On Tues. night when we were at the nursing home, we were discussing an incident that happened over 20 years ago. I have decided it needs to live on and so I am posting the story here.
One evening on a subway car, there was a group of young professionals traveling to dinner. You could tell they were professionals by the way they were dressed – the men all had on suits and ties, the women wore dresses. This was back in the days before the work place dress code was relaxed a bit.
It was clear they were heading to dinner because they were discussing this as they rode the train. It was 1 guy’s 30th birthday and this was the reason for the celebration. After listening to them talk and watching them, however, you may have found them just a little bit odd.
“We’re having you for dinner,” they told Birthday Boy with strange smiles on their faces. Then 1 man took out salt & pepper shakers and began seasoning Birthday Boy. That was followed by another man pulling out an apple and sticking it in Birthday Boy’s mouth.
When they arrived at their subway stop, they walked out of the subway station and then took Birthday Boy’s tie off. They used it to blindfold him as they walked to the restaurant. They lead him into the restaurant and to a table where they then removed the blindfold. A waiter came over to them and one of the men says, “This is the guest of honor.”
The waiter looked him up and down and then nodded. “Yes, he will do nicely.”
Sounds like a scene out of some Amazon jungle rather than a restaurant in The Village, eh? Frank was not the birthday boy but he was one of the co-workers involved in this. I think he may have been the one with the salt shaker.
This took place at a restaurant in The Village that no longer exists called Kitchen Witch. I wonder if word got out about the cannibalism.
So, how did he taste?
As I was reading this, all I could think of was that their jobs must have been so stressful that it just sent the whole lot of them over the edge. I don’t even want to think about any alternate possibilities. If you and the Morton’s Iodized Salt from your kitchen ever disappear, and Frank is sitting in the corner grinning maniacally and rocking back and forth, we can send one of those police helicopters out to the remaining restaurants in The Village to search for your remains.
What kind of side dishes go well with Frank?