A couple weeks ago we had a burger grillout at our place. I stopped at the Fareway meat counter after aerobics to pick up the meat so it would be as fresh as possible. (At that point I was NOT as fresh as possible!)
My decision-making process went like this:
Fact 1: Neither Alex nor I is confident or excited about shaping patties, so I should get pre-formed ones.
Fact 2: Ones from the meat counter should be better than frozen, bagged ones.
Fact 3: Alex likes us to have more than one burger per person, so the men in particular can feel well-fed.
Fact 4: I don't mind leftovers.
Therefore, I asked the meat woman (yes, they do have one woman employee back there) for 16 patties (12 people were expected). The price seemed a bit excessive, but I don't like questioning things and sometimes better meat costs more, so I went on my way. The package was huge--I rested it on my forearm like one might do with a newborn, garnering comments from fellow shoppers.
Alex fired up the grill, and they took a while to cook. Then we each ate one--they were really good, but no one went for seconds. I was a little confused, but we did have some side dishes.
It was only an hour later, when I was still really really full, that I started calculating in my head the relationship between the price per pound of the meat, the number of patties we had, and the total price I had paid.
Turns out we served everyone 1/2 pound burgers.
I'm a little mortified, as one who claims to be a meat minimizer.
And I can't believe I ate the whole thing! :)
3 comments:
You made me laugh out loud! I would have eaten the whole thing too. They looked great.
That is hilarious!! I got a good laugh!
Anastasia failed to mention that I ate two of them.
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