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Souvenir
There are very few inedible souvenirs that I want to get. I
don’t have a lot of interests that you could base a souvenir on,
nor do I collect things like salt and pepper shakers; and let me
tell you, I certainly don’t like plates and such that say
“Niagara Falls.”
My son
brings me something from every trip, he knows me well, and he knows what I’ll be happy with.
While local booze or
wine always brings a smile, I do have a favorite. I’ll give you an example
of
his uncanny ability at picking winners for me. Two
years ago he went to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. From that trip
he brought me an outstanding shot glass from the D-Day museum...and hot sauce.
You see, hot sauce, for me, is a great gift for any occasion, but
an obscure brand of hot sauce, from an exotic place is a
thing to be treasured.
Cuyahoga
River Skim, Vintage 1969 (Caution: Toxic & Flamable); Reggie’s Blue Bonnet Flame
Out; Eduardo’s Famous Green Pepper Condiment and Truth Serum;
Wong’s Atomic Hot Sauce; Lester’s Fully Insured Hot Sauce;
Benny’s Burger Napalm; Chuck’s Chunky Hell Drippings; Rodney’s
Universal Solvent and Chili Picker-upper; The Puebla Punisher; West
Texas Torture. Tabasco is great, I eat it every day, But I
love trying, and sometimes dying, behind a few liberal shakes of
an obscure hot sauce.
His New Orleans trip was most profitable. Along with the shot
glass with the cool D-Day museum logo, I got a 4-pack called: Dave’s Hot
Sauce Variety. READ THE FULL ESSAY
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2004 Joseph De Matteo all rights reserved.
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