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She mixed and measured, weighed and watched, stirred and sprinkled, steeped and sliced.
She’d gotten every item ready. She made sure she had all the tools. She kept the temperature exact.
This one was going to come out just right.
She double checked each line. She’d compared reviews for different versions of the recipe, to ensure this one worked fine.
The kitchen fan hummed.
Her phone rang.
The house smelled of burnt garlic. She was deafened by the smoke alarm.
The roast was toast.
She could have cried. …
She should have known that her ever-hungry teenage son would devour it as is, as soon as he sat down.
For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Devour in 108 words
Na'ama Yehuda 
Na’ama Y’karah,
I had a teenage son like that. Anything edible was fair game to him. He was the permanent indent on the sofa cushions and vacancy in the refrigerator. 😉 Loved the roast was toast. I’ve blackened a few of those myself. Reservations anyone? Well done.
Shabbat Shalom from the frozen wasteland of Missouri,
Rochelle
My link is on Sammi’s page or here https://rochellewisoff.com/2020/01/11/weekend-writing-prompt-devour/
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LOL! We call them “food processors” in my family, and at some point practically every family has at least one. Leftover aren’t a problem. The electric bill might be (they seem to live at the open refrigerator door, usually peering in with “is there anything to eat” – about ten minutes following clean up from any given meal … ) 😉
Shabbat Shalom from NYC! Not so frozen here today–we’re expecting freak 60s!!? Not that I’m complaining about that when I have to run out to ran a professional group meeting! (we’ve been meeting for over 15 years, every other month on a Saturday. Good people. Still nicer to head out to one when it is NICE out! YEAH!).
Will read yours upon my return!
xoxo
Na’ama
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We referred to ours as Insinkerator Fields. He inherited the title from his daddy. We had 60’s Thursday. Plummeted to teens last night. Enjoy your group. That’s awesome.
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We got your 60s shipped to us overnight, apparently! 🙂 Not complaining!
Off to read yours now!
And … here’s to the waste-prevention that is built-into some adolescents’ appetites … 😉
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As one who loves cooking, I’d be devastated even if a human trash bin scoffed the lot! Nice one Na’ama.
Here’s mine!
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We call them “food processors” in my family … 😉
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I was half expecting the recipient of this meal made with love to devour it without tasting it… didn’t at all expect it to be one of those voracious teenagers who will eat anything and everything!
Loved this!
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🙂 We call them “food processors” … 😉
Yeah, it could’ve gone either way, but the kid won …
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Yeah, I saw that 😉
We call them garburators.
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LOL PERFECT term!!!
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😉
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Funny how you can spend time and thought and effort preparing a carefully planned meal, only for a teenage boy to shovel it down as if it were a plate of instant mashed potatoes! I sympathise as I have one of those devourers in my house too!
Lovely build up, great use of language and a strong pay off. Great stuff
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🙂 Glad you liked it! Yeah, we have a sample of similarly (sometimes appreciative but mostly shovel-ready) “food processors” in the family. 🙂 Good for no leftovers. 😉
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Ha! They certainly are useful for clean plates, you’re right! A great read 😊
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🙂 Yeah, less useful for cleaning up their rooms … but no one is perfect … 😉
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😊
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🙂
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