garlic! After that I learned to look up unfamiliar recipe terms. None of us needed to worry about being approached by vampires for awhile after that dinner.”
