Great Food!

There’s a deli restaurant in Toronto called The Pickle Barrel. When we lived in the area we loved to go there for pastrami, corned beef and other deli favorites. One of the waiters at the Pickle Barrel in Willowdale was always a little chippy and fun to deal with. He always rose to the challenge when I’d try and wind him up, and I do love to wind up waiters.

This particular day, Cheryl and I were there with my Mum and Dad. We’d had a great meal and it was time for coffee and dessert. Orders were placed and Mum ordered coffee.

With a wink in his eye for my benefit he asked my Mum, “Would you like your coffee with or without cream today madam?”.

Mum replied “Oh! without cream please”,

He turned away from the table and clicked his fingers, turned on his heels, returned to the table and said, “I’m sorry. I forgot. We’re out of cream! Would it be alright if I served your coffee without milk?”

How do you like your coffee? is a post from: Chris Cane's Blog

A moment not to be forgotten; in the sixties there was a carpet cleaning product called “GloryTM”. It came in a spray can. To use it, one would turn the can over so that the top is towards the bottom and much like canned whipped cream, press the nozzle sideways and a ball of white foam would exit the canister.

There was always a can under the sink for clean-ups. Mum would squirt some on a stain or spot on the carpet, scrub the foam a little, wait for it to dry and vacuum up later. One day Mum bought a super giant economy sized can of GloryTM and proceeded to clean an area in front of our fireplace.

The family was all over the house in various rooms and each of us could hear my Mum’s laugh. No one laughed like my mother. One by one we gathered at the entrance to the living room to see my mother in the midst of the biggest pile of GloryTM foam that anyone had ever seen. The foam ball was getting larger and my 4 ft. 11 in. soaking wet mother was beginning to disappear. The nozzle on the can had stuck open and she had been unable to close it. Frustration turned to laughter. We began to laugh as well.

My Mum died a few years ago, but I’ll always remember her with Glory all around!

Glory Glory Glory – There was Glory all around! is a post from: Chris Cane's Blog