Photo prompt: © Ronda Del Boccio
“Peach jelly and olives?! Are you serious?”
“As a heart attack.”
Jack shuddered. This may well be the end result.
Jill’s pasta sauce concoction reminded him of “after-school snack” on days his mother had to work late and the school-bus would drop him off at his uncle’s house. Uncle Simon would have a tall glass of bluish milk waiting, alongside a dish of crackers topped with lemon-lime marmalade and loaded with sardines.
The mere thought of Jill’s recipe gave him the runs.
Good. Saved by the throne.
“Sorry, Hon. I must’ve caught something at work. I better have plain toast.”
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Note: Dedicated to my cousin Noam, who reportedly loved sardines-and-jelly sandwiches. I remember being horrified by the very idea and saddened that he would never enjoy them again. Four years my senior, he died at war, just weeks past his nineteenth birthday. We miss you, Noam (sandwiches and all)!
Na'ama Yehuda 
Any port in a storm!
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Yep.
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Hey… one can’t judge unless one has tried… though I admit that sardines and jelly together does not sound overly appealing. Once upon a time, when I didn’t care about eating plastic, we would have Cheez Whiz on a Ritz cracker, topped with a bread and butter pickle…
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I’d have let you have the whole pack for yourself … 😉
But, yeah, to each their own and … I think Jack would be happy enough with plain toast … 😉
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Don’t diss if you’ve not tried 😉
I’m thinking plain toast would do..
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Dissing??? I was being GENEROUS!!! 😉
Yeah, toast. Me, too … 😉 (though, who know – might take a sniff and a bite of that pasta, just in case …) 😉
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Hahaha!
I’ll try anything once… mostly.
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🙂
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Hahahaha.
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Yeah, well, I canna’ blame him! 😉
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Yes, I do agree; your cousin’s unique taste in sandwiches does sound grim. I’m not sure olives would do it for me, either. But good take. 🙂
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I might actually try olives in jam pasta sauce (add some tomatoes, hot peppers, sausage?) 😉 But yeah, I’d draw the line at jam and sardines … 😉
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Indeed. 🙂
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🙂
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Plain toast sounds safest to me…
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Yep. Me love me some toast.
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I would do whatever it takes to avoid those sandwiches too!
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LOL, I hear you!
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Nice recovery.
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LOL! Thanks! I think it was either that or more visits to the bathroom later on … 😉 So, toast, eh?
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Na’ama Y’karah,
A long time ago I developed a taste for peanut butter and green olives. I still find the combination quite tasty. Perhaps I should add peach jelly to the mix. Now lemon lime marmalade, on the other hand kind of makes me want to run, too. 😉 Oy. I’m not a big lime fan. I am, however, a fan of your story. Flavorful blend dialogue and description.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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🙂 I can see how peanut butter would go with green olives! I would even try a pasta sauce made of jelly and olives (and a few more things thrown in for good measure, perhaps – though NOT sardines … I think …).
Glad you enjoyed the story! 🙂 T’was fun to write.
Now, want some toast? 😉
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Only if it’s gluten free.
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Oh. Well … actually … not bread for toast, exactly, but I do happen to have THAT! I’ve no issue with gluten personally, but some of the kids I work with can’t have gluten, so I have some things that are gluten free, in case they need a snack … You’re welcome to any of that! 🙂
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Each to their own… and people think I am weird because I gag on peanut butter. Some times odd combination of food work and worth trying.
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I think that different people find different food combinations to be tasty or horrifying, for the same combination … Some odd combos are worth trying, but I’m thinking – if your life doesn’t depend on it and if your body rebels against it, it’s okay to not try and force it down … 😉
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Flushed with success this time. Now what excuse for next time?
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LOL!!!! Perfect comment! 🙂 I think that he’d do well to offer to cook next time … 😉
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That combination made my tummy feel a bit queasy, too. Goodness.
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🙂 LOL! Job done, then! 😉 Sorry for the discomfort … (sort of … ;))
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Saved by the throne! Love it. A tasty tale for us if not for him.
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LOL! Yep! And … perhaps he was not TOO sad for his body’s response at that particular moment … 😉
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i guess all’s well that ends well. 🙂
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I’ll raise a toast to that! 😉
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Aw, I feel a bit sorry for Jill, all excited about her experimental cooking that he won’t eat 🙂
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Indeed … though perhaps she could have HIM cook the next meal … 😉
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He seems to have a very bad memory of peach jelly and olives. So much so he prefers plain toast to any fancy dish.
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Indeed … and I think the memory of jelly and sardines doesn’t help … 😉
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Saved by the runs. I suppose that’s better. Nice tribute to your cousin, Noam. Very sad, so young.
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Thank you, Brenda! Yes, I suppose sometimes toast is better than what one does not think they can stomach …
And … thank you, too, for noting Noam. We miss him still. War is terrible. I can never understand the justification for it. There are ALWAYS other, better, ways.
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I whole-heartedly concur, Na’ama!
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🙂
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