An elderly Ukrainian man lay dying in his bed. While suffering the agonies of impending death, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite Ukrainian perogies with fried onions wafting up the stairs.
He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, and with even greater effort gripping the railing with both hands, he crawled downstairs.
With labored breath, he leaned against the door frame, gazing into the kitchen. If not for death’s agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven, for there, spread out upon waxed paper on the kitchen table was literally hundreds of his favourite perogies.
Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic love from his Ukrainian wife of sixty years, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man?
Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself towards the table, landing on his knees in a crumpled posture. His parched lips parted, the wondrous taste of the perogies was already in his mouth, seemingly bringing him back to life. The aged and withered man trembled on his way to the perogies at the edge of the table, when he was suddenly smacked with a wooden spoon by his wife.
“Back off!” she said. “They’re for the funeral.”
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It's okay to play with your food. - Emeril Lagasse
Laughter is brightest where food is best. - Irish Proverb
Recipe for a happy husband: Fake and Bake. - Unknown
What poison is to food, self-pity is to life. - Oliver C. Wilson
She did not so much cook as assassinate food. - Storm Jameson
There is no love sincerer than the love of food. - George Bernard Shaw
Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is. - Jimmy Durante
Where love sets the table, food tastes at its best. - French Proverb
The English contribution to world cuisine. The chip. - John Cleese
The food in Yugoslavia is fine if you like pork tartare. - Ed Begley Jr.
I just love Chinese food. My favorite dish is number 27. - Clement Attlee
My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare. - Mike Myers
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. - Jane Austen
I got food poisoning today. I don't know when I'll use it. - Steven Wright
Fang drops so much food on his ties we keep them in the refrigerator. - Phyllis Diller
Your food is close to your stomach, but you must put it in your mouth first. - African Saying
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The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook. - Julia Child
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I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. - Mark Twain
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If fat people just gave skinny people more food, we could solve obesity and hunger at the same time. - Ashton Kutcher
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I like Pirate's Booty. Prunes and olives, too. I love hummus. I can eat that until I die. I tend to eat mostly organic food. - Queen Latifah
I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and I think, "Well, that's not going to happen." - Unknown
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Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. - Edith Sitwell
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