"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> in
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Quoted message said:As I was jabbing my corn on the cob with my little
metal cornholders, I remember I ordered new ones that
haven't arrived. Right there, in front of the soon-to-be old
ones, I mentioned I'd ordered their replacements!
What was I thinking.
A couple of bites in, the left hand corn holder took
revenge. Escaped from the end of my cob and jabbed
into my cheek.
Now I know how the corn feels.
Some may laugh, but these vendettas happen. Vegetables do it too.
A neighbor was growing squash plants, and grilling the ripe squashes on an
inexpensive enameled charcoal grill for outdoor dining. After the season,
he converted that part of the garden to another crop. The grill was tucked
away in a corner of the yard and forgotten.
When the neighbor next checked the grill, months later, it had partly
rusted, weakening the sheet metal and making it unusable. What made it more
unusable, though, was that somehow an outlier or rogue squash vine had
developed, near where the grill was stored. Maybe from a stray seed. This
plant produced long tendrils and stalks. By the time the neighbor
discovered it, these had wrapped firmly around the metal of the grill and
gradually tensed so that they had actually crushed and torn the weakened
sheet metal, all but destroying the grill, wreaking revenge.
I Am Not Making This Up. Treat your live vegetables nice.
